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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.
This site will let you know if there are any updates available for your unit. Currently there are no updates available. You will have to keep checking the site to find out when they will make an update available.
Google this>GY120 GOODYEARGPS. Look for the link with the same title. I went on the site,but it said updates not available @ this time,I have the GY120 as well. :-(
Hi ecarter... it means that the maps on your GPS are out of date and that there are newer ones available to you at the website for your gps. Usually there is a fee charged to download the updated maps. The fee varies from one company to the next.
If your GPS is over 3 years old it might make more sense to get a new GPS rather than put money into updating an old one which is no longer under warranty. Joe
the NCC is the company that manufactured the GPS for Goodyear branding. I have phoned NCC only to be told there are no updates becasue they have not made the GPS "in years". He asked when I purchased it, and I replied 2 years ago, and he quickly blamed the dealer for not telling me at time of purchase. I asked why NCC still has the website up and active, to which he said, "yeah, but did you notice we have no updates?" When I asked him what NCC is going to do to compensate or satisfy my GPS delemma, he told me to go buy a different brand GPS.
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