Garmin talk

Anybody have any difficulty updating your maps via the web without calling customer service? You are supposed to get a free update within 60 days if there is a newer mapset available.

A Garmin employee emailed me "we had a technical issue with the online registration process for the nüMaps Guarantee that was specific to the nüvi 855. We are in the process of resolving that issue."

I am using a nuvi 885t with blackberry 8900, the contacts in listed as "last first".
Anybody know a solution to show as "first last" or "last, first"?

Thanks,

Anthony

What would you consider the most useful Garmin for everyday use with out all the whistles and bells. text to speech where am I,(bluetooth not needed).wide screen.

at first i thought i had done something, but last night as i was driving and using it to coem home.. it shut off byitsel once again and it took awhile for me to turn it on...

anybody else had that experience?
is there some type of 'sleep' mode that im missing??

and why does it turn off in the time i needed it!

I bought a Nuvi 760 at the end of Dec 2008. It came with a 3 month trial subscription to traffic report. The trial period ended in March 2009. Traffic report stopped working as expected and I didn't renew it.

Now that I have a Garmin Nuvi 500 and have a 4 gHz micro SDHC card on order, I am wondering if there is any way to estimate the number of POI files that I can add. I realize that it is going to be just an approximation, of course, but I have a lot of POIs on my Garmin StreetPilot 2730 and I am hoping to add as many, or more, on the Nuvi 500 as I have on the 2730.

Why is it that I dont get an alert when I am driving by Wal-Mart and Shoprite? I have those POI on my 260W. I checked for the proximity alert box but its not on my Nuvi Setting menu.

I have downloaded the City Navigator NT 2010 maps to my computer on the c: drive and then moved it to a external hard drive. Once I run the program on the external it wants to use my c: drive for the files. My c: drive is full, so it will not let me do the install. I moved and opened the file on my external drive because I knew that my c: drive was full.

A colleague just bought a new Nuvi 760. Beautiful GPS!!!

I offered to help her download and install POI from the POI Factory.

All went well, but when we were done when we went to the main screen to navigate, the maps refused to draw. The navigation screen had everything else but no maps!

Real bummer for brand new user to Garmin.

Ever since Garmin switched screens to the new black ones, they seem to be fingerprint magnets. I didn't seem to have this problem with the 350/650 Nuvis.

I tried iClean by Monster and it works very well to keep the screen clear of fingerprints. I also use it on my laptop, lcd screen and lcd tv. The spray leaves a slick surface to the screens and keeps them cleaner longer.

Sorry if this has been covered before. I just received a MapSource DVD from Garmin for free. I've installed MapSource and CNNA NT 2009 that comes with it. I'd like to know what is the latest 2009 version. Please note that I know CNNA NT 2010 released in April 2009 is newer.

MapSource Help - About MapSource - Product Info shows that the map is CNNA NT 2009, Data Version 10.00

Just created a few routes using the line tool (not road) in MyMaps. I plan to transfer it to a nuvi via TakItWithMe when I purchase one in July.

Would the nuvi calculate appropriate routes based on the points?

I bought a Garmin 255W. How can I get the coordinates from a location stored in my Favorites file to give to a friend who wants to go there too.

Here is a little application that will let you view/transfer the Garmin Vehicle Files (SRF) to and from your Garmin.
- Search for you Garmin manually, or click on the
button with a 'G' in it to have the program search
for the stock folder ("/Garmin/Vehicle") on all
available drives starting with "D:"

- Each vehicle is represented on a card that includes

I've just started down loading custom POI from this site
(thanks)
But I'm not sure on the organizing part
I added
Wal-mart
Nation parks
five guys burgers
state parks
but when I go to extras - custom POIs
National parks & Five guys is all that is listed
other than All categories which just has the the add. of five guys.

I'm saving on a sd card if that matters.
see last post on

I just learned that you could send an address you looked up with Google Maps or Map Quest to your Garmin Nuvi. However, I'm really struggling with something.

Hi. I'm new here. I just received my Nuvi 855 today and updated and registered it. I am told that I have 60 days to receive my NuMaps update. It sounds like one just came out in April. Should I hold off till early July (just before my trip) or should I go ahead and update them now? Is there a chance of another update coming before July?

So I have been using the Proclips for my Garmin Nuvi, with great success. I even have a proclip for my Nokia E71 that holds the phone upright for a good GPS signal and charges it. The problem is brackets for certain cars. I have one for the MINI Cooper and it works well. Can't find a solution for the Lotus Elise. Does anyone have a Lotus with a good way to mount the GPS securely?

I've had a StreetPilot 2710 for a long time... very used to it.

The other day, I picked up a Nuvi 780 to replace it. The 2710 will go into my wife's car (she wont use it a lot)...

My first experience any of the Nuvi's is the 780.

There are already a few things that are different.

o StreetPilot had a remote (really liked that)

I bought a 760 in Nov. 2008 and just now bought my wife one as well. I am doing a free update to 2010 maps on her 760, so my question is........is there a way to install the download on my 760 as well? Thanks