What is your Nuvi missing?

I wish it come with a voice command & combine with solo or passport to make it as a radar detector too.
that will be a must need tools for any car. to make it perfect, it should come with a carrying case which could put all the equipments instead of just the screen.

I would like my NUVI to have a display showing the interior temperature and the temperature outside. I think that will be a cool feature.

I wish the Nuvi had a "most use of freeways" routing instead of just shortest time because the shortest time is really the shortest distance not the shortest time. It will route over surface streets with traffic lights but does not consider the added time of the lights.

Also the FM transmitters sucks compared to my $20 Fm transmitter I own.

The ability to have categories for favorites and POI is missing. It can be done with POI to some degree but they need to make it take up to three levels of directories instead of just two.

The traffic map needs to provide more details like left lane blocked and we should be able to get the sign messages that are displayed on the roads and available on the Internet.

Wish it had a Map button on all the screens so you did not have to hit BACK,BACK BACK,BACK to get back to the maps

Wish it had terrain options for hiking.

This will never happen. Garmin will not allow the liability to take place, the first person that has an accident and kills themselves will sue Garmin, they are not that stupid.

I've connected mine via a cassette adapter, and it works great! Great sound, great music and great Blue Tooth.

Just press and HOLD the back button, it will take you back without repeated pressing.

Cut the grass and do the dishes.

. . . and clean the garage.

Some of these suggestions are out there. Not sure how much people expect for the same price that they paid. I just want simple things, really just more convenient displaying of data that is already in the unit.

-direction arrow on the front next turn display
-trip time AND ETA on the trip computer along with mi.
-elevation more convenient than the satellite display
-qwerty keyboard option
-speed controlled volume should be a no-brainer

Not looking for games and video.

Have you tried just holding the back button for a few seconds, then releasing? Works on my C330.

I would like to be able to set more preferences concerning routing - something like: 1) avoid toll roads unless taking the toll road saves xx min or percent of trip time 2) prefer shortest route unless it is xx min or percent slower than the fastest route choice, 3) an ability to fine tune the type of road preferences and 4) some way to blend the shortest or fastest choice - example: I don't choose to drive an extra 20 miles on an interstate to save 3 minutes - and I'd like the routing algorithms to have a third "Artificial Intelligence" generated route that is closer to what I would pick - maybe it could "learn" from our route selections and build that into it's choices?

Or, if that is too hard - how about just showing a summary of distance and travel time for the fastest route and the shortest route and let me pick after I see choices?

I had a Tomtom unit and it showed the roads speed limits and warned me if I was speeding... wish my Nuvi would do that!

Also, wish there was a way that I could mute the guidance but still keep the bluetooth phone volume turned up!

Just what I need...an electronic backseat driver!

I returned my C550 for the nuvi 660 to CC and have a question. On the 550 when I zoomed in it would hold at around 80 ft and kick out to about 150 or 200, on the 660 i can het it no closer than I think 100 and it always kicks out to 500ft. Is there away to change this only drawback I see as I don't ge a look of the roads like i did on the c550.

It would be nice to have a video player (like Sony PSP). It would be nice on an airplane trip or waiting in the airport. Plenty of room on those little SDHC cards.

Jen

ive used garmin and 3 different units for the last 6 yrs... and i WANT A SMALL NON-BEASTIAL device now... like you, i am DISAPPOINTED that garmin did not include its fabulous routing and interface with mapsource thru the pc... it works GREAT and im tired of my big fat unit... i JUST DONT GET IT!

and I wish it had:

1) POI's with phone numbers (the Mio C520 am about to return has that and it's a boon).
2) Ability to type in zip code AND city (and not just city). [Someone tell me I'm wrong and that it actually can do ZIP CODES. Again, the C520 can.]
3) QWERTY format and not simply ABC type. [Once again, the C520 has it.]

The reason I am returning the Mio c520 is because of the mapping it delivers --- I'm just so used to MapQuest and Google that the TeleAtlas mapping doesn't do it for me. Bummer.

