The day before I delivered the Landcruiser to J-Bay, and unfortunately in a hurry, I organised a Garmin GPS to be built in properly by Schroeder. I was actually lured by a special deal for a Garmin Nüvi 250 advertised by HiFi Corporation. Due to time contstraints I skipped the usual thorough research, which turned out to be a mistake, and rushed to the shop to grab the GPS. I should have known better and especially listened to the alarm bells inside my head. The salesman had an answer to EVERY question, usually something like “yes yes” or “no no”, generally quite short on communication and giving me the impression that he wants to get rid of me and my questions.
Anywho, it turned out I purchased a GPS without routing and/or tracking abilities and trying to upload the Tracks4Africa Maps turned into an unsolvable nightmare. The latter may be due to the Garmin 250′s capability/compatibility and/or my incompetence and/or due to the fact that you seem to need some sort of map viewer software (Mapsource), which comes on a DVD, which again is only available to South African buyers and/or when bying some or the other Garmin Maps product – hmmm. Trying to download and activate the software from Garmin ended up in being subscribed and registered to numerous portals with endless new product numbers and and and. What a f***up.
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I eventually instructed Schroeder to organise the proper Garmin, the 710 I believe, and have the T4A maps loaded, because I’m really getting tired of a GPS constantly telling me that I am about 3 kilometres off the main road, which has been in existence since 1954 mind you.
Cheers & Beers
Tommy
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