Garmin talk

I somehow managed to break the socket on the back of my Drivesmart65. I haven't had this for even a year.

I don't know if I have named the part correctly and I don't know if it is easily replaceable. It is where the ball end of the mount attaches.

Please help.

So, recently my DS76 started to suddenly dim the screen and tell me that the power had been lost and that it was going to shut down. I could touch "Cancel" and could keep going, but with bright sunlight and sunglasses, it was almost impossible to read the screen. Made for "Distracted Driving". This only happened on a hot day and when the DS76 was in the sun.

Wanting a larger screen, I have been looking at a DriveSmart 86. The only requirement I would want is Lifetime maps. Nowhere can I see if it has it or not. Anyone who has one, what are the pros and cons?

From Garmin, FYI

"The July 2024 release will be the last update available for customers with City Navigator Europe NT maps. They will still be available for you to reinstall."

Is OpenMapChest legal, safe, and good maps?

I am interested in Philippines map

My Nuvi 3790 LMT has given up the ghost. What unit would be recommended to replace it? Is the life time maps still available? Don't care about the Traffic option. The Garmin based GPS in my Honda CRV is pretty good but doesn't give text to speech. It will say "Turn right" but my 3790 would say " Turn right on Main Street" Thanks in advance for any assistance.

I received this e-mail from Garmin. Info for anyone with a Garmin subscription service.

"UPCOMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

You are receiving this email because you have one or more Garmin subscription or service plans.

As the title says Basecamp crashes when transferring route to RV890. Tried multiple times, rebooted laptop, and Garmin, using genuine Garmin cord. Device fully updated and battery charged. Transfer does not go through.

Any suggestions.

Thanks

Does Garmin have an issue w/ Walmart resulting in 'spotty' marking of their locations? I have CNNA 2024 & some locations have a white shape showing the store & is labelled Walmart. Other locations will have the shape, but instead of the Walmart label, just a 'stack' of icons for the various businesses that are usually associated w/ Walmart stores.

The Garmin Alpha200 handheld has a directory path of Garmin/EDM/trkevt
In this folder are lots of trk(number).bin files.

Does anyone know how to open these files or convert them to GPX?

Thanks

I am unable to get my POI showing, I have the map layer on. I see them in categories-POI so there are loaded.

I have tried everything I can think of.

Any suggestions.

Thabk-you

There was a post here indicating a certain GE version was last for W7-64...

I'm on W7-64 (Must stay there due to software running on this system is not update-able...)

I stopped updating GE at 7.17.3.0 and it still works.. Shows a TZ map update is available, and did update last maps fine on 2x 2689LMT's

So the other day I plugged my DS65 into my computer (Windows 7), was informed there were updates. Approved all and walked away, came back abit later and it's all finished.
But, now I am getting school zone alerts where there are no schools and speed reduced zones where there never were any before. (Edmonton on the Whitemud drops to 60 for a bit before going back to 80.)

Garmin Express for Windows and Mac 7.22.1.0 now available for download.
Just downloaded and installed it on my Mac.

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=9MuiEv9c2y2wgcXvzEVEe8

I have a Drivesmart 65 and there are times I will take a trip where I would like to take highways for most of the trip. I will set the destination with "Avoid Highways" unchecked and start my trip.

Garmin Express 7.22.0.0 showing available as of today. As a reminder GE installation folders, each around 125 MB to 130 MB may exist at C:\ProgramData\Garmin\CoreService\Downloads\Application. I keep the latest and delete the previous entries.

From another site, the following outlines the changes.

It finally happen. Driving down the hiway using my Garmin RV660 And the screen just turned white. I have tried shutting it down and doing a factory reset using the power button and nothing works. I connected it to the Garmin Express and it showed updates so I uploaded them, I think. I can't tell but the Express seems to think they updated. There were software and map updates.

The DriveLuxe 51 has a firmware update to 6.80 as of May 1, 2024.

Change History

Changes made from version 6.70 to 6.80:

Improved the display quality in junction view.

I am trying to install Garmin POI loader on my windows 10 laptop. I go through the process and when I get to the final step, I get the error message " there was an unexpected error during the transfer of the custom POI file". I decided to power up my old VISTA laptop which I have used many times to load custom POIs. Now POI loader won't work on that machine either.

GE v7.21.0.0 now ready to download.