My Navigon 7100 will not let me plug it in and continue charging while in use. It automatically moves to the computer download screen, and will not display the map or instructions.

I had the same problem and this fixed it: Connect the navigon to your computer and go into the files directory and create 3 new empty folders, as follows: (You may want to back up your navigon 1st) After i created these empty folders, I was able to go into settings and turn Stree names on

Create these empty folders within MN6\sound folder.
Celine_67_tts
Isabela_22_tts
Sarah_21_tts

you get repair or get device wihout sd card.

it is fatal application error and I have put solution to that

I have put solution to fatal application error try that solution us IE as web brouser.

Take out the SD card, if that dosent work Ty plugging it into a computer sometimes that will reset it. I believe it is a problem with the maps when i got the updated second quarter maps it quite doing it.

I none of the above works, let the battery die and take out the SD card before running it on, then reinsert the card and it might work for awhile

your battery is gone requires new one.

I had a similar problem with my 2100Max. I took the SD card out, plug it into my computer and then reinstall it. It works like a charm these last months still.

You need usb cable and fresh software. download from navigonusa.com

The problem lies with the fact that a standard mini usb pin-out has + voltage on pin 1 and ground on pin 5. The navigon is programmed to recognize this as a computer. The navigon charger however has + voltage on pin 4 and ground on pin 5. The reason for navigon doing this as opposed to following the standard pin-out is due to the unit requiring a stronger power supply to charge the battery. USB current output on a computer does not have the capacity to do this. As a consequence, you will have to find a charger that has the right pin-out for this device ( + on pin 4 and - on pin 5 ). The tough thing is, there is no way to tell one from the other, they look identical. However, I have found that chargers with a capacity of 1000 ma or greater are pinned-out like above ( + on pin 4 and - on pin 5 ). Other than using a multimeter to verify the pins, the only thing to do, would be to plug it in and see if it works. Hope this helps.

If your useing Windows XP or Vista,drivers arn't needed..Windows "sees" the gps unit as another drive.

If you want to use the logbook , the files are in excel format.

the owners manual shows where the files are stoerd on the memory card!!