Garmin talk

On a recent trip, I wanted to go to a chain restaurant and my nuvi had plenty of locations store. I had trouble finding the one with the shortest detour from my current route. The arrow on the right just seemed confusing. At the time I did not really care whether I had to drive 50 miles down the road, but I did not want to drive 10 miles out of my way.

Everytime I pass a POI I have installed on my 660 the tone alert come on, I turned it off my it still sounds off.. Is there anything else I have to turn off?

In my haste to make more space on my Garmin 200W I erased my 2008 Maps, I think. I didn't back it up like I should have. Now I get a runtime error. Is there a way to get this map back. Its the file that is almost 1G, I think. Any help would be much appreciated.

Anyone care to share where they found an exceptional buy for the friction (beanbag) mount for their nuvi?

Thanks...

I got a new Nuvi for myself and my folks during the holidays.

I was worried about theft so here's how I protect mine: I labelled mine and my folks with a labellers, placing my email / name on the unit.

Then I typed in Microsoft Word the following:

-If lost please contact:
-Nuvic320, email: Nuvic320@email.com
-or please call: 999-555-1111

I have had a 750 for the past few months. I noticed that it has the capability to give me traffic info (with some help) I see that Garmin has the VIB 11 available but it seems pricey. Are there any other options available that will do the same thing. If so do they require a monthly, yearly or one time fee?

Thanks to all for your help....

Does anyone use an external antenna on their Nuvi? If so, was it worth the money. I read an article that coated windows on vehicles can reduce signal strength..
especially at start up.

So this bud of mine got a 765 for Christmas, used it about 3 times in the car locally, and then added a few POI's and a TourGuide or two.

I was speaking to a friend of mine tonight about all the useful features of my new Garmin 360. He's a software designer and he's also the author of a popular media player. I was telling him I wanted to beef up the media player a little on my Nuvi.

Is it possible to add a mp3 voice alert to the redlight POI for the 350 instead of the standard "ding" alert?

The reason I ask, is that if you try to download a bundle from Garmin Garage for the 350 it tells you that you cannot install the mp3 files as the 350 is not a voice compatible unit.

My wife has a Garmin 350 purchased in Dec. 2007 with the original maps. North American Ver 8. Is this the 2007 maps or the 2008 maps.

When creating your own POI, using the .csv format, is there any way to order your POI so they appear alphabetically on the Garmin vice having them appear sorted from closest to furthest away?

Many thanks,

ok...ive seen a few people with completely WRONG impressions of the traffic services. heres a few CORRECT notes on traffic service. if you think different - youre WRONG. stfu.

1. FM Traffic is a paid service.

I have tried to find on the site on how do you load music onto my 760. I have itunes and would like to load my play list to the garmin. Can some one help or show me the thread . I have tried everything that I know and no luck. Thanks

Recently I was able to d/load the Red Light Cameras and installed them on my Nuvi200W. All went well uploading the new files, but I noticed when I approached a redlight camera that I already had in place and with a personal wav file added to the camera file, I only got a default alert sound. Apparently the new camera files wiped out my personal wav file.

the first time i used my garmin 350 it let me drive by the address. does it matter if you are moving when you enter the address?

FWIW, I just discovered that if you go to View Map, then tap on Speed in the lower left-hand corner, then press and hold on the big mph icon for seven seconds, you will get a series of menus with lots of info. Just keep pressing Next at the bottom of your screen.

If you press and hold on the battery symbol or, on some models, on the time display, this too will lead to hidden sub menus.

have a garmin nuvi 5000 and wanted to know what the ports on the mount are for. i know what the a/v port and the audio out is for and the port for the msn power cord.but what is the other for? the one on other side. what is the usb port for? i plug the it on to the computer and nothing happen. ( i am talking about the usb on the mount not the unit) if any one can help please let me know

Download link:

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

Change History
Changes made from version 6.14.1 to 6.15.3:
Fixed an issue where blank map tiles are left on the screen.
Fixed an issue with redrawing the map after a detail level change.
Enhanced the drawing of roads to better distinguish primary from secondary roads.

i have a nuvi 660 that i loaded all my poi with the garmin poi loader, i have all files, the csv or gpx and the bmp and also the mp3 for the file , example speedway gas station, i have all three (speedway) (speedway.mp3) (speedway.bmp) i get the tone alerts but no mp3 alerts, thanks for any insite.