Garmin talk

After using my car navigation GPS on my new 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid I really miss my Garmin. I mean I still have it, but it seems silly to have two running in the car. But for ease of use and all the bells and whistles....It's Garmin hands down! It will definitely go to use in my second car. Why don't these car makers get on board?

Question for any owners of the nuvi 7xx series.

Hi, I have a two week old Nuvi 780 that has a file named clm.nvm that is 516 megs in size. This is after running scandisk on it as per the Garmin techs.

Has anybody been able to get onto the my garmin site recently. i just got my nuvi 680 and was trying to register for 2 days now and it just says its under constuction. Anyone know how long its been like this and how long it might last?

SIRF came out with a new fix a few months ago that speeds up the acquisition of the satellites dramatically. Does my nuvi660 have this fix?

Looking for the best spot to purchase the Garmin 260. Either on line or in store. Like to get the best price. Can anyone help.

Thanks for all the info. I purchased it at www.comparemaster.com. Paid $235.99 for the Garmin 260 and the leather case. No Tax No Shipping

Thanks again

I was wondering if anyone else out there thinks that the internal speaker (volume) on the Nuvi 750 needs more volume. I realize that the FM xmitter is available, but my area has very few free FM frequencies that don't walk all over my Nuvi. I also like to listen to my satelitte radio (which also has an FM transmitter), and I can't use both at the same time.

OK, one more question.....How do I load the alerts for the POI's that I have loaded into my nuvi 350? I can listen to them but don't see how to attatch them......

I have a nuvi 200w. Ok, I'm sitting still in one place, not moving and in 3D mode. The screen is slowly spinning and every now and then registers a speed of up to 3mph. What is going on? Its cloudy and raining off and on here. Could the weather be messing with it? I also just got the 2009 update put on it. Could that have something to do with it?
Thanks.

I just noticed that there is a new firmware update for nuvi 660 (nuvi 660, Ver. 4.40, as of May 05, 2008)

anyone updated and noticed any issues or improvements?

thanks

Today I noticed black square dots located along the roads on my map. What are they and where can I find a list that shows what all the different icons are....the ones I down loaded I know but there are a lot of Icons that I don't have a clue what they mean. There must be a graphic some where that explains what they are.......

I used POIloader v2.4.2 to install several POI Factory files like CostcoGas and Sam's. I originally loaded them to a SD card but then the Nuvi 200 didn't find them so I loaded them directly to the unit. Still nothing. The POI Loader was happy but I'm not :>(

Don't know if these work, but just found a site that offers custom voices for Garmin and Tom Tom..

http://www.pigtones.com/home

Just in case someone is looking to upgrade their GPS - Costco in Canada has new Garmin Nuvi 7670's on for $389.99 from the 12th to the 25th of May. Fantastic buy - best I could find both North and South of the border. I ordered one on Monday morning and got it Tuesday afternoon - very nice unit.

Option is set to "faster time" for routing, but the garmin does not seem to take into account that some highways (not freeways) go through some downtown areas. On a recent trip, garmin took me off freeway two exits earlier and routed me through downtown of the local city. On another trip, it's trying to do that again when it finds a local 2-lane highway instead of using freeways.

I am flying into San Jose Costa Rica for Labor Day and will be driving out to the Pacific Coast. Where can I get Nuvi Maps that will make my life much easier (and safer).

Hello -

I am preparing for a trip to Texas, and found out that a nuvi update is available, 5.50.

Has anyone updated to this release? Are there any issues? I would hate to apply this update and find out that it renders my Nuvi inoperable before my trip.

Thanks!

Tried to download sound files for POI's and place them in my POI folder to load in the Nuvi 780, However, Media Player comandeers the sound file when I try to save to file from this site, I can't get it to stop, They are currently saved in media player playlist and I don't have a clue how to get them in the folder to load.

I recently switched from a Garmin 660 to a Garmin 780 (I lost the old one). I seem to recall that the 660 showed a map of the satellites that had been acquired. Can I expect the same of the 7xx series from Garmin?

Yesterday, while driving around town, suddenly the Nuvi 660 gave a message that it was downloading bluetooth update. There was a progress bar and after about 2 minutes it was done. How did this occur? Was it downloaded from the satellite? I did note easy and successful pairing with my phone afterwards.