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Mon, 02/23/2009 - 9:42am

Greetings,

A new step-by-step set of instructions, complete with screen captures, is available to describe the way the numaps lifetime system works. If interested, check it out at:

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2009/02/hands-on_with_garmins_num...

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Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:11am

Garmin NuMaps Lifetime - Step by Step

Great find. That info will certainly help when I do my install of the NuMaps.

Thanks for sharing !

Regards, Tim

Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:14am

Thanks for the link..

I don't know if I'm going to use the lifetime maps but I'm sure many will... wink

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Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:16am

thanks, been considering the

thanks, been considering the lifetime option, good to have another opinion on the service.

Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:35am

Map update instructions

Thanks for the link. It'll be very helpful to me and anyone else considering the "lifetime" updates.

Miki

Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:57am

Map updates

Miki wrote:

Thanks for the link. It'll be very helpful to me and anyone else considering the "lifetime" updates.

Miki

My only problem with the lifetime updates is if you buy it with only a short time left on your warranty or have no warranty and the unit goes belly up....your screwed...you cannot transfer the update program to another unit. You have just lost $120 or whatever you paid for it.

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Bobby....Garmin 2450LM
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 11:10am

I asked that question of Garmin before I signed up for lifetime

farrissr wrote:
Miki wrote:

Thanks for the link. It'll be very helpful to me and anyone else considering the "lifetime" updates.

Miki

My only problem with the lifetime updates is if you buy it with only a short time left on your warranty or have no warranty and the unit goes belly up....your screwed...you cannot transfer the update program to another unit. You have just lost $120 or whatever you paid for it.

I asked that question of Garmin before I signed up for the lifetime maps and their response to me in writing was that if the GPS unit has to be repaired or replaced, even if out of warranty, the lifetime maps will then be transfered to the new GPS unit.

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Mon, 02/23/2009 - 11:15am

GPS Magazine is so complete and thorough

CraigW wrote:

Greetings,

A new step-by-step set of instructions, complete with screen captures, is available to describe the way the numaps lifetime system works. If interested, check it out at:

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2009/02/hands-on_with_garmins_numaps_l.php

GPS Magazine is so complete and thorough in the way they do their GPS reviews and how to guides it is the first place I look for GPS related information.

Thanks for the link.

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Garmin Drive Smart 55 - Samsung Note 10 Smartphone with Google Maps & HERE Apps
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 11:18am

Map updates

rjrsw wrote:
farrissr wrote:
Miki wrote:

Thanks for the link. It'll be very helpful to me and anyone else considering the "lifetime" updates.

Miki

My only problem with the lifetime updates is if you buy it with only a short time left on your warranty or have no warranty and the unit goes belly up....your screwed...you cannot transfer the update program to another unit. You have just lost $120 or whatever you paid for it.

I asked that question of Garmin before I signed up for the lifetime maps and their response to me in writing was that if the GPS unit has to be repaired or replaced, even if out of warranty, the lifetime maps will then be transferred to the new GPS unit.

My post was regarding out of warranty. They want 2 to 3 times more to repair one than you can buy a new updated unit for. In warranty sure they will let you transfer to the replaced unit. I feel this lifetime map thing needs to be revised somehow to allow you to transfer it to a new unit that has never been registered before. That would make sense.

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Bobby....Garmin 2450LM
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 11:47am

Updates

Has anyone who has tried this timed how long the process takes? Thanks

Mon, 02/23/2009 - 12:01pm

Yes

salleentn wrote:

Has anyone who has tried this timed how long the process takes? Thanks

Yes, I did. I have cable broadband and think I remember that the current 2009.11 2GB download ran about three hours. The download speed was less than I normally see, so I wonder if a lot of folks were downloading with me or if Garmin somehow throttles the speed down. As the screen capture from the step-by-step instructions shows, my download also had "four connections" to Garmin's site via the Garmin Download Manager.

Once downloaded, the extraction of the map and its installation to computer and GPS can add another couple of hours.

All in all, don't start the process near bedtime! I'd suggest starting on a rainy weekend around lunchtime wink