Garmin talk

I can't find the recent thread discussing what GPS to buy, so here's a new thread.
EBay has a complete DriveLuxe 51 [magmount and power cable] available for $38.25 plus $7.99 shipping from Georgia, the US state, not the country
Established Seller with good feedback. Seller states "Tested and works good. Screen is in amazing shape. Some minor marks on the back."

If you're on Windows and "successfully" installed Garmin Express but nothing happened when you tried to open it, refer to this post:
https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mac-windows-software...

Garmin Express is dependent on an updated C++ 32 bit (x86) even if you're on 64 bit Windows.

Driving on 4-5 lane expressway:
“Caution!”
“Reports of something in the road 5 miles ahead”

That is something I’ve never heard before!

We eventually came across a metal or plastic garbage container spinning around 3 lanes to my left, and, a round (Metal?) lid rolling left to right across the highway.

I noticed an issue with my Garmin DriveSmart 65 With Amazon Alexa this past Sunday. I was using it to plan a route to a bike shop. When I back to my vehicle a matter of minutes later, all of my Saved POIs had vanished. The Recently Found locations contained a mix of a few places that I had traveled to, but many locations that I had never knowingly saved!

I have a BC 30 backup camera for my garmin GPS. The camera has gotten wet inside and is all blurry. This has happened before as this is my second camera. I need to replace the camera only. They discontinued this camera and nothing else works with my GPS. I'm thinking of a generic camera off Amazon. I know the connector won't be the same as the BC 30 has a single connector with 4 wires in it.

My wife and I are buying an RV. I am starting to give some thought to navigation when we travel with that. I know that th ere is a Garmin RV series. One of the features that most interests me is the ability to customize a route based on the vehicle dimensions. For anybody here that uses a Garmin RV, how well does it work out for you?

I have a new Garmin DriveSmart 76 to replace an old Nuvi. I also use my Pixel 7a with my car's Android CarPlay system with Android Auto.

I haven't set up Garmin Drive as I wasn't sure using the DriveSmart 76 with Garmin Drive would pre-empt use of my Pixel with my car's Android CarPlay system. With my Nuvi, it was one or the other but not both.

Any thoughts appreciated!

Can anyone point me to a list of map display features for the newer Garmins?
Specifically I'm looking for ones that have the ability to show custom pois while on the live map display, and any flexibility for choosing sets of pois to display.

I joined this forum many years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Garmin community here. I remember saying that I could never see myself ever doing without my Garmin, initially a Nuvi 1310, then a 1490 and now a Drivesmart, but the time has come with 2 cars in the family that have infotainment systems that run Google maps to put my Garmins out to pasture.

One of the features that some older Garmin Nuvis had that I miss is the world clock. It would show the current time in hours, minutes, and seconds. Plus, you could easily select other time zones. My current Garmins show the current time, but do not display the seconds.

What features do you miss from older Garmins?

Hello everyone!

Updated Nuvi 68 to 2025.20 and got the large JCV file (D9673050A.jcv).

Unit connects fine to the PC in Mass Storage mode. File is in .SystemJCVD9673050A.jcv

Now, after simulating some travels, I don't seem to get any large junction views as I did previously. All the highway exits nearby used to pop them up, but I don't see them now.

So I was thinking about how long it's been since Garmin released an update for their Drive Series. It used to be every year and now it appears to be several years between releases. With the use of Google Maps, Waze, etc. along with Car Play and Android Auto, it's no surprise as mentioned in this thread:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/54166

I'm at my wits end. No matter what I try in 2 different laptops with 3 USB ports each my Garmin 2797 is not recognized. It does not show in "File Explorer" or in "Computer Management". The 2797 is set for "MTP". I have tried every USB-A to micro USB cable I have including one with a Garmin sticker on it. I have tried each cable connected to the GPS even by shutting down and rebooting.

On my nuvi 1450 after updating the maps to the latest ones. It will say "The following map data is more than a year old and should be updated" and then it shows "CN North America NT 2025.20" underneath that and a long to purchase map updates which I already have a lifetime subscription for.

Any ideas why it has started doing this now?

Thanks

After a couple of hours of driving, the RV890 has always displayed a "Need a Break" screen with nearby businesses listed. Selecting one will create a route to it. This is an option though, and it can be disabled in the settings menu.

Version 7.24.0.0 has become available as of this morning. Take note that on the Garmin forums some individuals are prompted that to install you should open the existing version as "Run as Administrator". That was not the case for me.

Checking the Task schedule Library seems to indicate the task to run GarminUpdaterTask at 2 AM every day was reset back to "Ready" status.

It seems there have been no new posts for 9 days, I wonder what the longest duration of "nothing new" has been. Obviously Garmin GPS devices are now so good they don't have problems that need fixing, or folk are just not using them.(Likely the later)

Sadly I can see the end of this forum in the near future.

I made an out of town trip last weekend and heard the sound file for the upcoming rest stop!! I had installed the POI file weeks back on recommendation of a user here.

Whoever made that file has a great sense of humor. A couple flute notes and the sound of water gushing. LOL

Has anyone checked the gmapprom.img file after updating? I have and it still has the last img file from March of this year in the .system file, checked the properties of the file with the same result, yet the unit itself tells me the map is now at 2025.20.

Catamount Drive off US 276 in NC:

A Cow Pasture mud trail masquerading as a paved road….

Has Been Removed! Now a gravel road!

They even removed the connection to the road on other side of the corral!