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Sorry, but one of the members PM'd me about a possible map update to use for trravelling in Europe with his Navi equipped Wing. Thanks to my goof, I no longer have that PM in the messages so I'll have to report what I found out here. My Honda training tech tells me that the North American models are NOT compatible with the European databases or maps (no surprise really) so a Navi equipped Wing from over here won't operate in Europe. You could try and re-initialize the unit there, but I doubt the map/data base would work.
If you are considering shipping your Navi equipped Wing to Europe and require sat nav of any kind, I'd have to recommend that you pick up a Nuvi or comparable unit over there for your uses. It's entirely possible that they unit might be able to be re-mapped once back here and you'd have a second system for use in another vehicle or a back-up for the bike. I'd avoid purchasing one here and taking it in case there is no support for the N/A based unit once you get there. I took one of my portable Aviation units (Garmin III Pilot) with me to Ireland and it would not re-initialize for me there; but it's over 10 years old so. I spoke to Garmin before I left and they had little or no advice to give me that I considered of any benefit, the rep said I should replace it with a newer version. My rental bikes both had Nuvis on them so I didn't bother, was just going to use the Pilot as a walk-around device when we weren't riding. Still found that with the Nuvi we still constantly relied on good old maps for peace of mind.
If you are considering shipping your Navi equipped Wing to Europe and require sat nav of any kind, I'd have to recommend that you pick up a Nuvi or comparable unit over there for your uses. It's entirely possible that they unit might be able to be re-mapped once back here and you'd have a second system for use in another vehicle or a back-up for the bike. I'd avoid purchasing one here and taking it in case there is no support for the N/A based unit once you get there. I took one of my portable Aviation units (Garmin III Pilot) with me to Ireland and it would not re-initialize for me there; but it's over 10 years old so. I spoke to Garmin before I left and they had little or no advice to give me that I considered of any benefit, the rep said I should replace it with a newer version. My rental bikes both had Nuvis on them so I didn't bother, was just going to use the Pilot as a walk-around device when we weren't riding. Still found that with the Nuvi we still constantly relied on good old maps for peace of mind.
