The resaon for the changes, according to Garmin, was due to policy changes with their mapping distributor. Now I will have to buy another GPS by June 1 or lose my second unlock code. Free download of SOFTWARE, GAMES, VIDEO, MUSICGarmin Base. Having just bought a 76CSx and a full version of CN8 I was counting on using the second code at a later date if I decided to buy another 76 for the wife. Even more disturbing, effective June 1 there will be no free second unlock code this includes people who have already purchased the programs with the understanding the second unlock was available. The example I have is buying a copy of City Navigator 7 on E-Bay if you want to upgrade to CN8 you will have to pay the upgrade cost. According to tech support if you buy an older copy of a mapping software Garmin will no longer upgrade for free. The first change went into effect May 1 when a new policy eliminating free updates went into effect. Spoke to a very nice lady in tech support who confirmed that changes were in fact in place with regards to City Navigator and unlock codes.

After reading in another post that Garmin is changing thier policy with regards to unlock codes I called Garmin to verify.

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