You can buy LM card if you wish.
No, no progress in unlocking for new unit.
You can buy LM card if you wish.
No, no progress in unlocking for new unit.
I could buy if the price was reasonable... Suppose you travel for several countries regularly. How much $$$ you would spend on LM cards.... For my region I think USD90 is too much... I will keep waiting and will start using other maps... Regards.Quote:
Originally Posted by lolypop000 [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
Only $10 difference between the price of the lower 48 OEM 55 and 55LM in US:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ditt63 [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
US & CA LM on a 56LM only another 10 bucks again. Add lifetime traffic for another 20 smackers to get a 55LMT or 56LMT. Very clever marketing by Garmin with the price bracketing.Code:https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-road/automotive/cOnTheRoad-cAutomotive-p0.html
Easiest for you might be to put the near new 55 on eflea and buy a 55/56LM[T] from a discount store. Unlikely you'll end up as much out of pocket as you would if you added an NA LM card to your 55 [BTW, that will only update the mapping directly on the unit to lower 48, but you can install the gmap folder to your PC to add all NA or MX/CA separately and legally to your unit with the correct codes].
LM cards cannot be purchased for any other mapping other than the OEM area normally [ie can't add EU to a NA unit is the example given by Garmin] but because solely US, or US/CA, or lower 48 States are not offered as after-market LM purchase, Garmin has to sell you all NA LM for those units.
For a mapping region other than OEM [factory loaded] you are limited to buying 'one-off' map versions which don't give you additional files such as JCV either and cost the earth, eg US$100 for EU if you do it from NA:Code:https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/maps/map-updates/numaps-lifetime/numaps-lifetime-north-america/prod33379_010-D0129-00.html
But don't feel too bad because if I do that from AU it'll cost me AU$109 [about US$118 on current conversion rates] for NA 'one-off' and AU$140 for EU and they come from the exact same Garmin server:Code:https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-road/automotive/2014-essential-line/nuvi-56lm/maps/on-the-road-maps/city-navigator-nt/city-navigator-europe-nt/prod6299_010-D0036-00.html
Code:https://buy.garmin.com/en-AU/AU/maps/on-the-road-maps/city-navigator-nt/city-navigator-north-america-nt/prod1456.html
https://buy.garmin.com/en-AU/AU/maps/on-the-road-maps/city-navigator-nt/city-navigator-europe-nt/prod6299.html
Neil, I appreciate your comments. I bought the nuvi 55TV here in my country because I would have a GPS and a DTV together. But here Garmin do not sell nuvi 55TV LM. See the link:Well, I will use the map that came with the gps and in the future I will use OSM maps. Regards.Code:https://buy.garmin.com/pt-BR/BR/na-estrada/automotivo/cOnTheRoad-cAutomotive-p1.html
Ha ha! Ok, clear now your problem. US/EU/AU 55 and SAm 55TV are completely different units of course. Comedy of errors, your original post says you have a nuvi 55 and you quoted $90 to add LM 'for your region', Brasil i guess, which co-incidentally is the same cost to add LM onto an NA unit so you'd understand the confusion.
Then again, maybe i'm the one on Planet-X [Nibiru] ;)).
I have compared the specs and it seems that the only difference is the DTV in SAm55TV... All other specs are the same. Size, functions, specs, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
Ah, a question of semantics. I believe they are different, albeit related units and only share some specs. If they are 'the same', try loading US/EU 55 firmware [HWID 1697] to your 55TV without bricking it for instance [that's not a dare, best not try]. If you have same HWID and PCB P/N then i'd agree they are not 'different units'. US/EU 55 can have PCB P/Ns of 105-01925-00/02, 105-01926-00/02/10, 105-01916-00, 105-02067-00, 105-02340-00 or 105-02310-00.
To find that info, hold the battery symbol for ~6 secs, press 'Back' or 'Next' to reach 'Version Information' screen and see PCB P/N, then press 'Start Test' > 'More' to reach Inventory Page. Look for HWID behind first 3 entries Bxxxx-00
So if your 55TV matches the US/EU 55 in both HWID and firmware and has one of those PCB P/Ns, then i agree for sure they are the same. ;))
I did it: PCB P/N105-02530-00 HWID B1966-00 2.00.
Thanks. Non-matching PCB P/Ns means incompatible hardware = different units.
You're welcome! Anyway the 55TV can be added to the new protection models list. :supercry: