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Garmin Mobile XT for Symbian

176 replies · 205,753 views · Started 28 September 2007

Z06 07 Dec 2007, 04:23

works for me but i have a major problem!! I have no maps for belize! What would be the MapID for that region or my country?

bartmanekul 07 Dec 2007, 09:06

argh wrote: The map routing was fine, the interface nicer than Route66 (although it would be nice if it would be faster drawing the map), but the voice directions were terrible.

As people from the UK might know, MK has a fair few roundabouts and Garmin did a terrible job on them. Most of them are simple 4 way crossroad type but for almost all the "straight on" roundabouts, it said "turn left", despite the route shown on the display being correct.

Yep, thats one of the problems I had.

Mobinpatel 09 Dec 2007, 09:57

Hello everyone
I've been using Garmin mobile XT with city navigator europe v9 for a week now,
not as good as the tomtom interface but it works with the internal GPS so that makes up for it
the most annoying thing for me, is on the navigation window on the bottom left hand corner is speed (which is pointless as like everyone else i have a speedometer in the car!!) and the bottom right hand corner is the ETA which is completely hopeless!! the ETA is nowhere near realistic,
is there anyway of changing these, ie the speed for distance remaining (like on the tomtom) and customising the ETA (like on route 66)???
please tell me so otherwise i may have to go back to using tomtom
Mobin

nezza 11 Dec 2007, 06:49

bartmanekul wrote:Yep, thats one of the problems I had.

Same here, I'd be coming up to a roundabout and it will say 'Turn left' when actually the correct instruction is 'Take the second left' or 'Straight over'. That's just plain wrong.

The map shows the correct route - so why can't it say it correctly I wonder?

Is there anything you can do about this?

If not, this is a major-ish flaw in my opinion, because you have to keep looking at the map and can't trust what it says.

Peter321 11 Dec 2007, 07:01

Funny, in the few roundabouts I've tried it tells me: "In the roundabout - take 2nd to the right" when I need to take the second exit.

bartmanekul 11 Dec 2007, 09:04

Makes you better then I assume, by doing nothing but swearing at someone on the forum? Leave out the insults or have your posts deleted. Read the forum rules, you keep breaking them.

nezza 11 Dec 2007, 10:07

Peter321 wrote:Funny, in the few roundabouts I've tried it tells me: "In the roundabout - take 2nd to the right" when I need to take the second exit.

Really? Hmm, I don't think it's just my setup as a few others have posted the same problem here.

I wonder if it's a configuration option somewhere then?

bartmanekul 11 Dec 2007, 10:17

Im not sure exactly what the problem is, need to try it again maybe.

I know there was definatly something bad about the roundabouts, as a number of times my GF and I looked at each other and went 'what??'.

She does suffer when I try out my new satnavs 😊

Perhaps I should give it another go, especially if I can transfer it to my main memory card. I just remember being so unimpressed with it.

sbc 11 Dec 2007, 10:41

My limited experience with Garmin also tell me that roundabouts are messed up. I believed it was a result of Garmin being american and no roundabout over there, but I guess I am wrong then. Quite weird, especielly considering I should be running the same language version as Peter 321...

What build are you running, Peter321? Any special settings you've messed with?

nezza 11 Dec 2007, 10:48

For the record I'm using Version 4.10.20s60.9

Map is Metroguide Europe V9, UK map

I also have the base maps installed

Don't think I've changed any settings which would cause this problem - then again!

Peter321 11 Dec 2007, 11:48

sbc wrote:My limited experience with Garmin also tell me that roundabouts are messed up. I believed it was a result of Garmin being american and no roundabout over there, but I guess I am wrong then. Quite weird, especielly considering I should be running the same language version as Peter 321...

What build are you running, Peter321? Any special settings you've messed with?

I'm running version 4.10.40 (latest one from Garmin Web site)

My map is City Navigator Europe NT 2008

nezza 11 Dec 2007, 12:20

Peter321 wrote:I'm running version 4.10.40 (latest one from Garmin Web site)

My map is City Navigator Europe NT 2008

Are you using an external GPS Peter? I didn't think version .40 worked with the internal GPS on the N95.

