Garmin talk

I visited Garmin's website with my 750 hooked up and My Garmin said that there was a software update. So I downloaded it and when the installation had finished I checked my version. I now have (GASP) 4.9.....hey wait a minute...that's the version I have been running. Garmin didn't say which software it was updating, I just assumed it was going to be the OS.

Anybody having problems with their 1490T taking a very long time to calculate a route to the destination. Not sure if it is having problems figuring out where it is after turn on or just needs a long time to process the info. Not sure if it is pulling data from the memory stick or internal device memory.

Today as I was driving, my nuvi 855 kept displaying an error message "Check Traffic Receiver" or similar. The message took the whole screen and would only clear by touching the error message to acknowledge. Then five seconds later it would repeat.

I have no idea what to check the traffic receiver for, and it was too dangerous to fiddle it while driving, so I shut everything down.

I was reading Gary Hayman's articles on creating custom poi's. He has a screenshot of the gps unit that shows a red bar instead of a green bar at the top of the screen. I have written a few different poi"s w/proximity alerts, but I do not get a red bar on any one of them. Does anyone know if the red bar is model specifc?

I tried to update the maps on my Zumo 450 today. Garmin tells me my unit is registered to someone else. I bought it on Ebay and have no way to contact the previous owner to have them delete their registration on Garmin's site. Is there any way to update this thing?

I've never used any other nav systems than Garmin's. A few years ago, I upgraded from a Nuvi 360 to a 765T. Bigger display and more features, but satellite acquisition noticeably slower. Routing changes also seem to confuse the 765T more than the 360.

It seems crazy to spend $80 for lifetime map upgrades (my maps are out of date)so I started looking at a new Garmin in the LMT version.

Could use a bit of help here from my POI brethren.

I have uploaded the speed camera POI file but all I get is the beeps, not the wav file sound I also uploaded.

What I did:

1. Downloaded the files (POI, bmp and wav)

2. Made sure all 3 files are named the same. (No double extensions)

3. Uploaded with POI loader in manual mode. Speed set to 0.

Rath *TIA*

Talking with a friend via email right now that has a 1300LM. It doesn't display any categories under his Favorites. He an attempt to fix it he did his updates and did a hard reset and still can't get it to display any categories under Favorites. It goes directly to the saved locations when he taps Favorites.

Any thoughts I can pass along?

I haven't ever seen anything else other than the one line 'Custom POIs' under the 'Where To? - Extras' icon.

Anybody know what else can show up here and how it gets there or is it just a wasted step to get to the POIs?

Hello,

Me again. What are the recommended jpg file sizes for attaching to my favorites?

I am almost afraid to aske the second part of this post, since I searched and found quite the long list of comments on the subject. I want to copy my favorites to my mom's gps, what is the best way? They are both 255W.

Thanks!!

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This may be a strange question, but my hand held Garmin Colorado 400c has a Sun and Moon rise/set tool which comes in very handy and is used for my job all the time. My Garmin Nuvi unit doesn't seem to have this function. Is there a newer Garmin Nuvi unit that has this function or is there a way to load it into to my Garmin Nuvi?

Does anyone know if the McDonalds POI's would show if they have Wi-Fi or not?
Thanks,

Where can I buy a Garmin GPS 3790LMT that is not too expsansive. Any suggestion.

Anyone know where I can buy a fuse F3AH 250V (that is the # that is on the paper attach to the cord) for the power cable that fits into the cig holder. I have a Garmin 855. Seems like the battery is not charging when I use it in my vehicle.

I just attempted to send a route from each Map source to my GPS. Mapquest allowed me to send the route, but I can't find it on my GPS.

Google will only let me use business names and only as a destination. This does appear in my favorites.

Am I missing something?

Mapsource users,

Did anyone else notice that the track highlight color is no longer yellow when you select a track? My previous version did highlight the selected track in yellow so it was easily visible amongst all the other tracks. The latest version has the selected track highlight color the same as the other track colors which makes it very hard to see the track.

I just bought a used Nuvi 1350 with GMT25 lifetime traffic car charger. My wife currently has a 265wt (same GMT25 traffic adapter). My question is: Is there any difference between these units? They seem almost exactly the same to me?

But I don't know that much about either one (sadly). That's why I'm a member here

I'd like to know what experience anyone has with a Garmin 1350 LMT which I just purchased.

I've just created (combined really) a single POI file separately for each of the following:

1. Menards, Lowe's, Home Depot.
2. Aldi, Dominick's, Jewel, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods.
3. Blain's Farm & Fleet, Mill's Fleet Farm.

Building supply and Farm are no-brainers, They are neither densely packed nor mutually exclusive.