New Garmin Montana

[eddyturn]

Dunno if it has been posted as somewhat late to this thread. Does the Montana have any capability for the XM weather? I use the GMX30 with my 478 and like to see the rain and snow. I suspect not but confirming with the experts on ADV rather than the "experts" at Garmin.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by eddyturn

Dunno if it has been posted as somewhat late to this thread. Does the Montana have any capability for the XM weather? I use the GMX30 with my 478 and like to see the rain and snow. I suspect not but confirming with the experts on ADV rather than the "experts" at Garmin.

No, no XM capability at all.


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[Emoto]

Originally Posted by Emoto

What are you guys liking for a protective carrying case to keep the unit in when not in use?

In spite of all of the good suggestions, I kept looking, hoping to find that elusive nice protective case for not a lot of money.

I think we have a winner. I bought "The Classic Case - Camera / Hard Drive / GPS Case" by HandStands on Amazon. They did not claim it fit the Montana or any other specific GPS from what I could see, but did list the dimensions, which looked fairly close, so I took a chance. It was only $6.99 and eligible for the regular free shipping deal. Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s01_i02

It arrived today, so I wasted no time in seeing how it fit. It fits really well. There is a small amount of space around it, which seems fine, and elastic straps to hold the unit in when you open it, and mesh pockets on the facing side for random crap. The shell material is firm with a little flex to it, but seems sturdy. I am very happy with this.

Pics:

[Gerg]

Memory cards in the mesh pockets.

Nice score.

[DRTBYK]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Yeah, figured that one out quick. But those data fields in the corners were really handy, especially when they were transparent. Really helped maximize the screen.

I see on the wiki that it's been requested. Hope they come through with it.



Spent the day with it on the dash of the transport.

Day time colors suck, switched from auto to night mode. Much better. Any chance there's another color palette? Liked the other garmin color schemes.

Messed with menu setups. Nice to be able to.

On battery, it wore out in 4 hours. Not something that I'm likely to be bothered about, plugged into the bike is where it will live.


Need to mess with it more.

When I requested the "four corner" Dasboard I even drew them a picture....





It's been a year so I don't think we'll see this...

Cheers,

[mass-klr]

Took the Montana to New York City this week, or it took me...

It switched off once while on I684 When we entered Manhattan between the tall buildings it just went crazy. It was not sure where we were and jumped all over the show. Luckily I knew my way around. It was as if it could not keep up. I was turning left on 6th and it was still stuck on saying that I should turn on 6th. Not sure if it could not see the satellites? I hope that was the case... I can't remember my old 255W having this issue.

I had it in the Garmin car mount. The speed limit did not show even though I could see it before on the Amps mount where it goes red if I go over the speed limit. Do you get the speed limit from FM? The car mount does not seem to have the FM section in the cable??

Thanks,

[S H I F T Y]

Going to order the montana, power cradle, and locking mount package from touratech today. How does it attach to the bike? Do I need to get the enduro engineering crossbar mount as well? Or is there something better?

I have a KTM 530 with a Scotts, and the Fastway clamp / barkbusters. I would like to have the montana right beyond my stock speedo, while still having the speedo be visible. See below. Anybody have a similar setup? Pics of how you have yours mounted would be much appreciated.

[atlas cached]

Originally Posted by mass-klr

I had it in the Garmin car mount. The speed limit did not show even though I could see it before on the Amps mount where it goes red if I go over the speed limit. Do you get the speed limit from FM? The car mount does not seem to have the FM section in the cable??

Thanks,

Speed limit information is embedded in City Navigator maps. The Montana does not and can not use FM cable information.

[dvwalker]

Originally Posted by Clutch DeBeer

I have a KTM 530 with a Scotts, and the Fastway clamp / barkbusters. I would like to have the montana right beyond my stock speedo, while still having the speedo be visible. See below. Anybody have a similar setup? Pics of how you have yours mounted would be much appreciated.

I have a similar setup for my Montana on a 350exc w/scotts and HDB top clamp. Trick is the RAM part (RAM-B-367U) which replaces one of the top clamp bolts. Bolt pattern 100x38/40mm is pretty standard for 1 1/8th bars. Kit includes different length bolts. Can not tell the clearances in your pic, but may be an option for you....

[Drif10]

So I get a 32 gig card, put it in.

Use map install to do it's thing. Had bought the LM, which meant CN going from 2013.10 to .30.

Did the deed. Reboot the gps afterwards.

No CN of any kind on board. But mapinstall says it's there. Checked mygarmin. Says that it's registered for it. LM map updater says it's there.

But it isn't.

Tried installing it twice. Nothing.

What am I doing wrong here?

[Emoto]

Drif, I assume you checked the settings on the unit to see that the map set was enabled? (Map >then the three line icon > setup map > Map information/select map > you should then see a list of the maps installed and can click on each to enable or disable.

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by Emoto

Drif, I assume you checked the settings on the unit to see that the map set was enabled? (Map >then the three line icon > setup map > Map information/select map > you should then see a list of the maps installed and can click on each to enable or disable.

Yep. That's where I was confirming that it wasn't there.

Trying to re-install .10 right now to see if that will still work.

[Drif10]

Well, that didn't work.

Can't see my canada topo either, though at least that one is listed on the gps itself, unlike CN which doesn't list at all. Only metroguide canada v4 is listed and shows on screen.

Gonna try wiping the card and re-install.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Well, that didn't work.

Can't see my canada topo either, though at least that one is listed on the gps itself, unlike CN which doesn't list at all. Only metroguide canada v4 is listed and shows on screen.

Gonna try wiping the card and re-install.

You're on a Mac, right? My most recent install to 2013.30 also didn't work. It kept telling me it was installed and the update was applied but it wasn't so I complained to Garmin. A nice young lady phoned me and I shared my computer with her, and she navigated to the place on my drive where the update resided, ran it from there and all was well from then on.

This screen shot shows where the update was found on my computer - yours should be similar.

Never mind the red arrows at the top left.

[Drif10]

Took some doing, but I found it.

What do you mean 'ran it from there'?