Garmin Map Pilot - upgraded SD card fromV6.0 to V8.1 llast night
07-01-2017, 05:37 PM
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Garmin Map Pilot - upgraded SD card fromV6.0 to V8.1 llast night
Many thanks to this forum - a prior post on Garmin Map Pilot alerted that V8.1 for the SD card was available - dealers haven't a clue about the updates for the SD card - and believe me I know that for sure - nothing comes down to the dealers either thru the Sales or Part's systems about this.
The dealer SD cards I have seen are V5.2 - including ones just shipped into my dealership last week.
I had prior upgraded from V5.2 to V6.0 thru the internet portal - which requires download/install of the "MB Download Manager".
I went in last night to upgrade tro V8.1 - and Download Manager showed V8.1 was available - and asked to download/update the Download Manage 1st from V3.10 to V3.03.
It took less than 5min to update Download Manager - and then I went forward to do the update - and I chose to save existing V6.0 - and once that was done download/install V8.1.
All was smooth for this 18.67gb update EXCEPT the process goes SLOW - meaning 3-4 hours until my computer showed complete - nothing to do with my internet connection - dang slow from upstream.
I re-installed the SD card w/V8.1 this morning - all to the good !
Some have asked what V8.1 does/changes from V6.0 - and frankly there is no dif I have foound for me so far on my 6 mile daily route - others my see/encounter something that I don't.
As best as I can research - and brush off my German - V8.1 makes further improvements on how POI-Data can be imported and shown - a bigger thing in Europe where thru owners update and share Speed Camera locations.
That's about it - keep the beat !
The dealer SD cards I have seen are V5.2 - including ones just shipped into my dealership last week.
I had prior upgraded from V5.2 to V6.0 thru the internet portal - which requires download/install of the "MB Download Manager".
I went in last night to upgrade tro V8.1 - and Download Manager showed V8.1 was available - and asked to download/update the Download Manage 1st from V3.10 to V3.03.
It took less than 5min to update Download Manager - and then I went forward to do the update - and I chose to save existing V6.0 - and once that was done download/install V8.1.
All was smooth for this 18.67gb update EXCEPT the process goes SLOW - meaning 3-4 hours until my computer showed complete - nothing to do with my internet connection - dang slow from upstream.
I re-installed the SD card w/V8.1 this morning - all to the good !
Some have asked what V8.1 does/changes from V6.0 - and frankly there is no dif I have foound for me so far on my 6 mile daily route - others my see/encounter something that I don't.
As best as I can research - and brush off my German - V8.1 makes further improvements on how POI-Data can be imported and shown - a bigger thing in Europe where thru owners update and share Speed Camera locations.
That's about it - keep the beat !
07-16-2017, 02:54 PM
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Many thanks to this forum - a prior post on Garmin Map Pilot alerted that V8.1 for the SD card was available - dealers haven't a clue about the updates for the SD card - and believe me I know that for sure - nothing comes down to the dealers either thru the Sales or Part's systems about this.
The dealer SD cards I have seen are V5.2 - including ones just shipped into my dealership last week.
I had prior upgraded from V5.2 to V6.0 thru the internet portal - which requires download/install of the "MB Download Manager".
I went in last night to upgrade tro V8.1 - and Download Manager showed V8.1 was available - and asked to download/update the Download Manage 1st from V3.10 to V3.03.
It took less than 5min to update Download Manager - and then I went forward to do the update - and I chose to save existing V6.0 - and once that was done download/install V8.1.
All was smooth for this 18.67gb update EXCEPT the process goes SLOW - meaning 3-4 hours until my computer showed complete - nothing to do with my internet connection - dang slow from upstream.
I re-installed the SD card w/V8.1 this morning - all to the good !
Some have asked what V8.1 does/changes from V6.0 - and frankly there is no dif I have foound for me so far on my 6 mile daily route - others my see/encounter something that I don't.
As best as I can research - and brush off my German - V8.1 makes further improvements on how POI-Data can be imported and shown - a bigger thing in Europe where thru owners update and share Speed Camera locations.
That's about it - keep the beat !
The dealer SD cards I have seen are V5.2 - including ones just shipped into my dealership last week.
I had prior upgraded from V5.2 to V6.0 thru the internet portal - which requires download/install of the "MB Download Manager".
I went in last night to upgrade tro V8.1 - and Download Manager showed V8.1 was available - and asked to download/update the Download Manage 1st from V3.10 to V3.03.
It took less than 5min to update Download Manager - and then I went forward to do the update - and I chose to save existing V6.0 - and once that was done download/install V8.1.
All was smooth for this 18.67gb update EXCEPT the process goes SLOW - meaning 3-4 hours until my computer showed complete - nothing to do with my internet connection - dang slow from upstream.
I re-installed the SD card w/V8.1 this morning - all to the good !
Some have asked what V8.1 does/changes from V6.0 - and frankly there is no dif I have foound for me so far on my 6 mile daily route - others my see/encounter something that I don't.
As best as I can research - and brush off my German - V8.1 makes further improvements on how POI-Data can be imported and shown - a bigger thing in Europe where thru owners update and share Speed Camera locations.
That's about it - keep the beat !
Also not sure how everyone else feels but route calculation slower
