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Need a little advise here on my problem I am having with my 760. The other day I had moved my beanbag mount from one vehicle back to my car.

Good Morning:

Using my very elementary computing skills, I have managed to get custom POIs from the POI Factory inside (and operational) my Garmn nuvi 760. I did use the Garmin POI Loader for that task, and have a file folder of those waypoints and icons on my compter.

Just returned from a 2100 mile trip from Illinois to the vast plains of North Western Nebraska. Garmin took me where I wanted to go even when we went off the public roads and onto the "trails" of the Oglalla National Grasslands. Garmin worked flawlessly. Thanks Garmin.

I need help, I made a route in google earth, saved it, used Mapsourse to install to my nuvi, 765T, installed success, but now I can't find it. It saved as a route.I saved from google earth as a kml, converted to gpx.What did I do wrong?

so i noticed on the back of my 765t nuvi that there is a gold input near the lower right hand corner of the device, almost looks like an antenna connection; Problem is, I can't seem to locate any information about what this actually is or does. anyone have any clues?

For POI Loader(maybe others), the name of POI file and its icons and other resources have to match.
However, I notice that the names of the downloadable resources do not always match even when only one of each is provided. So, I have to examine and rename carefully.

I am grateful for the resources in any case.

Hi all,

Since the Nuvi GPS when connected to your computer, it became like another drive. You can write into it and delete from it. That meant it can possibly be infected by virus.

Do you concern about your Nuvi get infected by virus when it is connected to your computer and do you scan your Nuvi for virus once in a while?

Thanks

Is there one model of Garmin Nuvi GPS that can be used (and works well) in the car for driving and in the street for biking and on the sidewalk for walking and on trails for hiking? I will be gettng another GPS soon and want to get a model that is multi-functional.

When I attach my 765T to my computer I cannot 'safely disconnect'. I click on the task bar icon, but get a message that the unit cannot be disconnected because it is in use by another program I have closed all programs.

Anyone else having this problem?

Carol

I need some help as to how I can down load my customer base which is on excel to a gps mapping system such as MapPoint 2009 or Mapsource and then choose my daily route from the contacts and then download to the GPS for the day.
MapPoint 2009 has all the features I need for the mapping system but I am not sure how to get the route downloaded to my GPS.

Got a new 765t and it shows my home on the opposite side of the street. Has all the updates including maps. Everything else seems fine. I have a 360 and compared the two on a drive last night. Both have all the latest map and software updates. I also noticed the arrival times are about 2 minutes apart on a 10 mile drive to home and as I get closer the arrival time difference get less and less.

Hello...I have uploaded two POI files, one in .gpx format and one in .csv format. When I go to browse off the POI loader they are not to be seen. Can someone tell me where I am going wrong? Thanks.

The implementation of speed limits on my Nuvi 755T leaves quite a bit to be desired. It seems to be a visual feature only. You only know if you frequently look at the screen.

I often wish I could enable it to alert me of an upcoming speed limit change just like it would for an upcoming turn. Is there any way to do that?

Since I updated to 2010.2 I've been getting lockups about every other day. Going into the shut down screen (hold Speedometer for about 10 seconds from the Dashboard) it show RTL Trap, then the date. I haven't had time to reload 2010.2. Nuvi 760.

FYI - just ran across this URL...

http://www8.garmin.com/support/blosp.jsp

...which provides a list of unit software updates for Garmin receivers.

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if one of these views had a particular advantage, all of the time or in some situations, over another? Also, I have heard someone mention that 2d maps were more accurate, is this true? I'm interested in your opinions.

Thanks,

The 885T has an advertised battery life of "up to 4 hours". When taking it out of the charging cradle I was only getting less than an hour. I e-mailed Garmin and they sent this reply:

"The battery life is listed at 4 hours for the Nuvi 885. However, that would be 4 hours of battery life
if the unit was not being used at all, with all power consuming features turned Off."

Usability of custom POI search results would sometimes be A LOT better if we could make use of the second line of each search result item. In Garmin's search results, the second line seems to always be an address when it is present.

Try misspelling it. Better yet, try the first few letters. Let the Nuvi guess the rest.