Garmin talk

It looks like Garmin has now introduced a couple of "Live" items.

The first is a new Nuvi, the 3590LMT, which is pretty much a 3490LMT with a 5" screen and includes the second "LIVE" product called Smartphone Link for Android.

Does anyone know how to remove MSN Direct Service files from a Garmin 255 w ? Such a shame that the service is gone.

I started the map update on my 765T with my lifetime map update. It had a problem using the Garmin lifetime map updater and it stopped loading and gave an error near the end of the loading. I resorted to the manual option on the Garmin site for updating maps. I am getting an error saying there is not enough room on the 765 to install US and Canada maps. I tried several things.

I have a route programmed in my 855. The first waypoint was still in the distance, so upon selecting that route, I said yes to the "Would you like to navigate to the beginning of the route?"

The nuvi navigated me to the beginning of the route. Upon reaching the route's first waypoint, a popup box said "navigating route" or similar.

How do you delete all the unwanted files in webupdater. When there is a new update for the gps there are all these voice files that I don't need. How do you delete all these voices.

I bought a Nuvi 350 a while back and it I think it was around $300. For Christmas I have out Nuvi 50 LM's and they were $99 and seem to have more features.

The 350 seemed much faster and I have loved it. But I am wondering what they did to make these 50's so inexpensive as even today there are GPS units that cost much more.

I have a semi-permanently mounted 765 without traffic in my SUV and a 885 with traffic in my convertible. I alternate which I drive to work. There were wrecks Wednesday and Thursday obstructing my path home. Wednesday I was in the SUV, with no traffic, so I got to wade through it. Thursday - last night - I was in the convertible.

Garmin has released firmware update 5.80 for the Nuvi 13xx and 14xx models:

Change History

Changes made from version 5.70 to 5.80:

Updated to comply with France Safety Camera decree.

Fixed an error that caused a restart message to frequently appear on Nuvi 1300 and 1400 series devices.

Apparently this unit has a hidden system folder. My PC is set to Show Hidden Files And Folders AND Not Hide Protected Operating System Files yet I cannot see the .system folder. I see the Nuvi 3490 as a portable device in device manager and then internal storage which has all the other folders Audible, Garmin, GPX, etc. but no system folder. Any ideas what's wrong?

Hi,
I bought a Garmin Nuvi 1300 in July, it worked fine for about 2 months, and then stopped working, it could not find satelites. I followed all of Garmins instructions on doing a hard boot of the device, install the latest software, ect., but nothing worked.

How does one go about getting a new battery installed in their Nuvi 780?

Is there a way to see how accurate this GPSr is? Or to see how many satellites are locked?

thanks for bearing with me guys with some probably easy questions. I am updating my software, etc, and see that I am also eligible for a numaps Lifetime North America update.

What is the difference with this map and the already installed City Navigator North America I have? Rather ask here than call garmin to be honest.

Cheers

thanks for bearing with me guys with some probably easy questions. I am updating my software, etc, and see that I am also eligible for a numaps Lifetime North America update.

What is the difference with this map and the already installed City Navigator North America I have? Rather ask here than call garmin to be honest.

Cheers

I love the fact that the suction mount USB powers the nuvi's now, so I no longer have to unplug to take the unit on and off the mount.

My question is whether I can buy another car charger/traffic receiver that will allow me transport the gps in another vehicle. Or, would I have to buy another garmin one?

Looking for a POI list of all the US State Capital building addresses (not just the city, but the address).

While trying to open a previous csv file today it hung up. The program froze and I could not get out of it. I had to do a reset on my computer.

they are annoying

Canada Post was nice today and decided to ship my purchase to me today to play around with, etc. Got a good deal on Best Buy for my 2350LMT and looking forward to the upgrade from my other unit.

I have registered, download all the Managers and now working on my first map update. Looks like it is about a 45 minute process on my laptop.

I create a custom POI for my Nuvi 50, used both notepad and extra editor. Everything seems fine, use garmin poi loader. My file is located under 'extras', custom poi. easy to find, but when I select a item it shows up great but without the "GO" function. Here is an example line.