[First time post]

What do you mean by that?

first time, short time...

The ability to remove preloaded POI's that don't exist anymore. I bought my Nüvi 650 because I moved to new state. There have been numerous locations I've drove around-and-circles asking "where is it?" from Applebee's to Blockbuster to Wal-mart to Zaxby's (ya like how I got the whole A-Z thing in there:). When I get the chance, I search a POI's website to find it doesn't exist, and of course I don't know if it ever did. It would prove especially useful if one was inclined to be preventive and research ahead of time and remove big name POI's in their respective areas. Who knows, it could even find a link at the top the page here where all the "you's and I's" tell all the other "you's and I's", so we could remove them incase we ever happen to travel there.

Faster processor. If you zoom in too far, your current position will not be updated till about 3-4 seconds later. My 3 years old Magellan never had that kind of lag.

That doesn't happen with mine unless I am in a plane and zoom in really close.

And a COFFEE MAKER

If you would enlighten me as to how you did that...that would be GREAT! That is pretty much my only pet peeve with the 360. The fact that the mp3 is much louder than the voice, even when I have it wired into my car deck, having the system at normal human volume for the music leaves the voice quite low.

Read through the discussions and look for the one titled "00 to 99" by Hornbyp and back track a post or two for one titled "other things" by same author.
voice volume increase hope it helps

OK, so I’m old fashioned. But I’ve found convergent devices typically don’t do much of anything exceptionally well (just look at the Treo type devices out there – some good, but none great). I’m concerned GPS devices are heading for the same fate. I think it’s silly to have a video player and MP3 player in a GPS device because it will never have the video or sound quality that I want from either of those devices for watching movies or listening to music. But I would like my GPS device to be an excellent GPS device. I have an old GPSmap 60CS (used it for snowmobiling and now for hiking) and now a Nuvi 650. I love them both, but I’d like the 650 to have a quick way back to the map from other pages; a way to find a location using coordinates; quick, easy reliable and cheap traffic interface; downloadable routes; configurable data on map pages… you know, GPS device stuff. And, yep, you guessed it - I also want a cell phone that makes great phone calls, not play music and videos. But that isn’t happening either.

I wish Jill could carry on a regular conversation.

OK, so maybe video could be useful!!!

a dvd player

Here are the things I would change if made queen for a day:

1. Single screen press from any screen to return to map navigation page. Garmin forgot that this is the basic purpose to have one.

2. Different oganization of searches: Emergency Services, Man-made References (addresses, names, intersections, etc.), Natural References (lakes, mountains, caves, etc.), and Structures (hotels, shopping, banks)

3. Much greater individualization, voices, menus, search parameters.

Jen

Wash dishes
clean toilets
vacuum (once a week)
Feed the dog
Mow the lawn

Yeh - that'll about do it.........

And a cup holder

msumy-

Can you tell me how to hack into navigation sound to make it louder? Or can you post or send me the sound file that you hack? I can barely hear the navigation sound when driving on highway with radio on even with low volume.

Thanks,

I need to know which GPS you have and which voice file you're using. It's different if it's TTS or not TTS.

RT

Thanks RT. I had figured out after reading so many posts. Price to paid for newbie is reading reading

With a nuvi 680, I wish it had the breadcrumbs and route features... but I knew up front it didn't.

That said, I'd like to see a few things...
a- while the nuvi does route around some stuff, it often will send me through city streets with lots of lights. Plus these tend to get congested, but are too small to be tracked via the traffic sites. So I don't think I EVER actually follow the suggested route to and from work. If anything, I use it for traffic alerts and estimated times.
The short version is this: great for going places you don't know. Not as useful for something like a commute where my human brain can out route a nuvi. Granted, I know the mathematical graph theory stuff is tough, but I wish the routes were better (not a complaint mind you)
b- if you try and add a waypoint while 'recalculating' it will auto make it a new destination
c- a one touch button to go back to the map
d- a one touch button to mute (instead of 3 screens in)
e- auto trip reset each time you put in a new destination

