Thread: Nuvi 700 > 800 series

Originally Posted by Giomen

Total nonsense! In first, it is absolutely different device due hardware. The second, software is absolutely different too. 700 - Garmin core, 800 - Linux based!

I don't understand what ASR support has to do with different hardware and different OS. ASR is just data. Those differences don't prevent various devices and programs from reading IMG files, for example. The only problem could be if ASR files contained portions of ARM processor instructions inside. But both 8xx and 7xx are ARM devices, so no problem here.

Also, as I understand, mullerh isn't asking about porting 8xx firmware to 7xx hardware (it's going to be very hard, if not impossible, due to those differences), he is asking about enabling ASR support in 7xx firmware. And it's impossible for us for sure, as 7xx firmwares don't even have ASR string inside, therefore, ASR support functionality is not present. And Garmin isn't going to add this trendy feature to this old device (which is already sold and doesn't bring any profit) and make the customer value of newer shiny devices lower.