Garmin help line - fantastic, But, But...

Did you ask them if the TTS volume can be increased?

What problems did you have Jeff?

I bought the same unit and registered, downloaded the free map upgrade with no worries at all.

The download was big at 268Mb but with broadband that isnt a big ask and the download speed from Garmin was great. Didn't take very long at all.

My one complaint is that the Garmin units dont come packed with the warnings for red light, school zones and speed zones like the wife's NavMan S30 did, out of the box.

Wayne,
As implied, I'm a Luddite. The girl from Garmin ( Katie, perhaps)guided me through the steps required, as would a pilot in reefs off Cairns on a black moon.She was bloody good mate, - very patient, very compassionate, and disarmingly efficient.
Unfortunately, once the programme had downloaded, Garmin did not re-engauge, and despite numerous 1800 calls to their help line, zilch! For about 150 minutes.
Because we're over the limit on Bigpond , dollars start to count, and I reckoned we've paid $60 for the free Garmin update.
So I got my Missus to push the buttons, and it's all good. Had she stuffed up, we may well have been out of both dollars and 2009NT.
Waynepad, I reckon Garmin America have under resourced Garmin Australia,(launched early July, True?) and unless they get their act together very, very quickly, a valuable segment of their Australian market may well decamp.
Just my view as a slightly jaded customer.
Jeff.

Wayne,
As you could down load the programme with your current skills, I reckon you'd be very content. Unfortunately I lack those skills.
To my joyous amazement, Garmin supplied an agent possed of both technical and cultural skills. Alas, she failed to respond when the transfer was complete.

Mate, I spoke with Katie for some time as the process unfolded.
She's worth a million dollars for Garmin in Australia. I suspect that they (Garmin)haven't caught up with their potential market.
I stop.
Jeff H.

You could have saved yourself time and money as If you looked they have a CD of it available for I think it was $5 postage and then you could play at home when it arrived.
I downloaded and installed it in about 15 mins. It did it all automatically with only a few clicks on the screen.

My only gripe apart from agreeing on the volume is that you cant show your speed when in navigation mode.
It only appears if you have the map running but not actually guiding you.

Have you got your fuel discount yet.

Took the cruiser and some jerrycans and got the full 150 liters.

Son took his car and a mate and some cans and got his full amount as well.

After getting all the bits the unit actually costs $85

Dont snug it away too long as the 40c a litre only lasts for a month and then u lose it. Look in your account on everydayrewards.com and it will tell you when it expires. U also have to use as much as you can in one go as if you only take say 60 litres you lose the rest.

It says in the conditions that they use the largest first then the oldest so dont wait too long