Also, looks like we have different maps??

argh 11 Dec 2007, 13:06

Yes, possibly it's fixed in Europe NT 2008. I wouldn't know, as it's not available legally 😊

Unless of course Peter321 is some kind of beta tester 😉

Peter321 11 Dec 2007, 13:55

argh wrote:Yes, possibly it's fixed in Europe NT 2008. I wouldn't know, as it's not available legally 😊

Unless of course Peter321 is some kind of beta tester 😉

Actually it IS available in some standalone Garmin units - now whether you are allowed to copy it out to your N95 is another question 😎

I have no further comments 😉

Peter321 11 Dec 2007, 13:56

nezza wrote:Are you using an external GPS Peter? I didn't think version .40 worked with the internal GPS on the N95.

Also, looks like we have different maps??

Using the internal GPS 😊

fiddles 11 Dec 2007, 14:50

Peter321 wrote:I'm running version 4.10.40 (latest one from Garmin Web site)

My map is City Navigator Europe NT 2008

Actually there is newer version 4.10.60 I have it installed on my n95 running from internal gps perfectly

hardy_fz 11 Dec 2007, 15:38

Peter321 wrote:Using the internal GPS 😊

r u sure .... how u do that .... because i also already install into my sd card and evrytime i open garmin xt then the program cannot merge with internal gps .....go to setting also same .... cannot pair with internal gps ..... other than garmin GPSr ....

sbc 11 Dec 2007, 17:24

Ok... The roundabout mystery is solved! And the answer is... The map 😊

I've tried using a v9 map and it knows nothing about roundabouts, but instead considers them a bunch of small roads pieced together. Then I tried the NT 2008 map like Peter321 and now roundabouts are fully recognized 😊

Peter321 12 Dec 2007, 06:58

fiddles wrote:Actually there is newer version 4.10.60 I have it installed on my n95 running from internal gps perfectly

It's not an official version, but a hacked Taiwanese demo version - I would wait for the official .60 version - but that's just me 😉

Peter321 12 Dec 2007, 06:59

hardy_fz wrote:r u sure .... how u do that .... because i also already install into my sd card and evrytime i open garmin xt then the program cannot merge with internal gps .....go to setting also same .... cannot pair with internal gps ..... other than garmin GPSr ....

You need to have the correct unlock file installed: SW.UNL for the software

If you have that make sure it's not titled SW.UNL.TXT - you can use filemanager on the phone to check and rename of need be.

hardy_fz 12 Dec 2007, 13:43

Peter321 wrote:You need to have the correct unlock file installed: SW.UNL for the software

If you have that make sure it's not titled SW.UNL.TXT - you can use filemanager on the phone to check and rename of need be.

yes peter u r correct .... thank`s bro ..... ok now i can use my garmin using internal gps .... only now my next mission is to find malaysian maps huhuhu

anyway thank`s bro ....😊😊😊

BelgiumDj 13 Dec 2007, 12:56

Peter321 wrote:It's not an official version, but a hacked Taiwanese demo version - I would wait for the official .60 version - but that's just me 😉

i run that version to, and is working verry fine although on my Nokia 6110 navigator it is a bit slow when routing, you are past a crossing when it upears on the screen, garmin has said they re working on it in a following update
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bjarne_a 13 Dec 2007, 23:48

Originally Posted by Peter321
You need to have the correct unlock file installed: SW.UNL for the software

If you have that make sure it's not titled SW.UNL.TXT - you can use filemanager on the phone to check and rename of need be.

Thank you all for your help. Can confirm that this also works well with the N82.

MSaxp 16 Dec 2007, 00:28

Can someone help with the internal GPS?
I created a new file in notepad entered the activation number and saved it as SW.UNL (its not .txt i checked) and then copied it in the Garmin Folder. It will still find no GPS though 😞