Garmin talk

I make a certain trip several times annually. The Garmin always trys to route me a certain way, mainly major interstate. However, if I perfer to take a known alternate rout, mainly a four lane highway, that is both shorter and takes less time.

Hi guys ... I need some help to understand the quarks that are present when we use the Trip Planner (2555LMT) to plan a route.

Can anyone tell me how to find what map version is loaded? I've tried every Icon that comes up, including the "about", but I can't tell what version I have, and if I should update? Thanks, Bob

It's either 2013.30 or 2013.40, but I can't tell if the update worked.

Does anyone know if Garmin releases updates for the dezl truck line at the same time as the automotive line? The 2013.40 maps have been out for a week now for the Nuvi line and yet my Dezl still says maps are up to date despite the fact that it has City Navigator North America NT 2013.30 Truck - Map+HT+PA+P, Oct 12 installed. Anyone else have a 560 or a 760 like me?

Well it happened. I was rebuilding my daily driver, and when it came time to install my old Garmin software, I would get the error "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this program." After much Internet search, I found the solution.

I'm somewhat surprised to learn that no POI has been created for School Zones in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area.

I found one POI but it only has about 100 schools for a population of about 7.5 million people with many dozens of suburb cities that are medium size cities themselves. The file has not been updated or added to in a long time. Am I missing something?

is there a way to add the 3d buildings and the Topography from my 3590LM to my Dezl 760?

Just got off the phone with Garmin tech support. I was updating my 2 Garmin devices with the new Garmin Express. It seems that everytime I update a map Garmin has come up with a "new and improved" method to update your maps. With this new Garmin Express there is no longer a way to update your maps on your computer. INSANE!

Have done a 'reset' onm my Garmin Nuvi 3790t.
Loaded POI's: red light cameras
speed cameras
National Parks
State Parks
Rest Stops
Have just, and still am, travelled over 2000 miles from Minnespota to Flordia and NOT ONE POI has activated!!!
???
HELP
Jim

I thought it was possible to put the keyboard on the 3790 into QWERTY layout but I am not given this option. Anyone know anything about this?

Anyone have any insight into whether Garmin will go to USB 3.0 in the near future? The extra speed that would come with map update installs would be nice, and this spec would seem to be a selling point for anyone who is already in the market for a new GPS unit (don't know that I'd upgrade "only" to obtain USB 3.0 support).

Thanks.

I'm using a 1490T. I have thousands of waypoints in many files. I like to distinguish between them by using the variety of icons available in Mapquest. I have not found a 5" screen with LMT Which allows that. Am I missing something? BTW, I'm ready to throw in the towel on the 1490.

Thanks in advance.

i recently purchased the dezl 560LMT looking through the various things and truckdown was one.. i updated the map and now the truckdown database doesnt show up when i click on Where To.. any ideas on how to fix this

I have a MacBook Pro using the latest version of BaseCamp for Mac. How do I get 2013.4 for use w/ BaseCamp?

Thanks!

Greetings fellow GPSers!

I want to get a MicroSD card for my Nuvi 40, so that I can try out OpenStreetMap and some of the POI files on this site. I'd rather only have the official Garmin stuff on the internal memory, and any 3rd party stuff on a separate expansion memory card.

I have a Nuvi 765t and generally do not find the traffic receiver helpful. It seems to register the traffic when I am stuck in it. Too late to do anything. I have a question though. When I am in traffic and the traffic icon displays yellow :02, what does that mean.

First let me purpose or suggest that with each new map update, we the community start a new forum topic just for that new installment of the map?

For Example:

2013.40 Issues and Answers:
This forum would address all the known issues of map update 2013.40 and attempt to provide a common sense answer to the known problem?

Why?...

This latest Map download resides on the SD memory card, instead of the Nuvi 660 drive. (It wouldn't have fit otherwise)
My gut feeling tells me that the Garmin boots faster with Maps on SD card than it did when maps resided on the Garmin drive....

I used a Mode 4 card....

Has anyone else noticed this ?

Also a word of warning....

GPS Model: Nuvi 855

Several times a year I travel to play golf. I always program my routes on the computer and then transfer the Waypoints/Routes to the GPS via USB.

Bear with me....

I posted this in the map update thread, but thought it might deserve it's own thread: