--- In Garmin_GPSmap_76C@yahoogroups.com, "Filohipo" <filohipo@...> wrote:

> USB Drivers v2.3 as of December 1, 2009

These have been available, via Microsoft's Windows Update, since July 28th 2009.
Nice of Garmin to finally release them as a downloadable package.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Garmin_GPSmap_76C/message/8769

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=591



USB Drivers v2.3 as of December 1, 2009

Notes:
â—¦ This setup will install / pre-load all Garmin USB Drivers on your system and
upgrade older versions if found.
â—¦ These drivers are designed for use with those GPS units that support USB
transfer of data to/from the PC - not to include the iQue. This setup also
includes the drivers for the USB Data Card Programmer.
â—¦ This setup combines the initial install and updates for both the USB GPS
drivers and the USB Data Card Programmer drivers.
â—¦ Garmin GPS USB Drivers support Windows XP 64-bit, Vista 64-bit, and Windows
7 64-bit.
â—¦ Garmin USB Data Card Programmer drivers do not support 64-bit operating
systems at this time.
â—¦ Garmin GPS USB Drivers have passed the Microsoft Logo Certification testing
(Winqual) for all OS's up to and including Windows 7 x64

Changes made from version 2.2.1 to 2.3:
â—¦This setup extends the localization to most languages we support including
the Asian languages.
â—¦The driver was modified to support Improved full speed USB performance.



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--- In Garmin_GPSmap_76C@yahoogroups.com, Amir Findling K9CHP <sarlabs@...>
wrote:
>
> You may want to check here for free maps and see if they suit your
> needs: http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/maplist.php?skip=0&cnt=49
> <http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/maplist.php?skip=0&cnt=49>
>
>     * 73 de K9CHP Amir Findling, Member ARRL, ARRL/ W5YI VE, WAC, WAS, DXCC
>     * www.K9CHP.net <http://www.k9chp.net>
>       Blog: http://k9chp.blogspot.com <http://k9chp.blogspot.com/>
>     * Senior K9 Handler
>     * K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR Teams
>     * 1st Special Response Group (1SRG)
Or indeed, here: http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

My Legend had issues with battery bounce.

My 60CS has been relatively bulletproof, particularly after I started using
alkalines rather than rechargeable batteries.

If my unit kept working on THIS ride, I can say it's pretty shock proof.

http://www.palmbeachbiketours.com/surly-lht-gets-shakedown-on-unpaved-lake-okeec\
hobee/


--- In Garmin_GPSmap_76C@yahoogroups.com, "jrockinl" <jrockinl@...> wrote:
>
> They redesigned the battery contacts about 3 years ago and I don't believe
anyone has had problems with the new ones.
>
> I had intermittent connection problems with my original 76Cx after about 2
years.  Mine never actually broke like many other reports, just would shut down
after slight bumps.  Garmin replaced it with a refurb for no charge and I have
not had any issues in 3 years since.  I have even bought a new 76Csx two years
ago and haven't had any issues with it.  I'd say take 'em up on the refurb as
you will almost certainly get the new contact design with it.
>

They redesigned the battery contacts about 3 years ago and I don't believe
anyone has had problems with the new ones.

I had intermittent connection problems with my original 76Cx after about 2
years.  Mine never actually broke like many other reports, just would shut down
after slight bumps.  Garmin replaced it with a refurb for no charge and I have
not had any issues in 3 years since.  I have even bought a new 76Csx two years
ago and haven't had any issues with it.  I'd say take 'em up on the refurb as
you will almost certainly get the new contact design with it.

You may want to check here for free maps and see if they suit your
needs: http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/maplist.php?skip=0&cnt=49
<http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/maplist.php?skip=0&cnt=49>

     * 73 de K9CHP Amir Findling, Member ARRL, ARRL/ W5YI VE, WAC, WAS, DXCC
     * www.K9CHP.net <http://www.k9chp.net>
       Blog: http://k9chp.blogspot.com <http://k9chp.blogspot.com/>
     * Senior K9 Handler
     * K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR Teams
     * 1st Special Response Group (1SRG)



Larry wrote:
>
>
> I will be going to Costa Rica for several weeks in Feb. I did a bit of
> net surfing today and came up with maps from several sources,
> "gpstravelmaps" and "payloadz". Anyone have any experience with these
> 2 sites and has anyone used their CR map in particular.
>
> Thanks
> Larry
>
>


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I will be going to Costa Rica for several weeks in Feb. I did a bit of net
surfing today and came up with maps from several sources, "gpstravelmaps" and
"payloadz". Anyone have any experience with these 2 sites and has anyone used
their CR map in particular.

