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MSN Screen Page on Garmin 680

 
Sat, 09/29/2007 - 9:46pm

I watched a video about the Garmin 680 on CNET.com. When they showed the MSN screen page, the traffic, weather, gas and movie icons each had the number "100%" displayed on their respective icon. I'm guessing it represents the percentage of downloaded data for each category. My 680 doesn't display that. Is that a feature of the 2008 mapping software? I'm still running V8.

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Tue, 10/09/2007 - 3:54pm

MSN screen Page

I just upgraded my NUVI 680 mapping software to NT 2008 and I still don't see any percentages on the MSN Icons. It makes me wonder if the NUVI that was being demonstrated was using a software update that hasn't been released yet. Something we could look forward to???

Tue, 10/09/2007 - 5:02pm

My C580 doesn't show any

My C580 doesn't show any percentages I would imagine they would be similar...

Ray

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Garmin Streetpilot i3, Streetpilot C580 and Nuvi 265WT
Wed, 10/10/2007 - 9:36pm

MSN Screen with Percentages

Here's the CNET video I was referring to in my first post.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-3490_7-6778875.html?tag=vid.1

Thu, 10/11/2007 - 1:12am

Not on C580

No percentages showing on my C580, but it would be nice. What would be even nicer would be a stronger FM signal.

Paul

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Thu, 10/11/2007 - 2:00am

Garmin support told me Tuesday that an update for MSN is

It is in the works now. I hope she was right and that it comes out soon.
Garmin support was really good Tuesday, by the way...

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Frank (Nuvi 2497LMT, 2455LMT, 765LMT,680,StreetPilot 2720)
Thu, 10/11/2007 - 9:59pm

Weak in picking up FM signal

Agree that it's weak in picking up the FM MSN signal. If the power cord is below the car windows I rarely pick up the signal and I live well within the coverage area. If I mount the GPS on the windshield or drape the power cord over the rear view mirror (get the cord above the window line) it picks up a strong signal. I hope they have a way to fix that.

Fri, 10/12/2007 - 12:24pm

review

If you watch the video carefully, when the reviewer is punching up the commands, the Icons do not show the percentages but when they show a graphic of the display, that has the percentages. It could be the graphics were early mock-up.

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Allan Barnett - Garmin nüvi 885T/765T/Pharos GPS (bluetooth) w/MS Maps on PPC