nüvi newbi questions

DJBergquist,

Question 1:
Yes all you have to do is turn on your Nuvi and select MAP. It will follow your driving. It will show the upcoming streets on the top banner. It will also record the trip in tracks. The tracks can be turned on for viewing at:
TOOLS >> Settings >> MAP >> TRIP LOG

Tracks can also be downloaded to your PC and viewed in MapSource and while in MapSource it can be viewed on Google Earth.

When just viewing your drive (Non-Route) You can touch the Speed icon and be sent to the Trip screen displaying avg speed, moving avg, max speed, Moving time total time, stopped time, Total distance traveled.

Question 2:
Yes there is some software available from Garmin free called MapSource which can be used to make routes on your PC and then upload them to you Nuvi. MapSource can also be used to make custom POIs and TourGuides. And allow you to download the tracks in the Nuvi.

Question 3:
No there isn't any way to have iy automatically stay on. Just tap theSTAY ON icon and it will. then you can turn it off at the switch later.

PS to Guestion 2:
PS call Garmin and say you want the 2009 Map version for Europe so you can build POI and routes for your Nuvi760- They should sent it free- they do in the USA. MapSource will be on the DVD the send.

Hannah,

Thanks so much for the info... I tried your answer to question 1 on my way home. Way cool! Just what I was looking for. Thanx!

On Q2: So, I can call Garmin and get this software? Is that number on their website? Or did you find it in your package somewhere? I'm going out to their website to look for it.

I want to ask them for the US version since I am living back here now. (Wish I were still in London, but...)

On Q3: Bummer! How rude of them to say "this is the best way to do something" and then default the settings of the device to something else and not give you a way to change the default behaviour!

Oh well. Thanks again for all the info. I've got a lot to learn!

DJB

I think that if you have the Europe maps on your Nuvi you cannot get the NA maps. You could get mapsource free by downing Garmin's Training Center and then Downloading MapSource update.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=999-99...

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

Nope... I have the US Maps loaded. I bought it here in the US. Lakewood, Colorado at the Circuit City. (On sale!)

I did go to the website and downloaded MapSource, but now I have another issue...

After loading the software, I hooked-up the GPS to my PC, retrieved the routes that I had created in the GPS unit, and then edited the route... I could not find the actual address I was looking for in the machine and wanted to make the route exact.

After editing it, I renamed it, saved it, and downloaded it back into the machine. But I do not see them on the nuvi... what am I doing wrong?

djb

After you download the routes to your GPS, you have to then import them from this downloaded file. For my nuvi 780, here are the steps I follow:
- Touch "Tools" from main menu
- Touch "My Data" (may be on 2nd screen)
- Touch "Import Route from File"
- Then select the route you want; I can have a max of 10 loaded.

Hope this helps - steps should be similar on your unit.

Regards......Durango

This group rocks!

Thanks everyone for making a nüvi nübi feel welcome! Thanks also for the help!

DJB

Does that mean you can now see your routes on your nuvi?

On my 780 nuvi, I can upload (from Mapsource) as many routes as my unit memory will allow. However, I can only import a maximum of 10 at any one time. If I am finished with a route, I can delete it and import another as long as I don't exceed 10.

Regards........

Thanks so much!

I can now see the routes I planned last night. When I did the import I was shown the list of the four routes I had worked on last night and was asked which I wanted to import. I selected one and it is there... when back and pulled all four in.

Thanks again!

DJB

Thank you Durango. I was having problems with this myself and this is exactly what I needed to know.

JD & DJ - Following is some other route info that you might find useful:

THE TEMP.GPX FILE (on your Nuvi)
- All the Routes/Waypoints you upload to the Nuvi from any given MapSource transfer will be stored in the Temp.gpx file until the file is overwritten by a subsequent transfer from MapSource
- From MapSource, you can select/upload Routes and Waypoints or just the Routes, in which case the Nuvi will automatically load only those Waypoints used in the Routes. All Waypoints uploaded will become Favorites, so you may want to be careful and not clutter up your Nuvi with too many Favorites
- Remember that for the Routes to be used, they must then be imported on the Nuvi (max of 10) via “Tools, My Data, Import Route from File”
- If you delete an imported Route on the Nuvi, it will still be available for re-importing as long as the Temp.gpx file has not been overwritten by another MapSource transfer
- Now, if you don’t want the current Temp.gpx file to be overwritten by the next MapSource transfer because it has some data you may later want, you can rename it (e.g., Colorado.gpx). That way you can have many Route/Waypoint files in the Nuvi’s GPX folder, and all the Routes on these files will be available for import
- Although the Routes get erased if the current Temp.gpx file is overwritten by another MapSource transfer, as I understand it, the Favorites remain. So like I said earlier you need to be careful and not clutter the Nuvi up with too many Favorites (they can be erased)

THE CURRENT.GPX FILE (on your Nuvi)
- This file is re-created by the Nuvi every time you connect the Nuvi to the computer; it contains all the Favorites (from the Nuvi’s internal memory) plus a copy of all “active” Routes (imported or created) in the Nuvi.
- The Nuvi also saves a copy of this file in its internal (non user accessible) memory so Favorites or Routes can’t be accidently erased (to truly delete Favorites or Routes from the unit, you must use “Tools, My Data, Delete”)
- This file is essentially the Nuvi’s output file to MapSource, whereas the Temp.gpx file is the input file from MapSource
- Although I have never loaded custom POI's this way, I understand that you can copy the Current.gpx file to your computer (rename it) and use POI loader to load some of your favorite places into the Nuvi as a custom POI file and access them via the Extras area. This is a good way to keep different versions of favorite places readily available on the Nuvi, but not clutter up My Favorites

THE POSITION.GPX FILE (on your Nuvi)
- This is simply the current (or last) position that is automatically saved when you remove the Nuvi from the mount while the power is still on. This makes it easy to find your last position, such as your parked car, if you take the Nuvi with you.

.....This is probably more than you ever wanted to know about Nuvi routes and files, but I was bored - all reruns on TV tonight......

Regards.....Durango

This is all good information to know. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Durango,

That is weeks of my time of trial and error - IF I had happened to trip over it! Thanks for saving me the time on my learning curve!

I've saved that info as a note in my palm pilot!

Thanks again to all who have helped!

djb