Garmin talk

This has never worked for me with the skips, but with the new software or firmware up grade for it I thought I'd try it again today. Well the skipping was cured, that worked to well. After I turned the MP3 player off the next alert turned it on again. Finally I had to quit and reset the destination.

Today i wanted to do some testing to see where my 765t comes from when it decides which route i should take. I never dabbled with this stuff with my old 260W. It didn't have all these options. Mama and i wanted to go for Brunch, so we decided to go to a Casino in Richmond. 50km round trip = 31 miles. From prior experience i notice this thing can do weird stuff. Hit my favorites and hit Casino.

should I expect from my Garmin 755t??

When I am at home....it shows that I am at an address that is about a 1/4 mile away.

I also noticed last night....that while sitting at an intersection where I was supposed to make a turn...the GPS showed me to still be 500 ft away.

What is going on??? Is my unit bad??

My previous Garmin was always within 50 ft of accuracy!!

After Much Soul Searching..... Purchased Lifetime Traffic... Premium Traffic Subscription by Navteq – North America

Much Soul Searching because during the Demo I never saw anything from it..... In Chicago no less!!

Can anyone help me understand the use of POI's?

I am wrestling with the concept of POI's. Are they used or can they be used as a waypoint to navigate to or do they appear on my screen when I am in close proximity?

What are the uses for them? I have been reading the FAQs but the basic concept escapes me.

TIA

While I realize the complications of what I want to suggest and while I know I don't have the time to do it, while driving across several states today I realized that I didn't know if I could use the phone or needed a hands free device. I wonder if a POI could be created to warn you as you crossed the state line if the state had restrictions. This would have to be updated frequently.

I noticed that the Battery in my unit lasts about 2 hrs fully charged turned on to just the main screen. It would be much shorter in the map screen i'm sure. Its new so at this point i'm not going to replace the battery. Looking at the replacement one which is a CS-IQN750SL 1250mAh Li-Polymer. Question i have is, whats the mAh in the factory one? Does it say anywhere?

First let me say hello and thank you to the active members of this forum. I've been using POI factory for 2 years now. And while I've received tons of information and data from the site, this is my first post. I have searched to see if someone has asked this question before and couldn't find anything. If it has been asked, I apologize.

Just got a Garmin 255WT, I'm hooked on it and the POI factory, the forum seems to be alot of really decent people acting (really decent) something you don't see on lots of forums. I'll be back!

I've checked the latest manual, and there is no clear explanation.....
Path to get to Tour Guide Settings is:
Wrench (Settings)
Proximity points
TourGuide (Set at Autoplay now...)

My Question is with regard to POI's that are re-named with the _TourGuide re-naming.... and the configuration for TourGuide in the above labled path...

The Settings for TourGuide are:
Off
Prompted

If some one has the time please check the POI I just uploaded Dixie House Cafe, this is my first one to try and make, Thanks

Should I load mp3 or wav for mobile xt ver 5?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Among the new features is one that allows users of certain models to download software from Garmin’s site record themselves giving basic directions.

http://www.carthusiast.com/3810/garmin-voice-studio-give-you...

Bob

I found a problem in loading my lifetime maps onto my c530 which has limited memory. Procedure is to pick a section of maps (Western States, for example) and then to use mapinstall to load the remaining areas on my SD card.

In order to remove you custom POI's from your unit, Garmin tells you to do the following:

You must have the latest version of the POI Loader installed onto your computer. Then, follow the steps:
Connect your unit to the computer
Open the POI Loader program
Click Next on the first screen

Would it be worth it to reactivate my MSN. They finally deactivated it a year after my first subscription ran out. I thought maybe it would go till 2012 end time. Oh well, maybe a new Google phone that I can talk too. What does anyone think of their GPS capabilities? Seems like an all in one solution, you can call if you get lost...:>)

Just got my 1390t I am confused on how to put in the destination.
Unless you know the exact address of it, or two cross streets it doesnt know where to take you.
Example, WalMart on orical rd. in tuson thats all I know. How do I enter the info to get there.

Thanks, Rich

I'm having trouble displaying POI icons and alerts. I have Shell and Chevron gas stations set for POIs. On a 15 mile trip I passed at least 6 of those gas stations and was only able to see 1 of those which was Shell. I do see all the stock icons like the fork/knife, Gas symbol and the $ logo.

I've downloaded all the POIs, bmp and mp3 files here.

I was in Barnes & Noble and noticed a book called "The Garmin Nuvi Pocket Guide". In the resources section in the back of the book, the POI Factory was listed as the place for download POIs. Way to go POI Factory.
PS: the book is very basic and good for newbie users.

There's no doubt that the 755t has a touch screen issue. There are enough posts in here suggesting that same issue. I had one for about a week. Right out of the box i had that issue, and it didn't get better with the firmware upgrade. The odd thing is, that i was told in here that the 755t 765t and the 775t had the same guts just different options. If that is true, i must have gotten REAL lucky.