It might be nice to be able to choose which screen the nuvi loads by default. If I'm not using it I would rather it displayed the map instead of the "where to?" screen.

i wish they would allow us to manipulate the map. Making changes to freeway onramps, remove old data... It may sound as too much, but it would be cool if we could make the necessary changes to the local streets we live in. I haven't purchased an update yet but I feel like roads that are 3 years old that are not on the 2007 maps take too long to be reported. Too much red tape i guess. Maybe they should hire that guy from the hotel.com commercial. The one that goes around town with a tape measure. =)

when you go to my location on your gpsr it will show you your coordinates and also your altitude i believe. I don't have my gps with me at the moment.

I'd chuckle at the insanity anyone would consider regarding getting usable bass out of any stock Nüvi speaker. ROFL

Do you mean reciever as in receiving FM stations? Can't really see the use of talking into the Nüvi to transmit on the FM spectrum...

You can plan a route with multiple waypoints/stops on your computer. It just takes a couple of extra steps. First, get the lat/long coordinates of your intermediate stops. Then create a custom POI file with the stops in the order you want, save it as "next trip" or "Christmas Vacation", etc and upload it to your Nüvi as a custom POI. That way, you can have as many stops as you want.

Now, it won't automatically jump you from one stop to the next, but it's very easy to bring up the custom POI list, select the next stop and GO. Delete the route when you no longer need it.

Then again, the smart folks here might just be the reason Garmin won't take the time/effort to add these features to the "lesser" Nüvis, if they monitor this (and other) sites...

I would name the file AAA_Christmas_Vacation.csv This way it will be the first one when you hit Custom POI.

I think we'll see a QWERTY layout for the Nüvis...eventually. After all, how long was the Street Pilot 27xx series out before they offered QWERTY in a firmware update? Quite a while...

Just takes time, although when I asked Garmin about why the updated the Street Pilot to QWERTY AFTER the Nüvis came out, they said there were no plans to offer QWERTY for the Nüvi line. Let's keep bitchin' and I'm sure they offer it sooner or later.

How many phone numbers you got memorized? If you have access to a phone number list, then you already have the address, too. Just enter that and be on your merry way. Or, more simply, why not search the built in/custom POI database by name?

Consider the person looking for Missouri (MO) and ends up with Montana.

AR could be Arizona, Arkasas...

Remember, there's four "News" in the US. Mexico, Jersey, Hampshire and York.

To simplify your daunting task, how about just entering "New" and selecting from the very short ensuing list?

Several in dash aftermarket GPS systems allow video/DVD playback. Pioneer, Alpine, Sony, etc. Never heard of them getting sued.

Hi hotdram,

The very first thing I noticed missing on my Nüvi 670, was the lack of a BUGATTI VEYRON (PRICE: $1,200,000) to mount it in...

On the serious side, I'm happy with my Nüvi 670. What I'd like to see is software (using built-in templates) that would make creating POI.csv and Poi.gpx files a breeze, and would also work using the Mac OS.

Regards,

tailspin

P.S. Any software developers out there?

I am now on my 3rd Garmin and they seem to be going Backwards in a few Areas. The Power Cord on my New 650 looks Very Much like the Crappiest power cord I ever had on a Cell phone ( the Old Motorola cords) My Etrex used the Wonderful and Very Common USB..Even my 330 had a great plug in cord. The Other things have been named here a couple times..Routing ( this is very useful in my Etex) they seem to be Dumbing down the Nuvi. A Simple Volume, My C330 has a Great volume dial on the right side..is that too low tech...it sure is missed. 2 or 3 menus to change volume sucks..and my 330 has MAPS at the bottom at all times...man that is nice...I just may be sending the Nuvi back to Costco, and go for a C530...But I LOVE the big screen..and it is Uber cool..

A coiled cord would be appealing, but I can't see a way to use it with the MSN receiver/charging cable.

But, as I always say, "that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

GeneL