Garmin talk

Hey Folks!

I was uploading some new POI files to my Nuvi 350 and it turns out that I accidently deleted all the pre loaded POI files, IE the ones that came shipped on the unit. Any idea how to get them back? I dont have access to the CD's that came with the unit. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jason

Hi, folks. Just joined POI Factory today. I got a new Garmin nüvi 760 a little over a week ago and really like the device. It's my first GPS unit, and I got it primarily for my wife who gets lost easily in unfamiliar places.

I use my nuvi 760 in my car and it is always in the cradle and plugged into power. When I take it out it says the battery is low.

I took it into the house today and charged it a few times for many hours using my AC adapter and now the battery says it is about 3/4 charged.

Has anyone had a similar problem? I will probably call tech support next week to see what they say.

I have a 265wt Nuvi with lifetime traffic how ever it has stopped working i have contacted Garmin and they have replied to update firm ware which is up to date also i live in the Toronto Canada area with has the traffic area coverage but it does not want to work has anyone else had this problem if so would like to here

Golly, I love my Garmin 350,but I think I want a newer model.So I bought a Garmin 255.Nice unit,but...
What units' plug the pwr cord into the cradle? ie 350.
The 255 pwr cable plugs into the unit not the cradle.
I like the pwr cord to cradle better. Note, I leave the cradle attached to my dash all the time and just remove the unit from the cradle to hide/not use it.
Fuzzy

Greetings,

When using the Garmin 200W and attempting to import POI files, they are not seen by the Loader. I.e., the appropriate files (*.CSV) are visible in Browse but are grayed out. System is a Mac PPC, OS-X 10.4.11.

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

LGLDSR

219 MB of memory space on my nuvi 760 is occupied by voices I have no need for, but since I might want to sell the unit someday I don't intend to delete them.

Is there any harm in relocating them off the nuvi in the meantime?

im not really big into the stocks or movies times (thats cool, but ur supposed to know what you want to watch before you get in the car)

but im asking the most important-- which provides better traffic between the two??

ill be asking a lot of 'stupid' questions within the next few days because i believe im getting near my choice.. i appreciate your help fellas.

i just thought about this..

what if the garmin unit actually PROMPTS an "authenticating password" every lets say.. 6 or so months? it asks you certain security questions that only the owner would know. or maybe some code gets emailed to the owner and that needs to be typed in the garmin so that it can be 'activated'.

i know the dealio now are the nuvi 800 models with their voice recognition blah blah. anyone know some type of timeline as to when prices get low?
im really looking into the 700 models. the 800 stuff seem kinda lonely to actually TALK to the thing (just me).. but its not like i drive a super car either (i drive a freakn corolla)...

One thing that I find annoying with my nuvi 350 is that instead of reading out the actual street names, it reads out the county route numbers.
Granted, these streets are county routes, it's confusing because most street signs don't mention this number.
Is there any way to change the settings so that it uses the street names instead?

I have a NUVI 760.
I just did my very first POI download/install. It was the Red Light/Speed camera ones. That leads to these questions which I hope you more experienced guys can answer:
1. There must be a limit as to how many POI's you can add. The Red Light/Speed camera ones totaled approximately 3,300 POI's. Am I approaching the limit?

Just got this email from Staples.

Presidents Day sale at Staples. Sunday, 2/15

Garmin® Nuvi™ 255W Portable GPS
$199.99 Reg. price $279.99
Item no. 751450

Online sale at staples.com

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING AN ACTIVE USER AND A GENERAL MAINTAINER? I AM CONFUSED
THANKS IN ADVANCE

Garmin Colorado 300 Bilingual Handheld GPS Navigator

Feb Fir the 13th

$249.99 50% off

I finally figured out how to do this. I'm not going to give detailed instructions but only enough information such that an advanced user should be able to figure out how to do this on their own.

Go to this site:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4105

View the page source.

Download the old region file (firmware) by changing "480" to "460" in the download link.

Basically, the unit is unable to "Find Traffic on Route".

Hi,

On your Nuvi 205w widescreen version, does the speed limit display on the same row level as the "speed - Menu - Arrival" icons or does the speed limit display higher than that row on the left hand side?

Note this question for the widescreen version only.

Thank you in advance

Hello,

I apologize if this has already been covered in another post, but I didn't see the answer anywhere.

I uploaded a number of pictures and MP3s to the SD card for my Nuvi 760. When I use the image viewer, the album covers appear along with the rest of my pictures.

Is there a way for the album art to appear on the MP3 player screen, but not appear on the picture viewer?

I paired my Nokia N95 yesterday and made few phone calls using my Nuvi 765T Bluetooth capabilities. I found out that phone volume is very low when you use blutooth. I use FM transmitter to play audio on my car speakers. But I was disappointed that phone volume was too low. I could not find anyplace to increase it. In mixer you have only two options, 1. Navigation audio 2. Media.