gunnar_g

So far, only problems when mounting the gps with sd-card in a mac. If you use Windows or not using card you Will be safe. But now it's not a problem as I know how to solve it waiting for Garmin to kill the bug.

. . . I reformatted my SanDisk card under windows 2000 and copied all garmin files from my other card and . . . Just checking, is your card a Sandisk "Ultra"? There have been reported incompatabilities with that type of card. No. Standard Sandisk 2g. Worked fine until 2.80 and 3.00. My other card worked fine until i put the gps in USB mode and got the incompatible files.

Do you have a mac? Find a Windows pc and remove the hidden spotlight and trashcan files from the card. I don't think you need to format the card.

I emailed Garmin about this, and here is the reply I got... Was that card ever used in a cell phone or another mobile device. You may need to reformat the card to FAT32. This should eliminate the issue. Let me know what you find out. The card has only been used in the Vista and it works with no problem in 2.80, but with 3.00 I can't turn on tracklogs. So... I bougth a new card (Lexar 2G) and upgraded my Vista HCx to 3.00. 1. Insert blank Lexar card. turn on tracklog. No problem. 2. Copied all the maps and tracks from the old SANDisk card to Lexar. switched tracklog. No problem. 3. Formatted the SANDisk card (blank). Insert. switch tracklog. No problem. 4. Copied the maps and tracks to SANDisk card. switch tracklog. Frozen! Conclusion. Some combination of map data and SANDisk 2G are not compatible with Vista HCx 3.00. So my Vista HCx will stay with SW 3.00 and Lexar 2G card. edit: But the power-off-beep-until-batteries-removed is now every time I power off. I had to quote myself one more time.. Solved both my problems with a hint from another webpage. Are you all Mac users who have problems? I reformatted my SanDisk card under windows 2000 and copied all garmin files from my other card and omitted spotlight and trashcan files. Now I can turn on/off tracklog and power off with no beep until batteries are removed. :-) Maybe the latest firmware is incompatible with Mac format FAT.. If the card is attached under Mac (GPS or card reader) spotlight and trashcanfiles are created and the beep at poweroff returns. The solution is to remove those files under windows again.

I emailed Garmin about this, and here is the reply I got... Was that card ever used in a cell phone or another mobile device. You may need to reformat the card to FAT32. This should eliminate the issue. Let me know what you find out. The card has only been used in the Vista and it works with no problem in 2.80, but with 3.00 I can't turn on tracklogs. So... I bougth a new card (Lexar 2G) and upgraded my Vista HCx to 3.00. 1. Insert blank Lexar card. turn on tracklog. No problem. 2. Copied all the maps and tracks from the old SANDisk card to Lexar. switched tracklog. No problem. 3. Formatted the SANDisk card (blank). Insert. switch tracklog. No problem. 4. Copied the maps and tracks to SANDisk card. switch tracklog. Frozen! Conclusion. Some combination of map data and SANDisk 2G are not compatible with Vista HCx 3.00. So my Vista HCx will stay with SW 3.00 and Lexar 2G card. edit: But the power-off-beep-until-batteries-removed is now every time I power off.

I emailed Garmin about this, and here is the reply I got... Was that card ever used in a cell phone or another mobile device. You may need to reformat the card to FAT32. This should eliminate the issue. Let me know what you find out. The card has only been used in the Vista and it works with no problem in 2.80, but with 3.00 I can't turn on tracklogs.

Do you have "lock on road" ON? If yes, then the GPS seems to be stuck in the car (on the road) when you leave it, unless you walk along the road.

What brand of the memorycard are you using and of what size is it?

I have a Vista HCx and SanDisk 2G memorycard. With 3.00 and card inserted I can't turn on track log without hanging the GPS. With no card it's not a problem. So I downgraded. I have had the tone on power off with both 2.80 and 3.00 and I have keytone off. It happens every 20th time I think.

Success! I downloaded the latest macro (1.3) and was now able to load the POIs in my Nuvi200. Running GSAK under vmware fusion in a macbook with OSX 10.5.3. Thanks a lot /Gunnar

I can't load the tourguide gpx as my Nuvi 200 are not compatible with the tourguide format.. (Standard screen)

I noticed this behaviour when I had different map-datums in the GPSr and the Map-program. In that case all waypoints seemed to drift off. In some maps there can be errors on roads etc but normally not that big. /Gunnar Sweden