Garmin talk

I am a new Garmin (Nuvi 765T) owner. I found the POI Factory website (it's great). I downloaded "24 hour pharmacies - Cincinnati Area" but I can't find any on my Garmin. I assume they are there because the "POI Loader" told me they were installed. How do I check or find what POI's I loaded and if they are really on my Garmin and available to me.

Thanks for any help you can give this rookie.

I got the 765T for $280 from Costco.
I tried to keep my patience with the Bluetooth feature, but when it disconnected the bluetooth device during a call to my wife and she got mad because she thought I'd hung up on her, well, that 765T almost went out the window while on the highway.

I've just gotten the replacement for the Nuvi 265WT that died a couple days ago; I've updated the firmware, registered the unit and am attempting to update to the latest map, 2010.30. I downloaded the Garmin Communicator addon for Firefox, agreed to the EULA, and authorized the download. The website presented me with a product key and 2 files: prodkey.bin and prodkeyNA.bin.

A year and a half ago $300 was the price barrier to be broken, for getting a full-featured Garmin ($299 for nuvi 660). Now the 780 is selling for $168. GPS is becoming like smartphones, everybody's (50%) got one.

Maybe Garmin will be like RIM and keep on chuggin'!

The update reported by myDashboard for the 7x5 series dated 12/17/2009 is actually a Translation Files update and NOT a firmware update. myDashboard will state "updating firmware" when even non-firmware updates are found.

Simply use WebUpdater for your updating to correctly identify any updates made to your unit.

http://www8.garmin.com/products/webupdater/howtoinstall.jsp

I've been watching the Nuvi 755T using pricespider.com and have seen its price steadily drop over the past few months.

I'm still waiting before I make my purchase, but it just dropped below $200 on Amazon: $198.74 with free shipping as of this morning.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001ELJERE

Some of their vendors have it for even less.

I'm a newbie with a Garmin Nuvi 265wt. I have tried downloading some of the custom POIs on this site & have also experimented with creating my own custom POIs. I have built CSV files and also GPX files (using EasyGPS) and used POI Loader to put them on the Nuvi 265wt. They load OK, but only the first 3 columns from the CSV file show (the coordinates and the label).

Installed on my drive to work is a traffic speed camera. The only thing I am trying to do is create a POI for this location so that my Garmin Nuvi 205W will notify me when I approach the camera. I have the poiloader from garmin, and have created poi's but nothing has shown up on my gps screen or has it ever alerted me. Is there a poi shell where I can plug-in the coordinates and use?

Hello,

I found a couple on the Garmin site, but have been trying to find some more good voices for my Garmin Nuvi 765wt. Thank you in advance for your information.

Pretty good deal today 12/16/09 - $79.99 for Garmin nüMaps Lifetime North America Map Updates.

Includes free shipping and no tax for most folks.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-n%C3%BCMaps-Lifetime-America-Up...

My 765t is sitting under the tree.

I've been looking over some of the POI files and I'm confused as to which format to download.

If I understand correctly the 765 can use either csv or gpx. Is that correct?

If so, which would be the better choice?

Usint WebUpdater, I just now hooked up my 765t. I have as a option, a update called "GPS Chipset Type M". I googled for it. There is some info on it, but doesnt really address whether it will help my unit or not, or what it will do. Has anyone here got the update, if so, did you have any problems or improvements? I kinda feel like if it isnt broke, dont fix it.

Any such beast exist? I'm thinking about something that would keep hands-free while walking down city streets. Needing to have the antenna flipped up for the unit to function is a complication, of course.

I was thinking maybe a neck strap, or something for the arm--sort of like an iPod armstrap:
http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/belkinar...
though wrist-based would probably be better.

Hello:
I have a garmin 265WT and downloaded the rest area files and placed them on the garmin. Now for the dumb question. Is the file suppose to inform me of the next road side rest while traveling. I made a trip from South Caroline to Detroit and never heard any mention of a rest area the whole trip. I am new at this so please be easy on me. Thanks in advance

I am thinking of purchasing a lifetime subscription to either Premium Traffic Subscription by Navteq – North America or Premium Traffic Subscription by Clear Channel – North America
Witch should I by.Is one better than the other or are they the same

Thanks

Ron

Just connected my nuvi 760 to Garmin an I receive an unidentified firmware update. I downloaded 4.90 a week after it came out and Garmin verified it as it was listed along with 2010.30 maps. It just showed that I had an update, it was not voices or anything like that. Anyone else get that or know what it was?

Do you have a Nuvi 1490t and do you have problems typing on the keyboard. I have problems with several keys but the letter "A" seems the worst. I have tried touching the "A" key with every part of my index finger and most of the time it won't take.
Any ideas?

A buddy of mine has been looking for a gps.
He was talking about a few others..but I convinced him to go with a garmin.

Got a call from him while he was at Fry's..they wanted 349 for the 765t. (He said he had to call his gadget consultant.. )
I told em NO!! Tiger direct has it for 209. Price match it!
They said they would...but no 'manager' to 'approve it'.

I've read a lot about the touchscreen issues with the 765 since I was considering this model for a few weeks, and I purchased one yesterday evening. I've already noticed the issue when keying an address. I went to press the top right and it pressed something two keys down.