Garmin talk

I just bought my first gps, a nuvi 260 ,and would like to be able to find some long lost friends as we travel by typing in a city, and then a person's name without knowing the correct address and access a list of folks with that name. Is this possible? My screen only recognizes a typed in address.

Thanks much,

Pops

I have loaded a number of .csv poi files to my Nuvi 650 with no problem. However I wanted to set audio alerts for red light cameras and am having a hard time. I have followed the instructions in previous posts, but can't seem to get the mp3 to load on the Nuvi. I have one folder set up as "Garmin POI's" and in it are 3 csv files and a mp3 file for red light alerts.

the 300 line and most of the 600 line

I just got back from a trip and realize that a "Pause" button is needed while traveling. When I stop for a break, "Jack" gets upset and repeats "Recaculating" over and over! Really irrating. I know I could press stop and then go back to the destination, but a "Pause" button would be great. Then when you re-start, just press "Pause" again and you are back on the road.

Does anyone know if its possible to extract poi's out of a gmapsupp image file. Its a 3rd oparty map i have and the routing on it sucks, but i would like to poi's to create a custom poi file with them. Thanks.

I will not mention the other (very well known and generally respected) brand - but share the experience. A relative bought another brand - near the top of their range. For a user who has just a little problem finding the on switch on a computer ( ) and who has never had a GPS before - soon well out of their depth.

Hi all,

I'm curious to know the maximum number of favorites Garmin Nuvi can store on a nuvi 650?

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Can someone tell me if there is and advantage to putting POI files on the SD card for the Nuvi 360?

Today I noted that Web Update software located a firmware update for the GTM Traffic receiver for my 760. It says it adds support for "next generation RDS" Traffic.

The only references I found to this on the net were related to an alleged move away from TMC's RDS offerings to TPEG in Europe.

Hello all,

I tried to update my Garmin Nuvi 650 with the 2009 North America Map and now my "Map info" is grayed out. When I'm driving, most of the time the unit does not display the name of the local roads. It only displays major interstate or highways.

Has anyone here seen this? What did I do wrong and how can I fix this?

Thanks

Garmin Nuvi 350

Is there a way to do multi stop trip using the Garmin Nuvi 350 with the SD card?? I have seen trips offered
using the nuvi 750 and 850 units with the routing option.

mark

Purchased a nuvi 750 today, registered and thought I d/l 2009 map but start up screen flashes so fast that I can't see what it says. Any other way to tell what maps I have? Thanks

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I am new to the GPS world and I am having trouble loading custom POI on my nuvi 650. I am using POI loader and I am getting the following error when I try to load directly to the GPS. (The parameter is incorrect.) I can load them to my SD card, but I have no idea how to get to them in the GPS. I have tried to do this with Windows XP and with Windows Vista. I still have the same problem.

I just downloaded and installed POI Loader to my Apple MacBook. I have attached my Garmin nuvi 750 via its included USB cable. Both the POI Loader program and the Garmin icon show up on my desktop, yet the program doesn't register the presence of the Garmin device (the window wherein you select the device to load the POI onto is blank, and clicking on "Find Device" does nothing).

How do i get my poi's to alert when i'm just passing them. They seem to alert when i route to them but not passing them. I have alerts set but they won't alert when passing within the alert range.

does anyone know how to import a autocad or dwg map to mapsource

Have I missed something or does the 760 not have the ability to know what time zone you are in? It has most everything else, and was amazed that under tools “Where am I” there wasn’t a time zone indication!

Here's another program created by Turboccc to change the default sounds on the 760. Note that the steps for this program are kind of complicated, so please only try this if you are comfortable with computers!!

Here is the link to the program
http://rapidshare.com/files/135715793/GUpdateMod_V101.zip.ht...

And here is the link to the forum discussing this program

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