Garmin talk

Need help. please. I have nuvi 755T I donwloaded the school zones in manual mode (1320 ft). Turned on proximity points. So I typed a address and test drive it pass by the school and it didnt give me warning. Why is that? do I have to set up or missed something?

I see ads and references to companies, such as AutoNavDirect offering Garmin Lifetime maps. These seem to be at a better price than getting them direct from Garmin.

Has anyone had experience getting lifetime updates, in this manner? Do you go to the Garmin site after to get the updates?

I have a NUVI 350, not that should make a difference.

I have used a Tomtom addin for my Palm phone for years and it would "warn" me whenever I was within a specific distance of a designated POI type. I recently upgraded to a Garmin 760 an am trying to get it to do the same. I have set up several custom POIs and manually loaded them onto the Garmin along with a proxmity alert distance.

so i edited the POI file from Or/Wa since it only contains the data for the vancouver areas.. and is kinda out of date to include to seattle area including kent, bellevue, tacoma... yada... if anyone wants me to upload it i can... i have to work out a little bit of kinks... (difference between yahoo and google coordinates)

I have a garmin nuvi (285W) and once you zoom in to were everything is really close on the map it start showing the POI and there icons. I wanted to know if there was a way to show all the POI when viewing the map from further away? Also is there a way to see the POI when you are driving in the “3D” mode?

I want one of these, any one have some comments on the new sereis that hits the shelfs in June?

A lot of you here know that I have been very happy with my Nuvi 660 since I got it a little over a year ago and joined the POI Factory. Until today, that is.

This is the first long road trip I've taken in quite some time. I drove from Tampa to the hotel room I'm sitting in now, in Manchester, TN. Tomorrow I continue on to Indiana, my destination.

I am still using Internet explorer7. I have not heard any bad news on the new Internet explorer8. Is it working good for those of you who installed it?

Just had my 660 lock up for no reason. I set a destination to my home from where I am now, but it wouldn't aquire the satilites. Took it outside, nothng on the screen or the power button would work. I even hooked it up to AC power nothng. Hit the reset button on the back and it shut of and is now working like always. Ii even plotted the route to the house from where we are at now.

Has anyone experiencing issues downloading maps or updates using Mozilla Firefox?

I know there must be a simple fix for this.

I been switching back to Internet Explorer to download which will work but would rather us Firefox.

Thank's
Kevin M.

I notice my zumo550 leaves a trace where I have been. Lots of little trails around home for example. Can you get ride of those to have a clean map ?

I just bought a Nuvi 360 and I've got it wired in the car (so audio would play through the car speakers and the unit runs off of the car battery). Today I picked up the last component I would need. It's a step down jack adaptor. To go from 3.5mm to the 2.5mm.

Hi,
Someone mentioned to me that they had very poor GPS reception in Yosemite - My thoughts are that it may be due to older unit.
Anyone have any recent experience there with Garmin? Any poi files that one can recom. Going there from SF soon.

My wife wants an Irish-English speaking voice. Is there anything available out there. She is parcel to the Irish accent. Why??

Does anybody know which satellite system they use? WAAS or EGNOS or both?

With the old C340 you could choose, with this one there is no choice.

Just wondering if anyone has been fooling around with the VPM files with Voice Utility - Customize the voices on your GPS
On April 11th, 2007 geoadmin says:

Buydig has Garmin nuvi 885T 4.3" Widescreen GPS Navigation System w/ Text-To-Speech, Bluetooth and MSN Direct Traffic for $318 with free shipping. Thanks neejay

Specs

* 4.3" WQVGA (480x272) Touschscreen
* Voice-Activated Navigation
* Bluetooth
* MSN Direct Traffic (Receiver Included)
* Remote Control
* Text-To-Speech (speaks street names)
* FM Transmitter

Is there nay way to get rid of the topo(? or whatever it's called)map that takes place of a route when zoomed out? It's killing me because seeing the roads is so much more intuitive.

To me it's useless and want to even know why Garmin even put it there on a road navigation device.

It's been a while since I have been on here but see what is going on from time to time.

Anyway - I put the old C340 to bed and got a new nuvi 255w. For this unit to be a beginner unit wow it is loaded with some new features. I am pleased with it. I have been playing with it and finding and saving some of the manual favorites that I had in the old one.

I have a nuvi 680 but no longer have the traffic active. On returning from out of town, the GPS routed me around the city on the bypass interstate. I know from experience this is a longer route. So when I arrived at the exit for the bypass, I checked the remaining miles and the time for arrival. Then I took the intown interstate route instead.