Garmin talk

My 255W has just completed a 4 month 4000 mile trip.I always have good signal strength from its position in the Chevy Astro cup holder.
One day 6 hours in, on a trip segment in Arizona, it suddenly lost the signal for the first time.By moving it up on the dash, the signal returns.Why after all that time has it lost its sensitivity?

Greetings from Brazil!

Garmin Nuvi 885T for $499.70 x Garmin Nuvi 880 for $699.99.

What are the pros and cons of each one?

Regards,

Felipe

I recently downloaded all the Fuelmans in TN by way of Google Earth and then converted them to a CSV File. I have done this in the past and everything worked fine,matter of fact I gave it to several employees and the poi worked on all garmin devices. This time however I am having a problem. It seems that the new version of Google Earth postions the point directly over the gas station.

Just wondering how people find this feature.. good..bad..indifferent. I haven't used it but wanted to hear from people who have and figure out if it's a worth while feature to add to my new Garmin wish list.

Thanks AlL

Flip

After ignoring the constant "new" voices being available for download via WebUpdater for the longest time now (since they were never actually "updated", even after updating them time and time again), it looks like they have actually now been truly updated. For example, American English-Jill went from v1.90 to v2.20.

So........did a search on these words to no avail, is there a way to save the favorites file in case one needs to reset or downgrade SW version thereby losing all personal data and favorites? I'm aware the personal data will have to be reset but what about the favorites file?
Thanks!

Ok, today my POILOADER informed me:

"Congratulations, you have successfully installed 87,269 Points of Interest on your device"

For bragging rights (or to prove your addiction to custom POI's ... how many custom POI's are you currently loading?

I'm not talking about number of POI groups ... I'm talking about individual POI's as reported by POILOADER.

Come on, can anybody beat 87,269?

I was thinking about something like this:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=700

It would be nice to hold everything together. I do use the (now older) bean bag style friction mount.

Any opinions or recommendations?

Thanks.

From today, and if it was posted before I didn't see it. Just got in from being on the road all day.

http://www.kansas.com/business/updates/story/726831.html

Daniel

Hello, I have a Nuvi 750 but I am not able to get the proximity to work on my Nuvi. It does not show up at all. Are there any suggestions? Thank you

Hello...

Sorry if this ahs already been answered...but my Nuvi 755T has no traffic service in Vancouver...according to Garmin, Navteq's only Canadian service point is Toronto. Is there any way to get service? I have lifetime traffic on my unit and I can't use it up here.

Can anyone offer any advice or opinions?

Thanks a bunch!!!!
Volkan

Hello All,

Haven't spent much time with you guys for a while. Recently move to KY, and found my Garmin GPS hasn't been close for many POI or general address loctions since being here. Any ideas why ?

I see Garmin has came out with the Nuvi 285.A Nuvi 265 with MSN.Have not seen it at Best Buy yet. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=35118
http://www.gpstracklog.com/gps_tracklog/2008/12/garmin-nuvi-...

Did a search here, in POI Factory, but didn't come up with any hits.

Have a Nuvi 650, and am off to NYC for a few days of touring. I have downloaded some NYC POI from the library here and set the GPS to "Pedestrian".

My question is this. I have loaded POI's onto a micro sd card for use on my 265t unit. Everytime I power it on I am aked if I want to transfer those POI's to the unit. I have to answer no. My 680 gives me a choice to "not ask again". Is there a way to not be asked each time I power on the 265t? I want to keep them on my micro sd card and access as extras only. Thanks,
Jon

This subject has probably been beaten to death, but I was unable to find anything when I searched the forum. So here goes:

I have a Garmin Nuvi 205. My laptop has a Linux operating system so I can't use POILoader. But, since the Current.gpx file on the Garmin is merely an ASCII file, can I create a properly formatted Current.gpx file on my laptop and copy it onto the Garmin?

I have no experience with a gps.

I am borrowing a friends garmin c330 and hopefully taking it to costa rica.

How do I get a map for costa rica and load it onto the gps?

Is it as easy as finding a file online and putting it on a SD card and popping it in when we land?

Or are there a lot of other things I need to know?

I would appreciate any help and guidance.

Thanks

RN

This will be awesome....Nuvi's with pedestrian mapping.

http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/3474/284/

Clicked on "Check out the new Nuvi line" in Active Forum Topics. A page came up telling me:

Access denied.

You are not authorized access to this page.

Anyone able to read it or is that a glitch?

Jack j