2012.40 maps available

I will not update the 855 than if the jcv file is that small.

OK, based on what you've said above--and since Garmin states there will be no large jcv file made available for the new map, I bit the bullet and updated my 855 to 2012.40.

In northern Arizona along I-40 and I-17, the new 2012.40 map with its 45-ishMB jcv file does offer a small number of Junction Views. This is an improvement over the default Junction Views in the past map updates where no Junction Views were seen. But compared to the two previous map updates and manually-downloaded large jcv file, my first guess is that I've lost about half of the northern AZ junction views--and as reported, the junction views now displayed are not the photo-realistic JVs.

Conclusion: 1) the default 2012.40 map update offers more JVs to nuvi 8x5 owners than the past two map updates with their default jcv files, 2) the number of JVs offered with the default 2012.40 update to 8x5 owners is smaller than that seen with the large manually downloaded jcv file offered for the previous two updates--and is of lower quality (loss of photo realistic views).

Having updated now to the new map, I expect I'll keep the new map with its mapping and POI updates and learn to live with the fewer and poorer quality JVs. But knowing what I now know, I don't know that I'd have gone ahead and done the update--I may have been happier with the previous map and its large jcv file with maximum JVs and JVs with the best image quality.

Since I have both a 755T and 855, I was able to copy the 2012.40 large JCV file from the 755T over to the SD card on the 855. As in the previous two map versions, this large JCV works fine on the 855. It is too bad that Garmin is refusing to provide the large file to the 8x5 and 1xxx owners as they did in the past. I suppose it creates too many support issues for them. I hope those of you who want the large JCV file know someone who has a 7x5 and can get the file to you.

That is very irritating.

http://download.garmin.com/support/2012_40/NA/JV/D3060050A.J...

Thank you for posting this

This appears to be another case where technicians at Garmin Support give different answers to different customers on the same question. But in any case, I am glad that in the end Garmin did the right thing in making the file available to users who are willing to go through the extra installation steps.

large jcv file.

That's much less irritating. Now I just need to get my car out of the body shop or at least go get my Garmin which I realized I left in the center console.

Will this download the map and the large jcv file together?

Of course not

You will still have to download the actual map from Garmin.

That is what I needed to know.

alandb,

I'm pleased to report that the Mac version of Garmin"s Lifetime Map Updater utility worked like a charm for this release. On Tuesday I returned to my Mac Pro after a brief absence to find a dialog on screen advising that an upgrade to the 20112.40 map set was available for download. I tapped the OK button after connecting my nuvi 2350LMT via USB and the job was complete 45 minutes later.

Sweet.

Regards,
Bill

alandb,

I'm pleased to report that the Mac version of Garmin"s Lifetime Map Updater utility worked like a charm for this release. On Tuesday I returned to my Mac Pro after a brief absence to find a dialog on screen advising that an upgrade to the 20112.40 map set was available for download. I tapped the OK button after connecting my nuvi 2350LMT via USB and the job was complete 45 minutes later.

Sweet.

Regards,
Bill

The photo realistic junction views are back on my 1490.

Mine, too. A big thank you, omt! Kudos all around. I've just simulated a few routes and all my old photorealistic JVs are back. Whew, I'm glad I didn't ID the Software Support Specialist by name who gave me incorrect info this morning.

For what it's worth, I still can't find a faq discussing this at Garmin's web sites for the new map although faqs do exist for the map before this as well as some non-US map updates.

I got the ~750 MB JV file automatically on my 765T. My 3490LTM & 3790T got the split-screen JV file.

I just now downloaded this. The 757 indicated Megabytes came through at a very steady 1.1 Mbytes/sec, which may well be my large file throttle rate from Comcast. So, about 2245 UTC on February 9, 2012 the server support for this file was excellent.

Thank you omt for finding and posting this information.

