Electronics » Nav 5 and Garmin gremlins

I have had my Navigator5 from new with my 2016 RS.
It has been reasonably fault free and once a year, just prior to my annual Europe trip, I update the maps using Garmin Express.
So this year I set about the update to be told that there is insufficient memory to download all the updates. despite having an additional memory card installed which showed ample space.
I tried various routes to convince it otherwise without success so opted for a reduced update of just mainland Europe.
Bad move- it removed all my Uk maps and when I was on my trip showed very basic information on the European roads.
I stay with my friend in Germany and was able to update the local maps back to normal on his computer, but back in the UK I had no maps at all.
After another visit to Garmin I have got back the UK maps and some continental ones.
Garmin advised deleting various files to free up space on the Nav memory (unneeded language files and vehicle data) but I am still unable to get back all the information I originally had before I started.
I believe the memory size is less on the Nav 5 than the 6.
Is this the start of a phased obsolescence or do I have other issues?


Alan

Mine is also a 2015 sat nav V but I always check for updates and apply them during the year. Occasionally updates fail so just try again in a few days, Garmin have usually sorted out any issues, and both satnav and laptop maps still seem ok!

I had the same with my Nav 6 with insufficient space. Not planning a Euro trip, so just updated Ireland as that was my destination.

There's a lot of talk about the Nav-6 being flaky but if you do encounter a hardware issue, Garmin are very good at customer service (at least here in the UK they are - I can't speak for other places). They come up for sale second hand quite often now.

I never update my maps just before a trip. Usually do it at the start of the biking season and also to wait for any issues to be resolved. Does mean my maps may be out of date but how often are you going to come to some road that has changed, and if you do easy enough to work out what’s going on. There was a time when we all had out of date road atlases in the car and always managed!

Remember to save your routes to the right location on the device.