Garmin talk

For those thinking about buying a second GPS.

Fry's (frys.com) has the Streetpilot C320 on sale for $199.99 with free shipping (not sure on the tax - last year I paid tax for a purchase online since there was a store in my state).

It is on back order though.....

I paid $290 after shipping / tax from Costco last year.

Since I bought my used Garmin StreetPilot 2730 last year I have just recently started experimenting with MapSource, compiling favorites online, and downloading custom POIs. I have never really paid much attention to the MP3 and audible book capability. I have done a search here, but I really didn't find much. I might be interested in trying both of these features purely for learning purposes.

Hey i am just getting intrested in creating the poi's......can you tell me where to find the .gpx file after saving an address into your garmin?? (i have a c330)

Thanks

I frequently used yahoo yellow pages to look up businesses of all kinds, and then put the address in mapquest to get driving directions. I just got a Nuvi 660, and it can pretty much take the place of both yahoo yellow pages and the driving directions, but I have noticed that it doesnt have many of the businesses in my area, for whatever reason.

Does anyone know if WAAS is better/more accurate than CIRF III? I have a nuvi 660, and I have read several pro's/con's, but wanted to ask here. Thanks in advance
Dan

Here's another Garmin "Easter Egg" that I found over on GpsPasSion Forums. I haven't seen it here, so here it is:

Hard Reset Sequence:

Hold down the bottom right of the screen, if possible
with the back of a pencil eraser, then press in the power
until the screen comes on, and then let go of it. Keep
holding down the eraser on the screen until the Erase all

Hi,

When I enter my home address on a Mio 310X it showed the location as the second house from the corner. My home is the 5th house from the corner. I was able to try it with a Garmin C320. Entered address and it was pretty much right on. So, I thought maybe the navteq software in the Garmins was more accurate than the TelAtlas software in the Mio.

So, when I got my Nuvi 350. Tried it and it showed the location to be very similar to what the 310X said (about 2nd houses from corner). Looked it up with maquest and google. It also show roughly 2nd house from corner.

The C320 and 350 both had City Navigator version 8. The 350 came with the lastest software versions.

This is not a problem. I just stood on the driveway and did a Set Home from there.

Just wondering if anybody could shed some light about the different readings. (C320 vs 350)

Just got an e-mail from Garmin stating that new beta software is available for the StreetPilot 2720 from version 6.40 to 6.91.

Go to:

http://www.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=3400

I've got a Nuvi 360 and love it, but would really like to see the POI's on the map like Magellan does. It seems that the POI's I put in "my favorites" show up, but no others. It would be helpful when travelling, especially how Magellan has the touch interface that brings up the POI info at a finger touch.
I apologize if this sounds confusing. I blame it on the cold medicine I'm taking!!!! lol

Is there a way to edit the displayed address? My unit will allow me to change the name, symbol, or phone #, but not the address. Any help appreciated, and thanks
Dan

Not sure if this is possible, but I have been all over the web and not finding a whole lot out there. Also, it seems as though there were a lot of knowledgeable folks here, I could get a quick yay or nay on this option.

On my Garmin C 530 in the trip information screen I have had the Total Time Info and the Stopped info display dashes after a while. It is displayed in this style --:--
Now I cant start these fields back up, without resetting my information. Can anybody explain to me why the garmin does this and if I can prevent it. Any info is appreciated. DC

Does anyone have a preference on an FM transmitter? I have a Garmin Nuvi 350 which plays MP3's and audio books and I was wondering if there are any good FM transmitters that would be great for it

Any c550 users with the current version 5.20 been able to load custom bmp's??

I haven't been able to get any bmp's to show up. Even tried using an SD card with poi's and bmp's that was created with the prior version - which worked perfectly, now the bmp's don't show up.

An E-mail has been sent to Garmin

I may try putting the old version back on and try again.

My c330 came with the v7 map. I ordered the updated v8 from Garmin. When I do the update, will the POI's I've loaded be erased, or will they stay intact?

-Tom

I just got the garmin street piolt c340. I have installed a sd card and some POI. What I wouuld like to do now is remove the POIS. Hopiing some one can give me a helping hand on this thank you

Just wanted to let everyone know that if you leave your Garmin suction mount attached to the inside of the windshield too long the rubber will bond to the windshield. I just found out the hard way (it was attached for about 4 months).....

I am used to using SD cards in cameras, PDAs, phones, etc. My question though is what is the use for them on my c550? (aside from the obvious use of pumping it full of mp3s)

i have the C330 just purchased, everything seems to work fine. the question i have is. do i have to put in a address in a town other then the one i live in for it work. ex. lets say i live in kansas city and i want to travel to phoenix arizona i am not going to any particular address in phoenix. how do i punch this in? do i skip the part that says street number, street name? thanks hoggboy03

i want to know how to make all csv file all togother, because when i first install red camera cvs file, and i secound time install other csv file, but I lost first time red camera csv file for my garmin c320....