Newbie question about Garmin 650

You can find a lot on this site about this subject, but in short, you have to be zoomed in at a particular level and it varies from unit to unit.

If you imported icons with your custom POIs, and as long as the filename for the icon is exactly the same as the filename for the POI file, then yes. However, you have to be zoomed all the way in to the first or second zoom level for the map to display them.

If you are talking about the pre-loaded POIs, then icons are already chosen by the Nuvi, but again, you have to be zoomed in to see them.

Also, if you are in a route, then often times the auto zoom will not let you zoom in enough to see them. If you are not in a route, you can zoom in and it will stay at that level (for the most part).

The map zoom level will determine of the POI icons are visible or not. I have the 650 and at zoom level 500ft or closer, I'll see the icons on the map. HOWEVER, at that zoom level, you won't see any text, there just isn't enough room.

You will see the text for your "Favorites" which is a different list of locations from the custom POI we have here or the built-in POI from Garmin.

HTH
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