New c340 Owner

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Got my Garmin as a gift to myself for Christmas. I'm hoping to learn how to create POI lists (sports bars, tea rooms).
Lot's of knowledgeable, helpful people on this site, I'm glad I found it too!

Cheryl,
Welcome to the forum..
NickJr

Many knowledgeable people here eager to answer your questions.

whewww, I went dyslexic for a minute there, didn't read "sports bars" the first time. LoL

There are tons of Poi-fessionals here to help out.

Most of all Have Fun!

Ha! That is too funny, cause I thought that same thing. Heck I guess you can make a POI for anything you want!

Welcome. I have my c340 about 2 months and then found this forum. A match made in heaven. Enjoy the gps and don't hesitate to ask a question.

Alan

Welcome aboard. Please ask any questions you have and we will be happy to try giving you a helpful answer. As the previous users have commented, there are a lot of people here willing to help with almost any problem.

Sometimes the route the Garmin wants to take me, is not necessarily the best way. I leave it on and it keeps "recalculating" and eventually catches on to the route I want to take.

I've tried to see if I could save this route for the next time, but I don't seem to find a way to do that. Is there a way?

In "My Favorites" I've saved other routes to addresses that it has determined the best way, but I'd like to be able to save my routes too.

Unfortunately, that option is not available for our GPS units. My solution is to start going along my preferred route (turning off the sound) until the GPS catches up with me and plots the new route (then I turn the sound back on). The other option is to choose a point on the new route and add that in as a stop. This can be handy if you are looking to take a new route and preview it in Mapsource. If you find the GPS will be calculating a different route, insert the extra stop from a visual position on your preferred route.
In that case, my wife always refers to it as my getting into an argument with the GPS.

I enjoy making Karen (my Garmin voice) say "Recalculating". After about 15 times within a 5 minute period you can almost hear her tone change.
When she finally gets the route correct, I get to say... "I Won".

Do you have your 'Route Preference' set? 'Faster Time' or 'Shorter Distance'? If set to 'Shorter Distance' it will have you exit an interstate only to get back on after a few miles on a highway, or state or county road simply because that route is shorter - while 'Faster Time' will prefer interstates/freeways until you have no choice but to get off on a highway, state, or county road to reach your destination.

I don't like 'shortest route'. It seems that the 'fastest route' is the most perferred route that I take.

"Do you have your 'Route Preference' set? 'Faster Time' or 'Shorter Distance'? "

I generally leave it to Faster Time, but on this particular route I've tried it both ways and "Jack" takes a while to catch on. Yep, I do turn him down until he starts agreeing with me. (Ahh wouldn't that be nice in real life? ha ha)

The route I take is a secondary highway, and it wants to take me on the main highway.

I was just curious if I could save the route seeing how it's my preferred way. No big deal if I can't.

Thanks to all.

That would explain it. I think it gives preference to interstates & freeways, then US highways/business routes and State Highways, then County/secondary roads, and finally city streets when calculating routes under the 'faster time' setting.

Just be happy you're not out here in fly-over country...where, thanks to E-911 addressing, gravel and even dirt roads can be designated as avenues, or streets. I had one instance where I was traveling parallel to a US highway on a secondary road, and the GPS was telling me to turn down every gravel & dirt road for a time to get to the US Highway. Of course, I ignored it until it figured out I knew where I was going...

OMG, that would suck, being directed onto a dirt road. I leave mine on fastest so it will take interstates, that is what I want.

I haven't been able to figure out away to save a route with the c530

Ah, Jack, I named mine Joy (Just Over Yander, past the cow grazing???) and my favorite girl in my life is my daughter, Joy.

Is there anyway to bypass the Warning screen that has me "Agree" upon turning the unit on?

Can I delete the Garmin, Garmin Europe and Garmin Taiwan listings located under "My Locations, Favorites" or will I mess things up?

I tried finding a bakery/cafe that I have previously visited in the Worcester, MA area. I found it on the Garmin listing and hit "Go". Garmin took me up hills, backroads, and dirt roads until I came to some persons driveway and Garmin advised me that "I had arrived". Also one of the hills it advised me to go up was no longer there - the street sign was there, but they bulldozed the street and put a chain link fence section in front of it. Never did get to the cafe, but it got me out of there and got me home.

I'll file one of those reports on the link that was provided to me on a prior post.

Yes,
You can delete any favorites you have in your GPS.. as for the other question, I would also like to know if that screen can be removed but I am guessing you have to somehow be able edit the software for this to happen. I am sure one of our more knowledgeable users in this forum could do it, but then it could bring up a warranty issue.. Just my thought...

No, and Yes.

The "Agree" thing is the lawyers telling Garmin to exercise a certain level of gluteus-protectus. If you don't hit agree, after a time, it goes away. At least it does on my Nuvi350.

And the Garmin locations in 'My Favorites" are good for samples...you can safely delete them if you don't want them in your unit.

I just gave it a try, and after 14 seconds it took me to the "Where to?" screen. Great info, thanks!

I've also deleted the Garmin locations...don't think I'll be visiting any of them in the future.

Ok, that took me to the "Where to" screen after a bit of time (12 seconds), however, that doesn't get rid of the "Agree" permanantly, which I am sure that we would all love to not have.

I've been mindlessly clicking the "I Agree" button at start up. Did I miss some fine print? Isn't it easier to just press "agree" rather than to wait 15 seconds for it to disappear? Just some thoughts...

You agree not to sue Garmin when you get in a wreck while messing with your GPS...so, yeah, you've missed the fine print

Well that does make a difference ;P But I wonder if they have a way to determine if you pressed "agree" vs timing out if you decide to file a law suit? It's been a while since the first (and probably only) time that I've read it, maybe I should be more observant! ;P Thanks

I agree, that pressing "agree" is faster then just waiting around. And it really doesn't take much energy...I promise! LOL

Just be glad that it's only one screen and it will eventually go away if you don't press it.

On my old Meridian Marine, you had to hit the Enter button 3 or 4 times to get through all the warning screens. And if you don't it shuts down.

Now that would be horrible to have!!! Now that is funny, you have to go through 3 or 4 screens and if you don't it shuts down, so you have to start the process all over again. In the meantime, a race boat is heading straight for you and you are none the wiser. Now that is what I call safety!...lol.

Frivolous Law Suits??

That's exactly why there are so many "Common Sense" warnings everywhere.

As a consumer, I unfortunatly do not read the details of every label of every product that I use, although some are more critical than others (e.g. heavy machinery, bomb calorimeters and the occasional GPS) ;P The point that I was trying to make is that if someone decides to mindlessly accept the warning vs ignore it completely (with the time-out), isn't that equally negligent? If you choose not to accept the terms of agreement/use, then you should choose not to use the equipment, plain and simple. It seems ridiculous to let the warning message time out, unless you are, in fact, planning to pursue a frivolous law suit. In this day and age, court winnings are often valued more to people than personal health/responsibility (and IMHO the loss of common sense as we know it). Perhaps that's a topic for a different forum, but maybe you get the idea?

I agree with your last post (above)...

But the above quote seems to conflict with your first two posts (below).
If I got the wrong intent, please accept my apology.

No, you're totally correct. In retrospect I should have been more cautious with the wordings of my original posts. Afterall, that "quote" button comes back to haunt us now-and-then ;P Nevertherless, I have to admit that I have been a "mindless" consumer (like many others) and my first two posts reaffirm that mindset. Once my comments were criticized, I felt compelled to point out the various levels of negligence that many of us commit on a daily basis. Touche my friend.

LoL on the quote button.

Appreciate your comments and clarification.