Garmin talk

I've loaded a 3rd party .gpx file onto my Nuvi 750 by placing it in the Garmin\GPX folder directly from my computer. It incorpotated it just fine, but now when I look up ANY POI, the .gpx file I loaded in shows ALL THE POI's in the .gpx file ALL THE TIME. The Nuvi then incorporated them into the "current.gpx" file.

Not really that big of a deal, but has anyone experienced this when "traveling" in simulation mode?

I put the destination in and somewhere down the road it just stops and the speed reading goes to zero. Weird... It doesn't do it consistently either in regards to time/distance.

I recently entered the GPSr world by purchasing a nuvi 750, so far I have not found any positive confirmation that the current POI loader application on the Garmin site is compatible with my unit .. anyone have a definitive answer based on experience ?

Thanks

Looking for New York POI files can anyone help!

I have problem with POI files. I used POI loader to put the file "pio.gpi" on the unit. When I look at the file on the unit with Windows Explorer, I see it. But when I try to search the POI on the Garmin unit, there is no information. Why? Thank you.
Donald

I purchased a Street Pilot C580 in September, and have been lurking here off and on since then. There have been several posts concerning Map source. Some people have indicated that they paid Garmin $15 for the disk, others have indicated that they got it free when they said they needed it to manage their favorites.

I bought my 660 before the prices started plummeting. I bought it mostly for the traffic capabilities. This weekend, my traffic receiver was not working on the Route 1 corridor in/around Princeton NJ.

Does anyone out there have the 680 with MSN direct? If so how does MSN direct's traffic compare with the FM receiver?

THE NEW 3.50 UPDATE IS OUT. US THE WEBUPDATER TO RECIEVE.

Dell has the Garmin beanbag mount item number 010-10908-00 for $26.99 with free delivery.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/GPS_Accessories/...

I have noticed this a couple times on different trips. On a trip from Dayton, OH to Atlanta, GA, noticed that when I press the bar at the top of the display (which normally shows the next turn information) nothing happens!

I recently upgrade my Nuvi 680 with the new firware version 4.2. Now I occassionaly observe that the arrival time estimate is flipping every few seconds between what I believe is the correct calculation and another value that is off by a number of minutes from the correct value. I have seen it flipping between two values that are 20 minutes apart and flip values every 5-10 seconds.

It might be a stubbed question, but is there a way to get weather update in my Nuvi 760?

Thanks

If anyone has a Kel Tec P32 or P3AT pistol, the useless nylon zippered case that comes with them has found a new use! It fits widescreen Nüvis perfectly! You can order them direct from Kel Tec and they are very inexpensive. And, if you want to look über dorky, the case has a belt loop, too.

I just purchased a Garmin Nuvi 200w and I have a question.

I know that they come with maps already loaded and you can update them yearly I believe
But at what cost?

Hi All,

I just bought Nuvi 660, came with 2008 maps.
any ideas when 2009 may be available and would I be eligible for free updates?

thanks.

Does anybody use a Bracketron Nav-Mat Pad, in lieu of Garmin's Bean bag thingie, to mount a Nuvi 660 on the dashboard?

If you do, what's your experience? Worth the $$?

SO I just bought this. IT is my first gps unit.

2 questions. The Nuvi 200 had more updated poi then this unit. The display model NUVI 200 had a new best buy that was built listed,but this 660 did not. Why is the info different, and can I get it to be the same info as the Nuvi 200?

Hi,
Could someone please tell me if the 260 has internal free memory and how large it is? I don't know if I will need a SD card or not.
Matt

I have a Garmin Legend HCx with a 2 GB microSD card.
I have succesfully copied several .csv files to my Garmin using POI Loader.
I have copied one thousand postcodes, for example, but if I try 10,000 the operation fails.