Garmin talk

Bought a Nuvi 855 a couple months ago, and have had problems with the battery staying charged. E-mailed Garmin indicating the problem, and after a couple more e-mails to explain how the device is used (and charged), they are sending me a new battery. This is my 4th Garmin device, and I'll never buy anything other than Garmin because of their excellent customer support.

Was headed North in Florida on a secondary road when my garmin eagle (nuvi 205) began off-roadin' adjacent to the highway I was on. It went through lakes, crossed rivers, ditches, and buildings/trees were NO obsticals at all. When it crossed an adjacent highway, of course it dutifully recalculated to get itself back on the main road (and me off of it).

I am presently in Naples Fl. I keep getting a speed warning (8 MPH ) is there any way of knowing from what POI file is this warning coming from and also the speed limit on this roadway is 45 mph.So where does my garmin get this 8MPH

Thanks

Ron

....before it's unavailable? I bought one for my parents for $178, it's now $169, and when I saw it in person, it's a nice unit for that price.

Any news at the 2010 CES on these units?

nuvi 1820-1860

I have an Garmin eTrex H and a Garmin 255W. When I'm sitting with both and ask each for the coodinates I get two different results. They are several miles apart. How can this be and which is correct (the most accurate)?

Hi,

New user. Downloaded and installed the POI files for Red Light Cameras and Speed Cameras. Is there anything else I must do in order for the alerts to be activated?

Thanks!

~George

Pretty neat!

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10427374-269.html?tag=cente...

(been a long time since I've been around here, saw the above link and thought about POI Factory, lots of Garmin updates to do now!)

Sorry for this post, i've bin looking for almost an hour through these posts to find the Garmin web page that shows me which version of map is available for my 765t. I know its here somewhere.

Thanks
Claudius

I mount my GPS in the upper storage hole in the dash. 2005 Altima. The C320 sounded great. I have my new 255W mounted in the same place. Volume is at 80 and I can hardly hear it. Cranking it up more causes distortion out of that tiny speaker.
I was thinking of
1. Taking it back for a model that has an ext spkr jack. 2. Building an amplifier using a mike stuck to the rear near the speaker.

Interesting at least to me.

I noticed with my last map update to my Garmin
C530 that the newly finished Hwy I-64 through downtown
St. Louis was NOT in the update due to the routing
that I was getting from Downtown to home. I would also
get the recalculating as I was on the new road as the
gps tried to route me off of a "closed" road.

Forgive me if this question was a topic in past, but as a new Garmin user, even after reading of numerous topics about it, I've hit a point where I need help from more experienced users.

Is it normal to get one audio alert even if you drive below the speed limit set for certain camera?

Hi All -
New Nuvi owner here... basic question - I purchased a nuvi 265WT, which the specs say it can accomodate 1000 waypoints. Two questions:

(1) Does this mean that If I use a POI file, I can only use 1000 of the entries? Are custom POI's considered waypoints?

I have a motorola phone car charger wanted to use it as a spare 255W's charger to keep in another car but turned out it didn't work. When I plugged in, it showed charging mode (not navigate mode).

And I also have a car chager to usb, tried to plug in and result the same, no navigating mode. Therefore, the only car charger and navigating is the one comes with the divice.

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a problem I'm having. Im tryin uploads rest area alerts to my garmin and I can not figure out how to do it exactly. If anyone knows how to do this I would great appreciate any feedback/help that I can get.

Hi guys great site,

I recently purchased a nuvi 255W and im trying to understand how the red light camera detection works. Is this option on the unit already or do I have to download a POI file and install it with POILoader onto my gps unit?

I have a 660, and I would like to get a second cradle for a second vehicle. I see several on ebay that say they are for the 300, 310, 350, 360, and 370. Do these models have a different cradle than the 660? The picture looks very similar.

Does anyone use it? I have it in addition to my portable Garmin units and I have been waiting for the next version or updates for it. I was curious if anyone knew of any upcoming updates for the maps or the application.

I noticed that on the highway the 765T zooms out, I am guessing based on speed being travelled. In the city (at lower speeds) it automatically zooms in again.

This looks interesting.

AlCo

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/us/ontheroad/voicestudio