wv hick Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I have had Topo 2008 maps installed on my Vista HCx for several month with no problems. Just bought CN NT 2008 and tried to load the entire CN & select Topo maps (total about 1.4MB with 940 segments onto a 2GB card). Saw the maps created and the beginning of the transfer to the GPSr. Came back a couple hours later and discovered message on PC saying there was an error communicating with the GPSr. The GPSr still had the transfering data screen, but appeared to be frozen. Disconnected the GPSr from the PC and shut down. Now the GPSr will start booting up (back light screen), but then turns off. I can see for a flash of a second a line at the bottom of the screen that says "ok" before it shuts off. Anyone know what happened, but more importantly what I do now? Figure I could do some sort of a reset, but don't know how. Help!! (FAQ on Garmin's site is having issues, and the manual does not address - surprise.) Quote Link to comment
wv hick Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Duh - should have figured out how to get the GPSr working again before posting. I pulled the card and rebooted - no problem! Inserted the card and the unit shut down. So I guess my question now is what happened, and how can I avoid this again? Quote Link to comment
jmundinger Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Duh - should have figured out how to get the GPSr working again before posting. I pulled the card and rebooted - no problem! Inserted the card and the unit shut down. So I guess my question now is what happened, and how can I avoid this again? If you have a card reader, you might try erasing and/or reformatting the card and/or transferring the maps to the card using the reader. Then, see if you can restart the unit with the card in place. Quote Link to comment
wv hick Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 If you have a card reader, you might try erasing and/or reformatting the card and/or transferring the maps to the card using the reader. Then, see if you can restart the unit with the card in place. Thanks. That's what I did and it worked fine. Still not sure what happened, but suspect my notebook may have gone into hibernation mode towards the end of the process, interfering with the USB connection. In any event, card reader is the way to go - considerably quicker than using the USB. Quote Link to comment
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