Garmin talk

Just got a smartphone and I'm playing around with the features on here. So far, I've run into a few issues:

1. Parking Services is supposed to show you parking fees on the GPS unit, but I can only see them on the app. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

I really want to protect my screen; I keep it in my coat pocket or have the Garmin Backpack tether (really handy!) and when I set down my backpack the screen may touch the ground.

I'd like to have a glass protector but I checked with Zagg and Phantom glass, they don't have anything in that size. Do you guys have any recommendations? I would rather stay away from the peel type.

Thank you,

I have just bought a new Drive Smart 61 and are trying to plan a custom trip to the USA.
So far I have plotted the waypoints in Google My Maps and have the drive directions route done.
Saved it as a KMZ and converted to a GMX with GPS Visualizer.

Many of us still use Streets & Trips, despite the fact that Microsoft stopped supporting this, years ago. That's because we like some of the trip planning tools, in S&T.

I would like to get some of the features that you would like to see in Basecamp, that perhaps have been inspired by your experience with S&T.

So i was able to add pois to Paccar petrbilt system.. It showed on screen installing pois but tells me restart gps and everything goes well but i cant find extras folder.. Please help..

From Royal Lahaina Resort, 2780 Kekaa Dr, Lahaina, HI 96761
to 3000 Haleakala Hwy, Kula, HI 96790,

Drive on HI-30 Should be Turn right onto HI-30/HI-3000, GPS told me to turn left onto HI-3000, which is impossible on left ONLY road, after I did a right turn into continuing on HI-30, then it told me to make a U-turn to drive into a wrong direction.

Has anyone ever loaded pois onto a Paccar Navsmart Gps system. These systems are usually in kenworth or Peterbilt trucks. The mapping is Garmin based; Thanks for any replies

I've been away from trip planning for a while and can't remember something.

I have a database of locations (Name, address, City, State, Zip) but none of these have the Latitude or Longitude.

I am considering a Garmin inReach Explorer+. Does anybody here have one? If so, how do you like it?

I am wondering if anybody else has experienced either of these problems.

I downloaded and installed an OSM generic routeable map on my computer. This map is compatible and works well in Basecamp.

My Poor 660! It has put up with so much!

Lifetime Maps purchased so long ago I've forgotten when..
Found this place nearly 10 years ago.... POI's became a great addition to 660!
When Internal memory would not support maps, deleted un-needed files and continued on...
Replaced battery when it wouldn't hold a charge...

Anyone going to CES next month? I will be going and I'm anxiously awaiting beating up on the sales rep at the Garmin booth. He said last year there would be new automotive releases last spring and of course nothing was released. If anything, they dropped a few models (DriveLuxe for example). Anyway, curious to see others impressions if they go to the booth.

Warning…Garmin is having an issue with “City Navigator North America NT 2019.20.gmap” map update 2019.20 and Time Zone update v21.

Is there a list that puts all the mapsets with their corresponding JCV files that someone could point me to?

for example:

2019.20 .... Lg JCV D3060270A

Thanks in advance.

As posted above, I am giving a bit of thought to a 7 inch Garmin GPS. Which Garmin 7 inch is the most feature rich?

I'm looking to get an AC wall charger that is compatible with a nuvi 2689. Has anyone had any success (no error message and it works!) with 3rd party chargers?

Anyone had damage due to a 3rd party charger? I'm not adverse to buying the Garmin product at $24 but I already have some high end Anker chargers and don't need another.

I have enabled the US Satellite system and GLONASS as well as WAAS/EGNOS.

Should I concerned with using all 3 or will this allow for more accuracy?

Thank you,

New device software update 5.80 is now available.

This update includes:
-Improved software stability

I’ve got a Nuvi 350. We are headed to New Zealand and Australia in a few months. I’m looking to buy the City Navigator Australia and NZ NT map from Garmin that comes on a microSD/SD card. But I’ve not found any instructions on using a map on a card; i.e. how to get the GPS to use the map on the card. I’ve never used the SD card slot for maps before.

I noticed a year or so ago that when I stopped for a paper on the way to work, after restarting my car, my 50LMT would show "Work1 - 8 min" in the bar at the top of the unit, although I had no route set. More recently, I've noted that it indicated several other "destinations" that I frequent from certain other locations.