New User needs some help and friendly advice

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/14656

Make sure they have the same name.

All right, I just went to that link and I got the page that shows the various rest areas and the icons & alerts avaiable. I've read that I must have the name the same as the file, but I can't see how to download the icon and voice files if they don't come with the total combined file. Am I missing something??? Again, thanks in advace for any advice you can give.
Ed

on the one you want. Than right click on the file you want. and than click on the save. Than it should save in whatever directory you want. You can only use wav files with 255w, so either you download it, or must convert a mp3 to a wav.

Hope this helps.

To save Icon (and Sound) Files - Right Click on bmp (and wav) file>Save Target As>Select Folder where your POI file is (you can also change file name here if needed)>Save.

I emailed you some information.See if it helps.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I "right clicked" on the audio file and got the download as an MP3 file. Now for a couple of more questions. First, do I need to convert it to a WMA file for the 255W and second, do I need to rename it to the same file name as the Combined Rest Area file? Got to go - my MSU Spartans are playing basketball and I've got to root them on so they get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA.
Ed

It has to have the same name, and it has to be a wav file, not wma.

...and the .wav file has to be encoded “mono” not “stereo”, in order for it to work.

Check out Gary Hayman’s excellent site:

Tricks, Tips, Work Arounds, Hints, Secrets and Ideas
for the Garmin nüvi GPS (and others)

http://home.comcast.net/~ghayman3/garmin.gps/index.html

Regards,

Tailspin

Nüvi 670 & 880
Mac Pro & OS 10.5.4

I want to say thank you to everyone for the help you gave me. I have sucessfully downloaded some files to my Garmin GPS. Especially helpful was the email from Charley (charlesd45). I think the POI-Factory should incorporate the information in his email into their "Getting Started" section. For a Newbee, it guided me through the process and now I can follow what everyone else was telling me. Again, Thanks Everyone!!!

Ed

Aren't these people gr8! They also helped me out with alot. Also check out the active posts, they can be very helpful!

Hi all, I just purchased the 265t and the phonebook worked great the first day, then I updated the fireware to 5.0 and now I have no phonebook. Can any tell me if it is possible to downgrade to an earlier version? Im not sure what Version came installed on it, I'm guesssing 4.80 or 4.60. I have tred the downloader and gpsinmormation site, but I can't find 4.80 anywhere. Dell won't take it back without a 15% re-stocking fee and Garmin said my phone isnt compatible, even though it work before the upgrade. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I just went through this, with my 660. I updated the SW version and also chose the prompt to upgrade the Bluetooth SW. Bad move, and that's when the fun began.
My phone worked faithfully with the old version but not the newer one. I contacted Garmin after many frustrating nights and they were nice enough to send me the previous BT SW version file in an email.
You want to do the same thing.
Details can be found here:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/20840