Garmin talk

My NuviCam BT issues were finally resolved by Garmin about year ago but looks like it broken again. It could be new Apple IOS causing issues. It is not consistent anymore. Secondly, it does not allow me to connect BLE only anymore. I have to connect BT as well. Before I used to use BLE only for traffic and weather. I don't use BT for Phone etc.

Finally was in an area with significant traffic. Smartphone link app on phone showed connected to Garmin. Icon for connection showed on the Garmin. The traffic info received was very generic, such as Accident on I10. No east/west bound, no mile marker etc. Not very useful IMO. Do I have some setting wrong or am I just expecting too much?

I have 4 Garmins and updating them all takes some time. Is there a way to either, download the map file and have it installed through Garmin Express or have Express do it through a setting that I don't see?

Thank you all, I've got to learn to use BaseCamp. I've tried to but when I export it to device, I can't find it. I have 3 Nuvi's and one Drive GPS

I have questioned if the BC 40 gives a “Low Battery” message before the batteries are completely dead and never gotten an answer, even from Garmin. The BC 40 gave me that answer today when a “Low Battery” message appeared at the top of the DriveSmart 65 screen.

After updating to the new map and installing the Nuvi in the car, I noticed that I was not receiving any sound. I removed the GPS from the mount and got sound from the Nuvi. Upon reinstalling it, again, no sound. I did this a couple more times with the same result. I removed the Nuvi once again and rubbed my fingers over the pins on the mount, reinstalled the Nuvi and guess what?

On way to vacation in FLA We had trips to and from Disney Parks from our rental house, and we encountered a strange issue....

Large JCV File D3060320A.JCV (829.1 MB) for Garmin CN North America 2021.10 Map Update. The file is in the native unzipped state and no password is needed.

https://mega.nz/#!nw4GwS6D!XinqBHEwcZOiwtKYeN5hVwT5bEGrik-nmkqml-fDDVo

Is this the new update? Garmin says it is.
Several other updates that don't pertain to me.

I'm downloading 2021.10 right now.

For those of you familiar, Foursquare is similar to Yelp and Google in terms of POIs, but it's ridiculously inferior in every way. Much of the POIs are three or more years old, often extinct. Surely Garmin can use Nokia (HERE) Maps POIs instead or another source?

Is it possible to just load these cameras for just a few states in your vicinity instead of all 50 states when downloading from POI factory.
(IF ITS NOT COMPLICATED)
THANKS

Unfortunately formatting my sd card in the device caused my Garmin 2797 internal drive to be wiped. I was able to restore many files to the point that GRMIN express can load the latest maps. The installed files came from Garmin 3790 which is quite different.

In Windows file manager, the maps are shown as installed, however are not operating in the machine.

I recently bought Garmin's Topo US 24K pre-programmed data card northeast version. I installed it in the usual way in the mini SD card slot behind the batteries on my Oregon 650. After booting, the Oregon will not recognize the map. It is not listed when going to "Settings", "Map", "Configure Maps". I have other Garmin 24K map products which work normally on the Oregon.

I ran across a situation recently with my DriveLuxe 51 where the DriveLuxe would not automatically pair with my Android smartphone. It has always worked perfectly for me, but this problem started a few days ago after I installed the updated Timezone and Traffic Provider files on the DriveLuxe.

If battery is dead in my garmin 50 will it keep working plugged into lighter socket

I see that there is a DriveLuxe 51 with some extras on eBay right now as an auction with optional Buy It Now. The Seller looks to be a good one. Given the rarity of these being offered now, I offer this info to whoever may be interested.

It would appear the 2020.30 is out!

My PC just got a clean install of Windows 10 plus all the Garmin software. The settings in Garmin Express were done the same way suggested by members, including: "Automatically download device updates (radio button) Never."

This post will hopefully stimulate some discussion on the current Garmin method of updating maps several times a year. Does anybody here think that they might eventually move to a system that updates either live, daily or weekly? It would be interesting to know what percentage of Garmin users even update their maps. I strongly suspect that some people never update them!

MANY years ago, there was some software that helped make changes to the TTS Voice files. I changed "Recalculating" to "We are so lost." In some update, the file reverted to factory text. Wanted to change this again but all of the old links are broken.

Anyone have alternatives?