Garmin talk

I am considering purchase of a netbook for internet connectivity and for mapping programs when traveling.

I have used Mapsource and Mapquest to download a route I created to my Garmin Nuvi 760, but when I go to the routes button, I find no routes there. How do I download routes, or where do I find the routes I downloaded?

TIA,

Bobbo

I am trying to upload a route from mapquest to my Garmin 255W. Mapquest says it is uploaded but how can I find it on my Garmin to use. I like to customize the route a bit and Mapquest works good this way. Garmin says look in your favourites and the address is there but I looked and it wasn't.

Please help off to Florida soon and want to use a different route.

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I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced the following with their unit.

I have the 255W, and when I choose a destination and hit go, I sometimes will take a different route rather than what "Karen" is suggesting. The GPS will begin recalculating as it should every time I drive from one street to another.

Does it make any difference to the battery if it is always used plugged in to the vehicle or should you use it stand alone sometimes?

I've searched the forums and only found this problem for other models. I'm starting a thread for those experiencing this issue.

I recently bought a Nuvi 285WT from Amazon (on sale for $100). The thing works well, except that it occasionally (actually, more often than not) reboots when turned on. I've updated the firmware and am still trying to observe.

Anyone else in the same boat? Thanks.

I recently updated my 765T from map 2010.10 to 2010.40 and, since then, my unit has been rather stupid in routing. I called Garmin and basically they told ME that I didn't have a clue as to what I was talking about so I leave it to you to correct me where I'm wrong. First of all, the firmware was corrupted in version 3.90 so I backdated it to 3.60 and that solved some glitches.

I have an interesting problem I’d like to share with you guys.

I just purchased the “lifetime map update” via Amazon. I went to my Garmin account at the Garmin website and downloaded and installed CN North America NT 2010.40.

I'm a little slow since this update came out back on December 3, but since I haven't seen it mentioned here, you eTrex Legend HCx owners (and maybe other eTrex users) should check for updates with Webupdater. Without Webupdater, it can be downloaded from:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsDetails.jsp?id=37...

I recently updated my nuvi200w to 2010 maps and now my factory poi's are missing. Any ideas?. Thanks

Has anyone had a car accident or a close miss while playing around with their GPS on the road?

Happened to me a while back while I was trying to select a different voice for the GPS...I looked up and almost rammed into stalled traffic...only good brakes saved me.

Thought I would share a program I recently made. It converts tracks to routes.

http://www.minionmultimedia.com/track2route.html

I have several POI files loaded on my GPS (Garmin 260) that I no longer need or use. How do I delete them?

I started using Navteq traffic receiver withmy nuvi 765 for the last couple of months since they increased and upgraded their coverage on Toronto area.

I understand how to add a custom symbol to a custom POI. However, I would like to use custom symbols for the waypoints that I create/store in MapSource.

I know how to edit those, and they look great in MapSource. The problem is that when I download those points to my Nuvi 255, the custom symbol does not go with it.

I have read a lot of bad about the 2010.4 update, I got it and have had no problems at all. I'm almost disappointed, everything seems to work perfectly. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

HelloI know how to upload custom POI's TO the garmin unit using poi loader but is there software anywhere that will enable me to download the CUSTOM poi's FROM the gps to the pc please?

So I got my 765T around Xmas, but yesterday was the first day that I was in an area with traffic info.......So, now that it's been "activated," I'm getting the little banner ads, but the part that really sucks is that now that I'm home where I DON'T get any traffic info (I'm actually 2 hours away from any area that has traffic info coverage....), I still get the ads!!!???!! That just BLOWS!

I am planning a trip to Europe later this year and am going to use my nuvi 1490 in pedestrian mode to navigate the streets of London, Lisbon, and Brussels. My concern is the approximately three hour battery life of the nuvi.

I have been looking into external batteries like the TekCharge MP1800 http://tinyurl.com/ybq632k.