Thread: 2xxx and 3xxx series enable features application

I've seen that bug before, WU mistakes it for a unit software update, renames it accordingly as GUPDATE.GCD and places it in .System where it does nothing. Rename it to 006B090100.GCD and move it to the RemoteSW subfolder of .System then hook up your GTM60.

When you drag a software update file onto webupdater, it doesn't offer you that again because it's already loaded it to the device. It will offer you other updates of course after the specific file has been loaded.

Could be that 'Type 3 GTMxx' is only for the FM side of the GTM60 and doesn't update the HD Radio software however even more probably it's exclusively for the FM-only receivers such as GTM25-36. I have two 3597 units, one from NA with a GTM60 receiver OEM, and an AU with GTM36 as OEM. Both units received the 006B090100.GCD as firmware updates at some point, but only the NA unit had 006B154600.GCD onboard from new which is, i'm now certain, the firmware for GTM60 and probably updates both FM and HD Radio for it. As it was on the NA unit as OEM and Garmin have not issued any further updates for GTM60, you should be quite safe to add that file to RemoteSW folder to your 3590:

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If your refurbished NA 3590 came boxed with GTM60 [not GTM36] i'm only mildly surprised that the original GTM60 firmware was not factory loaded to the nuvi as it was with my NA 3597. Clearly it wasn't or it would be in RemoteSW folder unless it's been removed subsequently. Refurbs in the blue and white box often aren't properly updated by Garmin in my experience. Here's the file anyway as it's not available to download from Garmin according to the above link:

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Originally Posted by principecarlo

@Neil
I put 006B154600.GCD, which is only 1029KB, into the RemoteSW folder. No update. So at this point I kind of give up. There are known issues with GTM70 updates rendering those traffic receivers bricked. The last thing I need is to have my GTM60 bricked. It seems to me that Garmin made a little boo-boo, so lets wait and see if they correct themselves. I'll keep an eye on this issue, once I come up with some ideas I'll post. Thanx for the effort.

@principecarlo
Yes, but i think your problem is totally unrelated to the stuff-up made by Garmin where they were accidentally loading the US GTM60 [HD Radio] software via GarminExpress for the EU GTM70 [DAB]. They quietly fixed that of course and just replaced any GTM70 bricked as a result. The file on their server is different to the 'bricking' one offered temporarily by GE [which was definitely the US GTM60 file]. See this thread for clarification: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Even though I have a GTM60 and several 34/35xx devices which are DAB/HD Radio traffic capable i'm unable to test it here with a digital signal as there's no HD '3D' Traffic available in AU yet and in any case it's likely to be DAB not HD Radio when there is. Used with a compatible unit, my GTM60 with an added Suna FM Traffic subscription works exactly the same as any FM TMC receiver here however. It also shows 'GTM60 Software Version 2' in Traffic Receiver Status of Diagnostics Page>Developer Info when connected. As an experiment, i tried with an AU 3490 which has never had the GTM60 connected to it and didn't have 006B154600.GCD in it's RemoteSW folder. It showed Version 2 both before and after the file was added with no update subsequently. As evidenced by the coded link in my previous post, no software update is being offered so I think that there absolutely is no further update for GTM60 beyond the OEM Version 2 and therefore the 006B154600.GCD is V2 which is why both yours and my GTM60s ignore the file when added to RemoteSW. Certainly the EU GTM70 was updated from V2 to V2.30 however.

Another thought is that you may not have a sufficient sat lock, or that you're not in a HD traffic area so it's unable to receive that but in the latter case it should still find HERE FM Traffic for US/CAN because GTM60 comes with 2 separate Lifetime subs, one for HD and the other for standard FM. Does it show 'Searching' under Settings>Traffic as well?

We started completely 'on topic' here addressing your problem with enabling features in your 3590 but of course with the traffic receiver problem we've drifted OT so if you like to investigate this further best not even answer here, but instead you should open a thread in Garmin Discussions then someone from NA might be able to assist you with this problem specifically. Either that or torture yourself by asking Garmin support about GTM60 searching for a signal.

Hi there guys, is it possible to enable mp3 player and other stuff on nuvi 3597? Thanks.

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Not possible with new 2xx7/8/9 series either i think. Unfortunately you'll almost certainly have the same problem faced by kamfut wanting to add MP3 player to his 3597 which i'd personally confirmed on my 3597 with Loly's help earlier. You can mod the unit's region 140 and the additional features will then appear in the unit's 'supported_features.html' file, but there will be no icons for them in it's Apps screen.

To be clear, this will only definitely work for 34x0, 35x0 & 2xx5 series [don't do it to 2495 or traffic won't work]. All devices 2013> won't have the additional icons appear i'm almost certain, but you can try. The Garmin Updater folder you're asking about is actually a file 'Garmin Updater files.rar':

4) After you extract Garmin Updater files.rar to find "Garmin Updater files" folder, in it you will you will see "3xxx series enable features application" folder, "For backup region 140.rar" and "For write back reg 140.rar"

But its link in cat2115's quoted post has expired. I'll renew it soon anyway.

EDIT: cat2115's guide updated and Garmin Updater files.rar attached on server.