How to test Alerts on Nuvi 350

Assuming you have set up the alerts correctly (by, say, manual mode in POILoader with proper names), simulating a route is the same as navigating. Of course you need to have the alert sound activate quickly because you would not want to wait too long while the unit "drives" the route.

Your unit supports mp3 files, so that would work.

I could not find in the manual how to get a Nuvi 350 into simulation mode. Will it simulate?

Yes, all of your alerts work in Simulate mode. I usually test new POI alerts to make sure they're proximity to the road will allow them to alert properly.

I believe on all the 3xx and 6xx nuvi's with the flip-up antenna, you put it in simulatin mode by flipping the antenna down. That shuts off the GPS receiver, putting it in simulation mode. I suspect the OP already knows this, but thought I would add the information for others who might run across the thread.

alandb is correct that simulation mode for the 350 is obtained by keeping the antennae down. Unless your POIs you want to test are near your last location when you had the GPS on, hope you have a lot of time on your hand because running simulation mode is very slow.

Solution - make the GPS think it is somewhere it really isn't. Reccommend you ead this article http://home.comcast.net/~ghayman3/garmin.gps/page3.htm#locat... to see how to make the GPS think it is somewhere else. Using that technique you can then quickly get your GPS to think it is just outside the POI alert range and can run simulation mode to find out fast if POI alerts are working.