My unit had a USB port on a dongle in the glovebox, so I tried a USB memory stick there. Now I had to figure out how to connect the head unit to my laptop to transfer the maps. Shown on the startup screen every time it boots up is the website you need to go to in order to get new maps – – so I went there, created an account, downloaded the software to my laptop, and started looking around, Sure enough, there were plenty of new maps I could download for free.
We plunked it into my prototype Adventurous CS back during the summer of 2014 when we were building it and it has been working great ever since. I have a Clarion NX501 with many bells and whistles – Bluetooth, satellite radio, backup camera, etc. Here’s Western Europe for sale – well, the map of it, anyway. it depends on how the data is stored in your GPS. The way this is done depends on the model – there can be a memory chip like a camera, or a USB port, which can take either a USB memory chip or a USB cable connected to your computer/phone. The process is basically downloading the new maps onto your laptop or smartphone and transferring the datafile from there to the GPS head unit – the thing in your dash. My old Pioneer charged for maps, and I ended up never updating it. As part of the purchase price, most companies offer free upgrades on their website. Maps are just datafiles the GPS companies keep updating as roads and points of interest change.
Having to get online and looking at Google Maps for up-to-date information every time we got to a town and were looking for a place to spend the night was an extra step that involved cooperation and communication with the non-driver, who was also getting irritated with the extra workload.
Updating my maps is a project I’ve been meaning to get around to for quite some time, and I finally got irritated with driving past brand new roads that my old maps swore weren’t there and going to closed and out of business stores that it swore were open.
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