Some owners with cars fitted with Garmin Sat Navs may not be aware that you are entitled to 5 years (from new) free map updates in Europe and other regions. (3 years in the USA).
It's an easy procedure if you carefully follow the instructions here: Honda Navigation Map Update | Garmin Customer Support
Do use a 16gb USB flash drive. NOT bigger, NOT smaller. The guide states that it takes up to 4 hours. For European maps it took a little over an hour on my pc to download the new maps to the flash drive ( I have a slow, 10mb/s internet connection ), then 1/2 an hour to update the maps in the car. You need to have the engine running when you do the update in the car, so do it when you are planning a longish drive where you don't need the sat nav. or be prepared to leave your engine ticking over on your drive.
Subsequent updates are faster if you reserve the flash drive for this purpose only.
It's an easy procedure if you carefully follow the instructions here: Honda Navigation Map Update | Garmin Customer Support
Do use a 16gb USB flash drive. NOT bigger, NOT smaller. The guide states that it takes up to 4 hours. For European maps it took a little over an hour on my pc to download the new maps to the flash drive ( I have a slow, 10mb/s internet connection ), then 1/2 an hour to update the maps in the car. You need to have the engine running when you do the update in the car, so do it when you are planning a longish drive where you don't need the sat nav. or be prepared to leave your engine ticking over on your drive.
Subsequent updates are faster if you reserve the flash drive for this purpose only.
