Re: Garmin USB problems


Dennis Pogson wrote:
> Brett wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to get back to scratch to the point that you
> > plug your GPS to the computer and it recognizes new hardware? I
> > already had City Navigator on my PC & made the mistake of loading
> > Waypoint manager on that came with new 60CS so everytime I went to my
> > original City NAV program it wanted the CD and this was not the case
> > before. I had the USB connection working to my new 60CS but decided
> > to remove the new Waypoint manager software but when I did that it
> > screwed up City NAV too and it will no longer run. I have reinstalled
> > the software but it will no longer connect to the GPS. I removed and
> > reinstalled Garmin USB drivers with no luck. When I plug the GPS in
> > it and computer beep but no connection. Even though I removed The
> > Garmin USB drivers it did not say new hardware found like I thought
> > it would when plugging in the GPS my guess there is more stuff in the
> > registry that is messing me up... Any Ideas?
>
> The CD that comes with a new 60CS contains the latest version of Mapsource,
> which overides your old version (unless they are the same).
>
> By default, the new version of Mapsource expects to find the City Nav images
> on a CD in your CD-rom drive. You need to re-install City Nav, and tell the
> install program to look for the files on your hard drive.
>
> Trip and Waypoint manager is essential if you want to connect your 60CS via
> the USB port.
>
> If you have the 2 CD-Roms (Mapsource+Trip and Waypoint Manager, and City
> Navigator), I would uninstall ALL the Mapsource software, using Windows
> Control Panel, and start again by first installing the cd-rom that came with
> your 60CS, then installing City Navigator, specifying that the latter is to
> run from the hard disk.

I don't believe you should need Trip & Waypoint Manager if you have
City Navigator. At least its not needed with City Select.

>
> If you suspect that your registry is screwed up, download Regclean V4.1a and
> run it, this will clean up any surplus entries and correct any faulty paths
> etc. It is available from many download sites free of charge.

Or, you may want to just review the actual registry entries. They can
be found and corrected if needed at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\MapSource\Families\ in the Windows
Registry.

You could also try installing the most current Mapsource update
downloaded from the Garmin website.

.

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