2610 & typing in address ?

[luke scott]

Mates 2610 is giving a little problem When he tries to type in the house number and street name of the place he wants to go to it wont let him. The letters on the screen are only faint and wont type in. Whats happened here ? All other functions are working fine. Thanks.

 

[Taff]

I assume he has downloaded some maps?

 

[luke scott]

I assume he has downloaded some maps?

What difference will that make ? More help guys please........

 

[FBF]

it predicts the next letters of the word you are trying to type. ie if you are typing the word "road" there are only so many letters that are compatible after the 'R' so letters like 'M' will be feint to help you find the right letter faster. maybe he's spelling the word wrong or the unit isnt aware of the road hes trying to enter if its an odd spelling?

 

[luke scott]

There are now only one or two letters available, the others are not on the screen anymore. They are just feint (faint) but not available to type in.

 

[Taff]

What difference will that make?

There are now only one or two letters available, the others are not on the screen anymore. They are just feint (faint) but not available to type in.

The unit will read addresses off the maps - obviously if there are no maps downloaded, then there's nothing to find. What have you changed to get these "two letters available"?

IIWY I would firstly make sure that there are maps downloaded to the unit (ie you have street level detail and not just the basemap) then try finding a common street name eg Water St, or High Street. My guess is you're spelling something wrong.

 

[Peter Pan]

Mates 2610 is giving a little problem When he tries to type in the house number and street name of the place he wants to go to it wont let him. The letters on the screen are only faint and wont type in. Whats happened here ? All other functions are working fine. Thanks.

If I understand Luke Scott correctly, I'm getting the same problem.

I've sucessfully installed City Navigator v9 maps in that they load OK when I boot up the 2610 and cam be read OK.
I've got the latest version of Mapsource installed v.6.12.2
I've got the latest software update on my 2610 v4.80

Here's the problem :

Select Find
Select Addresses

Brings up a box which says "Find Address" and three options below it :
Limit to
Number
Street

If I select Limit to, it brings up a sub box of :
<No Limit>
Enter a City
Enter a Postal Code

All OK so far, HOWEVER :
If I select either Enter a City or Enter a Postal Code, I USED to get the QWERTY keyboard (A-Z) or 0-9 for House Number but the QWERTY keyboard remains dimmed and you can't select any letters ....... other than the OK button which then brings up a blank list of cities!

If I select anything else other than Address it seems OK including activating the QWERTY keyboard if I want to use the Filters.

What d'ya reckon?

 

[Peter Pan]

If I understand Luke Scott correctly, I'm getting the same problem.

I've sucessfully installed City Navigator v9 maps in that they load OK when I boot up the 2610 and cam be read OK.
I've got the latest version of Mapsource installed v.6.12.2
I've got the latest software update on my 2610 v4.80

Here's the problem :

Select Find
Select Addresses

Brings up a box which says "Find Address" and three options below it :
Limit to
Number
Street

If I select Limit to, it brings up a sub box of :
<No Limit>
Enter a City
Enter a Postal Code

All OK so far, HOWEVER :
If I select either Enter a City or Enter a Postal Code, I USED to get the QWERTY keyboard (A-Z) or 0-9 for House Number but the QWERTY keyboard remains dimmed and you can't select any letters ....... other than the OK button which then brings up a blank list of cities!

If I select anything else other than Address it seems OK including activating the QWERTY keyboard if I want to use the Filters.

What d'ya reckon?

Problem sorted! It was the c/f card. I was able to download all 600 maps from CN v9 (2.2Gb) on to my 4Gb c/f card but the Find Address function wouldn't work.

The solution (after much messing about) was to ensure that I didn't exceed 2Gb of maps on the card. So long as I kept below 2gb the Find Address feature worked. Hope this helps!

 

[terayon]

garmin have an update to mapsource that sorts out the 4Gb limit problem

http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

 

[Peter Pan]

garmin have an update to mapsource that sorts out the 4Gb limit problem

http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

New release too! Strange that my Garmin webupdater didn't pick it up.
Thanks Terayon, I'll give it a go!

 

[Peter Pan]

New release too! Strange that my Garmin webupdater didn't pick it up.
Thanks Terayon, I'll give it a go!

Downloaded v6.12.3, spent another 4 hours or more transferring the entire map set (2.2Gb) to my 4Gb C/f card and ........
...... back to square one!

Sent an email to Garmin Support on 6th April outlining my problem.

Got a reply on 13th April ..... see below for my response!


_________________________________________

Hello,

I do have a further question - see below.

I don't understand your answer because there doesn't appear to be one (see
below)
Where is it? What is the solution? Are you able to help me or not?
I've since upgraded my Mapsource to version 6.12.3 and I still have the
problem.

Regards,
Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "TechSupp" <[email protected]>
To: "<Peter Pan>"
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: Tech support request for StreetPilot 2610


Dear Peter,

Thank you for contacting Garmin International!

Should you have any further questions, please respond to this message
and I will be happy to help you!

Thanks Again,
Pete S.
Product Support Specialist
GARMIN International
1200 E. 151st Street
Olathe, KS 66062
Ph: 800-800-1020
Fax: 913-440-5488
http://www.garmin.com
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Seems like they're a bigger bunch of tossers than we are!