The first 5 things that we recommend you do as soon as you take your new Garmin GPS out of the box, to ensure that your unit runs smoothly and without hassles.
Apart from the Nuvi 710 and the Nuvi 200W swapping 2nd and 3rd places, there is no change from last months top 5 ranking. The Nuvi 200 and 200W are still selling well, mostly due to heavily discounted prices as stores desperately try and get rid of their old stock.
Despite the similarly aggressive pricing of [...]
A few changes on this months Top 10 list as TomTom finally make their appearance at number 9 and some of the older Garmin units are discontinued to make way for newer technology.
1 - Garmin Nuvi 200
2 - Garmin Nuvi 200W
3 - Garmin Nuvi 710
4 - Garmin Nuvi 205W
5 - Garmin Nuvi 205
6 - Garmin [...]
This is the first post in this series of “Top 10 GPS units sold in South Africa” posts so please read of the note at the bottom of this post. These lists are simply intended to give you, the reader, a better idea of the GPS market trends in SA. I will also be including [...]
This question has come up quite a few times in conversation recently and I suppose the obvious answer would be that it depends on the price. But, one should also try and find out why the GPS model was discontinued and who discontinued it. In other words, did the manufacturers stop making the unit because [...]
Yes, the Garmin Nuvi 860 with Speech Recognition has finally hit South African shores!
This really is a very nice looking unit but I don’t want to delve too much into the aesthetics or even the standard functionality of this unit in this post. The Nuvi 860 is obviously a top of the range unit similar [...]
It always amuses me when people get all excited by the Text-to-Speech functionality on some of our GPS units. Being a South African I am quite used to the sometimes odd (mis)pronunciation of some of our road names (especially some of the newer names) by many of our own citizens but believe me when I [...]
A quick tip on how to check your map software version and your firmware (operating system) version on your Garmin Nuvi GPS unit.
In this first post of the series I explain and simplify the Nuvi 200 firmware update process for you, step-by-step…
Well what can I say, first the Garmin Nuvi 710 was on promotion at Gismap GPS Shop for a mere R 5,699 with a small extra or two thrown in for good measure. Now, thanks to Garmin SA who have really came to the table and slashed their prices on the most popular units in [...]
A common question asked by all Garmin owners is “How do I update my GPS unit?”
Well, first of all we need to remember that there are two parts to any GPS. The GPS unit itself and the operating system of that unit, also called the firmware (in the USA this is also called the ‘unit [...]
It has now been confirmed by the Garmin SA technical folk, that recent changes to the Garmin WebUpdater program has made the program safe to use for South African Garmin Nuvi owners.
[WebUpdater: WebUpdater is a free application that lets you update your GPS unit operating system from home. Download it on to your PC once, and then [...]
Damn, this thing takes a long time to acquire satellites when you start it up from a new destination – and that’s the only complaint I have about this unit!
The Garmin Nuvi 200 - Ready to use straight out of the box with a plug-in map chip, there’s not much more you could ask for [...]
Garmin have released a firmware update for the Nuvi 200 and… Can you believe it?
Changes made from version 2.90 to 3.10:
Fixed a bug that caused off route recalculations to be delayed in beginning the recalculation.
Added support for Afrikaans text translations.
Added new time zone for the Middle East.
Fixed a bug that could cause [...]
OK, so you’ve decided that you want to buy a GPS. You’ve also been able to figure that you need a “city navigator” autorouting type of unit (mainly for city/urban use and local or international traveling). Now you look at the available options and find 10 different units to choose from… What now?
The easiest way [...]
This is the unit you want if you are a technodinosaur and don’t want to be constantly working with a computer (A little tip though: When you get the unit out of the box, first go online and download the firmware updates - my version had to be updated from version 2.6 to version 4.3. [...]
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