Garmin talk

Well with all this Covid 19 nobody remembered to ask when the new Garmin 2021.20 map will come out?

Quite a while back I was pulling my hair out trying to install some maps to a Garmin Astro 220 with Basecamp 4.7.2 only to eventually learn that there was a bug in that version and it would not work. I rolled it back to version 4.7.1 so I have that functionality. Did they ever fix that problem in 4.7.2, or do I still have to stay with 4.7.1?

With all that's going on with the pandemic, there's apparently not a big market for GPS sellers and also a slackening of eBay sales.

We have reversible lanes in Atlanta. My Garmin GPS (65 w/ Alexa) does not handle this well. It'll see me on the lane, not give me a "wrong way" indication, which is good, but will try to route me by having me do sharp turns, going the wrong way down on-ramps (at that time) to get off that set of HOT lanes and onto the regular interstate.

I'm hoping they fix this, soon.

As far as I can tell, it's just been a few days since Basecamp fpr Windows has an update from 4.7.1 to 4.7.2. I apologize if this has already been reported.

MapInstall 4.2.2.0 is ready to download.

I'm running an Android 9.0 smartphone.
Whenever I activate Bluetooth, Smartlink comes on automatically. Whenever I turn off Bluetooth, Smartlink continues to run.
Is there a way to stop Smartlink from running automatically?
The only way I've found so far is to reboot my phone with Bluetooth disabled prior to reboot.

Garmin has just announced the RV 890 GPS navigator, a brand-new navigation device that was built with RVs in mind

See https://www.autoevolution.com/news/garmin-launches-the-gps-n...

Yesterday I noticed that my Garmin DriveLuxe 51 LMT-S will no longer power up. What works bertter for Garmin Support these days, an email or a telephone call? (Does it matter?) It is no longer under warranty. Am I wasting my time and their time?

I obviously have not been paying close attention. I just saw that Garmin has 10 inch navigators. I had no idea.

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/684269

Does anybody know what the limit is on trips on the Zumo XT? I know using my Drivesmart 65 it breaks up my trips if they exceed 30 way points. My understanding is this unit uses "explore" vs. basecamp. And the limits were 100 or so per trips. Does anybody know if future automotive products will also use Explore?

Garmin Express v7.0.0.0 ready to download.

Is there any reason why a Dezl 770 is "Greyed Out" & not opaque like my Nuvi 2797 in Garmin Express? I've tried to delete the GarminDevice.xml file & Current.gpx file but curiously they come back with the same timestamp of February 13th 2020 which should they not repopulate whatever the current time is?

Garmin is having a "Summer Sale"

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/c17861-p1.html?FILTER_FEATUR...

I own a Drivesmart 65 and just noticed they added Fuel Prices! They haven't had this option in years. Anybody have any thoughts on this and how they source their prices?

Does anybody here know a good place to get just the cradle for a Garmin Nuvi 50? The official Garmin website shows that it includes the suction cup mount, cradle and dashboard disc. All I need is the cradle.

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/pn/010-11765-02

Someone on Ebay had a too-good-to-pass-up price on a Drivesmart 55 Ex, so I bought one in spite of the possible challenges in gps-to-Mac connections. It works better than I had anticipated.

I foolishly let a "Garmin DriveSmart™ 55 & Traffic" fall onto an epoxy garage floor from about four feet, thinking it was snapped into its ring mount (it's a bit easy to release the plastic spring clip if a finger hits it). My question is whether it suffered any long term damage if it seems to work fine.

In ancient times (model 45, III+, V deluxe for example) there were some serious hardware memory limits. Garmin had some not-always-predictable limits to the number of track logs, points per log, and total points that were saved.

These days with memory as cheap as it is, is there anything other than physical memory space that limits the data saved on the unit?

With everyone in lockdown , will this effect the release of the next map update.