Garmin talk

All right...my Amazon box just arrived. Time to see if I can add some custom POI's to this gizmo, get MSN activated and try it out.

I spent a couple weeks studying this site (and Tips and Tricks) and cannot wait to see how this device actually works.

Copying the drive as a backup now and hopefully charging it up too as it was dead as a doornail out of the box.

Used it a lot this week on a trip to Houston. Had the Wal Mart and What-A-Burger POI files. Helped a lot. Also found a little Caesar's pizza I never would have found w/o it. And, with the traffic at 5pm, I found an alternate path to the baseball field.

Its still new to me to have a GPS, but it rocks!

Well I purchased the 2009 map update online and installed it(it didn't ask me for the product key).
However the gps shows "Can't Unlock map". So I went to the website and use the product key, but it says "invalid Product Key".
I called Garmin service and they told me the product key is correct and they don't know what happened.
So I started making my own experiment, trying to fix it.

I downloaded two custom POI's from the factory. Rest areas & campgrounds. Both are are the same file format both on in the same folder. When I install on the Garmin it says the total records for both files loaded, but when I go to custom POI's I only see a list of rest areas. No camprounds. What am I missing?

Thanks

I have the icons and the files and I have converted the wave file to mp3 and installed them on the unit nuvi 765T the files are on the unit the icons to, but I still only hear the default Ding when the POI comes up how do I get the sound/voice to play what did I do wrong are didn't do please help.

Who is doing this POI file? I bought a map of low clearnces in Chicago. I can help with a few there. I would have to geocode them.

I have a Nuvi 265 WT and it is proving to be a versatile machine that has surprised me. I downloaded Garmin's map of Canadian Inland Lakes - Ontario before going on my vacation to Lake Muskoka in Ontario, Canada. I downloaded the Lakes map right into the Nuvi's memory - no problem. Here's how it works. When you're on the water, the position of your boat is accurately depicted on the lake.

Hot on the heals of the leaked FCC information for the Nuvi 1690 comes word of another model on the way. This one is the 1860 which will include things like a 3 megapixel camera, multimedia player, access to email, internet radio streaming and streaming video.

First details can be seen here:

http://tinyurl.com/phxhfp

Check out the photo gallery below the article.

I tried to use my 885T as a hands free cell phone and it sounds like junk. When I use the FM Trans coming thru my car speakers there is no problem. Is there anything that can be done about this other than using the fm transmitter. I also have a 660 and that one works just find..

Heard on TV station KWWL that Cedar Rapids, Iowa was planning on adding Red Light cameras soon. No details yet.

Update via WebUpdater

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=1675

Changes made from version 6.00 to 6.10:

* Added Altech Netstar South African traffic support

I bought a nuvi265wt, downloaded POIs....why arent they showing up as I pass them ....driving me nuts...lol

How do I download sound alerts off this site so I can use it on my Nuvi 765T (mp3) files seems I can only click on them and hear them how to download/save them can someone help me with this.

Does anyone know of a cheaper price than $94.07 from Amazon.com?

As was leaked over the web a few weeks ago (see http://tinyurl.com/pwlb9y), Garmin has applied for FCC approval of a new Nuvi, the 1690T. The FCC how has a copy of the proposed Quick Start Guide available.

Anyone interested in what the new Nuvi will look like can see the guide at http://tinyurl.com/pwlb9y

Did a long trip last week and had loaded several POIs onto my nuvi 760. I had loaded the files in subcategories.

The problem that I encountered was when arrowing down through a list of custom POIs, the mileage to the POIs changed, but the description of the location did not change.

Looking for a SD card for my Garmin 1350....what size could anyone recommend & brand....Please

The day after buying my 265WT from a local Costco for $219, they send me my usual email offers for Costo.com and it shows that they have the 765T on sale for $279, delivered. Is it worth the extra $60?

So far the 265 WT works well for me, but what is it I don't have that the 765T does, and is that worth 60 more, I wonder....

RN

I have tried several times to load a .csv file using POI loader and it has given me the error message above.

I broke the file apart and was able to load it seperately but I would like to have 1 file for it. Any Suggestions or help would be great. It is a big puzzle for me because I created the file several times the same way I have other csv files and still get this message. Please help.

Sorry if this has been posted before, I didn't see it if it was. I just bought a 205 and want to add some POI's. As I said above I used the POI Loader but it only loaded the .csv files and not the .gpx files. When I have my folder loaded with the .gpx files only and want to load them, Loader tells me there are no files in that directory. Why doesn't it see the .gpx files? Thanks in advance.