The nav5 came with a cradle that needed wiring in (has four buttons down the side and seemed more for wiring to a bike). I have another cradle which was about £70 which uses a 12v cig plug but I can’t remember what it looks like. Will dig it out when I get back from my alps triplancashirert wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:36 pm How do you do audio when you use these in a car? Seen a £100+ cradle with internal speaker, although Bahnstormer have a £30 one - albeit out of stock.
Nav VI not happy
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Battery eventually arrived from Garmin. When they said it was i stock they actually meant it wasn’t actually in stock.
Fired it up at home, couldn’t find satellites. Didn’t bode well. Slapped it on the bike when I actually remembered to take it. 20 seconds, it found me. If only I had remembered to pair it to my lid rather than just my phone
Anyone updated these on an M1 MacBook. It decided not to find it, although the cheap USB C to USB A adapter may be the issue. I’ll dig out the Apple one, hopefully don’t need a C to micro B as I have enough sodding leads at home!
Fired it up at home, couldn’t find satellites. Didn’t bode well. Slapped it on the bike when I actually remembered to take it. 20 seconds, it found me. If only I had remembered to pair it to my lid rather than just my phone
Anyone updated these on an M1 MacBook. It decided not to find it, although the cheap USB C to USB A adapter may be the issue. I’ll dig out the Apple one, hopefully don’t need a C to micro B as I have enough sodding leads at home!
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It can take a while for it (the nav) to be noticed by the pc/laptop etc, best off plugging it in using a decent cable then going off making a brew, mowing the grass, taking the dogs for a walk before attempting to load routes or update the software.
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lancashirert wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:17 pm
Anyone updated these on an M1 MacBook. It decided not to find it, although the cheap USB C to USB A adapter may be the issue. I’ll dig out the Apple one, hopefully don’t need a C to micro B as I have enough sodding leads at home!
My Nav V updates without any problems on my macbook. Use the orginal garmin lead with a geniune apple usb to usb c adaptor.
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So a data USB C to micro doesn't work. First blurb I read said son't use a hub, then on further reading, it says on Apple Silicon you may need to use a USB 2.0 hub. I do have an older Macbook, but the daughter (who technically owns it now) has lost the charger over the summer as she was between school and collegeMikeS wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:30 am My Nav V updates without any problems on my macbook. Use the orginal garmin lead with a geniune apple usb to usb c adaptor.
Only Windows machine is the wife's work laptop, and installing anything on there is a sackable offence...
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Only if caught!lancashirert wrote: Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:03 pm
Only Windows machine is the wife's work laptop, and installing anything on there is a sackable offence...
wait till she is out then delete the evidence
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lancashirert wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:36 pm How do you do audio when you use these in a car? Seen a £100+ cradle with internal speaker, although Bahnstormer have a £30 one - albeit out of stock.
Remembered to dig out the car Nav connector today
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Well, Still can't get it to talk to even a Mac with native USB A. Wonder if I need to actual proper cable. My Sena was fussy about the right cable. So I look on Garmin - 5-8 week lead 
