Garmin talk

I had an incident involving my RV890 on a recent trip to Vermont that I've never encountered before with any of my GPSr's. I navigated to the hotel where I was staying and turned the unit off for the night. When I fired it up the next morning, the GPS booted normally but couldn't acquire any satellites.

I just returned from a Spain trip. I loaded OSM European maps onto my Garmin 3597 (US version) and it worked very well. I did have to fight with it a few times to make it go on the rural routes I wanted to go on. But the route it chose was accurate, just not my preference. In the cities, it was right on. Driving in Spain is another issue.

My wife and I are ATVers. We typically ride in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but occasionally into Michigan and South Dakota. I have a Garmin Zumo XT. I do have VV Maps, which work great in MN, SD and WI. I am looking for ATV trail maps that will work on my Garmin Zumo XT.

Got an email that said due to no acitivity on my Garmin account they would cancel my account it not reactivated withing 60 days. Is his a normal procedure by Garmin?

Noticed New Timezone map was available.....

I'll wait until MAP UPDATE IS AVAILABLE!!! (WHICH IS NOT NOW --Darn it!)

My Garmin DriveSmart 5 has picked up the bad habit of frequently rebooting while I am driving. Also, the battery which was replaced one year ago, is not holding much charge. I decided to replace it with a Nuvi 2455LMT. I hate the popup messages on the Drive Series warning me about upcoming curves, and driving the wrong way.

I see with the various lists for businesses, and icon file is included. How do I add this to my BaseCamp?

TIA

OK.. as I've been wandering around the country, in several heographies I've encountered "Variable" speed limits.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/let-me-help/let-me-help-ho...

I've found them in the:

• Quantico area on I-95 in Virginia

• El Paso area on I-10 in Texas

• the boarder area of I-5 going into Oregon

I happened to notice that in my Win10 Task Scheduler I have a defined task named GarminUpdaterTask. The description is "Keeps your Garmin Software up to date".

Garmin Express 7.17.3.0 now ready to install.

Indiana rest areas are being torn down and replaced.
Because of this we changed to using love’s Truck Stops as rest areas until the rebuilding is completed.

Have yet to look. If there is a Loves POI, and if so what is your suggestions? Anything better?

Do I need to have "Here WeGo" Map app running on my phone, if I'm using Live Traffic?

My Nuvi 1490 picks up the INRIX(UK) fm signal, but the subscription list still insists that Trafficmaster is the provider, so i don't get any information. I can see from garmin's site that the traffic list should have been updated, but it hasn't been. Is there any way of forcing the list to do so?
The garmin site has a page for downloading the file, but the file isn't there.

I have a Garmin Zumo XT. It comes with Garmin TopoActive PS NA Maps preloaded on it. Garmin also offers TOPO U.S. 24K maps for sale. What does Garmin TOPO U.S. 24K maps have that Garmin TopoActive PS NA Maps doesn't have?

I have been using my Drivesmart 65 with Alexa trouble free for a couple years. I did not connect it to the Garmin Drive app during this time because I wanted to save the battery drain on my smartphone, plus I wanted all the audio to come out of the Drivesmart rather than use bluetooth to send audio to the vehicle speakers. I hate having music interrupted by the turn directions.

I am going to add another Garmin for my second car.
I am finding it impossible to see a direct comparison between the Drivesmart 71 and 76! Has anyone had both or had problems with one or the other?

The only differences I see so far is the 76 has a traffic cable. That would account for the $69 difference.

Has anybody here created or downloaded Custom Maps onto their Garmin GPS?

If so, is GPX the correct format that Garmin will accept?

This version may have fixed the fact the GE was in that Startup group of some Windows versions, in spite of "running in the background" being disabled."

I did the update, trouble free, and the running in the background was NOT checked after the installation!

User notes say the update accomplishes the following:

Fixed an issue with ANT devices not being detected.

Years ago I made a Harley Davidson short cut in the main menu (where to) of my Zumo 660 to access the harley poi. I have a new Garmin and for the life of me I can't remember how to do it, I've tried everything I can think of. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
John

This is the second year with the e-bikes that I bought for my wife and I. I have tried an old cell phone and Google Maps for bicycle trails. I really prefer the look of maps on my Garmin Zumo XT.

So, with that in mind, can anybody here recommend any free bike maps that can be downloaded onto the Garmin Zumo XT?