Camper 660 sat nav update

DavidID
DavidID Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited June 2017 in Club Products & Services #1

Last year I bought an Avtex Garmin Camper 660 Caravan Club edition sat nav which has proved very useful both in the UK and in Europe. Whenever I connect the sat nav up to my computer it updates mapping etc via Garmin Express but this does not update the sat nav's ACSI database nor, I presume, the Caravan and Motorhome Club's database which leaves me with the 2016 listings. Can anyone advise me how I can update these listings?

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  • HelenKevin
    HelenKevin Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited June 2017 #2

    Hi David,

    We are looking to replace our SatNav - is the Avtec one good please?  We had a the Ventura and thought it was terrible so don't want to splash out for a Caravan club model again without a recommendation!

    Thank in advance

    Helen and Kevin

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited June 2017 #3

    POI files are easily found for many and various camping organisations, by visiting the indiviual provider (CC, C&CC, ACSI etc) or Archies Camping which has a large selection to choose from.

    of course, now the tricky bit.....

    each of these foles will need to be uploaded to the POI/map area of the device you are using....

    my two old Tomtoms are a piece of cake.....windows drag and drop....

    newer (or different tomtoms) and other brands may have their own proprietry technique for uploading.

  • DavidID
    DavidID Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited June 2017 #4

    Helen and Kevin

    We have found it useful both solo and when towing in the UK and abroad. In our early use it did take us into the middle of nowhere in Kent but I think this was human error! This is our first sat nav so I'm no expert and we do still use maps to choose routes occasionally. Hope this helps.

  • IanBHawkes
    IanBHawkes Forum Participant Posts: 212
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    edited June 2017 #5

    I have had 3 satnavs up to now and the best by far is the Avtex/ Garmin, I have had no problems with it both here and through Germany and the Netherlands.

  • little n LARGE
    little n LARGE Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited July 2017 #6

    I have a 2013 ventura 6 series sat nav,although i have had no probs with directions etc,i have never been able to update maps or club sites,is this still possible when it's so old as i only use it when towing and don't really want to buy a new one for so little usage

  • Heidi
    Heidi Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited March 2018 #7

    I've had similar problems to this.  I booked France sites for this summer only to find one is not on the camper 660 CMC database. I downloaded updates from Garmin but it is still not there.  To make matters worse it has also Deleted User the Acsi data base!  Tried contacting CMC Technical people this week for help.

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited March 2018 #8

    As I said at the top of the thread, you need to know where to get the latest files and then how to update the satnav.

    im not familiar with the updating process on models other than Tomtom but I do know where to get the latest data...

    a) the providers source website (ACSI, CC, CCC etc) 

    b) a consolidated set of data from someone like Archies Camping.

    it might take a bit of computer searching and downloading to assemble the files (I've done this for many years so am familiar with the process) but each satnav brand has its own update procedure.

    if recent TomTom models are anything to go by, things are a lot more difficult (slow and clunky) than on older models.....a simple drag and drop from a PC.

    im happy to help if I can, let me know....good luck.

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