Hersham Boy
22nd Mar 2004, 15:16
Have recently bought a lovely shiny new Garmin GPS196. And the European City Select pack so I can use it in ther car as well. Only one issue:
In order to transfer routes from my laptop to the GPS, you need to connect the two machines directly - ie. not as a transferal via the card writer.
Both my laptops have no serial (DB9) output. The GPS requires a DB9 connection, as far as I can tell. I've not found a USB lead anyways...
So - I have seen a few USB to DB9 cables for sale - but my suspicions are aroused by the fact that they seem to range in price for about £20 to around £60. But they all purport to do the same job...
Anyone solved the same problem who want to impart their wisdom?
Cheers!
Hersh
Oh - if it's relevant, both lappies are running Win XP. I've only got CitySelect running on one of them, before anyone replies on this point!
In order to transfer routes from my laptop to the GPS, you need to connect the two machines directly - ie. not as a transferal via the card writer.
Both my laptops have no serial (DB9) output. The GPS requires a DB9 connection, as far as I can tell. I've not found a USB lead anyways...
So - I have seen a few USB to DB9 cables for sale - but my suspicions are aroused by the fact that they seem to range in price for about £20 to around £60. But they all purport to do the same job...
Anyone solved the same problem who want to impart their wisdom?
Cheers!
Hersh
Oh - if it's relevant, both lappies are running Win XP. I've only got CitySelect running on one of them, before anyone replies on this point!