Garmin talk

I have a Garmin 760 and was wondering if somebody could tell me how to back it up in case I have a failure. I really do not want to try and find all the POI's I have loaded. Thank you!

Anyone been able to get the download feature of the new MSN Live Maps to work (ability to download directions direct to your GPS from MSN website)? Their website is http://maps.live.com/ and according to the directions you can find a location, get the directions from a starting point, and then download it directly to appropriate Nuvi's.

Just purchased a new PC and rather than reinstalling all the applications that I was so anxious to load when I first bought my Garmin nuvi 760, I thought to check with other users' experience.

What apps do you consider essential to have for Garmin units?

Thanks folks

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I have a nuvi 260 and my son has a nuvi 200 and he has a feature on his that i would like to have on my gps that i dont have. it is the the 'where am i?" I was wondering if any one out there has any idea if it is possible to program that feature in my nuvi 260?

My wife thinks my 2610 and 2820 are too hard to use, but is thinking she would like a simpler unit for her car. Most of the features I can find on Garmin's website.

what is the approx amount of songs the mp3 player can hold ? what do you guys think about the traffic info on this unit would most of you pay to keep it or not . thanks glenn

I found a fix for the mount falling off. Clean both surfaces with isopropyl alcohol then coat both surfaces with paper glue (glue stick, from Staples or similar) before applying suction. Let dry for a few minutes. My mount has not fallen off again in over a month.

I have discovered that after loading all my custom POIs with icons and voice alerts and installing them manually, that some of the alerts only have a tone and not the voice alerts. What's up with that?

Bought a blank memory card, 16GB SDHC.
M:\.MS32DLL.dll.vbs - VBS/Pica.NAA virus - deleted
M:\AUTORUN.INF - INF/Autorun.gen trojan
M:\TOTTI.EXE - probably unknown NewHeur_PE virus [7]
M:\XSDELECT.COM - Win32/Pacex.Gen virus
M:\娟娟.exe - probably unknown NewHeur_PE virus [7]
M:\붚櫓寧.exe - probably unknown NewHeur_PE virus [7]

I have a nuvi 205 and I used the POILoader to add custom POIs to the GPS, I noticed they were not in alphabetical order, it appears you have to add them in alphabetical order for them to display that way. That's not a problem until you have to update one and now it appears out of order, thus you have to upload each poi again.

I've downloaded the POI's then put them in a folder. I then opened POI Loader and picked the correct folder and was told that my POI's will be loaded to my Garmin. I don't see them. How do I find them? Do I have to unlock anything?

I wasn't sure how to word my question for the subject, so if you clicked to read the body, thank you! My home address in my nuvi is wrong - when I get to my street, it directs me to turn left instead of right and has my house number at the other end of the street.

I have Garmin Lock setup and I just entered my PIN incorrectly one time and it powered the unit off. Now it will not power back on.?.? What do I do to get this fixed? I tried connecting it to the PC but it still will not power on. I have a 260W.

Garmin just released WebUpdater 2.0.5, it seems to have fixed the issue that WebUpdater was having with Leopard 10.5.6.

I have installed it and tested it with my Nuvi 360, seems to be working just fine.

The site I found it on was:

http://www.macupdate.com/

It is also available from Garmin's site too.

Fry's Electronics Sale listed in the Atlanta Journal today - Friday, Jan 2nd thru Tuesday, January 6th is listing the Garmin Nuvi 850 on sale for $379.99

I have been geotagging my photos for the past 6 months with Geosetter. I have tried unsuccessfully to get my Garmin 265WT to use these photos for "photo navigation."

From the forum posts I have seen on the Panoramio site it appears that geotagged photos do not have to be posted to that site nor downloaded directly from http://connect.garmin.com/photos in order to use photo navigation.

Hey all!

This is my first post here after lurking around and reading about everything and anything nuvi. I bought these earlier and thought I'd share. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have!

Eric Cartman & Stewie Griffin voices for Garmin GPS devices.

Listen to samples:
http://www.pigtones.com/

Link removed by Miss POI

My garmin 350 ver 8 occasionally will alert with a splash screen that a new update map is available.
Is there any way to permanently disable this?
Note: I have no need to upgrade the maps on this unit.
thanks
fuzzybr

I want to update my map and I would like to know in what month of 2009 will the 2010 map be available?

I'm all new to this and I feel like a kid in a candy store!

Just got the 760 and didn't realize that the GTM20 cigarette lighter DC power adapter was an antennae. Is the GTM20 compatible with MSN direct or do I have to buy another antennae?

Sorry if this has been adressed, but I could not find a direct answer using the "search" functions

Thanks!