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04-10-2009, 09:11 AM
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SandStorm Adventures
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: South Padre Island, Texas .... far from anything
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Garmin 478 users/owners thread
I've had my new 478 now for a few days and went to register it at garmin.com and see that they are providing me with a free map update. cool.
============================== Free Map Update Thank you for registering your product. Our records indicate that you are eligible for a free map update for the device below. Follow the screen prompts to take advantage of this special offer today. Unit: GPSMAP® 478 Serial Number: Map Update: City Navigator® North America NT 2010 Map Update Expiration: Free update expires May 10, 2009 * *You have 30 days to take advantage of this free map update. After 30 days, this map update will be available for purchase from our online store. Customers outside the US and EU will be responsible for any additional taxes and customs fees. ================================== I was wondering on just how I was going to make routes on my computer without a dvd and now this is my ticket I was looking for! edit: as it turned out, at this time the dvd wasn't yet available so I did the download option instead. ================================== useful threads on the 478: Garmin's 478 webpage https://buy.garmin.com/support/produ...productId=402# Garmin FAQs: https://buy.garmin.com/support/searc...e=GPSMAP%20478 Update 4.00 out for 478 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=446679 XM Navweather and Garmin 478 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442973 can u reverse a route ? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109127 Best Motorcycle mount for the Garmin 478 ? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444920 Garmin GPSMap 478 Question or Two... http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=374862 Garmin 478 and Blue Tooth http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=450782 If you're on a mac then you need to see this thread! Garmin Mac Software http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331421 378 or 478 ? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=374963 Garmin 376c Discontinued? (but shifted towards a 478ish talk) http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462452 GXM 30 antenna getting wet http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=469508 XM weather radar in Canada - How far north can it be received? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=463364 376C lost my GXM 30 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=461562 Garmin 378 Audio Out Noisy http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=457927 GXM 30 Cable length? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=453457 GXM 30 problems http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=477423 Inland Lakes and waterways DVD, preprogrammed cards, blank 512 data cards http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=493874 478 usb problem / garmin return http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=511521 looking for a 478? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=550471 got a dead battery? try this: http://forums.gps.org.nz/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4131 Garmin 478 is discontinued... http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=541282 Can't find the satellites as fast anymore? maybe it's the coin battery? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364208 http://www.gpsinformation.org/forum/...php?f=4&t=4701 or here: http://csobeech.com/Garmin-Internal-Battery.html updates to 2011 maps http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=584008 478 Caution http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=643412 XM Navweather and Garmin 478 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442973 Garmin 478 quick connect/disconnect http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=602679 no DVD http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=592842 I would like weather on my 478, how ? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=591314 Completely clearing the memory of a 478? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=583018 Dead GXM-30 antenna's (Can you fix them?) http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=580347 Garmin 478 and aquiring satellites http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=570267 Where do you have your Garmin GXM 30 mounted http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=572560 What replaced the Garmin 276C and 478? http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=643287 Offroad/enduro mounting for GPSMAP 478/276c http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=659804 Q: good screen protector for 276c/478 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=660891 the "Master Reset" button: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...&postcount=183 Is your GXM30 software up to date ? : http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...0#post16032980 --------------------------------
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04-10-2009, 09:14 AM
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Old Grouch
Joined: Apr 2008
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Just a warning before you jump in. The new updates starting with CN2009.1 are only viewable on Mapsource 6.14.x and beyond, or Roadtrip (Mac). A search will provide insight into why this may not be a good thing....
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04-10-2009, 09:55 AM
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Red Clay Halo
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Richmond, Va
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It is getting better with every update to Mapsource though. I love my 478 btw.
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04-10-2009, 11:54 AM
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SandStorm Adventures
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: South Padre Island, Texas .... far from anything
Oddometer: 1,259
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garmin software for mac
I just downloaded the latest version of roadtrip (bobcat) for the mac and base camp.
list of all mac related garmin software: http://www8.garmin.com/macosx/index.jsp and this is the thread Brian (GarminMac), an engineer for Garmin on their Mac software team started to help us out and get feedback to help further develop the mac based garmin software. If it wasn't for him, I would have looked much harder into buying another brand of gps. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331421
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04-10-2009, 09:15 PM
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Viel Spass, Vato!
Joined: Nov 2003
Location: San Antonio, Tx
Oddometer: 25,808
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This thread was a pretty good 478 summary thread.
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04-11-2009, 05:33 AM
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SandStorm Adventures
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: South Padre Island, Texas .... far from anything
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08-09-2009, 09:02 AM
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new and un-improved
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: Wrong side of the tracks
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 Love the 478 so far.
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08-10-2009, 02:37 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2006
Location: almost Memphis
Oddometer: 6,933
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Little trick I figured out (it's probably in the owner's manual, which I don't have and haven't read the pdf).
Press "Find" twice to automatically route "HOME." Jamie
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08-10-2009, 05:32 AM
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Riding is my passion
Joined: Feb 2004
Location: Newnan, GA
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08-10-2009, 07:59 AM
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Red Clay Halo
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Richmond, Va
Oddometer: 11,154
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I was annoyed that the 478 didn't have this feature, that you had to scroll through the find menu to get to it. But, if you hold down the "find" button on the 478, it'll take you immediately to the "find/goto history" page.
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08-13-2009, 08:52 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: May 2003
Location: Dover, Ohio
Oddometer: 700
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478 No sound from external speaker?
Upgraded to 478 from 276. Love it, But.... Used in car with the speaker/lighter plug voice prompts do not play. If I switch to earphone sound setting like on m/cycle, and put my earphones in works fine. Tried another power/speaker cable same thing. Yes, have the sound turned up on screen brightness/sound screen. I am assuming should be set to line out on sound page but have tried both. Any ideas? Does having WAAS enabled or xm radio (which I have on m/cycle only, no antenna in car) change anything? Thought would try here before call Garmin.
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08-13-2009, 10:47 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2006
Location: almost Memphis
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When I got the unit and plugged it into the car, the voice prompts worked. And then they didn't. I fussed with the cable for a bit and then the prompts came back, for a short time, and now they don't work again. Garmin has agreed to send me a replacement cable (on an eBay purchased GPS, no less) so I'm hoping that will fix the problem. Jamie
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10-29-2011, 04:25 PM
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Miles are my mantra
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: California Desert (it's a dry heat)
Oddometer: 1,698
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Need a stock antenna
Howdy gang,
While riding some singletrack in Baja, I bottomed my front suspension and unnoticed by me, my front brake line looped over my 478 antenna and stayed that way for awhile. I got the brake line off and didn't think anything else about it UNTIL I noticed I didn't have an antenna. I guess it must have loosened it up.  So now I need a new or used stock antenna. I tried google searches and ebay searches and none lead to a source for a stock antenna. Can anyone point me in the right direction?  Thanks in advance.
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10-29-2011, 04:34 PM
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Red Clay Halo
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Richmond, Va
Oddometer: 11,154
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