Garmin talk

I get this "Special" offer in the mail....
FREE SHIPPING!!!! for an Upgrade for my Ford Escape Navigation Package!!!!

FOR ONLY $199.00!!!!

So I called them, 1-877-628-6274 and asked the following questions:

1. Is this a One Time or Lifetime Upgrade??? One Time!

Another eBay deal from Beach Camera:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garmin-nuvi-2450LM-5-Inch-Widescreen...

65 have been sold as I type this.

I load geocaches on my 1450 as poi so I Can see them as i travel. I don't like to use the tourguide because if I am traveling thru a city it has locked up on me . I would just like for them to show up on the map but here is the problem at low speed it works just fine but at hwy speed they never show up am I doing something wrong? it use to work on my TomTom

Someone posted on an RV forum that I follow that Amazon has lowered the price on the Garmin nuvi 465LMT 4.3-Inch Trucking GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map and Traffic Update.

The current price is $234.95. Is this a good price? and What are your thoughts on this unit.

I am interested because we tow a 36 ft. 5th wheel and some of the features seem like they would be good to have.

I have had several questions for Garmin, they never answer my emails, I do use their "contacts" on their website.
Recently I asked why the directions given in a certain city are so messed up, they have been for several years & I've had 2 different Garmin models during that time.

I have looked for an answer here but can't find anything. I have added a Nuvi with Ecoroute. I can get the leaf to green at 99 in the city but as soon as I enter a freeway the leaf turns to red and I get 20 to 30. It should be able to use on the Hwy which is where it would make the biggest difference. Is this a fault or a operator error...Me?

Bob

Source: http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=5303

nuvi 34xx (GCD File) software version 6.20

as of March 26, 2012

Change History
Changes made from version 4.80 to 6.20:

Added Smartphone Link support for countries outside North America where the Android Application is available.

Added the Tracker function for position sharing.

I purchased the europe maps and checked to see how far it is to rome italy from my house in ohio. My garmin 680 came up with the message: Route calculation error: not enough memory available. Is this because I am in ohio and it would have to draw many turns and streetsand a boat ride) to get me there from here. If I was in italy would I get the same message?

Hi all,

This is a long shot but I hope somebody has a clue on this.

So my dad said that he wants to get a GPS but he doesn't really understand English, so I thought about giving him my current Garmin. It already has the Chinese GUI and a basic Cantonese voice but he wants it to say the street names too. Is there a Cantonese TTS voice that's compatible with the Garmin?

I have a 2595LMT. I can't find in the manual what is Auto Sort Multiple Destinations is.

Hello fellow Garminoids!
I just got myself a Nuvi 3590 to replace my old but trusty 255w. Of course the first thing I proceeded to do was create me a nice fresh back up. I've done that with my 255w many many times, straight forward, show all / hidden / system files... Copy & paste. No problems.

Hi all,

I try to load the POI into my GPS but I am not sure which file should I need to load. Should I load the poi, picture and sound at the same time into GPS?

Can anybody help?

Thanks

I tried a search for Etrex 30, but it gave me EVERY post with Etrex in it, PLUS EVERY post with 30 in it!

So my question -- what's the opinions on these two models? Is it worth having GLONASS added? How is accuracy? What about Geocaching?

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on one or the other.

Thanks,
Earl

In a Garmin 2300 I copies several POI collections (.GPI) I created with POILoader. In the GPS the categories are not in any apparent order. Maybe date created. How can I get them into alphabetic order?

Hi Folks,

I don't see much postings for the Garmin 1400 series. Are they phased out as yet?

I remember there is a software that you can use to change the text on Garmin (that what I did on my Garmin). You can change whatever to make it says what you wanted. Now, I just got a new 5" Garmin and want to restate the 205W back to its original before sell it. However, I can't remember the name of software. Checked through my computer was no helps. IIRC, I download from members here.

I bought a Garmin 2595LMT today. I am downloading the map right now. Will be using it on a trip to Argyle,Tx tomorrow. So far, the only thing that I see that I am not fond of is that the power cable has to be attached to the gps instead of the bracket, like I am use to with the 3790LMT and the855.

Just aquired a 1390LMT and after the map upgrade, I find that there is very little memory space on this unit I have already deleted all unused voices but there is still not much space. Any hints?

I just got off the phone with Garmin support asking if my Nuvi 1390LMT supports mp3 files. I was asking because of the use of mp3 files in both the GPX-type POI files and the third party voice files for POI alerts.

The tech told me that few Garmin units any longer support mp3 files and therefore custom POI alert voices must be in WAV format.