Garmin StreetPilot C330 GPS Receiver - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

it is an 11 year old piece of technology. let the poor thing rest in peace. you might get a trade in if you call Garmin. 1800-800-1020

You can contact Garmin they should have a record of your system. It should also be available on the Garmin site once you log into your account. I have attached the Garmin link:
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http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/support/supportcontact

Waking up your c330...

If you left your Garmin c330 on running the battery will have 1% life left. If you turn c330 back on again, it will flash screen for 3 seconds then die, even charging it at this point will not wake it back up. TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE... plug in the power home or car into Garmin c330. There is a tab in the front Garmin gray frame of your screen. You must take like your fingernails and under the logo "GARMIN" pull the whole gray plastic frame off. Underneath the plastic frame to the right hand side. There is a "RESET" button. Make sure power is plugged in while hitting reset. Your battery should come back to life. Cheers

Did you load the USB drivers from the included CD?

Please join everyone else in the 21st century and buy a unit that does not look like a CRT tv.

you don';t/ you use a real computer

your unit is a dinosaur. call garmin see what they can do... 1800-800-1020

well I would love to help but that is not a question. it's not even a sentence.

if the above doesn't work then unplug the garmin and let the battery drain out. the put the power source back in and it should work fine(unplug may take up to 3 hous depending on how charged your battery was.

Place map file on as card and rename it gmapsupp.Img. the map should be unlocked first. So download caefully

Your Garmin GPS has an internal memory or an SD-card that contains an "operating system" and "map data".The operating system is like windows or Mac OSX. It contains the menu and everything the GPS displays. The "map data" is a digital roadmap the GPS uses to calculate your route. If the map data was on a SD-card that was inserted in your GPS, it could me that you lost the SD-card. That could be the reason your GPS can't find the map data. Sometimes it happens that when people connect their GPS to a computer to update the "operating system" of the GPS something goes wrong. For example, when you disconnect your GPS from the computer while the update software is still writing data to your device, the connection gets lost and you're left with corrupt files on the GPS. It could also be a defect in the internal memory of the GPS. I suggest you try to update the operating system with a program called "Garmin Express" (just google and easy find it). You need to connect the GPS to your computer with a USB cable. Then you can perform an update. I hope it helps to solve your problem. What you could also try is to soft reset your GPS. To do that, you need to remove the silver or blue frame around the screen of the GPS (it pops off). Behind this border there is a reset button.If the map data is completely gone, and you don't have a backup there is only one solution: Buy the latest map for your GPS online and download it to your GPS. It's expensive. In that case it's better to buy a new device in a shop. Most new devices contain Lifetime online map updates (model name nuvi -then the number - LM or LMT) (LM= Lifetime Mapupdates T= Traffic information) Then you can update your map data every three months if you want.

To calibrate the StreetPilot c-Series touchscreen, follow these steps: Begin with the device turned off and unplugged from a power source Power the device on and continue to hold the power button for 1 minute Release the power button when the screen displays "Press Dot" Accurately touch the dots as they appear The dots will change location A stylus or pencil eraser may be used to accurately touch the dots Touch OK when the "Calibration Complete" appears The touchscreen is now calibrated.

See this link for Speaker info:http://www.sharc.net/gps_audio_repair.htm

I would suggest getting in touch with the Garmin tech support. You may have to send the unit back for a hardware fix. There were some issues with new updates in some of their older products.

If the unit is working okay and you see no issues, you may find better value to leave it alone, and over time save up for a newer unit. If you look at their new NUVI series, these are far improved from the generation of the one you presently have.

Jerry G.

I have contacted Garmin several times till I got an acceptable answer. Some of the C330 receivers were sold to car rental agencies and contain software version 2.30. These units cannot be uodated. They are not reconized as a HD letter in "my computer" and mine would not accept a map update.

Pop the face plate off with your thumb nail right uner the Garmin logo. On the right side you will see a reset button. Depress it for 2 seconds. Replace face plate and power back on.

You first need to go to Garmin and make sure you register you model. From there you can look for updates. There was a time when the updates were free. I'm just not sure if you will get one free for your model. And the roads and maps are always changing. So I will give you the link and you will need to use the USB cable that came with yours to update from garmin, Hope this helps, Sea Breeze
https://my.garmin.com/mygarmin/customers/myGarminHome.faces

We do not have this information, contact the manufacturer's support site please.

Hi, 673king, My Garmin is c330, but I think that all GPS's of this nature are programmed only for roads -- not bodies of water. I haven't updated my 2-yr.-old-Garmin yet for new maps, but what you describe concerning the red question mark is exactly what I get when I am on a road that was constructed after my Garmin was programmed. Since the GPS can't find the road in its memory, it merely has a red question mark until I get onto a road that the software recognizes. It then operates as usual.

Garmin has released new maps. Most of their units are entitled to a free update if the unit was purchased recently Just a heads up to anyone who recently purchased a C330. According to Garmin's tech support, the map udate 2008 is not free to those of us that recently purchased a C330. Only to those who purchased a C340 and up. Their excuse is that it is a "low end" unit, and also that the memory cannot hold the full US maps on the DVD. Gee, I can purchase the update for $69.99 and load a subset of the maps if I want, according to the person in tech support, but I cannot receive it as a free update. So, apparently buyer beware if you purchase Garmin's "low end" units. You will apparently not be able to receive a free update of maps, even if the unit you buy is already out of date.