Garmin talk

Is the XM service the only traffic I can get for my 2730 or will one of the other recievers work?

Can anybody suggest where to purchase the Garmin 885T online ?

I donwload walmart locaticons into my computer and named it walmart then downloaded it into my Garmin using POI loader.

Then in my Garmin - selecting - Whereto? / Extras / Custom POIs - the list of walmarts do show up. Then I donwload rest areas and following the same procedures as above I find the Walmarts now don't show up in the Custom POIs but the rest areas do.

I am a newbie here. Got a new nuvi 360 about 8 months ago and updated map at that time. The first time that I noticed this problem was about 7 months ago, when driving from RTP to Fayetteville, NC, google map showed about 80 miles, but the nuvi 360 only had less than 50 miles and within one hr travel time.

Hi,

I have a Nuvi 350 that can no longer find satellites. It stopped about 10 days ago while I was travelling in Quebec city, then picked satellites a few days later and since then, nothing.

I have tried to leave outside fo a while so it can acquire proper signal and nothing. I have updated the software to version 6.0 and retried leaving it stationary but no luck.

this morning my Nuvi760 started to act up - the car icon was not attaching itself to the highway i was driving on ( it was between the highway & a parallel side road. Ofcousrse it generated many recalculating annoncements. I figured the computer didn't boot up correctly, so i shut the unit off and after a few minutes restarted it and all was well again.

I have a Garmin Nuvi 205. When we're out of town the POI search function is WONERFUL!

Now, I add "extra" POIs... How do I search the "extras"? Can I search ALL POIs (Standard and custom)?

Does anyone have exerience with this?

Thanks,
John.

Hello everyone. Is there any new map-updates coming out?

I have the Garmin 660 and I'm looking to a new model. What is the best one right now to get of the new Garmin models that just came out.

So I had one of those interminably long "loading maps" delays today with my 760. In frustration, I shut it off, waited a few seconds and turned it back on. Booted up very quickly but displayed "This accessory is not supported / OK" before going to the enter your PIN screen.

Wonder what it was talking about?

First a big thanks to everybody for the great information on this site.

I bought what I thought was a Nuvi 265wt, I looked at the Garmin site and am confused with the labeling of this device. Mine has 265W NO "T" found, Garmin shows that the 265 W is for Europe?? The WT's are for almost everywhere else.

How many of you have the 265 wt or the 265w? And what is the difference??
Mine was bought on sale at Amazon a couple months ago.

Hi everyone,

I have City Navigator North America NT 2010 and mapsource version 6.15.6 installed on my PC. From the mapsource program, is there anyway I can see the speed limit for certain roads, streets or highways?

It would be nice if I can able to see the speed limit from mapsource to plan my route.

Thank you

Has anyone had any luck in pairing Iphone 3g OS 3.0 with Nuvi 765t?
I tried my luck but not much success. It pairs sometimes at first and then disconnects. It never transferred my address book from Iphone. I will appreciate your feedback if you have iphone and nuvi 765t.

Does anyone know if the vehicle icon can be changed on a Garmin/Kenwood G510 add on. Its basically the same unit as the Garmin GVN 53.

I have compiled my own list of Nuvi 855 Speech Commands, and organized them into five separate categories, which makes them a bit easier to find (on my custom made sheet) when driving. I feel that my arrangement of similar functions grouped together is easier to reference than the list in the Garmin manual. Well, at least they make more sense to ME!

The following article talks about Facet Technologies and also other companies that may now compete with Navteq, etc. New offerings include stop signs and traffic lights.

http://tinyurl.com/my9c4h

Newegg (http://www.newegg.com) is advertising "recertified" Nuvi 660 for $139.99.

Also a recertified Nuvi 255 for $119.99.

Cheers--

Anyone interested in using Google Maps to make custom pois here is the process I use.I find it faster using this method to make my files.

1. Go to Google maps http://maps.google.com/maps and click on sign in.Now create an account now.
2.Once signed in go to create new map on left. Fill in title and description. Under privacy settings mark public or unlisted. Then click done.

I just found this out with MapSource. I prefer to use TakItWithMe which creates one single favorite with all the waypoints.

Am I supposed to create Custom Routes with those favorites transferred from MapSource?

Thanks.