Garmin talk

What does the redlight display look like on the nuvi 255W
I hear the alert and I see the BMP but I do not see anything else like flashing or change in display color.

Thank you

I've got a Garmin 205W and I'm looking for a good Sun Shade /Visor for it. The sun is a problem when I use my GPS on my motorcycle. Does anyone make a sun shade and if yes, what is the best one?

BIG thanks
Michael

I have just upgraded from my faithful SP C530. So
far so good

One thing I noticed, when not navigating on a route,
(i.e. Just using view map) the old SP would toggle
between what road you were on and the upcoming street.

It seems the Nuvi 255W does not seem to do this anymore,
it just shows currently what street you are on.

Has anyone noticed this on other newer Nuvi Models ?

i have a nuvi 255w capable of receiving msn traffic & weather, if i purchase the receiver that plugs in to unit ,i was wondering if msn is good,and if there are any good web sites to purchase the receiver from.thanks for your help.

If I turn on the GPS simulator and simulate travelling a route to some destination is there a way to speed up the process?

is there a way to extract a whole category of poi's from mapsource to waypoints so i can make a custom poi file. it is an attractions category that i am trying to export

When leaving Norfolk,Va. airport POI ORF going to Kitty Hawk
The unit found the satellites four bars,accuracy 44ft.
Knew where it was and how far it was to Kitty Hawk
But it did not know where the car was on the road
It kept saying recalculation and to turn on streets that were not there.

Turned it off, ask directions and continued trip.

Ifse - Yes I followed the sequence you listed and got the message "no matches found".

thanks to all who responded. will continue "working" on it and will let you know if it ever works.

John

Just a heads-up to MSN Direct subscribers using receiver GDB 50. I noticed my MSN Direct hung up for a couple of days giving me no service even though the subscription status screen said 'subsciption active', battery indicator 'full', and it displayed 2 of 3 green signal level bars.

I updated my maps on my 765t a couple weeks ago. It came with Mapsource. Mapsource showed great streetlevel detail on my desktop computer. I took the same 2.2 gig executable and ran it on my laptop. I ran Mapsource on the laptop, but on it there is no street level detail on the laptop. I can create maps from city to city, but not from any particular street in that city. HELP!

Hello...I got this GPS about two weeks ago and loaded the latest mapping software (City Navigator North America NT 2010.20) and it tends to direct me across city streets instead of via the quickest route, over the freeway. My other Garmin, a four year old Quest with City Select North America V6 does not do this. I have it set for "fastest" in the settings menu.

In addition to MIX-IT2, what other options are out there to hook up my radar detector and Zumo for the Inputs and my ear buds for the output? I've been using MIX-IT2 for about a year. The connecctions seem to come loose and static comes and goes whenever I ride off-road or on bumpy surfaces.

Thanks!

I have a NUVI 350 and have installed custom POI's from this site. When I have used the menu items for Food, and recreation on the NUVI, I get no matches found.

Does the use of custom POI's replace the Garmin installed ones?

Clarification would be appreciated.

John

Lately, I have been having trouble acquiring full satellite signal on my Garmin Nuvi 255 and my wife's Nuvi 255W. This is on a clear day, out in a field, anywhere. Sometimes, whilst driving, my car icon "drifts" off the road and if in an urban area, onto another road. This is getting quite annoying, especially when the "other" street is a one-way. I have the latest firmware.

When looking at the properties of a Waypoint when Garmin speaks does it announce the text in the "Name" box or the text in the "Comment" box

What causes my 250W to flash all kinds of jumble before it settles down to proper route,takes about 1-2 seconds?

Garmin 265wt question

I know for an ordinary POI file alert you must be on the actual road the POI is on even if you manually set distance to a large number like 15000 feet in POI Loader.

Hi all, just want to find out if the lane assist and junction view function on Garmin 765T works in my area? I live in Vancouver BC area. Thanks!

I installed a gpx file with mp3s. I have since deleted it, but still when I browse the mp3 files, the old gpx associated mp3 files show up, first on the list of mp3s.
Mp3 folder is empty, current.gpx only has three locations, and is the only .gpx file on the unit, Poi.gpi is empty. How do I flush that junk out of the memory?

I was wondering how your Garmmin handles divided roads where you travel. Does it navigate so that your final turn is always a right turn? I need to try a few addresses near where I live to see how it handles situations where an address is on the wrong side of the street to make a turn.