Garmin talk

Hi everyone, I would like to purchase a coiled car charger on e-bay that charges my c530 thru the usb port instead of the bottom charge port.Would this be safe to do? I like the idea of the neater coiled cable and the ease of connecting to the usb port.
Thanks for any help,
Joe.

Hello... Will I be able to update the mapping software on my StreetPilot i5 for free? How often will the map updates be available? I always would want to have the most up to date streets and what not you know... Thanks so much....

I haven't fount out how to direct POI loader to put the POI's on the SD card. what am I missing?

Hi..... I've been using GPS's for a while now and I really love what they can do... My last GPS was a Garmin eTrex Summit. I recently came across the Garmin StreetPilot i5, and it seems to be getting wonderful reviews... Do you guys recommend this unit? Should I be worried that it does not have a SiRF Star III receiver? Thanks so much for everyones help.....

What's the maximum number of POI's you can have installed on nuvi 350? Anyone run into limitations? I'm only at 12,000 right now and it doesn't even seem to blink at that amount.

I don't see any difference when I select map with more or most details. It appears same in normal or most detail mode. What is the difference in normal or most?

I will appreciate your help.

Only had this about a week and loving it. I did notice that WAAS was turned off by default. Is there some reason for this? I know with the older units, having WAAS enabled takes a little more CPU time and can make calculations much slower. With this new nuvi I figured the extra CPU hit would be trivial.

So, is there any reason to disable WAAS when navigating city roads with this model?

Hey what do you all think of this?

http://www.garmin.com/products/nuvi680/

I think it's pretty cool but I could live without the MSN Direct thing.It is nice that they are throwing in the service for one year with the purchase of the unit. After that I wouldn't pay for that.I my opinion it's not worth the monthly cost.

Found differences between the DVD and the maps inside my GPS (Streetpilot c530).
I requested the DVD to load waypoints back and forth between my computer and GPS. As others have experienced, they shipped the DVD at no charge (tech support said he wished they had included them with the units as they get many calls for them). When I loaded the DVD onto my PC (updated mapsource to latest version over web), I looked for my home street(under find addresses). It wasn't there but it does show in the map. On my c530, it is shown and also can be found. Also, one of my local Wal-Marts is mispositioned on the GPS (about 1 mile East), but the DVD shows it correctly positioned.

My C530 has some occasional drawing problems, which nobody at Garmin tech-support has ever heard of. I've posted a couple times here, and only one person had a similar experience, and for them it only happened once (also in Oregon).

Does everybody's C530 *always* update the map as they drive along, with no exceptions? Has anybody with a C530 ever spent enough time in Portland Oregon to drive all over town and see how the model performs?

To All

The Garmin site offers a download called "ximage". This can be found on the "support and download' page.

On the Garmin c340 "ximage" allows one to download and change the splash screen. It also allows the download the current screen image, if one wanted to do a show-n-tell.

The help information says "ximage" can add waypoints, but that was not an option for the c340. Perhaps on some of the more advanced models one can add waypoints.

Is there a way to set the Garmin to default to the map page instead of the main menu when it boots up. I like having the moving map each time I turn on the car, but get annoyed with having to select View Map each time I turn on the car and the GPS turns on.

Hey everyone,

After a long drawn out research project to find the GPS for me I decided on the Garmin c530. Other notable mentions go to the Garmin c330, c340, c550 and others. The c530 was best for my budget - bought it at The Source for $429.00 Canadian (on sale) - my wife is already amazed at what it can do. She hates driving in unknown territory and I have to give her directions all the time. So now she can take this with her and never get lost....I hope!

Will my NUVI 660 work in Punta Cana? Can I use it on the plane via WAAS? Thanks.

This is a dangerous practice but I always find myself tinkering with the GPS unit while driving (ie clicking on the MP3 player and adjusting volume, checking the trip computer or even zooming out on the map).

Anyone else do this? I need to quit doing that.

I recently started using a Nuvi 350. When I first started the unit up it acquired it's location within 30 seconds. I was very impressed considering I was sitting in my office. I used it for a couple of days and decided to register it and check for updates. I updated to 4.3 software and since then have had to wait nearly two minutes or more almost every time I power the unit up. Doesn't matter if I'm sitting still or moving. There is no rhyme or reason to when it takes that long either. Sometimes it's less than 10 seconds, most times it's closer to 2 minutes.

I have bought Garmin C330 recently. I am wondering if I can plan a long trip (about 35 hours of drive time) in c330. I will appreciate your tips on how to do it.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone,
I have a Garmin C340 Streetpilot. I have used Mapsource to create speed alerts at certain locations with a proximity distance. This works fine and I can easily create these points of interest using Mapsource and then POI Uploader to load them into my C340.

I still have a couple of questions though:

1. How does one utilize a memory card inserted into the slot on the unit?

Any idea what the various road colors stand for? I have a Nuvi 660 and their must be a reason for the various colors.

I'm a new 360 owner and after one day I love it, but am a little confused. I have 3 questions, regarding if I bought the right unit for me. Any and all input will be appreciated.

1) The 350 online manual says that unit has a "Find Better Route" feature. The more expensive 360 appears not to have this. Is it there and I'm just not finding it? It seems like this would be a great feature for GPS.