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Old 06-06-2020, 10:16 AM   #1
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hi, i have a garmin deluxe 51, it won,t find any street name. i,ve tried a "hard reset" and no joy. i,m pretty hopeless at finding places ,so i need to get it going.
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Old 06-06-2020, 10:40 AM   #2
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hi, i have a garmin deluxe 51, it won,t find any street name. i,ve tried a "hard reset" and no joy. i,m pretty hopeless at finding places ,so i need to get it going.
any ideas?
How old is the unit? Possible planned obsolescence?

Have you tinkered with phone based navigators like Google Maps or Waze?
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Old 06-06-2020, 10:46 AM   #3
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Download “Garmin Express”, the desktop software used to update Garmin GPS’s.
Then sync your GPS using a USB cable to your PC and do a map reload.
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How old is the unit? Possible planned obsolescence?

Have you tinkered with phone based navigators like Google Maps or Waze?
maybe 2yo , it cost $500, it better not be outdated.
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Download “Garmin Express”, the desktop software used to update Garmin GPS’s.
Then sync your GPS using a USB cable to your PC and do a map reload.
i,ll check it out. thanks
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Great to see they're all buggy pieces of ****, I have a TomTom and it acts up on the regular.
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Download “Garmin Express”, the desktop software used to update Garmin GPS’s.
Then sync your GPS using a USB cable to your PC and do a map reload.
that fixed it. about one hour of downloads, updates ect.
thanks
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