Thread: Garmin ecoRoute -Save Gas and Money

Originally Posted by 3490lmt

Thanks for the link but I have no idea where to find the "140.bin" file.

read the thread Roger linked above and you'll find.

Also, how do I find/get into this path location --> In the folder. \ System \ Diag \ html \ supported_features.html

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] in your nuvi and you'll find this too.

Originally Posted by catymag

read the thread Roger linked above and you'll find.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] in your nuvi and you'll find this too.

Thanks for the info but I tried those before and it does not show the ".system" for my 3490LMT at all. However, it does show that folder for my Nuvi 50LM, this is freakin weird! See attachments.

And for the "140.bin" I still can't find that since I don't even see the ".system" ...Any other ideas?

@3490lmt
My best guess there is that you've enabled to show hidden items locally for the nuvi 50 folder when it was open, but then the changes haven't been saved universally, so you then can't see hidden files and folders for your 3490.
Unhide permanently via Control Panel>Folder Options>View, enable the radio button for 'Show hidden files, folders and drives'. Click 'OK'.

140.bin is not something you can 'see' in the unit. It's a backup or copy of a particular unit's non-volatile region 140 [rgn140]. Please read the other thread already linked, but quite frankly i'm not sure what you'll achieve because I believe dasilvarsa is correct and ecoRoute should be available to your 3490 [Main Page 'Where To?/Map'>Apps>EcoRoute and you can set up your profile. However, in some localities it's not free as OEM and you may have to make a purchase of the App.

Your nuvi 50 is not capable of using ecoRoute.

A good idea is to take a look at Tutorial Index
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may be in particular to
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Better than post&repost and make us guess what's wrong lol.

Originally Posted by 3490lmt

dasilvarsa, I finally see the file, here it is! Thanks to catymag! It was in the MTP mode.
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I still don't know what this have to do with my ecoRoute problem/concern but can someone still answer my previous questions (#36)? If it's no, can't be done, I can live with it, I just want to test it out if it works.

Sometimes i can't see the wood for the trees, it should have been obvious to me that you hadn't enabled MSM. Thanks goodness for Caty.

Have you tried to mod rgn140 previously or did you buy this unit 2nd hand, because I agree with dasilvarsa's statement in Post #28:

I think that you have enabled eco-route features not needed.

What that means is that in 140.bin the box for 'ecoRoute HD' and maybe 'ecoRoute Purchase' were checked and then it was flashed back to mod rgn140. If that's the case, the HD function would be 'hiding' ecoRoute Standard. i.e. It was done as in this pic from [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]



Please go over to that thread, carefully read the initial post there, especially the 'New and Easy Procedure' by cat2115 at the end of post #1. Note that those 2 boxes i mentioned should not be checked, that's been discussed extensively in the thread:



If you want to enable extra feature such as mp3 and Video Player in your 3490, check those boxes when you uncheck ecoRoute HD & Purchase. This is my 3490's supported_features.html and i still have ecoRoute Standard because i unchecked HD & Purchase, and checked Standard as well as all the other boxes before saving:

Code:

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Please post over in the other thread if you're still having problems, getting a bit OT here.

Try to add Ecoroute standard with
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Follow cat2115's quote from post n1- Note: he says not to check ecoroute because standard is already set usually in 34xx ,but you can try.
Make a backup of region 41 before using it.

Note2:Neil was faster