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Updating Sat Nav

50Twuncle
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edited 4 September 2016 at 8:50AM in Motoring
My car has a built in Garmin Nuvi Sat Nav - the car was serviced last week for a fixed price by the main dealers but the Sat Nav was not updated ...(it is "requesting" an update !!)
Would you expect a dashboard Sat Nav to be included in the service items or not ?
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  • AdrianC
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Would you expect a dashboard Sat Nav to be included in the service items or not ?
    No, I wouldn't.

    Is it in the service schedule? Is it in the dealer's fixed-price service list?
  • 50Twuncle
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    No, I wouldn't.

    Is it in the service schedule? Is it in the dealer's fixed-price service list?
    Don't think that it is ....
    Thanks
    What is the cheapest DIY way of updating it ?
  • AdrianC
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Don't think that it is ....
    Thanks
    What is the cheapest DIY way of updating it ?
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/garmin-map-updates
  • 50Twuncle
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/garmin-map-updates


    The problem is that my sat nav does not run on an SD card - it has an SD slot though
    Will it download from an SD card to internal memory ?
  • Car_54
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    The problem is that my sat nav does not run on an SD card - it has an SD slot though
    Will it download from an SD card to internal memory ?

    RTFM possibly?
  • AdrianC
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    The problem is that my sat nav does not run on an SD card - it has an SD slot though
    Will it download from an SD card to internal memory ?
    Pass your owner's handbook here, I can't quite read it from this distance.
  • neilmcl
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Don't think that it is ....
    Thanks
    What is the cheapest DIY way of updating it ?
    What does the manual say?
  • DUTR
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    My car has a built in Garmin Nuvi Sat Nav - the car was serviced last week for a fixed price by the main dealers but the Sat Nav was not updated ...(it is "requesting" an update !!)
    Would you expect a dashboard Sat Nav to be included in the service items or not ?

    You'll have to check what the manual says, some units are only licensed for a period.
  • 50Twuncle
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    DUTR wrote: »
    You'll have to check what the manual says, some units are only licensed for a period.
    I certainly hope that my Sat Nav is "licenced" for more than 2 years ???
  • cajef
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    The problem with built in SatNavs is they can usually only be updated by the dealers who charge a ridicules amount, it is cheaper to buy a separate TomTom or Garmin with free lifetime updates.
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