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Garmin nuvi 1450 (Rookie User)

arrow My name is Rick from Chesterfield Cou8nty, Virginia. I purchased the Garmin nuvi 1450 because my brother in law has the Garmin 1350 which we used last sunday to go to fedex field in Maryland. I was real impressed because it carried us to our actual parking area from Virginia.

oK NOW WHAT FROM HERE

Good morning all a new nuvi owner i have a 755T and like it for i just tried it last nite,my ? IS I JUST DOWNLOADED 2 POI'S 1 FOR ALL THE WALMARTS and the other was for speed traps in vt,nh,ma how do i put those on my nuvi and how do they work once they r in there.Exspecially the speed trap one how does that work any help would be appreciated.

1690 often fails to initiate traffic or does so slooooowly

Hey Gang

I have had GPS since early 2001 and have never seen so many new features on these units. I reluctantly purchased a Garmin 1690 due to it's ability to lay down a live traffic map. However, on major roads sometimes the unit does not start the traffic feature for 30 or 40 minutes.

How can I change the name viewed on the GPS of a particular voice?

I have a .vpm file of the Governator and Cartman. When I load them onto my Garmin, they display as American English. With these files loaded, three American Engish files are displayed and no matter which one of the three that I pick, the Governator voice is used. If I remove the Governator, then I get the Cartman voice.

garmin 1250 (hidden restart)

i have garmin nuvi 1250 locked i want to unlock
plz help me of guide me about the hidden restart

Garmin Nüvifone G60 GPS Phone $249.99 From Amazon

With the Garmin Nüvifone G60 GPS Phone now available from Amazon for $249.99 without a service requirement, will that cause anybody here to reconsider the Garmin Nüvifone G60? I have often felt that the Garmin Nüvifone G60 GPS phone is over-priced, but then I have felt that way with many Garmin products during the first several months that they are available.

TTS Speech Doctor and Windows 7

This has probably already been discussed, but I couldn't find it with several searches.

Is TTS Speech Doctor compatible with 64-bit Windows 7? When I try to run it I get an error that TABCTL32.OCX isn't registered. I assume it is a 32-bit file.

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><> Glenn <>< Garmin nüvi 2598

show a body of water

are they a way to get a body of water (small lake or pond)to show up on your map?

Tks Phillip

New nuvi 255w owner with how to questions

I recently got a 255w for xmas. Been looking at various websites for POIs to download. I am confused. How do you install a POI for starters. I bought a 2gig SD chip. Do you download the POI files onto the SD chip. And then there are these combined POI files. Below the Files there are more files for audio and icons. How do you install these?? Need help. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

help with downloading sounds on 765t

I have a 765t and trying to download poi alert sounds from the sounds section. they don't have a download button on them and when i right click it doesn't give me a save file option like it normally does. can somebody help please? thanks

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Keven

Nuvi 755t (using mp3 and bmp files)

I wanted to load some of those rest area csv files. d/l the bmp and also the mp3 file. Looked through the tutorial on "How do I load custom alert sounds for POIs on my Garmin GPSr?" Did everything it said. Used the poi loader to do the rest. Problem i seem to have is with the mp3 and bmp file. No where on my unit do i see the mp3 nor the bmp file.

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DriveSmart 65 - We do not live in Igloo's and do not all ride to work on snow mobiles.

Leaving it in the car... BBBRRRR!

So I'm thinking...
Maybe I should not be leaving the 755T in the car. I stash it in a small pocket out of sight in the center armrest. It gets pretty cold. Whenever I do use it, I plug it in so I can get traffic, so I'm not worried about finding a dead GPS battery, but I think it'd probably be better to take it out of the car.

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When you can't say something nice....say RECALCULATING.

Suburu POI file contains error

The Subaru Dealerships U.S. and Canada POI file contains an error that kept it from loading. I found an entry with blank coordinates. When that line was deleted, the file loaded properly.

Simulation mode speed adjustment

Is there a way to adjust the simulation speed of the Nuvi 255W besides having it in real time. Can you do 10X or 100x or something to speed it up. This would be especially good for long trips.

Thanks,
Rob

Nuvi 1690 Memory Free Space Help

Hi everyone.....again...being new on here I try to do a search before posting. I came up empty...unless I am just blind....

I have the Nuvi 1690 & when I am connected to the computer & I am on my account for Garmin under the "myDashboard"

Which Garmin

I have not been following the latest and greatest, and my 660 is still working great, but I am thinking about upgrading.

Which Garmin do you believe is the best Garmin out there I currentlty reside in SW Arizona.

Thanks
Major

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Garmin 1490

Squirrely Voice

A new voice was added to the Garmin Garage:

http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/voice.html?vName=Squirrely

Happy New Year,
Jeff

Tried looking...can't find the info on the 465t

Hi everyone.....I was looking at purchasing another Garmin unit.......the one that interests me is the Nuvi 465T (truck model)
Now I am aware that it is for truck but it can also be used for cars. It gives you the option for trucks as an over the road OTR driver or a delivery truck. The delivery truck is what I need the info on.

Canadian golf courses added to Approach G5

Garmin has added 800+ Canadian courses to the course map list for the Approach G5. See http://bit.ly/6pC5TL

See the Caddy Confidential: 12,000+ Preloaded Courses - Hello Canada! post in the Garmin blog for more details: http://bit.ly/6fBMvY
 
 
You'll have to wait a few months to enjoy them... grin

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Nüvi 2595LMT

Happy New Year to all Garmin, & POI Members

Hi, I am wishing all Garmin & POI Members a Happy & Safe New Year!!

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D.H.