Thanks
Larry

I'd suggest you go for it, you'll get back what is essentially a new unit from
my experience like others who've posted about it on this and the 60 groups...

One thing is you'll have to phone them to give you a new key to get your current
maps to work with it's serial number and not your own... it'll only take a quick
call and they'll have it in the records that you've got a different unit, just
take a note of this one's serial number for when they ask you for it as proof...
back up everything off the unit and make a note of ALL your settings as the new
one will come set to default...

Nick in Yorkshire




________________________________
From: rharvey422 <clintonstreet3@...>
To: Garmin_GPSmap_76C@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 22 November, 2009 21:09:56
Subject: [Garmin_GPSmap_76C] Refurbished units

One of the battery contacts on my 76csx just broke. Contacting Garmin, I got a
quote of $110 for a refurbished replacemant. After balking over the cost, I was
given a new price of $75.

Now, I'm just wondering about the typical level of refurbishment that one can
expect. Surely others have experience with this and I'd like to know about it.

My GPS is almost 4 years old. If I could get a "like new" replacement for 75
bucks, its probably worth the investment, but if one can only expect a repaired
unit which would probably shortly experience battery contact issues, it is not
worth it. From what I've read the principal issue with the 76 series is battery
contacts breaking.

Fot the time being, I've implemented a repair using a piece of phosphor bronze
used as to seal doors with. It works, but I'm not confident that its a long term
solution. Besides, there are three other battery contacts that will likely
suffer the same problem.

I'd like to hear from anyone who has experience with refurbed units.

Bob



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Navteq does eventually listen and make changes. A change I submitted in October
2007 has finally been implemented. It's interesting, in MapSource, to flip back
and forth between the current map version and my original 2007 version, to see
that the "road" that was actually a cow path has been removed.

So, keep those cards and letters flowing to Navteq; help is on the way.
Meanwhile, don't bike through any cow pies !!

...  Andy

<<I thought everybody might enjoy seeing a reply from Garmin based on a map
change I asked for.  Note the date submitted.  These guys work at the speed of
light, eh?>>

One of the battery contacts on my 76csx just broke. Contacting Garmin, I got a
quote of $110 for a refurbished replacemant. After balking over the cost, I was
given a new price of $75.

Now, I'm just wondering about the typical level of refurbishment that one can
expect. Surely others have experience with this and I'd like to know about it.

My GPS is almost 4 years old. If I could get a "like new" replacement for 75
bucks, its probably worth the investment, but if one can only expect a repaired
unit which would probably shortly experience battery contact issues, it is not
worth it. From what I've read the principal issue with the 76 series is battery
contacts breaking.

Fot the time being, I've implemented a repair using a piece of phosphor bronze
used as to seal doors with. It works, but I'm not confident that its a long term
solution. Besides, there are three other battery contacts that will likely
suffer the same problem.

I'd like to hear from anyone who has experience with refurbed units.

Bob

I have a 76 Csx.  I would like to use the S-57 vector electronic nautical charts
that are available free from US Government agencies in it.  Is there any way to
do that?



Thanks.



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I thought everybody might enjoy seeing a reply from Garmin based on a map change
I asked for.  Note the date submitted.  These guys work at the speed of light,
eh?

The resolution is great:  "Oh, we knew about it all the time, amateur".  Uh-huh,
yeah, sure.  Then why was it not on my GPS back then?

Still, they are to be commended for what is a continuous update program, however
plodding, and for keeping my request and eventually reviewing it, and then
letting me know that something was done. Oh yeah, and I really like the return
address: do.not.reply@....  It makes me feel loved and appreciated.

Just thought this would be of interest.  Warts and all, they make decent product
and I get excellent use out of it by increasing efficiency of travel, certainty
of timely rendezvous, and surety of destination and progress towards
destination.  Hey it's for navigation, it doesn't cook dinner - but it might get
you to dinner on time!

-----Original Message-----
From: NAVTEQ [mailto:do.not.reply@...]
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:52 AM
Subject: NAVTEQ has Resolved Your Map Report

Dear Map Reporter,

Thank you for your recent Map Report. We are pleased to inform you that we have
completed our investigation.

