Garmin talk

Anyone else see the post on Garmins Blog? Sounds really cool!

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/01/saving-gas-and.htm...

Only problem right now is that the link is dead and I can't see if my GPS is compatable.

nüvi 885T, zūmo 660 and G5

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/garmins-new-nuvi-885t-z-m...

I'm looking to upgrade from my Nuvi 200 and am looking at several units. Each has good points and bad points.

Nuvi 255W. Added several nice features but no multistop route planning.

Nuvi 755. Added route planning and has every feature I rally want but is high priced. Free traffic lifetime is nice since I like to travel.

I have a 1st gen Iphone and am having problems pairing - I turn on bluetooth on both devices, but get an error pairing to phone on the C550.

i'm on the latest update on the iphone - not sure what firmware on the C550, though.

These Are the most recent Updates for the Garmin Nuvi Models

nuvi 610 December 11, 2008
nuvi 660 December 11, 2008
nuvi 750 December 17, 2008
nuvi 760 December 17, 2008
nuvi 770 December 17, 2008
nuvi 850 December 12, 2008
nuvi 860 December 12, 2008
nuvi 880 December 12, 2008

I bought a 4 gig SDHC card for my Nuvi then found out that my computer can't read it. I thought I'd have to buy a separate reader to load it, but then I got the idea to try it from my Nuvi. Turns out that the Nuvi works as a reader! When I plugged it in the Nuvi came up as a drive and the card inside it came up as separate drive.

it asks for gmapsupp.unl even for unlocked maps. WTF ? now i cant put my bermuda maps downloaded off the web on it. why does garmin do such stupid things ?

I just got my first car GPS (Nuvi 265 WT) yesterday and upon first connecting it to my computer a message from Nod32 popped up. The message was E:\Autorun.inf and the threat being the INF/Autorun virus. Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you resolve it?

Thanks

Just got a SD memory card and loaded a bunch of POI and maps, etc which is too much to put onto device itself, and everytime i turn on my nuvi a screen pops up stating something like "PROGRAMS FOUND ON MEMORY CARD. DO YOU WANT TO INSTALL ON DEVICE TO USE INCASE MEMORY CARD IS REMOVED..Y/N?"

Hello: Just want to know what is the use of the "screen shot" any way???, personally I can not find any real use of it; or maybe I'm missing something that I don't know???

Please tell me how do you use it!!!

Thanks: FRGG

Hi, I know how to use POILoader to load custom bitmaps with custom POI's, but what if I want to have a collection favorites, that I want to show up with a custom wayoint icon. Is this possible?

Is there a program that tell you mph on street and how fast you are going Like the tom tom has. and If so where can I find it.david5143

I am able to download and load Mapquest routes to my Garmin 350 successfully but cannot access them on my GPS.
Any ideas
Thanks

Good luck! http://www.fox.com/24/garmin/

I've searched and looked for an answer, most likely there is a terminology gap.

When I add a custom POI the points are not available using the POI 'search' function. Is this only for the built in POI's or will it work with GPX type files?

Trying to help out a coworker who got a 265T for Christmas. He is having a Bluetooth issue that is strange at best.

A call to Garmin resulted in the response that it is most likely an issue with Verizon, and it is true that they are notorious for locking down features on phones.

so here is what he is experiencing

Ok, please understand this ... I'm not asking the age-old question about how come the icons don't show up on my screen.

And I'm not asking how I add custom icons to my personal POI's uploaded by me.

I'm asking about the icons for the original Points of Interest files installed by Garmin on my new 260W.

Here is the latest list of linebreak requirements for the nüvi line:

Model--Type of Linebreak Required--Source of Input
nuvi 200--Standard--(email)
nuvi 250--<br>--/node/19649
nuvi 255--<br>--/node/17422
nuvi 265W--<br>--/node/1486
nuvi 265WT--Standard--/node/19757
nuvi 350--<br> (Personal experience)
nuvi 360--<br> (member input)
nuvi 650--Standard--/node/19649
nuvi 660--Standard--/node/19757
nuvi 680--Standard--/node/19649
nuvi 6xx--Appears most/all require Standard--/node/19649

If your nüvi model is not on the list, and you would like to test yours:
1. Download a POI that contains <br> linebreaks. One such POI is at:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/19698 (Dated 1/5/2009)
2. Load the POI to your GPS.
3. Check the displayed data from the 'Comment' field, then post the results here or send me the info via my contact link:
(a) Does your unit display <br>? If so, your unit accepts standard linebreaks.
(b) Does your unit display a linebreak and does not display <br>? Then your unit requires the <br> linebreaks.

All help would be appreciated. I will update this list periodically.

Thanks all.

RT

Well, this past weekend, I had a chance to try out the Nuvi 760 and the Tom Tom GO 930. For ordinary driving, the 760's map screen only showed the car's speed and the direction of travel (i.e. a compass). When driving to a destination, the 760's map screen showed the time of arrival and the distance to the next turn. The next turn street and direction are shown at the very top.

I was struggling yesterday to find SlowJim's Nuvi Editor program. For those of you who may want it here is a direct link to the download:

http://www.slowjim.com/download.html