Re: Getting Fed Up With MapSource Unlock



Stephen Brown wrote:

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:21:36 -0400, Joe S. vigorously opined:

I've recently sold these units.

Garmin tells me that the unlock codes for NACS are specific to both units,
I'm assuming through the Unit I.D. which can be found through the
MapSource program under the menu sequence: Utilities, Get Unit ID. (If the
unit is connected, you will get your specific gpsr's Unit I.D. string.)
I'm also informed that these unlock codes are not transferable to a new
unit, and that is the crux of my complaint.

I am also assuming, for lack of better knowledge, that the unlock codes
are generated from this Unit I.D. String and some type of Software I.D.
string on NACS, as well. Together, these allow you to upload the NACS
maps to your particular unit. However, there is no consideration given
for people who sell their units, then buy new ones. Garmin expects
everyone to purchase additional unlock codes, a practice I find ethically
and morally reprehensible as a business practice.

This, when it seems perfectly feasible for a bench technician--with
authority to do so--to simply reassign the hardware/software code
combination to the new unit without having to purchase new data from an
outside vendor every time a new code sequence is generated.

And how do you prevent the user you sold the unit to from continuing to use the maps? He has an unlocked GPS with maps on it possibly. For Garmin to do this they would have to have a way to disable the locks on the original unit and ensure that there are no maps left installed on the original unit(s).

Dale



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