Just tried to update my maps and can't get to the My Garmin site. I got a page with Christmas packages as the background and a message saying, "Sorry! So many people want to “Give a Garmin” this holiday season that our site is “recalculating.”
Please try again soon"

Sigh... Guess I'll have to try later. It's a bit of a bummer as I'm leaving on a 3-day geocaching trip with my wife starting tomorrow morning. I had hoped to have the newest maps for the driving portion of the trip.

thrak, it sounds like you are pulling up an old page from your browser cache. Try clearing the cache and reload the page.

Should I detlete the original JVC file after I d/l the map and than run this file.

@rthibodaux,

After your map update juct move the JCV on your GPS to a safe place on your PC and then download the large JCV and copy it onto your GPS in the same folder as the one you took off.

Thank you bear007.

...or to the same place on the SD card where the previous large jcv resided. But yes, the new small 45MB file needs to be removed or renamed from the nuvi for this new large one to work, wherever it's kept.

I just tried to get to the myGarmin webpage and got the same "Sorry" page (error 500). My browser cache had been cleared.

Guess I'll try later, too.

Thank you for the link, downloading now. Will swap with the smaller JCV file on my 765.

Try clearing your DNS cache as well.

Thanks for the info!

POI Factory users are always the first to know.

Larry

Just wondering if a rename is all is needed for the old file D3060040A.JCV to work, just changing the 40 to a 50.

Can't imagine that there are so many junction changes from one quarter to the next.

The junction view file must be the same as the map it came with.
You CAN"T use a junction view file from a previous map.

Are you just saying that or have you actually tried renaming one?

I never tried but based on the numerous posts on varous sights they state it won't work.
I am not willing to gamble to try it out.

Clearing the DNS cache got me to the login screen.

After entering my user ID & password, I still got the "Sorry" error screen.

I'll try tomorrow morning.

I have not tried renaming with the 2012.40 JCV, but I did try it a couple of map versions back (the first time we got the crippled JCV). I couldn't get it to work.

I personally don’t use the large file in my 2460 but see many folks here were having a conniption fit because it appeared it wasn’t going to be available that got me wondering what would happen by renaming the JCV

The 2460 will accept both the split screen and full screen JCV file. My vision is not the best so I appreciate seeing the full screen since I already know what highway I am on. Although the full screen is almost double the size, there is still plenty of room on the 2460, or I can just put it on an SD card. Both the 460MB default JCV and the 775MB full screen have the same amount of junction views, its just the screen size that is different, thus the larger file.

It makes for a quick glance at the screen with the full screen JCV, and less time distracted. Especially when in traffic, it's a bonus.

You can rename the file but it will not longer work. Tried it a few times and it's always the same result.

The last 2 large files have been stored on the Garmin servers in the same place. They appear to be available within 48 hours (or less) of the map update being released. The location appears to be:

http://download.garmin.com/support/

followed by /the map release number folder/NA/JV/the JV file name for the specific map release. So the location for the latest large JV file is:

http://download.garmin.com/support/2012_40/NA/JV/D3060050A.J...

and the location of the large file for map release 2012.30 was:

http://download.garmin.com/support/2012_30/NA/JV/D3060040A.J...

Hopefully Garmin will retain this file system and we will be able to easily find the large file in the future.

The next one should be:

http://download.garmin.com/support/2013_10/NA/JV/D3060060A.J...

what happened to D3060050A.JCV?

As per the post, that's the latest.

Many Thanks

On the Garmin site I went to extras, downloads, map updates, check for updates, automotive and voila it worked immediately

Now I that I can get the large jcv file I am going to do the update. Love this site

Not sure I want to update given the "issues" with junction view. Kind of defeats the benefits of lifetime updates.

Now that I have this file can someone explain to a newbie what a JCV file works and what to do with it????

Thanks for the heads-up!

I'm thinking of updating mine tonight.... Just want to know others have had no issue...

I tried your way this morning... it eventually brought me to the same "Sorry" screen.