Garmin talk

Hi guys, I have the latest BMW Garmin aftermarket Nav unit in my wife's car, and it's been fantastic. I appreciate how it integrates into the factory system and quiets the stereo, etc. for instructions.

Well, the old 855 is doing a new trick now, it keeps changing from Jack to Jill's voice. I've had it do it when I've did a reset but never while I have had it in the car using it. It seems like it has something to do with shutting the car off which I could see if the battery was bad but it shows full charge and will run under it's own power.

I have an address for a motel and they also give the coordinates of Latitude: 44.01717 Longitude: -90.502014 Iwould like to learn how to enter the coordinates.Appreciate any help.Thank you Ron

Trying to do a little housekeeping. Considering my language of choice is American English, what file(s) do I need to maintain in the \text folder on my Nuvi 1390T?

There is no en_US.glx, only a en_GB.glx - is that the only english language file?

On one of foreign forums I found info, that few days ago Garmin had loaded on their servers CN Europe 2012.30. It is not being distributed yet, but it may indicate that in 2-3 weeks (maybe faster, who knows) there will be update available.

I know that last two or so times NA version was lagging behind Europe, but still, it should be released soon as well.

I have an older nuvi that does not have enough room on it to hold the newer map updates. the nuvi does have an sd card in it.

Is there a way to get the whole update on the nuvi?

thanks.

can i put the latest set of maps onto a sd card ? and how would i do this

thanks in advance for the help

I have a Garmin nuvi 760 and it was synced with my 2 year old Verizon LG phone.

I just got a new Verizon LG Cosmos 2 and cannot sync it with my nuvi.

I remember having many problems syncing my old phone with the nuvi and just when I was giving up all hope I got it to work. But no this time.

I am planning to buy new nuvi 2495LMT.. Anyone using this new 2012 model? Any suggestions? My last one got stolen (from the car..) i am pissed but gotta move on with life..

Is there a comprehensive csv file format guide, used for loading POI files? (Including behavior affected by the csv file name). I've found a ton of information about one aspect or another, but never found a complete reference, including how settings in the file relate to settings provided at POI loading time.

I replaced the battery in my nuvi. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was a year ago. I replaced the original battery because it could no longer hold a charge for very long. I am now starting to notice that this "new" battery doesn't power my nuvi for very long.

I'm working on changing from a 276c to a Nuvi 1490T. I've succeeded in copying/transferring my map sets from 276c to 1490. What didn't make the trip were my custom Waypoint Symbols!

How do I move, copy, create, or otherwise get custom "map symbols" on my 1490?? I've read thru POI Loader instructions and see nothing there.

When I go to the Custom POI and click on the GPX to download and open the poi, I get a msg that "window can't open the file". This doesn't happen with a CSU POI. Why is this happening.

Hi,

I ran into a dumb problem with my Garmin 275T. It was recently updated to latest firmware. I usually load POI files to SD card and then accept installing them to unit when it asks for it.

By sensitive I mean which Garmin nuvi will lock on to satellites when others can't. I was checking out a route to use in a few weeks on Sunday. I put the same route in my 885t and my 765t. I was checking them sitting in my recliner in the family room with no good line of sight to the sky. I didn't particularly want a satellite lock but the nuvi does that automatically.

When I click on the 3D Map to get the overhead view, my 855 shows a very zoomed out view. (I can see maybe 8 states). Each time I have to press the zoom in + button about 10 times before the map is useful.

Previously I had the opposite problem, the map view initially only showed a block or two.

And this is the 2nd unit. We were approaching the GWB, and the traffic alert was solid red. Then the unit froze right up, and nothing besides letting it run out of battery would get it to reboot. Very frustrating. It's a good thing the car has a factory NAV with XM traffic so we could figure out what the traffic issue was.

Since I got my traffic function working, for the first time a few days ago the traffic icon appeared on the screen for my entire trip. At several stages when I touched the icon it displayed "traffic is up to date" I wasn't driving in areas I have not been driving before.

One strange thing I noticed when i went to update the software, I only saw the box for

Hello everyone, I can link photos from my SD card to my favorites and I see the photos when I call up the favorites. However, when I turn the unit(1490LMT) off. The photos are unlinked. What am I doing wrong?

After loading POIs on my 1490LMT's microSD card, and powering the unit on, I get the following message:

"New Extras data found on card. Would you like to install this data so that it will be available if the card is removed?"