Garmin talk

Does the USB port charge the nuvi350, while it is plugged into a computer?

Kelly

I just bought a Garmin nuvi 660 for my wife for Christmas. She loves it, of course, there are many things to learn.

She has a Blackberry 7105t (fancy pda phone). The new Garmin will not wirelessly take the phone book from her phone. On her phone it is actually an "address book". Is anyone aware of a back door method to accomplish this task?

We have emailed Garmin but got no response yet, I imagine there are pretty busy.

Hello friends,

I bought Garmin C330 GPS. I was reading someone's comments on the internet that it does not work properly in downtown areas where there are tall high rise buildings.
Is it true?

I will appreciate your comments.

I have the 330 and mounted it between the two front seats (on the counsel)

The only issue I have is that it will take a awhile to get a signal at start up. Driving seems fine and i don't lose the signal (well a few times).

I am thinking of getting the GA 27C low profile remote automobile antenna. The lowest I have seen is $60.00. I would place this on the windshield and run it back to the unit.

What's the easiest way to load specific poi's (addresses) on to my nuvi 660. I have businesses and contacts in Outlook email files that I would like to load into the GPS. I knw how to export the address information from Outlook to a file. What do I need to do or where could I find out more on how to do this?

Well, I tried to use my Flying J POI this week, but I had a problem.

Situation: Navigating to central California. The C320 wouldn't alert as I approached the Flying J location. It did alert on California Rest Stops and Starbucks locations, so long as they where directly in front of me on my line of travel. Flying J's of course are not located directly on the freeway. Neither are most Starbucks.

Has anyone considered or even tried to set up a Garmin for a golf course?

What exactly is this program for? Why would anyone need it if their GPS Unit already seems to have this info stored on the unit? THe manual for my SP c330 says the maps are protected from over writing and can not be accidentally deleted so if they can not be accidentally deleted why would one need to get this software?

I don't understand the Free Update thing. It says on Garmin's Webpage

If you purchased a locked MapSource product ON or AFTER the release date of an update, you are entitled to an unlock on the newer version of that product for free.

Ok...so I figured out how to get the files downloaded to where it looks like it should be on the nuvi, but the POI are not when I look at the Custom POI list on the unit. I am using the POI loader to get the files under the garmin/poi folder. How do i get the files to actually show up though?

I downloaded your csv files to a folder on the desktop. started the loader software, followed directions but I don't have the new data when I search "stores" and type in IKEA for instance. I only have what came with my unit?
Any ideas what I forgot?

My Garmin i3 would occasionally lose it's suction grip on the windshield. I found the problem to be more me than it. Try mounting the base by holding onto the unlocked lever ONLY (with both hands if needed). Then, very FIRMLY, push the lever toward the glass. Lock the lever while still pressing the lever very FIRMLY toward glass. You should notice more force is required to lock the lever because this method squeezes out as much air as possible resulting in greater suction.

Can you make the car on the screem smaller???

Anybody got any good tips that a newbie wouldnt know on this device???

I was wondering IF there was a way to see the latitude and longitude numbers on c330 units.

Hello, I just joined - was very excited about using traffic light POIs...

Just got a Nuvi 660, for Chistmas... been using it for the last few days.

Last night I got busy and did the software update through Garmin.com. Then found your site through their links... used POI Loader to load the traffic lights, and several other POI files.

Today, after using it for a few hours, the lighting bolt in the middle of the battery life box went away and the unit stopped charging!

I have a nuvi 660, and have been spinning my wheels trying to figure out how to show POI's on the map I'm using for my route. Example...I would like to see all the gas stations displayed on the map while I'm navigating. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks.

I'm new to the GPS arena, and recently purchased a Garmin C330. One thing I'd like to be able to do is save my current location (wherever that may be at the time) as a saved location. Is this possible? Does anyone know the procedure with this unit?

Thanks

I have just started learning about my new Nuvi 350.

On the PIO page of this site it says:
"POI files may also be converted to waypoints and used with virtually any GPS that can receive data from a computer."

What is a waypoint?

William

anyone here own a garmin i5?

i have a c530 and it is set to navigate on the fastest route. when i drive local, it dosent take the route i would take. does anyone know how it determines the route? is it speed limit or us or state roads? is there a pattern?