zumo 550 map update

[mozencesme]

hello there, I have europe life time and ı have updated my zumo 550 for east europe now ı need to update with western europe and the uk.

ı have tried to update but zumo updates the eastern and central europe.
any ıdeas ??? how can ı put western europe and the uk on my zumo 550 please..

many thanks: Bayrak

 

[Bumpkin]

The 550 has only 2GB of internal memory. The mapping data gets bigger with every new release. You will need to load your mapping onto an SD card if you want more than will fit onto the remainder of that 2GB after the other essential operating system files.

I'm not sure how the new Garmin Express (map data and firmware updater) application will handle all this. I'm not sure if the old method of updating is still available... will know in a short while when I update to 2013.40.

A new version of the mapping (2013.40) should be out in the next few days/weeks by my estimation. You might want to hold off on doing your update until after it's released to save yourself from wanting to do it again.

 

[mozencesme]

cheers pal..

 

[GSTourer]

I have just had a quick look via my 550 and Garmin Express.

My 550's memory is very nearly full and when I go to update the mapping via Express, Full European and Western Europe selections are greyed out and I am unable to download them to the device....presumably because it realises there would be insufficient space on the Zumo's drive to take them.

It is a pity because other than the 2 mentioned above the only other selection which includes GB mapping is 'Northwest Europe Partial Region,' but other than GB it only additionally includes Eire, France, Spain and Portugal thereby leaving a whole large chunk of Europe off.

It appears you can have what Garmin say you can have and can't set up your own selection of individual countries.

With the limited space on the drive and bigger and bigger mapping I think it is a pity you are unable to select individual countries thereby making up your own mapset..............but it appears you can't (at least not via Express).

Does anyone know if I were to download say all of Europe onto a large memory card plus my music can I then listen to the music from the card whilst utilising the mapping on the card?