Garmin talk

Hi
Garmin has the new 255 on its web site (for a while) and also the 205, but has links for a 2x5 series. In England and Australia I can find some stuff on the 265 and 275. Though not a full comparison (eg the England site says the 275 has Europe City Navigator, but does not say anything about US, as in the 270). It also appears that the 2x5 series speaks street names.

I've searched forums...could not find anything on this, but is there a way or option to sort your favorites.
I am not concerned with the POI's I have, but merely favorites.

Near as I can tell, it is currently sorting my favorites by those closest to me at my current location. I think I would prefer them personally, as alphabetical.

Suggestions, tips, etc. Thanks gang!

Stu

Update: Garmin FAQ 10/16/2012

----- Garmin -----

Question: What is the slot on the side of the nuvi used for?

Answer:

Has anyone tried this new version of the unit software that became available 5/27/08?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFo6oWDJiGY

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=107997...

Got the new Nuvi750 unit.
Downloaded the Walmart/Superwalmat locations successfully.

USed POI Loader, used Manual mode. However, one question I have is: When asked for the distance and speed settings, what are some recommended settings for these?

Does it or should it vary by the type of POI?
What should I use for, say...a walmart notification alert....1500 ft, 1000 ft?

I bought the updated 2009 map and all is well. Things look a little different but I can't quite remember how they compare with the 2008 City Navigator.

My questions:

Besides new roads and POIs, what is new about the maps?

Are the maps using different renderings, colors, or text?

Do maps draw faster, or have other improvements?

Fist I would like to thank everyone that helped with my problem,POI Loader 2.5.2 not working. I did figure out the problem for anyone else not being able to load POI's using version 2.5.2. You have to delete any older versions of POI Loader that is on you computer. Once you do that and then download POI Loader 2.5.2 you will be able to load POI's

Again thanks to everyone that helped me

I need a little help please. Every time I upload a new POI it loads to my "extra" folder on my GPS. Any help with this? Thanks......Drew

Going on my first trip tomorrow with my Garmin 660, from Lafitte, La. to Windsor, IL and then to Branson, Mo. Maybe I won't get lost and have the wife screaming at me.

HA! HA!

I've just loaded the 2M Repeater USA list into my Nuvi via POI Loader.

I ran into an issue where the software could not "find" my device. Strange because the Garmin updater had no problem at all. I simply created a folder called POI on the SD card and loaded them there.

I think I read in a post here that if you name a file with either a number or a @ with a number (I don't remember which) you will get a speed alert if you are exceeding the speed of the number. Would the same hold true naming a folder? See examples below...

Ok, rookie question. I made custom POIs for all my credit union branches and atms. I created a file in my POI file and titled it "City Credit Union". In it I created 2 files one for branch locations and another for atms and saved them as a .csv. I ran the POI loader and it won't load it on to my Nuvi 200w. What did I do wrong??

Need Help. I downloaded the latest version of POI Loader and it looks like it is loading but stops short of bringing up the screen to load POI's. What am I doing wrong?

I have a Garmin Nuvi 350. Someone has given me a route file in gdb format. Can I convert it to csv format so the POI loader will load it onto my 350? If so how do I do this?
Thanks

At what point does one have permanent status or is it necessary to always have 3 out of 5 weeks.
Joe

I've got a bunch of POI's loaded and read about how to get custom alert tones on a nuvi 200 (achieved with success!), but I can't see my Custom POI icons when browsing the map. I did everything right loading the icons because the icon shows up when I get directions to a specific location, or when I save that specific POI as a favorite.

I think I'm either being dense or I don't remember my Earth Science (probably both). I'm looking at Google Earth and I see a cemetery in Lowell, IN well over 200 miles from me. I see the Lat & Long given at the bottom of the page as Degrees and Minutes ie 41º 22' 40.80 N. Now I do not know how to convert that to a number with 5 or 6 decimal places to put in a POI file.

Hi
My wife (who is usually incredibly careful) managed to lose my (our?) Nuvi 370 on a business trip. There are other boards to discuss how she should repay me, but on this board, am curious

a) any ideas on when new Nuvi's are likely to be introduced

i downloaded a .csv file and my computer said it could not open this file. I dont understand. help.