Garmin talk

 

Next exit ahead and 2011.2

While traveling on I35 today I was getting the next exit ahead on the green bar at the top of the screen. Is this new or have I just never noticed? I am usually on a route and the bar displays the next turn. No luck on next street up.

2011 Maps

I have just loaded 2011 Eastern N/America as the whole map won't fit in my 250W. When I go to maps in TOOLS it shows my original 2009 North America and Eastern N America 2011both have check marks.Now should I uncheck the 2009 or just leave it as both checked?

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The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS

Maps up to date, but getting "Maps Out Of Date" error message

I am occasionally getting an error message on my Nuvi 760 that my maps are out of date. I have the lifetime map updates and keep it updated. Is there anything I can do to stop these spurious error messages?

Thanks

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Bobbo and Linda

Garmin connect photos

They finally got the Garmin Connect Photos back on line. https://connect.garmin.com/photos

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.

does anyone own a nuvi 37xx yet?

Just curious on how the 37xx units perform. The "Ultra-thin" looks nice...

Nuvi stolen, any way to track it?

My nuvi was stolen out of my car. Any way to track it?

2011 map update on c550

I have a c550 and want to do a 2011 map update does the unit have enough room for the update. Has anyone with a c550 updated their unit

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Henry Hunter

Nuvi 3790T cons:

I got my 3790T for almost a week and been driving around with it, love the slim and the screen but there something I dislike and missing features:

The profile of the unit is so thin, that make it so delicate and easy broken.

The screen made by glass so therefor you will see lots of fingerprints residual.

Bulky FM and power cord.

Power button require lot of pressure when pressing.

7x5 chipset M hotfix

After Ii did the 2011.2 map update Ii checked Webupdater to see what was updated/not updated since old map updates required a firmware update first but this one did not. I found a Chipset M hotfix update listed. It did not say what was being updated. I took it and also got a timezone update.

Any ideas what was updated?

Cannot Find Custom POI after installing it.

I found the POI for Marriot Hotels, but it does not contain the specific hotel that I'm looking for. The hotel has been built since the POI was last updated. I am new to both my Garmin (Nuvi 225W) and writing POIs, so I am not ruling out user error. Can someone please just tell me where I'm going wrong. I'm saving an excel file as .csv, and it contains this:

A
-98.694562

B
29.468667

C

Europe (Probably a stupid question, but...)

Going to pickup a BMW 128i convertible in Munich 1 Sept. Taking my old Nuvi 260 (My 1490T is too big to fit on dash), with Europe SD maps. I don't speak German, but wondering if I should load German text?

Do I need that to be able to input addresses, attractions, etc.

Actually, will be doing Germany, Austria, Italy and France for a month. Maybe I should load all these texts?

Roy Adams

1490T want to get Route Numbers

Is there a way to get Route Numbers displayed on the screen vice the road name equivelent. Before I got the Nuvi 1490T, I was using a TomTom and it gave me the route numbers (i.e. PA Route 74) which was very nice. The Nuvi gives me Carlisle Road instead of Route 74. On any map it Route 74. I didn't even know it was called the Carlisle Road. Any ideas? Tks!

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2001.5 Dodge Ram, 2007 Montana 3400RL 5th Wheel, Garmin 1490T GPS

Question with 1490T, traffic, and routes

It is not clear to me what Garmin does with traffic info. If I have quickest route preferred, does the 1490T automatically reroute due to traffic conditions?

I was confused for a while when my new 1490T was routing me to side roads when driving down the Interstate (get off at one exit, take some side roads and get back on the Interstate).

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Garmin Nüvi 360, 1490T

icon question

I'm new to this and have a question. I downloaded a POI along with an icon. After installation, should the new icon appear under the Point of Interest icon on my Garmin or just show up on the map as you're driving? Thanks in advance for any help!

Garmin Nuvi 3790T

grin Have anyone brought used the new 3790T by garmin
If so what do you think of this unit

Lane Assist / Junction View

I just converted from a C530 to a Nuvi 1450 and am very happy with the new box. What I haven't been able to figure out yet are how the Lane Assist and Junction View functions work.
The vast majority of time when I'm merely navigating from Point A to Point B, I use one of my custom POI's. All of my custom POI's are in .csv files, so I pick the one I want and away I go.

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"No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won't make it worse."

I am looking into buying a Garmin Nuvi 1300. Need some advice

Right now, I have a Garmin 360 but I am looking to buy a Garmin 1300. Can anyone please give me some advice if I should or shouldn't buy the Garmin Nuvi 1300? Currently, Walmart sold Garmin Nuvi 1300 4.3' for $118.00
Next month I'll be travel to Texas from California so therefore I need a new Garmin, hopeful something more reliable then the one I currently have.

Thanks,

Ecoroute HD...more problems created>>>

not only did the HD unit prove to be garbage but it has now, somehow, screwed up the proper functioning of the old ecoroute "game" and gas mileage calculator.

At 45 mph I used to read 99 on the challenge...it now reads 1-5...my gas mileage used to be within about 7% it now appears to be about 25% too high...I am going to try to undo the firmware update...will report back.

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"You can't get there from here"

{Resolved} : Need help with 1490T

Could someone backup their help, text and keyboard folders to a zip folder and post a link or send through a private message? I thought I could re-download the contents of these folders via webupdater but that's not the case.

Thank-you

{Solution found}:

765T Questions

I am looking at a 765T as I want all the features it has listed, especially MP3.

Does the 765T have an earphone jack? I want to be able to patch into an RF modulator so I can route the sound through FM radio.

Also, can I llsten to MP3s while a route is being navigated? Will the spoken instructions override the MP3 when necessary?