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StreetPilot 2610 software version 4.80

as of October 20, 2006

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Notes:

Reverting to previous software revisions will clear all user data.

Change History

Changes made from version 4.70 to 4.80:

Corrected a problem that could skip via points and go straight to the destination when using City Navigator North America v8.0.
Corrected a problem that could cause a shutdown when doing a POI find-by-name with City Navigator North America v8.0.
Corrected a problem with the odometer field on the main map that caused the mileage number to blank when over 9,999 miles or kilometers.
Corrected a problem that prevented the search results page from updating while moving.

Changes made from version 4.60 to 4.70:

Corrected '11' and '1' in the French and French Canadian voices.
Allow trip log distance to wrap back to zero when it overflows.
Improved consistency between trip log and odometer distances.
Improved compatibility with some CF cards.

Changes made from version 4.50 to 4.60:

Improved WAAS search and selection process to be smarter in its handling of multiple SBAS service providers, overlapping service volumes, and exceptional conditions.
Corrected a problem that could cause the Mileage Log distance to become corrupted, resulting in a distance that is displayed as all underscores.

Changes made from version 4.40 to 4.50:

Corrected loss of route after Route Recalculation when the 'Ask My Preference' routing option is set to 'No'.
Corrected loss of mileage data between power cycles.

Changes made from version 4.30 to 4.40:

Improved route transfers from MapSource with multiple via points.
Added ability to disable remote control input: From any page, press the 'Menu' key, then select 'Options'. Select the 'General' tab, then press the 'Menu' key. Select 'Disable Remote'.
Added support for Portuguese and Canadian French audio languages.

Changes made from version 4.20 to 4.30:

Changing a saved route's name no longer causes a possible reboot.
Find Exit feature now shows the complete list of services for a given exit.
Removed extra text that was shown in some rare situations after the end of textual turn instructions.
'None Found' is no longer returned when searching for an intersection of two identically named streets.
Corrected Italian translation of 'Public Sport Airport'.
Odometer value no longer displays an incorrect value when configured to small narrow tabs if the odometer value exceeds 999.
The small address overlay tab now wraps to two lines.

Changes made from version 3.90 to 4.20:

Improved synchronization of spoken and displayed turn distance.
Corrected shutdown problem that occurred when saved route names contained the ß (ss) character.
The 'Allow U-Turns' setting sometimes resulted in unnecessary u-turns.
Improved Dutch translation of the word 'Minor'.
Seasonally closed roads are now used if the road is open during the date that the route is created. Previously, all seasonal roads were avoided.

Changes made from version 3.80 to 3.90:

Corrected routing within the central London toll area when using European City Navigator v6 cartography.

Changes made from version 3.70 to 3.80:

Problems Corrected:
Address searches which were limited to a city could fail if the map consisted of exactly 32 cities.
The minutes symbol (') was sometimes omitted on latitude / longitude displays.
In some rare conditions, an extra route section was shown on the Turn Review page.
Corrected compatibility issue with Kingston compact flash cards.

Changes made from version 3.60 to 3.70:

Problems Corrected:
The HOME waypoint's altitude was incorrect when viewed in MapSource.
Via points within a route were sometimes removed from the route during an off-route recalculation.

Changes made from version 3.50 to 3.60:

Problems Corrected:
Detail indicator under zoom scale on turn review pages was not always correct.
Reviewing map features near the end of a search results list could cause the wrong information to be displayed.

Changes made from version 3.40 to 3.50:

Problems Corrected:
Improved compatibility with certain CF cards.
Deleting a waypoint could leave an empty item in the Recent Finds list.
The distance and bearing shown while using the 'Measure Distance' and 'Show Map' functions were sometimes incorrect.
Nearest City searches defaulted to the basemap in Europe.
Nearest search results were sometimes sorted incorrectly.
Avoid Highways/Toll Roads didn't work for some long routes.
Find, Services, Auto Fuel, by Name sometimes did not allow text entry.
Detour function would not create an alternate route.
Find, Exits could sometimes display exits behind the vehicle.
Route recalculations activated from the 'This Route Does Not Match Available Maps' prompt removed vias from the route.
Routes calculated or recalculated while moving did not always evaluate turns that were near the vehicle.
Features Added:
Added support for new features in future MapSource City Navigator releases.

Changes made from version 3.20 to 3.40:

Problems Corrected:
Recalculating a route didn't prompt for calculation method.
Certain finds along a route did not return complete results.
The previous route could not be saved.
The unit could become unresponsive when using the remote control on the Route page while moving with safe mode enabled.
The route page could show an incorrect destination after activating a saved route.
POI and waypoint symbols with a red cross were changed to use a blue cross to avoid confusion.
Detours did not always function properly.
Route preview pages didn't center correctly on the route when using the 'Prev' and 'Next' buttons.
The unit could restart in certain cases after transferring a large number of routes from MapSource.
New or Changed Features:
Improved Safe Mode user notification.
Increased number of via points allowed per route to 250.
Notify user if detail maps might be outdated.
Changed appearance of map overlay tabs.

Changes made from version 3.00 to 3.20:

Problems Corrected:
Waypoints with spaces in their name could not always be found correctly.
Convenience stores and truck stops were not included when searching for Services... Auto Fuel.
When switching from an off-road route to an along-road route, the off-road route could still be shown as the active route.
When refining a street name, the body of the street name would sometimes not be displayed.
Daylight Savings Time incorrectly interacted with UTC time.
Features Added:
Updated text translations.

