Garmin talk

I had a 350 for several years, then a 1490 for 2 weeks (until I realized it had no disk space), and now a 2460.

My 350 had a compass icon on the map in 3D view which I liked. I can't find a way to enable this on my 2460. Sure, I can click the speed and see 1 of 8 directions I'm heading. I would like a quick glance and be able to tell I'm going ~5º E of N, not just N.

I was going to update the Walmart POI but can't seem to find it on my 255W.

I connect the garmin to my pc and opened the garmin but cannot find the Walmart file. I went ahead and downloaded the Walmart POI and now have two of them on it.

Also some of my other ones are not showing up anywhere on the garmin.

What am I missing?

With all the talk about Garmin's new 2012 GPS units, there seems to be a bargain being ignored:

Garmin's Streetpilot iPhone app for $40

This runs on an iPhone, always has the latest maps (downloads as you go via the internet), has decent reviews.

Where can I get a brief description of the file structure on my 560? I am getting quite a few "memory full" errors, and I'd like to find which files I can delete.

Thanks,
Earl

The 560 I have is supposed to have MyTrends -- but I'm not sure I know how to use it.

Somebody give me the rundown? Or a link?

Thanks,
Earl

I have a 3790lmt. When the traffic icon changes color letting me know the condition of traffic on my route. Do I have to touch the icon to see where the problems are, or does it suppose to show me automaically from the routing screen. When in traffic I don't have time to be touching the screen to see where all the problems are. I see a crash in the making.

FYI

Costco has the 3790 LMT for $299.99

I had my new Nuvi 3760t all loaded up with POIs and routes and it slipped out of my hand less than half-way through my 6,000 mile road trip. The glass is not recessed or has any protection to it, and it fell, apparantly, glass-side down.

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Need some help, I downloaded the latest Garmin POI Loader and then up dated some of my POI's. The loader will not load WAV files and does not convert WAVs tp MP3s. My Garmin 1340 does not accept MP3s.
Is it possible to download the earlier version of the POI Loader and where do I go to get It?

J Gerber

http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=BW&date...

More of a general question since I recently had to crack open my 750 to replace the battery.
Has anyone tinkered with or successfully modified hardware inside your Garmin?
What did you do and what results?

POI Loader for Windows software version 2.7.0 was just released by Garmin
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=927

Has anyone figured out yet how to enable voice alerts (wav files) in the Custom POI's for the 3790T?
I just get a (Garmin) "pinging" sound.
Jim

My 760 and 765t are almost useless for off-road/hiking
usage.

Are any of Garmin's newer models well-suited for such use?

Is the wed updater download program different from the Garmin communicator used to register new devices? Thanks

Just ordered a new Suction Cup Mount at Amazon.com and saw this:

Garmin GTM 20 with Lifetime Traffic for $80.50. They had 54 in stock.

Make sure a GTM 20 will work with your Garmin, before ordering.

I have a Nuvi 765T that has been working very slow for awhile and I finally got around to looking into it. It takes forever to lock on a satellite and pushing buttons has a long lag time. I looked at the firmware I have on the unit, and the GPS is 2.90 and the DSP is 2.40. At the top of the screen it says software version 4.00.

Does anyone know where I can find and buy a new ORIGINAL Garmin Battery for a model 205W? I don't know if I should trust those that are sold on Ebay. Does anyone even know what the full specs are for a this battery?

Thanks. Moe.

I was having a problem updating my new map for my Garmin Nuvi 205W. I would get to step 3 (installing the map) and it would stop at 14 min left. I tried to install this 4 times and the same results each time. I finally got the map to install and wanted you to know what I did to get it to install. I unplugged my USB printer and USB mouse.

I have an 855 and a 3790LMT. Doing a simulation drive, I find that the routing is different between the two. The 855 will keep me on a toll road until it let me know to exit, which is the way I want to go. The 3790LMT takes me on a toll road and exit to a frontage road and than back on to another toll road, which is not the way I want to go.