Garmin talk

Hey I was wondering as I read as many of these threads, if it is possible to set a how to area on this forum to where you can input you model of GPS and find out everything there is on how it works and how to load stuff on it. I see there is alot of the same questions being asked and I know there is a search but you have to read so much your eyes start to cross.

I noticed a thread about the Halloween voice, and wanted to post the link to the Christmas voice:

http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/voices/elfred.html

I, unfortunately, have a 300 series device and therefore cannot use the voice. However, I wanted to share it with others.

I have a garmin 330C and would like to know if there is a way to modify the alert sound on my unit. I wanted a different sound so I would be able to reconize it for the speed cameras.

I have downloaded a poi file (Walmart) and th barmin poiloader. But the loader can not find the file I downloaded to put on the Nuvi T755T. What did I do wrong?

im going to FL this winter for 2 weeks so i boght a gramin 255w gps for my truck. i live in troy ny in upstate ny and will be driving down the east coast and back the same way. i just heard about speed cams and was wondering if there is something i can download and install in my gps to tell me where this speedcams are.

thanks
matt

I recently made a trip to Arizona. Before leaving I downloaded the New speed and red light files (19'th of November 2008). For some reason at every red light and speed camera,my nuvi 750 would start ringing and alert me that the speed was 12MPH. If I look at the file (Speed Camera) It show's anywhere between 30 and 75 MPH What is the problem. Nowhere do i see 12 MPH in the file.

Thanks

Ron

As I read the many informative posts here, I frequently come across the fact that the recommended icon size for custom POI's is 16x16, 18x18, 22x22 or 24x24.

Is this a limitation that needs to be adhered to?

Is it a technical/display limitation?

Or a consistency limitation in terms of sharing bmp icons with the members?

One of the major electronics retailers is running a special this week on an 8GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card. SDHC is a "Secure Digital High Capacity" card, and fits in any "traditional" SD card slot. The packaging for this product warns that SDHC cards will only work in products that support them.

New to the site, first post so go gentle on me. Just got my new Garmin 750. I've been reading FAQ's and already learned a lot. I have a older Garmin 76S that I purchased Mapsource for. Can I make a route in this older version of Mapsource (V 4.13), then load on the 750. Couldn't find it in FAQ. I created a route on the 750 itself and think I found a XML file that is that route.

i was driving around today and noticed a new rlc how do i post it or do i just give the coords.i am not sure if someone else has put it on here yet.and i am not sure how to post it either

+Updated items 12/18/2008

You can have various mapsets loaded on your nuvi...not just the basemap and detail map. These mapsets all reside in the x:/Garmin folder on both the nuvi drive and the SD Card drive. The nuvi 7x0 can access up to six different mapsets (*one* on the SD Card). The nuvi 7x5 can access up to nine different mapsets (*one* on the SD Card)

Example:

Do I need to convert vehicles with a jpg extension downloaded from Garmin Garage to file with a .srf extension before using on a NUVI 350?
If I do, how is the conversion done?
Apologies if this has been addressed previously.

John

I just read that Nuvi 760 has "Speed limit display for many interstates and highways" feature. How do you enable it? Does it work in Canada? I have Nuvi 760 for more than two weeks now but never seen it on the display.

Hi all

I noticed when I initially plugged in the unit to the 'puter is started to do an install. I dummed out and clicked the icon to safely remove Hardware the install failed. As I would expect.

Should have held fire.

Now it no longer offers to install software but still connects.

So:

• What was it attempting?
• How do I recover?

just ordered a nuvi 760 for 209.00 with shipping . i am upgrading from my garmin c 330 . anybody out there have any reviews on this unit ? i would love to hear how you like or dislike . thanks glenn

I recently purchased a Garmin 765T to make my weekend trips more interesting, unfortunately I find several roads are not shown on the maps. How can I have them added.???

It looks likely that it will be sold by AT&T, so that leaves me out. We don't have AT&T cell service here and I'm not crazy about SBC anyway. Looks like it will be manufactured by ASUS.

http://www.gpstracklog.com/gps_tracklog/2008/12/garmin-nuvif...

http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=14696

I bought a nuvi 200 on black friday and now I can buy a 200w for $20 more than I paid for the 200. I was thinking about returning the 200 for the 200w. Anyone have an opinion on this?
Thanks
Z

I've added a new area to the GARMIN TRICKS, TIPS, WORK AROUNDS, HINTS, SECRETS & IDEAS Web site -- designed for the newer units -- the 7X5T series.

Where necessary, older articles will also be revised to reflect the new features and procedures associated with the 7X5T series units and will be filed in this area.

I have a nuvi 205 and I want to display POI icons on my map has I travel. Say I'm on a trip, I want all gas stations to show up on my map as a get closer to them, currently I have to go to menu and do a near search and I get a list but I don;t like doing that while I'm driving, so is there a way to have the POI icon display on the map as I get close to it.

thanks,
Shane