nuvi 680

 

got to do some ranting about my nuvi 680. I had mine for a few years and never had a problem with it other then replacing the battery and touch screen. Other then that it worked perfect. any how, I decided to go to the States and decided to do an up grade on my maps.Up to this point I had no problems in using it for directions, simple put, enter the address and of you go. Any how,I did the upgrade and haven't been able to use it since. Talked to the garmin people and after several days of back and forth calling they finally told me that I should purchase another GPS.I told them, Wait a minute now, it worked fine until I put in your updates and you are telling me that I should buy a new GPS, By the way this just happened over the last several days...Am I #@$#@##$ off.
I should buy a new GPS because of their down load mine stopped working.
There I feel better now..
To be honest, that's not right, I think they should resolve that issue...

Firmware

My first guess would be did you do the firmware updates too. If you haven't you should. Some of the map updates require the updated firmware.

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Garmin Nuvi 2450

Gertrud

I'm so glad to hear you feel better mow!

I _Insert_Obsenity_of_Your_Choice_Here_! Can feel your _Insert_Obsenity_of_Your_Choice_Here_! Pain after having to talk with those _Insert_Obsenity_of_Your_Choice_Here_! Technical support folks that obviously don't know their _Insert_Obsenity_of_Your_Choice_Here_! fRom a hole in the ground mrgreen

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Map update

Welcome to The Factory.

If your goal was to vent, you've succeeded. On the other hand, if your nuvi 680 has lifetime map updates and you have a SD card that you can dedicate to the nuvi, you can have all of North America installed and useable on your device. It isn't the easiest process (due to the 680's minimal memory and even more so, the 2GB file size limit in the 600 series devices), but given your past battery and screen replacement experience, you will succeed if you work on it.

Stick with us here and we can succeed with you where you have previously given up with Garmin Customer Service. For the map update procedure for a series 600 nuvi, see:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/41473

Please read the entire thread before attempting a map update to your nuvi.

See this post:

See this post in a recent thread about a similar problem on a nuvi 660: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/44570?page=0#comment-395908

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

Another current thread

Take a look at this thread which applies to your nuvi 680 -

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/44570#new

680

Wow, sure are quick replies, thanks.
OK, here is what is actually going on,

Before up date everything is working fine, have Canada and northern USA boarder States in unit.

Going to Carolina, need the rest of USA, (have lifetime update for it.)

Proceeded to down load additional maps,

Unable to down load,(not enough space, need SD card, have 16 GB card, only using 1.7 GB)

Put SD card into GPS went on web side and down loaded additional maps.

Went to check if down load succeeded by checking Map Info,( box is checked,)
(x) CN North America NT 2015.40
(1) eastern Alaska, River Falls, Wisconsin,Min
(2) Canada
OK, looks good ready to test
Hit where to,hit Address,
next screen asked, In what state is the address
Saskatchewan
Spell State

Push Saskatchewan
Next screen asked, What's the City/Postal Code
Spell City/Postal Code
Search All

Hit, Spell City/Postal Code
Next screen asked, Select City/Postal code
Search all Cities

Push , Search all Cities
next screen asked, Enter House Number
So I entered the House number and push "Done" expecting the alphabet to come up next,so you can enter the street name ,
Instead , THE SCREEN GOES BLACK and that's it. nothing more , System shuts down..
Just to let you also know, everything else on the GPS woks fine, seems like it does not want me to be able to completely enter the were TOO address.
And all that crap happened because I wanted an up date, CHEECH.

System reset?

The first thing I would try is a system reset. That often corrects unusual problems like this that occur after a software or map update. Make sure you backup your current.gpx file before you do the system reset. This will allow you to restore your Favorites and saved routes after doing the reset.

If that doesn't fix the problem, the next step I would take is to reinstall the entire map set. As stated in the other thread that was linked to in my earlier post, you will need to split the map, putting some regions in internal storage and the remaining regions on SD, making sure each map file is < 2 GB in size. Using this method you can put the full CN NA map on your nuvi, and this will eliminate any problems caused by mismatched map versions.

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

Duplicate Map Coverage?

gertrud wrote:

Went to check if down load succeeded by checking Map Info,( box is checked,)
(x) CN North America NT 2015.40
(1) eastern Alaska, River Falls, Wisconsin,Min
(2) Canada
OK, looks good ready to test
Hit where to,hit Address,
next screen asked, In what state is the address
Saskatchewan
Spell State

Push Saskatchewan
Next screen asked, What's the City/Postal Code
Spell City/Postal Code
Search All

Hit, Spell City/Postal Code
Next screen asked, Select City/Postal code
Search all Cities

Push , Search all Cities
next screen asked, Enter House Number
So I entered the House number and push "Done" expecting the alphabet to come up next,so you can enter the street name ,
Instead , THE SCREEN GOES BLACK and that's it. nothing more , System shuts down..

I believe you indicated you have CN North America NT 2015.40 showing in Map Info Screen. If it's all North America (no Mexico) that should include Canada. You also show (#2) as the Canada Map. The Nuvi will not behave properly when you have duplicate map coverage of the same area. I believe that is why the screen went black, it's confused because there is duplicate map coverage of the same area.

I think the best course of action is to read member alandb’s post (link below) and split the map putting one portion in the Nuvi Memory and the remainder on your SD card. Just be careful when splitting and not have the same area on both maps. Since you're from Canada, put Canada ONLY on your Nuvi without Eastern Alaska and River Falls Wisconsin. Then put the lower 49 of the US on the SD card. You can do this using MapInstaller. Down load the full North America map to your PC only, then use Mapinstaller to split the map and copy to your Nuvi and SD card.

alandb wrote:

See this post in a recent thread about a similar problem on a nuvi 660: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/44570?page=0#comment-395908

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Nuvi 2460LMT 2 Units

Yes, you may have something

Yes, you may have something there that I never thought of, will try your suggestion. After I return from South Carolina, got to go play with my toys . will be back to deal with this at the end of May.Got to pack trailer now.
Thanks for all your help and advise..

I had a 660 and 880 and both

I had a 660 and 880 and both units worked flawlessly but when the new gps came out and had so many new features, I sold those units and bought the latest which I am happy with.

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NickJr Nuvi 3597LMT

Thanks for your suggestion,

Thanks for your suggestion, I did exactly that and it worked.
by putting Canada onto the device and the rest of North America on to the SD card, works perfect.
Again, everyone thanks for your help been muchly appreciated..

gertrud

sd card works great here as

sd card works great here as well.