Garmin talk

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My girlfriend has a Garmin Nuvi 206 (I think) and I wanted to get one for myself. I'm willing to spend up to $300 on a new unit. What does everyone think is the best Garmin GPS unit?

Thanks

Hey guys... I'm pretty good with technology, computers, etc., but new to the GPS arena, so I have a couple questions I was hoping you fellas could help me with:

1. How up-to-date would the POI's expected to be in the latest map update North America 2010 NT?

Hi there,

This might be a complete newbie question but here it goes (had a search on this forum but alas, nothing could be found to resolve my issue) :

- I've download the Burgerking and the In & Out POI's for the States, as a test
- copied the BK.csv to d:\poifactory\bk and the InO.csv to d:\poifactory\ino.csv

It appears there are problems with traffic subscriptions coming from Garmin. If you have activated a subscription recently, you may only get three months instead of a full year, or you may get 15 minutes instead of a lifetime.

There is currently a problem with the MSN receivers models GDB 50 and GDB 55. From Garmin:

I am very new to these forums and GPS' in general, though I am an IT consultant who puts 25,000 miles (80% business) on my car each year. Ergo, the technology of my Garmin is pretty clear, just not all of the GPS concepts.

If this is in the wrong place, my apologies. Let me know what (if anything) I need to do to get this question put in the right place.

Should of gotten the 265WT. This screen is too small to identify upcoming street names. And I dont like the fact that you can use the voice files to anounce the custom POI's unless someone know how to do it....but the "biong" is really anoying.

I have a garmin nuvi 260W. The other day I clicked on the map update icon on the garmin website. My garmin was plugged into my computer with a USB cable and when I unplugged my USB cable my garmin read "No detailed maps found that support routing. The nuvi cannot be used without them." I can get by this screen by holding my finger on the screen.

Got an email from Staple's. Through April 18, they have the Garmin Nuvi 850 for sale at $399.99. Online sale only.

Here's the link:

http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/StaplesProductDisplay...

Hi,

It doesn't appear that the StreetPilot 2610 GPS can use POI files. At least I don't see support for them. Am I missing something?

Jim

If anyone has a digital recorder with a line input and satilite TV service, you could record a lot of music and put it on your GPS, using the SD card. many Mp3 players have a record function with a line input and variable record bit rates that would be perfect. One could then connect the mp3 player to the PC and transfer it to the SD card in the GPS.

anyone had any expierence with removing a dash disk, any tips ?

With City Navigator 2010 North America now available, does that mean that we are likely to see it available soon on a Garmin Mobile XT micro SD Card? Maybe even with TTS (Test To Speech)?

This idea came about after downloading the RedLight and Speed camera files...
They all work, but I notice on the Redlight and Speed camera files, when seen by POI loader, automatically have Feet distances programmed into them....

So I opened up the Redlight and Speed cam files in Excel, but cannot find anything in them that would seem to point to this setting....

I've been using this wonderful website for several months now and it's great. I have a Garmin 260 that I plan to give to my daughter. I think I'll replace it with a Garmin 255W. Question... with a 255W will I be able to install custom POI's and sound and speed alerts? Would you consider moving from a 260 to a 255 an upgrade?
Thanks

Ok guys... got my 755T in the mail earlier this week, finally took it out of the box and hooked it up in the car friday night after work...programmed it to take me home and it was spot on... absolutely perfect... but I have a couple of questions. When I first turned it on I got a message window saying the "traffic software" needed to be updated...

My 255W doesn't announce street names any more. Does it have to be on a certain zoom level?
Thanks,

Before getting to question, hopefully Motorcycle Mama will read this. My apologies for not thanking you for your help on 2/22. Your response answered my question. Just tried it today and works perfectly.

Now to my question of the day: