Navigation Map Update available

jdonalds said:
I do agree it is a tedious process. But I understand how it came about.

We've been using Garmin GPS devices since 2005. Garmin has never been good at software, neither on the PC nor on the GPS device. Their user interface used to be awful but has gotten better over the years. If you think poorly of the Clarity map update process you should have seen the software 10+ years ago. The search algorithm in the GPS devices, and the Clarity, sucks big-time by being slow and not finding strings within strings.

The way the PC software works for handheld or dash mounted GPS Garmin devices is you bring the device to the computer and plug it into a USB port. They simply took that same approach with the Clarity but you can't bring the device to the PC. So they designed the work-around to plug the USB thumb drive into the car essentially making the thumb drive the GPS device. Once the thumb drive is plugged into the PC the Garmin software treats it as a GPS device. Clunky and time consuming but it works.

I must say though that Garmin is a to notch company when it comes to support. They have been very responsive with me the few times I needed support. Their software is clunky but it does work.

I used a 32GB thumb drive with similar times reported by others. I had to sit in the car for about 20 minutes with the car on which sucked. The car, initially fully charged, actually went back into charge mode after sitting in the garage switched on for those 20 minutes.
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Well, it was so tedious I gave up and just plugged in my iPhone and use Apple Maps...
 
Doing my first map update. A) for a car purchased a month ago, there is one. B) I love this cheery welcome message from Garmin, with the name that just flows off the tongue. I'll call my map "Honda Bean" from now on.

Initial estimate for the download time was three hours, turned out to be about 30 minutes. Almost 8 GB downloaded! I'm going to wait for my next long drive to install it.
 

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leehinde said:
Doing my first map update. A) for a car purchased a month ago, there is one. B) I love this cheery welcome message from Garmin, with the name that just flows off the tongue. I'll call my map "Honda Bean" from now on.

Initial estimate for the download time was three hours, turned out to be about 30 minutes. Almost 8 GB downloaded! I'm going to wait for my next long drive to install it.
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Applying the update took about 20 minutes.
 
Re USB not recognized by car:

I had this experience three times at different stages. It was not related to USB size (4/16 GB). Each time, I had the USB in before powering the car up. Pulling the USB out and putting it back in (leaving car powered up) caused the car to recognize the drive instantly.
YMMV.
 
I updated my map now. The car is in the garage, plugged into the charger, in accessory mode. It worked without problems but the 2018 version was what I got. I will check again in a couple of weeks for the 2019 version. I already had Garmin express as I have a couple of older Garmins. Wow it says my nuvi 1450 has several updates available.
 
Is this free for Canada as well. My dealer told me 4 years of updates for free but I can't find it stated anywhere .
 
qtpie said:
It seems that only 16gb sticks would work. It would be sad if this is true. USB sticks are cheap nowadays so many people tend to get larger capacity sticks. If this is the case the it’s a bug in software; it should be able to recognize sticks up to 128gb.


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I use a 32GB Samsung drive, one of those metal one with no cover or sliding mechanism
 
dstrauss said:
Just went to the website above - YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING - start car and Nav app - insert USB and wait until it says process then go to computer - download update (don't turn off the car) go back to car with USB and continue install - anywhere from 1-4 HOURS - with car running all the time. That's ridiculous! So much for upgrading Garmin...
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After you are done with the car the first time, you don't need to keep the car ON, just turn off the car and go get the update on your computer, then go back to the car with the updated map. It generally take between 20-30 minutes to load the maps from the USB drive to the car. My car is in my garage so I just open the window, leave the key in the car while the map is uploading and come back in 20 minutes or so to turn off the car (when finished)
 
JCEV said:
Is this free for Canada as well. My dealer told me 4 years of updates for free but I can't find it stated anywhere .
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It is free in Canada for now, as for how long, who knows...

I mostly use Waze on my phone (attched via a magnetic mount on dash) with the BT link so I also get the direction on the drive info screen and also get the voice prompt on the car's speaker, this way I free up the center screen for the energy flow diagram or radio
 
Update failed after several attempts. Think I accidently interrupted it during the first attempt, now it errors out at about 50%. Time to call the service department.
 
iluvscuba said:
It is free in Canada for now, as for how long, who knows...

I mostly use Waze on my phone (attched via a magnetic mount on dash) with the BT link so I also get the direction on the drive info screen and also get the voice prompt on the car's speaker, this way I free up the center screen for the energy flow diagram or radio
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I didn't even know it did that through Bluetooth, so if you run android auto (not through usb) and are connected by Bluetooth you get the Nav directions in the info near the speedometer?
 
Right now, to run AA, you need to connect your phone to the USB port at the driver side as Google is still working on Wireless AA.

To do what I did, first you have to start the car, then connect your phone to the USB cable (do not start Waze before you start the car and connect the cable first), AA automatically starts on your phone after a few seconds, you press the recent app button and then swipe away the AA app and go back to the home screen and start Waze, set a destination and after the calculate route is done, the next turn information is on your driver info screen (note you need to have set the screen to the Compass/GPS screen, else whatever screen you choose will still be showing that information).

Not sure if the Base trim (without factory Nav system) works like this
 
Thanks for these directions, worked great with an 8 GB stick I had. Slow access through the USB port is the bottle neck here. My download took 2 mins (1Gbps down) then copying files to USB took like 20 mins, similar long time for car to copy files from USB. Process went smoothly. Ideally use a quality USB stick not too large. Fake sticks could have bad addresses on them and might not be advertised capacity.
 
Hi.Ho.Silver said:
I got a notification on my PC this morning of a map update for the Touring model. I successfully downloaded and installed it this afternoon. Since I don’t have the time or desire to drive the entire country I will rely on others to assess the changes.
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I have not received this notice. I called Honda cooperate customer service on another issue, then asked about the lousy GPS, and was told the update was delayed until Sept. 15. She told me the update address. Never heard about this. So I called Garmin about getting my neighborhood on the map. They guy checked, said it was now on the map, but could not guarantee that it would be in the Clarity update.....
 
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