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Thinking about upgrading my streetpilot III to either a 2610 or the 2720. I like the looks of the 2720, but does anyone know if you can hook it to a computer and download waypoints into the unit from the mapping program. I know it comes pre-loaded, but does it come with a mapsource type program to do this? Everywhere I look I just see that in the box is the mapping program with preloaded in parenthesis - so I dont know if the actual cd is in the box too or if it is just on the unit. Thanks for your help - oh yeah, if you do have it, do you like it and would you recommend it? Mike

I ordered a 600 on Tuesday night from thegpsstore.com and it was delivered yesterday, Thursday. Seems to work great. Map uploading went very smooth. I had one on order with tigergps.com, but cancelled it after reading through this forum. The order was on-hold and apparently not in stock. Mike

Yeah, it seems to be the cord. Much to my surprise, though, since I never had a problem with it before. I was fooling around with it last night and wiggled the cord around and the voice would cut off and on. At least I hope its the cord and not an internal problem with the jack. Kinda odd it happened right after the download of the new software, though.

Has anyone updated to the new software version 2.70 on thier street pilot III's? After updating mine, my voice guidance intermittenly works. It worked flawlessly for a year, I updated the software, and on the very next outting, the voice only half works... Actually it will work, then it may not say anything, and then it will sometimes work and then quit in the middle of the sentence. Anyone have any problems like this? I would say it is the cable, if it wouldnt have worked the day before, but to have it not work only after the software update has me suspicious. Garmin says they have no known issues, though. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for your help/ideas. Mike

Just to let you all know, I contacted garmin yesterday and in less than 5 minutes they determined the card was in fact defective. They are sending a new one out to me.... They were a real pleasure to deal with. They didn't even want me to send the other one back in, and the new one was fedexed overnight to me. Should be here today.

Thanks, Olar.... Apparently Garmin doesn't have tech support for the beta version, so maybe I should wait and call them on monday. Have you downloaded numerous times on a data card and not had any problems? This is my first time to this forum, and it is awesome. I never knew geocaching existed. I have a magellan gold, too, and I should get in the game... Mike

I purchased a Garmin StreetPilot III Deluxe with a 128mb data card included about 4 days ago. I cannot get the maps to load onto the data card, if I use the usb data card programmer, I get a message that the card in the unit is unrecognizable and to replace it with another. If I use the serial cable, I get the message that the file I am trying to download from mapsource is too big to fit into the gps unit. However, I tried to download an 897kb map, and the message stated it was like 890 kb to big. I know, obviously, that I have to stay under 128 mb for it to fit on the card, and the largest area I attempted to download has been around 110 to 110 mb. Reading the literature that came with the product, it sounds like the card is bad. My question is do you all think garmin will replace my data card. Like I said, it is only 4 days old, even though it was bundled in the package with the streetpilot? And, is this normal for a card to burn or not function correctly so fast. It shouldn't have been caused by a faulty GPS unit or usb card programmer, should it? Also, I updated the mapsource CD to version 4.13 from 4.01, and updated the drivers for the usb card programmer. My computer recognizes the card programmer and says it is working in the device manager. Will garmin help me out? Or do you all know of any other solutions? Thanks