Garmin talk

Okay... so I looked, searched, and browsed, but couldn't find if this had been asked-and-answered yet.

Please direct me if there's another thread on the topic.

How does one cause points of interest (from the default files) to appear on the map as you drive, (whether it's a route or just a scrolling map.) Is there a simple command in the Tools I've overlooked?

ok, I am confused... I want rest areas on the map... all the time. Not a list somewhere.. Is this possible? I downloaded the rest stop poi's and they are in my garmin but what is the way to get this icon thing working?
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Amber

I left an active Chirp within sight of the 101 freeway in Mountain View, California last week. Near a likely spot for techies to visit. A properly Garmin equiped visitor could exchange the Chirp's short text message from his slow moving car, SAFELY!

Hello all:

I am planning a trip From Toronto Ontario to Sydney Nova Scotia this summer. I was wondering if there is any way to easily locate Gas Stations or Service centers at approximately 200Km intervals along a route. I use Mapsource for speed zones and Alerts but cannot see an easy way to do this besides using the measuring tool (which is linear not route specific).

Several of the POI files that I want seem to offer the "Garmin" .csv and Tom Tom .ov2 formats as options. I have a Garmin 60cx, and am using a Mac with Garmin RoadTrip and POI Loader software. I also have GPSBabel+.

OK, I give, what are "enforcement camera"(s)and will I get them when d/ling Red Light Cameras 2011-06-15 and Speed Cameras 2011-06-15? I hope they aren't Redlight and speed cameras, that would be crazy to put them in the download list without any explanation.

Anyhow where do I see them in settings etc?

Thanks

has anyone been able to successfully pair iPhone 4 with a Nuvi 760 via bluetooth? When I had a LG LX370, there was no problem at all. I connected the 760 to webupdate to see if there is any bluetooth driver update, but as I expected, there was none.

I have the Nuvi 760 and looking to upgrade to a newer Nuvi. Some of the newer Nuvi's you need to plug the power cable in after you slip the gps into the cradle. The cradle does not power the gps. What current Nuvi's use the powered cradle mount like the older 760?

It doesn't seem that clear which models have this feature on Garmin's web site.

Steve

Hi POI-Factory,

My father has a nuvi 1370. I made a backup of Current.gpx and then I made a master reset. As expected, all Favorites are gone, but I still have the original Current.gpx.

I tried to copy the old currnet.gpx to Temp.gpx in the GPX folder. I tried any other name.gpx. I tried to overwrite Current.gpx. All those tests and I cannot merge the old Favorites with the default ones.

Planning a trip, and loading those places on to my Garmin - - here is the question.

A well done step by step document on updating Garmin maps.

http://cid-c6483e8a197b8356.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Publi...

I wonder where Garmin gets the data for the traffic updates. How are they able to get real time data for all North American cities and broadcast it to our GPS units so quickly?

I was just hoping that someone might know the problem my son is having with his older nuvi 205,he turned it on and it just goes to a screen that says press dot,but it does nothing when u press it,ive tried to reset it by holding off switch like mine but it just goes back to press dot and u cant take battery out to reset it i know its older but he hasnt had it long and its fine for his use,so if an

Over the past few months, my 3790T randomly froze several times. Usually it occurs in the middle of calculating a route. Once it froze, I could not even shut it down becaue the the touchscreen became unresponsive. What I did was hold down the power button for a very long time. Eventually it did shut down. When I restarted it, it seems to work again.

The Nuvi 855 doesn't really turn off, when you switch it off it remains in standby. This allows it to wake up very quickly when you turn it on, but it slowly drains the battery unless you remove the battery or keep it on external power.

Title pretty much says it all.
I've tried twice to update the maps. It goes through the motions, but no changes are made.
My computer auto-starts each morning. I get up to see the web updater is running, waiting for me to plug the Nuvi in.
I just went through the whole process last night, so I plugged the Nuvi in, and let the updater run.

I was playing around trying to figure which software I like best (not as buggy) and found something interesting. Each time I downgraded to a different software and selecting a route. The route would take one or two minutes to calculate (very slow). The fix around it is to disable “my trends” and then re-enable it.

Hi Everyone,

I noticed on this trip to CA, my garmin 1490 voice will hesitate so it sounds like some hiccup. I recently updated the maps but is anyone else having that issue?

For example, it will say "turn right on Hap" "py boulevard"

I use a 885t in my bimmer convertible and just got a 765t for my Suzuki SUV. I have a 760 which has moved from the SUV to backup. I like to use my GPS for MP3 playback. Works great for a trip since I can listen to tunes and have navigation or phone calls automatically take priority when necessary.