Garmin talk

I was just curious if there are any significant differences between the major manufacturers of GPS units? Or are they all pretty much the same thing.

Hi, I bought a new nuvi 2250 and it's good. It has speed cameras as POI preloaded into it as well as 2 alert sounds a single tone and a continuous tone.

I want to change 1 alert sound into a custom sound, how do I do this?

My car charger for my 260w died and was wondering why a standard mini USB charger makes the unit think it is connected to a PC.I asume it is the way it's wired.I have so many mini USB adapters I just hate to buy the Garmin replacement if I don't have to.

Another lister mentioned having the battery replaced as well as the touch screen to keep their old Garmin going.

I love my older Garmin.

Where would one go to have the battery replaced? How much does this sort of thing cost? Can I do it myself?

thank you

Thought I’d share this with you. Being bored with winter and awaiting maps to load, I created some custom splash screens.
This was done for my Nuvi 2460LMT with the 5” screen. I pulled up one of the 2460’s included jpg’s and discovered the default resolution was 480 X 232..

my screen is frozen up...anyone got ideas...thanks

Is there a way to set my 260W to show the entire length of a highway, e.g., Route 192 in Santa Barbara County, CA, USA, in the same manner as the gps will outline the route from one specific spot to another? I understand I could accomplish the task if I knew a specific address at each end of the road, but I don't....

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

well I left the office around rush hour so I finally hit some traffic on one of our major highways in Toronto today. Before I left I checked for traffic none, but once I hit a typical area for traffic I did get the Yellow posting upon hitting the troubled spot, and just a bit North of there Red....all in all it was bang on as to what the gps indicated.

On my Nuvi 2350LMT, new update to version 3.50 is available, I contacted Garmin about the following update:
Added Dealer Database updates through map update tools for OEM devices.

Garmin response is, this update is for Garmin devices installed in automobiles from the factory, and they told me this update is not for the Garmin 2350LMT.

Hi,

Have had my M3 for a few years and just recently wanted to add some POI files but am having the darnest time.

Have the POI loader but it does not find my M3 so it loads the POI file into the SD card where I have my map. M3 does not even see it.

What am I doing wrong or can POI files be used?

Thanks

John

I down loaded the Rest Area file on this site using PO Loader. The loader says it loaded the file succesfully with the correct number of POI's. But I can not see the file under my Extras or Favorites group. Any suggestions?

Hi, I received a new 3490 and the first thing that I did was update it to the latest firmware over the weekend when I first received it, and everything worked like clockwork. Since then, i've gotten a mini SD card and inserted it (not to really put anything on it at the moment, but just to have that "open" hole plugged in so to speak).

Which is the best setting to use, Faster Time or Shorter Distance? Lately when using my unit it appears to shows unusual routes, on a trip that I take often, coming home it wanted me to take a route that I have never seen before, and it was not a good one. Do I need to set the unit back to the default setting? (I have installed the most updated maps)

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About a month ago I did a hard reset of my 2460 because it was taking extremely long to calculate routes. After the reset I noticed a light blue line following the car on the map, and this is whether I have a route set to follow or the unit is just on while I'm driving.

Driving home from work today I had a slight traffic delay being reported. I noticed the Zumo 665 was telling me to exit at an exit 5 miles ahead and not 17 miles where my normal exit is. It seemed strange to me since the yellow delay was only 1 minute.

I see on garmin.com that the traffic reports are divided into 3 categories, asking you which is right for you:

3D Traffic, Digital 3D Traffic, and 3D Live Traffic. I own a 2350LMT, so how do I know what my coverage area is using the above categories?

Garmin's Smartphone link ready for download on 3490

Its Version 4.40

Use webupdater or dashboard

There is a highway with six red light cameras in near succession. My Garmin 255W sounds a loud beep-beep and displays a small identifying black icon when I am approaching the first RLC. When I approach each of the next five RLC's, I get the icon display, but no beep-beep.

Hello all. Can anyone guide me how to create custom POI symbols that can be added in the list of default ones on POI editors. POI editing software like Easy GPS, Mapsource, BaseCamp, etc., have the default icons groups sorted from airport to Zoo icons.

New update available. Changes 3.7-4.4

Added Smartphone Link
Added Yellow Pages Feature to location searches for some markets
Fixed an error that caused Traffic to malfunction in Minneapolis, Nashville and Las Vegas
Updated software to comply with France Safety Camera decree
Improved Map Drawing Performance
Improved Search Performance
Improved Traffic Performance
Many other small fixes