Summary of your Map Report:
NAVTEQ Map Report number:  NVTQ000000741317
SUBMITTED: 7, Jan 2008 15:58:12
DESCRIPTION: The section heading North from CR18E is now called James Park
Trail.  I have attached a .gdb file from MapSource.  The road effectively ends
at the last property on the road (mine) - it will be virtually impossible for
the road to be extended (45 degree slope), so the waypoint End-o-Road Ranch is
truly the end of this road.  I have attached a photograph of the road sign.  I
have a perfect track of it, but your system will now allow me to attach a Garmin
.gdb file.  Also, the CR-18E just to the east is now Flatiron Mountain Trail, if
you like I will make a track of it and submit it as well.  Please let me know
why I cannot sumit a .gdb file.

RESOLUTION: Map Database Already Reflects Requested Change
DETAILS: Review Project

We always welcome NAVTEQ Map feedback. Thank you for your help in making NAVTEQ
Maps the highest quality most accurate maps available.

NAVTEQ delivers regularly scheduled map updates to online, navigation device and
system manufacturer customers. Each of these online, navigation device and
system manufacturers then release updated NAVTEQ maps within their product
plans.

We welcome your future suggestions at http://mapreporter.navteq.com.  If you are
interested in acquiring the latest map update for your navigation device or
vehicle's system, please contact the manufacturer or go to
http://www.navteq.com/store for detailed map update availability.

Thank you again for being a Map Reporter.

Regards,
NAVTEQ Map Reporter Team


NAVTEQ Map Reporter. Point. Click. Report.
http://mapreporter.navteq.com

I received the following reply from Nathan at Garmin:
------------------------
Thank you for contacting Garmin International. You should be able to perform the
same steps for future versions of City Navigator. 2009 versions of mapping and
earlier used the registry to identify map file locations. After 2009, the
application data folder is the only location available. I'm guessing this is why
the shortcut workaround was written in. All you should need to do in order to
uninstall your current maps is delete the files and the shortcut, and then
uninstall through the control panel. You can do this to free up space either
before or after installing the new maps. In the interest of simple map updates
for our customers, an installation choice is unlikely to be an option in future
map updates.

I can't say that I've experienced any slower load times because of the mapping.
I've got several more different versions of mapping loaded to my application
data folder as well. If you would like to pass along this information, that
would be OK. Just be sure to make it clear that this is a mostly unsupported
procedure meant for power users who need to customize the default location.
---------------------------------

This does not completely answer all my questions, but I am moving in the right
direction.

...  Andy

> The problem is solved, but a few questions need to be answered yet. I had
proposed the following solution to Garmin:
>
> There is an environment variable called ALLUSERSPROFILE. On my computer, the
value of this variable is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.  Is it possible
that the install program looks at the ALLUSERSPROFILE variable to decide where
to install the files?
>
> If this is true, then would it be possible for me to (1) change the
environment variable value to a different drive and path, (2) perform the
install, then (3) change the variable back to its original setting? If the
install used the path in the variable, once I changed the variable back to its
original setting, would MapSource work OK and use the new map set, regardless of
the change in value of the variable back to its original setting? Or would
MapSource also look for the value of the environment variable?
>
> The solution was easier, as supplied by Nathan, a software support specialist
at Garmin, associate number 6887. Here was his solution:
>
> 1) Make sure City Navigator is installed to the default location
> 2) Make sure Mapsource is closed
> 3) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\GARMIN\Maps
> 4) Copy the City Navigator North America NT 2010.20.gmap folder to a location
of your choosing
> 5) Right click in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\GARMIN\Maps folder
> 6) Choose New > Shortcut
> 7) Enter the location of the folder you copied, including the name of the
copied folder
> 8) Click Next
> 9) Enter 'City Navigator North America NT 2010.20.gmap' as the name of your
shortcut
> 10) Click OK
>
> Thus, MapSource will follow the shortcut, and you can keep the files wherever
you want. I asked Nathan some additional questions, which have not been answered
yet:
>
> 1) I had previously edited my registry to indicate that the map files were in
a different location. This was time consuming and somewhat fraught with danger.
Was it necessary to do this? I hope not.
> 2) What happens on my next quarterly map installment? Can I get rid of the map
files from this installment by uninstalling the application?
>
> But, in the meantime, I happy with the lifetime subscription and the way my
computer is working.
>
> ...  Andy