City Navigator Europe with US basemap

FlyingScotsman · 03-26-2006, 12:19 PM

Folks,

I have a 276c GPS with a US basemap and it looks like my company is going to transfer me back to Gawd's Country (Scotland

).

Can I simply purchase City Navigator Europe and us my same GPS without 1) purchasing a GPS with a Atlantic basemap or 2) have the unit reprogrammed? My gut feeling is that it doesn't matter what the base map is as I can turn it off via the GPS but it's worth asking.

Together with my American wife, I'm going to see my home country through new eyes!

Cheers
Steven

FlyingScotsman · 03-26-2006, 12:22 PM

Forget it, I think I answered my own question

MikeO · 03-26-2006, 12:26 PM

The basemap is irrelevant in normal use. I've been using a USA Nav II in the UK for the last 18 months with no problems - until the screen went tits up & those nice people at Garmin replaced it with a European unit...

You'd do well to buy the European mapping before you leave the USA - I'm pretty sure it's not available for sale as a separate item in Europe...

Mike

FlyingScotsman · 03-26-2006, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeO

The basemap is irrelevant in normal use. I've been using a USA Nav II in the UK for the last 18 months with no problems - until the screen went tits up & those nice people at Garmin replaced it with a European unit...

You'd do well to buy the European mapping before you leave the USA - I'm pretty sure it's not available for sale as a separate item in Europe...

Mike

Thanks Mike...was planning to buy the European mapping before I left.

BTW, how's the plans coming on?

Take Care
Steven

kktos · 03-27-2006, 03:04 AM

Have a 276C, USA basemap.
bought on ebay the automotive kit with CN8 and a 256Mb card.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Garmin-KFZ-Kit-fuer-GPSMAP-276-EuropaCD-256MB-usw_W0QQitemZ4589053922QQcategoryZ38779QQtcZphotoQ QcmdZViewItem

so far so good.

/thierry.

FlyingScotsman · 03-29-2006, 05:47 AM

MikeO,

Went and purchased the software....Thanks for your input.

Now I'm hoping my boss is true to his word and he sends us back to Gawd's Country before the next Hurricane Season starts

over here and before August when the first snows land in Aberdeen

Steven

03-26-2006, 12:19 PM	#1
FlyingScotsman Crash Test Dummy Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland... Oddometer: 1,741	City Navigator Europe with US basemap Folks, I have a 276c GPS with a US basemap and it looks like my company is going to transfer me back to Gawd's Country (Scotland ). Can I simply purchase City Navigator Europe and us my same GPS without 1) purchasing a GPS with a Atlantic basemap or 2) have the unit reprogrammed? My gut feeling is that it doesn't matter what the base map is as I can turn it off via the GPS but it's worth asking. Together with my American wife, I'm going to see my home country through new eyes! Cheers Steven

03-26-2006, 12:26 PM	#3
MikeO Wage slave... Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Scarning (the financial district), today... Oddometer: 5,651	The basemap is irrelevant in normal use. I've been using a USA Nav II in the UK for the last 18 months with no problems - until the screen went tits up & those nice people at Garmin replaced it with a European unit... You'd do well to buy the European mapping before you leave the USA - I'm pretty sure it's not available for sale as a separate item in Europe... Mike __________________ All text & original photos © Mike Oughton 2004 - 2009

03-27-2006, 03:04 AM	#5
kktos on a bright side of life Joined: Aug 2005 Location: in front of Mare Nostrum Oddometer: 2,053	Have a 276C, USA basemap. bought on ebay the automotive kit with CN8 and a 256Mb card. http://cgi.ebay.de/Garmin-KFZ-Kit-fuer-GPSMAP-276-EuropaCD-256MB-usw_W0QQitemZ4589053922QQcategoryZ38779QQtcZphotoQ QcmdZViewItem so far so good. /thierry. __________________ Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile 08 R1200GSA Red SELLING R 1200 GSA 08 PARTS : TANK - CRASHBARS catalogna 2005 \| morocco 2006 \| morocco 2007 \| Greece 2007: a visit to Lefteris - to be written \| Traces of Kimangao: An HP2 in France, Spain and Italy \| Morocco 2008: a F800GS test ride \| France: A 1200GS trip to Nice following the river Var \| where the destination is Anamur - Turkey via Greece...

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03-26-2006, 12:22 PM	#2
FlyingScotsman Crash Test Dummy Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland... Oddometer: 1,741	Forget it, I think I answered my own question

03-29-2006, 05:47 AM	#6
FlyingScotsman Crash Test Dummy Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland... Oddometer: 1,741	MikeO, Went and purchased the software....Thanks for your input. Now I'm hoping my boss is true to his word and he sends us back to Gawd's Country before the next Hurricane Season starts over here and before August when the first snows land in Aberdeen Steven