Garmin is a name of brand which designs and produces professional aviation devices, Marine devices that are used for the global navigation system, an activity tracker, for instance, Viofit and Vivo smart, sports watches with sensors such as GPS.
Global positioning system units, such as Garmin express maps unit that can make your driving smooth and amazing even with the unfamiliar destinations and routes. It can give you an immense pleasure of driving over the roads and valleys. The unit is able to determine your location using the GPS satellites and compares your locations with its stored maps and fixes your point of interest with regard to the roads, buildings, parks, travelling locations, etc. The Garmin GPS map update will provide concise instructions to get the accurate locations. In case you take a wrong turn, then it will send you some instant notifications to reverse your move. You can download and install a free map update with the purchase of a new unit, like Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Dezl, Garmin Inreach, Garmin Zumo, etc.
Get the ways to install Garmin Express Application for PC
- Connect the Garmin GPS to the computer. To make this connection you should use a micro USB cable.
- Connect one end of the device with the computer and the other end with the Garmin device.
- Launch a web browser to get the web page of GRAMIN map updates.
- Choose the option "AUTOMOTIVE" and then tap on to "Download Map Updater." and save the file on the screen of your Desktop computer.
- To download and install the file in your computer, double click the downloaded file.
- When the application is installed and your device has been recognized then clicks to "Search for device".
- Click "continue" is you see the prompt for a free map.
- In the prompt there can be messages, like "nüMaps Lifetime update is available!" or "A map update is available!" and in case you do not see any such message, instead you see that there is no update available "Your maps are up to date," then no update is required to install.
If you see that free Garmin GPS update is available then click "Continue". These updates can occupy a lot of space, so if you face a shortage of space, then you can insert an external memory card as all the GPS devices have a space to insert additional storage. Leave the device untouched until and unless it the download get finished. It can take several hours to finish the download. Moreover, all the Garmin maps update can be done after the duration of 90 days. The users are eligible to avail this update free of cost for the first time it gets connected to the satellite. There are some of the Garmin devices which are having free map update for a lifetime, such as Garmin units with LMT, LM or LT. Those who cannot get free time map update, then it can be purchased through the Garmin update site or you can use Updating application of Garmin. The users can even have a lifetime update subscription by paying an additional fee on the site of the Garmin.
Guidelines to update a Garmin 700 Series GPS
The Garmin Nuvi 700 series are preloaded with map information that works on the technology of global positioning system to help you to navigate. The users can even download the new and updated features if they found that the maps devices have become outdated in their Garmin Nuvi 700 series. Garmin Nuvi update can be found in the product description or in the packaging material that your device has come with.
- Go to the page where you will see the option for "Find Map Updates" page of the Garmin website. Here you need to click on "Automotive" then you have to install Garmin Communicator to continue.
- Take a USB cable and plug your Nuvi 700 device with your computer. Those maps, which are ready to update will appear to you on your screen.
- Click on the option of the map that you want to update, if it is free then you can have a free update, if not then it will ask for payment option. After paying the required amount for that update, your device will be updated.
- If you required downloading other types of the update then go to "Garmin Extras" page.
- Click the update again that you want to have for that particular device.
Although there are a lot of models for GPS and maps for your car and other vehicles, some of them provide installation CD with the product for hassle-free setup and configuration. If I talk about a few of such model then you can have Mio Moov 500 GPS devices with maps from the installation DVD. These DVDs have come with the comes with the MioMore Desktop software, which you can use to install, activate and remove maps from your device as well as you can have your older Garmin GPS map update with the new firmware. It does not require internet connections to get the update.
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