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Geez, I'm just updating the maps in my Garmin Nuvi 680 for the first time - man does this take a long time! Been at it for about two hours and its only 59% done!
That <span style="font-style: italic">is</span> slow! I updated my GPSMAP-496 from a DVD last year and it didn't seem to take that long. I think they're using basically the same database too.
I did mine online. A good part of the process was installing some .exe program I had to download first, then that program accessed the map data and downloaded to the Garmin.
I had gone through that when I got my son's Garmin when he left for Japan. Once I got the registration transferred to me (he forgot his password and had no paperwork anymore) I subscribed to the online updates, and now have a local major bypass appearing on screen without the Garmin telling me to find someway to the next street. It was fun to drive across vacant farmland according to the GPS.
That sounds about right. My Nuvi 260 took about an hour to do its last batch of updates. I did change the voice in it to English Jill, since American Jill seemed to have a bit of an attitude
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