Changes made from version 2.90 to 3.00:

Problems Corrected:
Address searches limited to a postal code would occasionally return no results.
The keyboard page did not allow enough characters to enter long street numbers.
The keyboard page did not allow all available characters to be entered.
Saved route names did not properly handle diacritics.
Daylight Savings Time did not operate correctly in all time zones.
Address finds where a prefix was specified could fail.
Routes through roundabouts would sometimes be drawn incorrectly.
Data tabs could be shown incorrectly in several cases.
The 'Lost Satellite Reception' message was truncated incorrectly in certain tabs.
The turn review page would display no map if the map that the route was created on was missing.
The filter text was lost when switching find modes.
Features Added:
Display more colorful map symbols.
WAAS position correction support.
VIA manipulation, with both manual and automatic re-ordering.
Find along current route.
User-provided lists of areas and roads to avoid.
Navigate HOME feature and FIND FIND keypress to activate this feature.
Additional options for Custom Map Tab Setup.
Preview of Saved Routes.
User Preference adjustment for routing based on road classes.
Allow grouping of maps by product family for enabling/disabling.
StreetPilot 2650 only: Display odometer pulse rate and reverse light state on interface tab.

Changes made from version 2.80 to 2.90:

Corrected a problem with European City Navigator which could cause certain addresses to be missed when filtering by city or country.
Corrected a problem that sometimes displayed an empty list when selecting a state or country to limit a search to.
Allow automatic daylight savings time with 'Other' time zones.
Corrected a shutdown problem that could occur when configuring map tabs if text language is set to 'Italian'.
When routing, made change to highlight the destination point after arriving at that point.
Made change to stop routing after arriving at the destination and either remaining stopped for more than 5 minutes or moving away from the destination.
Corrected a problem which could cause the magenta route line to be drawn incorrectly when passing through roundabouts.

Changes made from version 2.70 to 2.80:

Added Norwegian and Finnish audio support.
Fixed a problem that could cause the 'Return to Start' operation to return to the wrong location.
Corrected a problem which could cause the 'Limit To' list of countries in Europe to become corrupted.
Corrected a problem that caused intersection searches to sometimes fail if the order of the streets was reversed.
Corrected a problem which could cause the unit to shut down when doing a street search which was limited to a state.
Corrected a problem that caused the 'Lost Satellite Reception' message to not be announced on StreetPilot 2610's.
Corrected a problem that prevented contour lines from being shown when using topographic map data.
Corrected a problem that caused the horn symbol to not be saved when selected for a waypoint.

Changes made from version 2.60 to 2.70:

Corrected intermittent USB transfer failures when used with certain USB controllers.

Changes made from version 2.50 to 2.60:

Corrected a problem which could cause incorrect map centering when viewing address search results on the map.
Fixed a shutdown problem that occurred when viewing an exit review page with a very large number of services available.
Added notification when the number of matches from a search which is limited to a state returns more results than can be reported.
Fixed a problem in some cases that caused the results of a find to be corrupted.
Fixed a problem that caused the unit to restart when a detour operation was canceled while the detour was still being calculated.
Fixed a problem that caused unit to become unresponsive when water leaked into USB connector.
Fixed errors in Italian text translation.

Changes made from version 2.40 to 2.50:

Fixed a problem which could cause heading to remain fixed for a short period at power-on.
Fixed a problem which—in some rare intersection geometries—could cause an automatic re-calculation to occur when it was not required.
Fixed a problem which could cause the tail portion of the turn arrow to be drawn without the head.
Fixed a problem which could cause 'vehicle centering' on the map to not work as a result of changing the tabs in/out state.
Fixed a problem which could cause map tabs to disappear.
Added Satellite Status custom tab option.

Changes made from version 2.30 to 2.40:

Corrected a problem that could cause the detail maps to become corrupted when transferred over USB from MapSource.

Changes made from version 2.20 to 2.30:

Corrected a problem which could cause excessive pauses between audio clips.
Automatically limit address and intersection searches to the current region.
Improved responsiveness when finding POIs on large cards.
Corrected a problem that could cause navigation instructions to be repeated when a route is first calculated.
Fixed problem with updating exit page while moving.
Don't auto-recalculate the route when GPS is shaded.
Increased precision of spoken kilometer distances to tenths of a kilometer.
Improved rounding of Dist to Turn number.
Added the ability to review a route on the map from the route list.
Improved some find operations when used with European City Navigator 5.
Improved GPS tracking at extreme temperatures.
Improved configurability by splitting the large Routing tab into two smaller ones.

Installation Instructions

It is recommended that you disable screen savers or other programs running on your PC while you go through the update process. Disruptions to the update process may render your GPS inoperable. If the transfer is interrupted, turn off the GPS and then turn it back on. Reboot your PC, go to step #6 and attempt the download again. GARMIN is not responsible for failed downloads of operating software to the GPS and factory resetting the GPS unit will fall under our Flat Rate Repair Policy.
Power your GPS using the power adapter that came with your device. Next, connect your GPS to your computer using a GARMIN PC Interface cable to an open USB port. Turn the GPS on.
If your GPS supports configuration of the USB format, verify that the USB Format is set to GARMIN (refer to your owner's manual for instructions).
If a program called gStart launches during this update, please ignore it. gStart is not required to complete this update process.
If your computer asks for a driver, you need to install the Garmin USB driver. Please see the software and installation instructions that came with your device, or download and install the USB driver from Garmin's website.
Click on 'Download' at the top of this web page, and choose to run the file on your computer. Select Run.
Select OK, then select Setup.

System requirements

IBM-compatible PC running Windows 7 SP1 or later operating system and an available USB port.