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Agreed - i just wonder if it is not better to get "regular" units and get a really good waterproof casing if needs be

My NUVI 500 now runs as best it can and it will get you from A to B no issues. HOWEVER This unit is currently on sale at Cape Union Mart for R2500 and this does not include lifetime maps. I am of the opinion that was once a nice unit is now old technology and severely overpriced for what you get. Ap...

okay cool - no problem. After doing the clean up and deleting the unused stuff it has now completely stopped having the refresh issue

Thanks for all the assistance and for Otto Roth for pointing me to the forum in the first place. dasilvarsa: thanks for clarifying, makes perfect sense. I've cleaned up the unit removing uneccessary files etc. Next up is to find the most appropriate map for this unit for my needs. I'm struggling to ...

Do Not delete these. GMAPBMAP.IMG (basemap on the internal memory) BaseMap is Needed for Navigation GMAPTZ.IMG (dont know what this is but on the internal memory) This is Time Zone Map Needed ''Do Not delete these'' Already went down that road :mrgreen: ....I then unlocked the maps to fix it, altho...

3rd post just to get my restrictions removed ;)

Dankie Jan. The Street maps and the G2 BLuecharts Marine maps are both on seperate SD cards. I have tried to overwrite the Base map with the 2012 Streetmap image file but the unit seemed to get very buggy then, although i initially thought this was the answer. The unit also seemed to be unable to di...

I have a NUVI 500 that i bought +- a year ago. The intention was that i could use it in my vehicle for on road use and then also on the boat out at sea because it is waterproof and a dual purpose unit. My experience has been somewhat disappointing. My first issue is that the map is not refreshing on...