Thank you for your replies,

I spoke to Garmin UK this morning and they had just become aware of this issue.
They are working on a fix but have no idea on timescale as yet.
I returned the unit to the retailer and they swapped it no quibble.

Great service from both Garmin And J & S

I wont be ...

Yes, there seems to be no maps
I guess it’s checking to see if installed maps are up to date and because there are none they are not out of date ??

Hi,
I've just purchased a new XT, I attempted to update the Maps on Wifi and it failed.
There was a message on the screen saying to Cancel and try again or Use Garmin Express, I chose to try Garmin Express
When I connected to Express it checked for updates and said all was up to date
However, there ...