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    Awesome - happy to try anything within reason = will give it a go and report back!

    Edit:
    OK - sorry for the delay - had a few other things on.
    status is as follows.
    performed the firmware update as per the instructions above.
    No issues with installation
    message box said "update complete"
    plugged it into the laptop and checked for updates.
    Garmin express said 1 update - which I performed - took just a few seconds.
    however - the usual test for Swansea still came back as unknown....
    despite our best efforts I don't seem to be any further forward ....

    as a random idea - I remember someone telling me years ago they had bought an unbranded GPS unit(ebay i think) and then installed TomTom software on it and that it worked well for them.
    is this possible with a Garmin device - as a possible last-ditch attempt - my fiance prefers my tomtom to the Garmin interface so that could be a winner

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    Important User Nuvi 42  - doing weird things  - lost ability to plan routes to postcodes and some addresses
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    Have you found any similar problem searching for other towns/places/addresses? Or is it only Swansea Wales that won't show for you, regardless how you search for it?

    Re your random idea: Sorry no, Garmin hardware is proprietary and it's embedded OS can't be overwitten with TT's (or any other afaik).

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    thanks Butters - good to know

    its lots of towns / postcodes too = that's how my partner discovered it - was trying to navigate to somewhere for work and could see it was the right address on her phone but the Garmin would not locate it ...

 

 

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