BurnieM
Guest
For reference can somebody post the size of all of the UK in City Navigator Europe v6 and also all of France
I make it...
UK 152MB
France 223MB
including route calculation data
UK 103MB
France 151MB
without
UK 152MB
France 223MB
including route calculation data
UK 103MB
France 151MB
without
PanEuropean
Registered user
Jon:
Sorry, forgot to address your question about repairing the screen. All I can tell you is what I know from my own experience, and that is with the SP III. After about two years of use, I had a bunch of small scratches on the screen. So, I thought I could get rid of these by taking a bit of the plastic polish that we use on aircraft windows, and polishing the screen. WRONG move. What happened was that I polished the anti-reflective coating right off the screen, and what remained was the plastic screen cover only. It had a surface on it like a mirror, after I finished polishing it, and the GPSR was just useless for daytime use (other than as a vanity mirror) after that.
I wound up sending the GPSR back to Garmin's service facility in the UK, and they installed a new front cover on it for me. If I recall correctly, this cost me about USD $40 in the summer of 2002, and that included shipping to and from Switzerland. Garmin turned the unit around pretty quickly - I was only without it for about a week.
Anyway - if you can live with the scratches, live with them, because the only alternative seems to be replacing the front cover of the GPSR.
PanEuropean
Sorry, forgot to address your question about repairing the screen. All I can tell you is what I know from my own experience, and that is with the SP III. After about two years of use, I had a bunch of small scratches on the screen. So, I thought I could get rid of these by taking a bit of the plastic polish that we use on aircraft windows, and polishing the screen. WRONG move. What happened was that I polished the anti-reflective coating right off the screen, and what remained was the plastic screen cover only. It had a surface on it like a mirror, after I finished polishing it, and the GPSR was just useless for daytime use (other than as a vanity mirror) after that.
I wound up sending the GPSR back to Garmin's service facility in the UK, and they installed a new front cover on it for me. If I recall correctly, this cost me about USD $40 in the summer of 2002, and that included shipping to and from Switzerland. Garmin turned the unit around pretty quickly - I was only without it for about a week.
Anyway - if you can live with the scratches, live with them, because the only alternative seems to be replacing the front cover of the GPSR.
PanEuropean
K2R
Guest
I asked Garmin about replacing the touchscreen on the 2610 as I was concerned about scratching it over time. (Actually I did put a pretty good scratch in it but it isn't noticable at all when underway.) They asssured me they could replace but did not quote a price.
Scaramanga
Guest
Can you not add any of that protective film like you can add to a Palm?
Maybe a problem getting a sheet large enough but failing that how about that clear film you can wrap books in?
Just a thought.
Maybe a problem getting a sheet large enough but failing that how about that clear film you can wrap books in?
Just a thought.
Just noticed that Aspids advertise scratch remover on their website. Try this link http://www.aspidshop.com/export/store/product_info.php?cPath=20_22&products_id=124 It sounds like just you need, and at £16 odd - it's cheaper than having the screen replaced.
PanEuropean
Registered user
NO NO NO NO NO....
Don't use scratch remover! It's simply a fine abrasive polish. That's exactly what I used on my SP III, and I had to replace the front cover afterwards (read my story above).
You pretty much have two choices:
1) Live with the scratches (you can minimize the effect of them by washing the screen of the GPSR with a little bit of soapy water - use dish detergent - and drying it off).
2) Send the unit back to Garmin and get a new cover installed.
If you polish the screen of a SP III, you won't be able to read it in sunlight. Not sure what will happen if you polish the screen of a SP 26xx but my guess is that it would kill the touchscreen function.
PanEuropean
Don't use scratch remover! It's simply a fine abrasive polish. That's exactly what I used on my SP III, and I had to replace the front cover afterwards (read my story above).
You pretty much have two choices:
1) Live with the scratches (you can minimize the effect of them by washing the screen of the GPSR with a little bit of soapy water - use dish detergent - and drying it off).
2) Send the unit back to Garmin and get a new cover installed.
If you polish the screen of a SP III, you won't be able to read it in sunlight. Not sure what will happen if you polish the screen of a SP 26xx but my guess is that it would kill the touchscreen function.
PanEuropean
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