Personal splash screen for Garmin c550

The c530 can take any jpeg that you store on it and use it as the splash screen. You set the new splash screen through the tools (wrench)>>display function.

Anyone know what size JPG to use for the splash screen so it won't be resized on a nuvi?

There should be a stored image on your GPS. It is a duplicate of the splash screen. Connect GPS to your computer and then download that image to determine the size. They might be different for different versions of GPSr.

I just loaded one of our photos as a Splash and it worked perfectly after I resized it to 320 x 240.

again, thanks!

As the size of the nuvi screens is 320x240, that should be the optimum size for a .jpg file to use as a splash screen. It is also the best size for other .jpg files that you use in the "Picture viewer" to conserve memory space.

The photos I upload to the nuvi are 320x240, but the splash screen image is smaller. The nuvi will resize the 320x240 image so it can display it above the text.

I think the question is, "What size can the image be and not be resized"?

My TomTom has a 3.5" screen and the custom 'splash screen' I have on it is 320 x 240 as well.

It's a safe bet that ALL GPSr's with 3.5" screens will support 'splash screens' having dimensions of 320 x 240 or smaller.

ML