Garmin talk

Walmart online sale of Garmin 760 for $219. Not quite a year ago I paid $200 for a Garmin 260 with only a few of the features the 760 has. See link

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7958704

In earlier versions of MapSource, there was a customer waypoint icon option. Seems like it's gone in the later versions. A new Garmin idea, or can somebody come up with an idea to create cust. icons?

I've had my 765T for 2 days. Previously, I used an old Garmin eMap with Mapsource and Microsoft Streets and Trips.

What's the best way to transfer a route to the GPS?

I've read that Mapsource does not do it and Microsoft Streets and Trips is incompatible.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I don't know what happened. I updated to SW version 4.30 in my Nuvi880 and it appears that it now displays the terrain when in "track-up" mode. I don't mind the terrain, it is just that it is harder to read text against the green terrain back ground as opposed to non-terrain white back ground.

Does anyone know how to turn off terrain in the "track-up" mode?

If I install custom POI's on my garmin using the POI loader will the factory original POI's on my 760 get overwritten?? I've read that when you install custom POI's it deletes the previous ones?? My nuvu came with tons of POI's and I don't want to loose the ones that are on it.

If I have the choice, which files are better CSV or GPX or something else??

I recently retired my beloved iQue 3600 for a Nuvi 255. In my address book I have a lot of my waypoints from my iQue 3600 that have the following type of description:

GARMIN 1A89EA48 AAFC86D0 B0024

Is there a way for me to use these waypoints so I don't have to reenter them all?

Thanks.

Hello folks, new to the site. I've been checking it out for a few weeks and there's a lot of information.

I loaded a bunch of POIs onto a SD card, using the excellent categorization method discussed in this node:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/17095

(Thanks to all)

My 8g microSDHC card for the refurbished Nuvi 880 is fine. The mp3s on it play fine. I can listen to the Audible.com books also on the card, as long as the card is not in the 880. It says the unit is not authorized for playing the books.

New user , Nuvi 750. I only have a chose of two functional english speaking voices and those do not contain (TTS) after them. Can any one explain why I can not use the other names that have the (TTS) ??

Have been using nRoute + GPS18 on PC when travelling worldwide. The new City Nav. Europe 2009 AND future City Nav. North Am. will not pop up in nRoute. These updates will NOT be placed in C:\Garmin, and consequently not end up in the register! Information from Garmin US-support.

im new to this and am having trouble loading the poi's ive picked out from my sd card...i know it's on the card but my garmin acts like it's not even in the slot...i loaded poi's on the garmin it's self but i ran out of room and had to put it on a card.
Any Help will be appreciated
THANKS AHEAD OF TIME!!!
Dustin

All of a sudden, the voices on my Nuvi 750 are gone. I turned the unit off for a food stop, then when I turned it back on, directions were not being spoken. The think has gone mute before and I had to go select the voice in the Languages setting, but this time i got a message "None Found" under voices.

Where did they go and how do i get them back?

is it possible to load wav or mp3 files on a garmin nuvi 205 ? no success so far loading them on to my garmin." POI loader" tells me to convert them to wav 16 bit mono. The files are already 16 bit mono.

Posted in another thread about an issue with the latest BT firmware upgrade, 3.40. Contacted Garmin, they sent me a file with version 3.10 which previously worked reliably until the upgrade.

With a nuvi 255W is there any way to have POI icons display as you are driving in route mode?

I have used the Navigon 2100 Power max and magellan maestro 42590 and this feature is easily accomodated.

I have not figured out whether it is available in teh Garmin.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/627161...