Garmin talk

Can we use iPhone or blackberry USB chager for Garmin series GPS? I wonder if the USB charger is universal type for all kinds of handhelds like iPhone, Smartphone, Blackberry, MP4, so on. I hate to take too many power adapters and chargers with me when I travel. Man, cigarette type, wall type, laptop, Kindler reader, kill me.

A new vehicle has been posted in the Garmin Garage ... a small brown car with a dog hanging out the window

Hi,
I've been using the nuvi 755t with the latest 3.4 update. I've notice that while playing an MP3, the text to speech voice is beeing desactivated some times and i need to reboot the unit in order to reactivate TTS.

Have you experience similar problems. I remember reading something similar but was wondering if it was the same?

Has anyone successfully used any of FM Traffic receivers such as the GTM10,11 or 12 with a StreetPilot 2730.

Garmin does not show them as compatible. But they work on the model above (2820) and below (2720) of teh 2730.

The XM NavTraffic is just too darn expensive and next to worthless so I'd liek to try to get ClearChannel or NavTeq traffic on the 2730 if it is possible.

Thanks, Tim

I loaded the ohio ham repeaters , the BMP file and a mp3 file and i am not getting any alerts i have driven through several citys and towns with repeaters listed in the file . Wonder if anyone can help me out .
Loaded files below

Ohio Ham Radio Repeaters.csv

Ohio Ham Radio Repeaters.BMP

Ohio Ham Radio Repeaters.mp3

I have not been uploading large amounts of POI files on the two mentioned GPS until now.
The specifications on the two GPS does not include how many POI files you can upload.

How do I find out what the icons mean in FM Traffic?
Weather it's yellow icon with .03 delay or red with .06 delay. what does all that mean?
and we just came back from our first trip with the 265T, we went from st. louis to miami and it was great. with out it i'd still be driving.
thanks, Bob

Here is my app to take the output images from your favorite 3D program, splice them together , resize them, add alpha, then send them to an SRF to send straight to the Garmin

It's here:
http://sites.google.com/site/raptorbase/

If you have the previous GarminPNGBldr, just download GarminSRFBldr_exe.zip and replace the GarminPNGBldr.exe you have with the GarminSRFBldr.exe...

I am thinking of upgrading my garmin 750 to a garmin 265wt. Does anyone want to share your like/dislike for the 265wt?

It will help me make up my mind.

Does anybody have any predictions on when City Navigator North America NT 2010 might be available?

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I was looking at the Garmin Nuvi 885T being shown in demo mode and watched it select pre-loaded POI's by voice recognition. However, will the voice recognition work with custom POI's that are downloaded to the SD Card. Just wondered how you would get the the Custom POI directory instead of the Pre-loaded directory.

I was reading about the Garmin Oregon 500 Series With Built In Camera. I only have a Garmin StreetPilot 2730 and Garmin Mobile XT on a Pharos GPS Phone 600, but this could prove to be an interesting feature depending on the camera quality and how well this works.

I just bought a new Vista Hcx to replace my old Vista. I have a data cable with a RS232 serial port But do not have a computer with one. I was wondering if there is anyone in the Seattle area with the ability to download data from an old Etrex vista unit? I could do it manually but the toggle switch on the front doesn't always work.

I downloaded my one time free map update from garmin for a nuvi 205w.

was wondering if it is possible to also put those maps on my nuvi 200w?

can someone please advise?

thanks,
Kevin.

I mapped out a route point A to point B and then dragged a small part of the route to avoid several streets. Sent it to my 750, imported the file but when I look at the route, the changes are not there. Tried it several times but it is always the original route.

Just got the 885 T. I like it a lot more than the other two I've had. There are a few complaints though. First, there's no Manual for this Model !! There is an "800 series" Manual that isn't at all accurate for the 885 T. When I tried to register it, the response was Serial Number already used !! What's with that ??

I have a Nuvi 755T and yesterday downloaded the 2009.11 map upgrade. There must have been something wrong with the install as it kept installing over and over. during one of the installs i turned on the Nuvi and was trying to look at the maps. The map wouldn't scroll and kept moving back to home.

I am new to the GPS world, so sorry for being such a newb. I have read a lot of discussions around the custom POI topic. I have been able to get some custom POIs to work on my 260w, in that I have received the "ding" and "pop up", telling me there is a Starbucks about 300 ft away, and only on the route/street I am on (saw it before the GPS).

On the satellite page on the base of the bars indicating signal strength, I often see what looks like a "D". Can't figure out what it tries to tell me!

You would think as big as MSN is they would keep their
information upto date.To much of a delay on doplar weather and traffic which is a big one...