Garmin talk

1st post and I Hope i'm doing this right. Just decided to purchase a 1300LMT instead of buying lifetime maps for my 750. It's fully updated and i've noticed that the maps are not as detailed. If i'm not navigating a route, but just have the map displayed as I drive, the maps on the 1300 do not have many street names for the streets in the area; especially for a suburban development.

I am a new user and have purchased, formatted installed an SD card for my Garmin 255W. When I connect the GPS unit to the computer I do see the card register as a separate drive. (I have saved a few things on it).

My problem is that when I turn on the GPS I don't see the things that are on the card (vehicles etc). Do I need to change something in the setting?

I just recently installed the Red Light and Speed Cameras POIs to my Garmin 1490LMT and tested it on the road today. Are the "alerts" activated "only" when you are traveling on an "active" route? I would prefer to be alerted to the cameras when I am just driving around with no set destination. Can I change a setting to make the latter happen?

Dumb question but I want to register and setup a profile for this unit. Does anyone know where the sn is located on this unit?

I created a trip route in MS Streets & Trips & transferred it (or thought I did) to my Garmin 765T via USB cable. When I looked for the route in my Garmin I couldn't find it. I thought it would be in Custom Routes.

What am I doing wrong? How do I actually transfer my custom route to my Garmin?

Thanks.

Mike

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Garmin nüMaps Lifetime Map Update for North America [Online Map Code]

Note: downloading the maps reportedly takes a long time.

I have the Nuvi 1450, received it on Christmas. The voice would tell the name of the street to turn on as well as let me know if the final destination is on my left or on my right.

Well this does not happen anymore. It still lets me know how far before a turn and when to turn but the rest of the stuff is gone.

Any idea's????? Thanks,

I was trying to updated mapsource and poi loader. downloaded the updates. did the web update for installing then got a window asking to click next but it never shows up. i have to use task manager to delete window. it responds that the program is not responding. i am installing these as the administrator. Any suggestions ?

I'm having issues trying to install extra maps, like topos on my nuvi 3760t.
I download the map, double click it, it installs in the mapinstall program, and I install it on my nuvi.
then when i restart my nuvi, i get a "can't unlock map" error. and the maps are not visible in the list of maps.

My garmin 2360LMT which I preodered in October shipped Friday, 21 Jan 2011 so reviews should start coming out soon.

While it was delayed twice, they did meet their revised deadline sent out Dec 21 of "late Jan"

what am i doing wrong?
it is only 3.97MB

also-- before this it asks if i should clear out existing files.. does that mean clear out old POI's? it wont delete the vehicles would it? i just chose the other option and i think its redownloading some stuff.. i hope it replaces them instead of having two of the same files in there.

Hi Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone has ran into their Garmin 1490LMT stuttering while giving directions? It doesn't happen all the time but I've notice it happening more and more frequently lately.

Thanks!

How can you notify Garmin to update their maps about a MAJOR traffic closure?

We have a bridge in Knoxville, TN on a major route that will be close at least to June 2013. Garmin routing still tries to take you across the bridge.

A few years ago we had a big portion of the interstate closed for almost 2 years. Garmin never provided an update to get around the closed area.

I just purchased at 1490LMT and got it all updated and whatnot, and so far everything is pretty dope! Only thing is, the voices are bugging the fire out of me. I need something more realistic and less...fake? I had been borrowing my roommates Tomtom, and there was quiet a large bank to chose voices from, and there were pretty good. The 1490 has three I believe.

See:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/31991

Downloadable by Web Updater

Database for MSN Direct Flight Status
Changes from version 2.00 to version 3.00:
• Improved location accuracy of airports.
Speech Recognition Data, American English
Changes from version 2.00 to version 2.10:
• Fixed bug in numerical address entry.
Speech Recognition Data, British English
Changes from version 2.00 to version 2.10:

Another thread has detailed some problems with POILoader 2.6.0 NOT being able to load POI files which POILoader 2.5.4 accepted.

I want to suggest a strategy for downloading Garmin software that might reduce the stress that seems apparent in many of the users of the new version.

Ok my question is I have a nuvi 760 and would like to have the topo maps of Az on the sd card.. Ok so does the map show only when the card is in or will it lay it over the city map or install it in the unit.. Garmin has them for $99 or so depending on how many states. I am just getting into off roading and it would be nice to see the trails I am on. thanks for any input you all may have.

I use an aircard for my internet access and have a monthly 5 GB data limit. I need to update my map file and it say's the update will run about 3 hours. Does anyone know how large the file is?

A few days ago i read on here how to do the splash screen, went through the steps and everything worked great for a day. I was up loading some new poi,s with the updated poi loader yesterday and now for some reason i have no splash screen. I dont even get the original garmin one to come up, i just have a black screen till the warning message comes on.