StreetPilot Upgrade Confusion

[Ralphie]

To all the chaps and chapesses on here that got the Streetpilot Deluxe deal from GPS Warehouse like myself:
Garmin tortured me trying to get the free upgrade to Mapsource V8.
They now say its not available anymore but I can't fathom how to get the V9 upgrade which I can now buy.
Anyone else managed it yet?
Cheers

[sproggy]

Garmin don't exactly seem to be going out of their way to make V9 available yet, but I've done a bit of digging because having skipped V8 I'm planning on upgrading my V7 to V9.

City Navigator NT V9 is now available but it's only compatible with certain devices (those that have an on-board hard disk). The 'normal' City Navigator (for devices like my 2610) isn't available yet, it seems, unless you're in the US and want to pay $299 for the priviledge.

If you purchased a Garmin product AFTER 1st September (the release date of V9) and it didn't come with V9 then you're entitled to a free upgrade. See:

http://www.garmin.com/unlock/update.jsp

If you purchased before this date then you'll have to pay a $75 upgrade fee, and you can do this through the Garmin website, same link as above.

Confuses the hell out of me....

[Ralphie]

Thanks Sproggy
Garmin had emailed me to tell me that the upgrade was now available, which when I go through the update screens on My Garmin etc it isn't.

At no point did they mention that its not available yet for my unit, hence the confusion.

Not so Hotline indeed

Many thanks

[Ralphie]

For anyone interest I have been told that the Version 9 for Streetpilot Units "may" be available in January.

The torturing b@sturds sent emails advising how to get the upgrade blah blah etc with really poor details and a diagram that makes sense only if your model has the upgrade available to it, even though their system knows that its not
arrrrghhhhhhhhhh despair

[Rubberchicken]

Hmm reminds me, I still gotta buy that dvd drive to get v8 working...

[Mutley]

Hi, Just found this post.

I was told also by Garmin that V9 is not due out to us for a few weeks yet, probably end of January.

Lucky the weather is keeping us in for a while then.

[Dilbert]

Dunno, bought mine from ChrisH already loaded with V8, just about worked out how to use it today and the route to a horsey place for Mrs Dilbert, seems to match the AA route(ish), so unless there's shed loads of new roads being built this year I don't think I'll bother getting an upgrade just yet, besides I'd have to go to Kerry to get V9 loaded for me