Garmin talk

I saved a location on my 255w. I thought I would be able to go back and get lat and long from the saved location, but can't find a way to do it.

What tool am I not using?

thanks.

HELP new to this and only have very basic knowledge. Downloaded the poi updater from garmin to my laptop, when I try to install it says ok.....but it does not open the intaller.....what am I doing wrong

I recently upgraded to NuMaps Onetime North America City Navigator 2010. I have a Streetpilot 2720, and using Vista 64 bit. I downloaded the Passport.CSV file. Then I used the POI loader to convert it to Mapsource. It tells me the file has been converted, but I can't find it. Has anyone had any success converting these files with the new versions of Mapsource?

I installed a custom POI file on my nuvi 855. Then I installed another. THEN I learned I could categorize the custom POI files using subfolders, so I cleared the entire contents of the device's POI folder and started again. But now I can not load any Custom POIs.... the POI Loader reports they are loaded, but under Extras > custom POIs, the device reports there are no custom POIs loaded.

I've got a 265WT, and for some reason it's showing congestion (roads shown in read) where there is none. This has gone on for weeks now without clearing up on its own.

Has anyone else seen this? Any resolution for the problem?

Thanks!
-Larry

simple question, i am used to search a destination by zip code in Canada and it works relatively well. I've never found how to do it as soon as I go in the US, I just don't find the same search option.

could you let me know if you found it and how to search by zip code in the Us.

thanks,

Ebay has the 885t as the deal of the day today for $399.

It is being sold through Beach Camera which I have found to be a very reliable seller.

It's a full $100 less than the amazon.com price.

Anybody have any difficulty updating your maps via the web without calling customer service? You are supposed to get a free update within 60 days if there is a newer mapset available.

A Garmin employee emailed me "we had a technical issue with the online registration process for the nüMaps Guarantee that was specific to the nüvi 855. We are in the process of resolving that issue."

I am using a nuvi 885t with blackberry 8900, the contacts in listed as "last first".
Anybody know a solution to show as "first last" or "last, first"?

Thanks,

Anthony

What would you consider the most useful Garmin for everyday use with out all the whistles and bells. text to speech where am I,(bluetooth not needed).wide screen.

at first i thought i had done something, but last night as i was driving and using it to coem home.. it shut off byitsel once again and it took awhile for me to turn it on...

anybody else had that experience?
is there some type of 'sleep' mode that im missing??

and why does it turn off in the time i needed it!

I bought a Nuvi 760 at the end of Dec 2008. It came with a 3 month trial subscription to traffic report. The trial period ended in March 2009. Traffic report stopped working as expected and I didn't renew it.

Now that I have a Garmin Nuvi 500 and have a 4 gHz micro SDHC card on order, I am wondering if there is any way to estimate the number of POI files that I can add. I realize that it is going to be just an approximation, of course, but I have a lot of POIs on my Garmin StreetPilot 2730 and I am hoping to add as many, or more, on the Nuvi 500 as I have on the 2730.

Why is it that I dont get an alert when I am driving by Wal-Mart and Shoprite? I have those POI on my 260W. I checked for the proximity alert box but its not on my Nuvi Setting menu.

I have downloaded the City Navigator NT 2010 maps to my computer on the c: drive and then moved it to a external hard drive. Once I run the program on the external it wants to use my c: drive for the files. My c: drive is full, so it will not let me do the install. I moved and opened the file on my external drive because I knew that my c: drive was full.

A colleague just bought a new Nuvi 760. Beautiful GPS!!!

I offered to help her download and install POI from the POI Factory.

All went well, but when we were done when we went to the main screen to navigate, the maps refused to draw. The navigation screen had everything else but no maps!

Real bummer for brand new user to Garmin.

Ever since Garmin switched screens to the new black ones, they seem to be fingerprint magnets. I didn't seem to have this problem with the 350/650 Nuvis.

I tried iClean by Monster and it works very well to keep the screen clear of fingerprints. I also use it on my laptop, lcd screen and lcd tv. The spray leaves a slick surface to the screens and keeps them cleaner longer.

Sorry if this has been covered before. I just received a MapSource DVD from Garmin for free. I've installed MapSource and CNNA NT 2009 that comes with it. I'd like to know what is the latest 2009 version. Please note that I know CNNA NT 2010 released in April 2009 is newer.

MapSource Help - About MapSource - Product Info shows that the map is CNNA NT 2009, Data Version 10.00

Just created a few routes using the line tool (not road) in MyMaps. I plan to transfer it to a nuvi via TakItWithMe when I purchase one in July.

Would the nuvi calculate appropriate routes based on the points?

I bought a Garmin 255W. How can I get the coordinates from a location stored in my Favorites file to give to a friend who wants to go there too.