With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 announcement of the new Garmin automobile navigators, I suspect that many here will look at the Garmin DriveLuxe 51 LMT as a premium automobile navigator in the current Garmin line up. With that in mind, I suspect that at some point comparisons will be made to the now slightly dated Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD. I, like many here, have a Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD.
After going through the various differences, I am not necessarily overwhelmed by the new features of the Garmin DriveLuxe 51 LMT-S. The built-in wifi for updates is nice and over due, but it won't make me rush out to buy one of these.
The Bluetooth functionality will now also allow text messaging. I was somewhat surprised that the 3597 doesn't have that. Perhaps a firmware update will add that at some point.
Garmin DriveLuxeâ„¢ 51. Owner's Manual. TIP: Select to view the table of contents or search. Getting Started. Driver Awareness Features and Alerts. Navigating to Your Destination. Finding and Saving Locations. Using the Map. Live Services, Traffic, and Smartphone Features. Voice Command.
With regards to additional driver alerts, I suppose that I would have to be able to make am informed opinion, but my past experience with other similar alerts is that they are a bit too much and I would have a tendency to simply disregard them.
Garmin Driveluxe 51 Lmt-s
Anyway, for those here that have made a similar comparison, what do you think? Will you be the first to buy and try a Garmin DriveLuxe 51 LMT-S?
At the end of the day, the the Garmin DriveLuxe 51 LMT-S and the Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD are actually pretty similar to one another. The price differences aside, I suspect that a lot of the additional features can be disabled, if desired.
In order to update your GPS device: Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D with the latest update, follow next instructions.
First of all, be sure you got the update file for your Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D device, downloaded from SpeedcamUpdates.com.
If still haven't got it, you can get it now filling the form you see on this page.
- Extract files from the SpeedcamUpdates zip package. If the file you have downloaded is not a ZIP file means the file is already decompressed, and you can continue with the next step of this installation instructions.
- Connect your Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D device using an USB cable to your PC. Now run POI Loader. Select the folder where you extracted the files before. Continue with Express Mode and finish your installation. The information will be transferred to your Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D device.
- So, as explained before, select the target folder on your hard disk which contains the unzipped files of our database. Now you can choose between Express mode and Manual mode.Select Express Mode.
- In this mode all settings are given by POI Loader. Push Next button and all speed cameras will be installed.
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In orden to transfer the speedcam database information to your Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D device you have to use POI loader application. Click next link to download it.
POI Loader Software
In orden to transfer the speedcam database information to your Garmin DriveAssist 51 LMT-D device you have to use POI loader application. Click next link to download it.
POI Loader Software
For your information
Remember you can customize freely your download. Get access to the customer control panel and using the customization tool in order to get a customized speedcam database according to your needs. You will need this tool if your device doesn't accept the size of the new update. You can add and remove countries speedcam data to your current setup.
Remember you can customize freely your download. Get access to the customer control panel and using the customization tool in order to get a customized speedcam database according to your needs. You will need this tool if your device doesn't accept the size of the new update. You can add and remove countries speedcam data to your current setup.