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Author Need City Select Europe for 14 days....
Blackbag

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

Greetings,
I have a garmin quest and am planning a trip to Italy. The City Select
Europe is > $300!!!! Is there a way to use it for a short period, like
renting the license to save money. I am new to GPS so not sure about
what is locked and how to unlock.

Bag

Rick

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm


Blackbag wrote:
> Greetings,
> I have a garmin quest and am planning a trip to Italy. The City Select
> Europe is > $300!!!! Is there a way to use it for a short period, like
> renting the license to save money. I am new to GPS so not sure about
> what is locked and how to unlock.
>


Once you unlock it to your GPS, that use is gone; the unlock to that
unit is permanent! So you would forever be able to use CSE with that
unit, and that use of the code would forever be lost to the owner.

Personally, I use MG Europe; has worked well for me on three two-week
plus trips in the past 3 years. Lower price, no unlock codes to deal
with.

- rick

Blackbag

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

Ridk, I am too stupid to know what 'MG Europe' is. Is that Metroguide
europe?

Bag

Blackbag

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

Rick,

Also, the garmin website for metroguide europe does not list the Quest
device. Do you think it is compatable? Were you able to find tourist
attractions, etc?

Thanks

Bag

Colin Wilson

2005-09-26, 5:48 pm

> I have a garmin quest and am planning a trip to Italy. The City Select
> Europe is > $300!!!! Is there a way to use it for a short period, like
> renting the license to save money. I am new to GPS so not sure about
> what is locked and how to unlock.


The cheapest i`ve seen CS:EU is from http://www.aspidshop.com - search=20
the site for "nroute" and you`ll get a hit for a GPS18 receiver with=20
CS:EU for approx =A3130 - one unlock is tied to the receiver, the "free"=20
one can be used on anything you like.

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Alan Burnstine

2005-09-26, 11:48 pm

Blackbag wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Also, the garmin website for metroguide europe does not list the Quest
> device. Do you think it is compatable? Were you able to find tourist
> attractions, etc?
>

Metroguide Europe can put maps in the GPS, but you will only be able to
calculate routes on your PC, not in your Quest.

Alan


Hm

2005-09-27, 5:48 pm


Colin Wilson wrote:
>
> The cheapest i`ve seen CS:EU is from http://www.aspidshop.com - search
> the site for "nroute" and you`ll get a hit for a GPS18 receiver with
> CS:EU for approx =A3130 - one unlock is tied to the receiver, the "free"
> one can be used on anything you like.


The OP is in the US so he'll have a hard time buying an EU product in
the US. Thus he (unlike you) can buy City Select EU on its own
straight from Garmin (yes, at about the price that it costs with the
hardware on Aspidshop).

Yes, Blackbag, MG is MetroGuide and yes it will work on your GPS
however it will not do routing on the GPS itself only on the PC.

Rick

2005-09-27, 5:48 pm


Hm wrote:
> Colin Wilson wrote:
>
> The OP is in the US so he'll have a hard time buying an EU product in
> the US. Thus he (unlike you) can buy City Select EU on its own
> straight from Garmin (yes, at about the price that it costs with the
> hardware on Aspidshop).
>
> Yes, Blackbag, MG is MetroGuide and yes it will work on your GPS
> however it will not do routing on the GPS itself only on the PC.


Correction: it will not auto-route on that GPS. It routes perfectly
well.

- rick

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