Garmin Wish List./Tricks & Shortcuts.
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16 years
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I bought my first GPS a couple of months ago, and I am completely hooked on it. I am glad I picked Garmin, because the few occasions I had to call, their staff comes across as outstanding folks.
There must be some tricks I am missing, and not having found a thread on this forum, I figured I would start one to see if others can contribute their tricks or suggestions to improve the product. I will go first:
1. While navigating, when it gives turn directions, it would be helpful to have a dot or asterisk on the left or the right of the instruction so the driver can anticipate which way to turn next. I turn off the voice commands (to use the phone in the car without any voices) and this would be helpful navigating in a new area. Sometimes 3/10 of a mile is not enough in the traffic.
2. There should be a "View Map" Icon so when in another menu, to quickly exit instead of having to press "Back" button.
3. Same for a 'Phone" Icon to quickly access the phone
4. Offer optional software upgrades, like QWERTY keyboard for a nominal fee.
Thanks.
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You may be interested in What is your Nuvi missing? at http://www.poi-factory.com/node/3628
RT
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press and hold
press and hold the back button, it will take you to the main menu
........Garmin StreetPilot c550 / Nüvi 765...........
Thanks
Press and hold! Thanks! I guess I missed that in the manual too.
map and turn directions.
1) when you are on a route press the "turn in" box @ bottom right of screen
2) press the ▼ arrow
3) press the ▲ arrow
Now you should should have a split screen w/nav screen and written "next turn" directions.
If you stop at 1) or 2) the display will time out and return to the full nav screen
These are not in the manual...as of yet anyway
........Garmin StreetPilot c550 / Nüvi 765...........
Satellite screen and debug modes
Since this is a tip post, I'll post the following: I learned from other sites that if you press and hold on the satellite level bars you'll get a screen showing the reception details and accuracy as well as your current location and altitude. Why this doesn't appear with a simple press it beyond me, as it's a feature most GPS users are very interested in. Also, if you press and hold the battery level indicator you'll go into a debug mode. Given these two things I decided to press and hold all over the place and I discovered that if you go to the trip information screen and press and hold the speedometer you'll get into a second debug mode. The main interesting thing I've found there is that you can create a recording of your drive and then later play it back on the device. You can't delete the logs on the unit itself, but you can find and delete them from the Logs folder when you connect the unit to your computer.
Thats cool if one has a spying G/F or wife
Since this is a tip post, I'll post the following: I learned from other sites that if you press and hold on the satellite level bars you'll get a screen showing the reception details and accuracy as well as your current location and altitude. Why this doesn't appear with a simple press it beyond me, as it's a feature most GPS users are very interested in. Also, if you press and hold the battery level indicator you'll go into a debug mode. Given these two things I decided to press and hold all over the place and I discovered that if you go to the trip information screen and press and hold the speedometer you'll get into a second debug mode. The main interesting thing I've found there is that you can create a recording of your drive and then later play it back on the device. You can't delete the logs on the unit itself, but you can find and delete them from the Logs folder when you connect the unit to your computer.
I have to clear my recent addresses before I pull in the garage. Who knows when I may make a fatal error.
Fact/
Yeah, there's already
Yeah, there's already information on this out there about how to turn it into GPX data. Apparently some firmware updates remove it on some models, but the 750 still has it with the latest firmware. Of course we already have GPX backtrack data on the 700 series.
Good business plan.
Yeah, there's already information on this out there about how to turn it into GPX data. Apparently some firmware updates remove it on some models, but the 750 still has it with the latest firmware. Of course we already have GPX backtrack data on the 700 series.
I have a 660 and a 680. So I could see what is better Traffic or MSN Direct.
I wish Garmin would give options of upgrading the unit via software instead of buying a new unit. It would be a win win for both parties. That way, we could add or delete the features.
What manual?
Press and hold! Thanks! I guess I missed that in the manual too.
It would be nice if the nüvi 2xx came with a manual with useful info like that! It even would have been nice for that tid bit to have been mentioned in the Seup and Go Guide.
><> Glenn <>< Garmin nüvi 2598
C340 Speedometer
Given these two things I decided to press and hold all over the place and I discovered that if you go to the trip information screen and press and hold the speedometer you'll get into a second debug mode.
This works on the C340 units!!
Garmin nuvi 2455LMT (wife uses nuvi 255w) (sold C330)
diag menus
Since this is a tip post, I'll post the following: I learned from other sites that if you press and hold on the satellite level bars you'll get a screen showing the reception details and accuracy as well as your current location and altitude. Why this doesn't appear with a simple press it beyond me, as it's a feature most GPS users are very interested in. Also, if you press and hold the battery level indicator you'll go into a debug mode. Given these two things I decided to press and hold all over the place and I discovered that if you go to the trip information screen and press and hold the speedometer you'll get into a second debug mode. The main interesting thing I've found there is that you can create a recording of your drive and then later play it back on the device. You can't delete the logs on the unit itself, but you can find and delete them from the Logs folder when you connect the unit to your computer.
On the Nuvi 650, the satellite menu doesn't seem to be a hidden menu. A normal press on the sat strength bars opens the satellite screen. I think it is even listed in the manual.
Also, on the 650 you have to press and hold on the clock and not on the battery symbol to get to the first diagnostic menu. The speedometer works for the other.
Can't really find anything useful to do in the menus however. It is easy however to lock up the unit on these screens. I can't see how you record a drive and play it back from the menus I see.