Garmin talk

With my nuvi 755T came a "nuvi 705 quick start manual." Included with the entire package were several inserts for various accessories guides as well as a small booklet in several languages for "important safety and product information."

However, am I missing a more thorough manual? I looked completely in the box and did not find one.

I have owned Nuvi's that have the mp3 feature and was able to set up custom audio alerts. My question is, Is there anyway to have custom audio alerts on a nuvi that does not have a mp3 player built in?

Thanks

As I understand, I receive one free map update within 60 days after I first use my GPS. If I retrieve that map tomorrow and a new version appears in 30 days, then I'm screwed.

Does anyone know when the next map update from Garmin will occur? If it matters, I have a 755T. I checked my map info on the unit, and it says:

CN North America NT 2010.10

CN North America NT 2010.10.3D

I'm a brand-new GPS owner, and my Garmin 755T arrived yesterday!

Very cool in many ways, but my very first venture was quite disappointing.

I wanted to go to a photo store named Christian Photo at 6721 Douglas Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, where it's been for over 10 years (probably much longer).

A Tourguide POI file is a POI file that has the text " Tourguide" in either the name of the folder, the file, or mp3 files associated with a POI file. The advantage of Tourguide POI files over regular POI files is that alerts are circular, rather than needing to be on the road on which you are traveling to get the announcement.

I havent been on for some time now. I wasnt travelling much. Now I need my garmin. I noticed there is a new update 6.10 for 2X5(W). When I connected my unit to the computer with web updater it said version 6.10 was available. Mine is 260W not the 255 or 265. I am wondering if its Ok to do this update for my 260W
Thank you.

Looking to buy the 1490T at Costco Canada..just wanted to find out if the old bean bag mount for nuvi 660 will fit the 1490T?
Also.. Does anyone knows if the lane assist is available in Vancouver area? Thanks!

Hi,

FIRST POST EVER ON HERE:
On my Garmin 255w I have many files which I believe I will never use, such as Afrikaans__.sum;Afrikaans__.vpm and other that are not English, so to speak. Is it OK to delete ALL these files, which will free up space ?

TIA.. PJGMIG

Does any one know any software (Mac preferred but PC under emulation is fine) that will retrieve the saved favourites from device, allow editing, and exported back into the device?

Thanks in advance

Need help, When I have gone through all the steps to download an address from Goggle maps, what Folder,Icon on my 265wt will the new address appear in? I have all the plug in's from Garmin, it launches me to the Garmin web site, all is good except when I try looking for the new address.

Without going into too much details..
It wouldnt come on for a whoel day. I plugged it into USB. I put it on its craddle in the car still no power.
Next day.. tried again. no power. So did a few things here and there.. ANd put it back on cradle. 5 mins down the road, it turns on. WOW nice heh??

I currently have a Nuvi 680 and have been considering buying the Nuvi 1690 now that most of the bugs have been worked out. I noticed the 1690 uses the mini-SD card. Does the 1690 allow you to put your POI's (from here of course)onto the SD card and not use up intenal memory. Also, how big of card does the 1690 support? Thanks for your help.

I put a adress in my Nuvi 765t and it place me at an adress on the other side of town. The address was correct but the zip code was different. When inputting the adress I wasn't given the option of what zip to have (we have 2 zip codes in my town). Is there a way of changing the bogus zip code (I couldn't find a way)?

Has anyone used the CityXplorer add-on maps with the Enhanced Pedestrian mode? If so, what was your experience? Do you recommend adding the maps or not?

When I run POI Loader to load custom POI's to my nuvi 1690, the coordinates and name come over fine, but the address doesn't show up.

I tried using Extra POI Editor to create a gpx file, and the addresses don't come over either.

Does the 1690 require a different file format for POI imports?

On My 255w I am still a newbie, will admit that for now. If I go into a custom POIN for say Wendy's, it shows the list of Restaurants with mileage. For example, it may say 18 miles. Then if I click on it, the little route info box pops up and says 22.4 miles. Is the box actually adding the mileage and the other is estimating? What's the deal.

What is the file extension, and where are the files stored? I want to back them up off the unit, as I don't need them.

The default POI icons are a bit sparse, and I'd like to be able to add some that can be selected for any POI. Is this possible?

I'm reading the traffic discussions and see a lot of different opinions on traffic data. Some folks find it great and others thing it's often out of date or not very accurate. So I thought: Why not just start a thread where folks to list their home city and give others and idea of how good the traffic data is. Like a mini-review of traffic data but city-specific.