Garmin talk

FYI: (got this email link to Garmin from Garmin_nuvi_Exchange@yahoogroups.com)

Mandatory Software Update

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Mandatory Software Update

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Just got a email from Garmin Hadnt got the download yet,

I have a Garmin 660 but I do not think that makes a difference. I downloaded the POI Loader from Garmin's web site and everytime I use the loader to update something on my GPS, it goes back to Garmin to get the software again.

Did I do something incorrectly or is this the way it works?

Also can you still get the POI Editor and where?

thanks

My battery will not hold a charge. Anyone has this issue? How tough is it to get a new one?

Please bear with me as I'm new to all of this. I've done a bunch of reading and spent a lot of time on Gary Hayman's site but still I'm unclear as to loading POI's.

i have a garmin nuvi 255w and my friend updated it for me, but he took the files from his garmin nuvi 1300 and put it on mine, now the text to speech voices dont work. how do i get all the original files back?

After 3 days use, my new Garmin 3790Ts have problems to hold the GPS signal. It takes also very long time read the signal and somtime goes it away again. In many case will my "car" on the screen not follow the road.

Hat anybody seen this problem?

Erik

Not sure when they stopped this, or this is new on a 3790t, but you can not select any point on the map on the 3790t unless it is a street address. Coming from a 750, you can select any where and save it as a way-point or navigate to that point. I Discovered on the 3790 that is has to be address on a street for any option to come up.

When I down load files to an SD card can I use that card in other GPS units or am I limited to only Garmin or only that specific Garmin model?

I have a 265T that has a picture viewer function in it.
Can I put pics on a micro sd card and plug it into the sd slot on the garmin and then what? Do I just go to the viewer function and somehow the unit will know there are pics to view. I did notice that there are some pics in the viewer of bldgs. and landscapes; is this where I would view my pics from?
Thanks for your help....Cy

I just bought my first Garmin and I'm trying to learn all that I can. It's a brand new 3790T and so far I love it. It's their latest unit and if my first week with it is any indication it will be great!
I called tech support with a question last week and the gal wanted to know how I got my hands on one because they were all sold out. I had pre-ordered mine through Amazon two months ago.

The Ecoroute HD unit has now been out for a few months. I've searched for reviews and the very few I have found are all positive. Just curious if anyone here has one and what their thoughts about the unit are?

I have a 755t and I've noticed that the coverage since to be getting worse. Has anyone else noticed it?

I've noticed that if I have my 1490T use a multi-point route that I've pre-programmed into the device, the speed indicator on the lower right hand side of the screen is initially frozen at zero. I've also caught it frozen at a fixed non-zero speed. I've never seen this happen in the more common single-destination routing mode.

I have two 3790T's and just discovered a problem. You cannot, as in previous units, upload your own speed control files and then activate them and deactivate the Garmin file under the PROXIMITY icon. In the 3790T when you upload your file and try to activate and then hit SAVE. the unit will always default back to the GARMIN file.

If this has already been posted then apologies in advance. I just updated my Nuvi 750 with 2011.10, NuMaps Lifetime. Unless I did the update differently, did Garmin change the software. The procedure was different, three steps, and the update was completed approx 2 hours quicker than the last time I updated.

In all of my reading about the 1490T before I purchased it, I had not come across, or it had not registered, that the unit automatically records bread crumbs. I downloaded my "current.gpx file and opened it in Google Earth yesterday and found my track log displayed. Of course it shows the same thing when imported into Map Source, and also shows the actual "crumbs" there.

Sweet !!!!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002Q2TTIO/ref=pe_69900_16214020_pe...

I have a Garmin 1300 and was wondering what size (memory) SD card it supports or would be advisable to purchase?

Is it possible to add categories and symbols to a file and then have it opened in Mapsource. I would like to globally edit a number of POIs outside of MapSource.