I have just been told that a Nav IV bought new in April 2013 will not accept custom routes from BASECAMP. The owner had contacted Garmin and was advised the 660 is no longer compatible with the latest version of BaseCamp . They did give him a link to overcome the problem which was Windows only and he has MAC.
Anybody else come across this and solved the problem?
GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
Well I have a 660 and am still using Basecamp to transfer routes, well I did 6 months ago and I have a Mac. Not sure what version of Basecamp I'm using, I'll check
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Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
I have no problems transferring routes from BaseCamp (Version 4.4.7) to my 660.
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guest2360
Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
Two yrs ago I had the same problem with Basecamp and a new Zumo 660, so I went back to Mapsource which to be honest I found more user friendly.
I contacted Garmin and was told basically the same they sent me a E mail
" Since Basecamp is technically not compatable in transferring routes to this model of Zumo, the process can be hit or miss. it may work for some routes and not for others. I would recommend using the Mapsource program and see if that program tranfers all the routes successfully"
So I did and it did, bloody marvelous : not speak: :not speak:
I contacted Garmin and was told basically the same they sent me a E mail
" Since Basecamp is technically not compatable in transferring routes to this model of Zumo, the process can be hit or miss. it may work for some routes and not for others. I would recommend using the Mapsource program and see if that program tranfers all the routes successfully"
So I did and it did, bloody marvelous : not speak: :not speak:
Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
step2534 wrote: Two yrs ago I had the same problem with Basecamp and a new Zumo 660, so I went back to Mapsource which to be honest I found more user friendly.
I contacted Garmin and was told basically the same they sent me a E mail
" Since Basecamp is technically not compatable in transferring routes to this model of Zumo, the process can be hit or miss. it may work for some routes and not for others. I would recommend using the Mapsource program and see if that program tranfers all the routes successfully"
So I did and it did, bloody marvelous : not speak:not
Used to use Mapsource, but didn't think there was a version for Mac, so if you used it you had to run a MS instance.
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guest2360
Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
Have had a look at Garmin UK , there is no Mapsource my more. So if you haven't kept it it's probably gone forever.
Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
Garmin sent me a link to download Mapsource, (I will see if I can type this right)
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download details.jsp?id=209
It worked
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download details.jsp?id=209
It worked
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Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
I've read somewhere on here that Garmin didn't support MapSource anymore.step2534 wrote:Garmin sent me a link to download Mapsource.
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Re: GARMIN 660/BMW Nav IV AND BASECAMP
I think that's correct. If you look at Garmin.com there is no mention of MapSource. The link is probably to something that they already had.
I disliked BaseCamp when it first arrived but now find it better.
If you dig deep you will find the last update to Mapsource was in Oct 2010.
I disliked BaseCamp when it first arrived but now find it better.
If you dig deep you will find the last update to Mapsource was in Oct 2010.
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