Garmin talk

Sorry for the cross-post but just realized that I should have posted this here.

I just saw this Sunday's ad for Best Buy and Circuit City for the 2008 Garmin Map Update ($69.99). But the ad says the update is for those who have had their Garmon for over a year.

I've had mine for 40 weeks.

Does anyone know how or if it is possible to share audio Book files?????

I'm totally new to GPS. I've downloaded and loaded two POI files (wineries and zoos) to my Garmin 660 but I can't find any way to access them on the device. They're not in attractions, etc. Please help!

Good Afternoon All

Having a headscratcher with my Nuvi 360.

Lately I've noticed that my 650 recalculates on my way to work while I'm on the expressway. I decided to set it to the signal strength screen one morning to see what it showed since it happens in the same spot. My signal went from 18' to 300' and then it recalculated. In a couple secs it was back under 20'. I had a co-worker check his Magellan as he came into work.

My Garmin was purchased in a sale and it came from a rental car agency. With this it is always in safe mode and there is no place to turn it off. It also does not have garmin lock on it either. Can anyone help as this is annoying when trying to find a place while moving. Thanks countryboy96@hotmail.com

How can I delete all favorite waypoints ?

I have a new Nuvi 680. When I do a seach for POIs using "search near current route" using Garmins built in POI data base, the found items always fall right along the route as they should, but when I do the same using a custom POI (*.csv) file, the found items seem to have to relation to the current route. Is there a way to modify the custom POI ??

I just noticed today (while listening to mp3s) that my right speaker is much much louder then the left (the left may not even be working, can't really tell). I only noticed it today, so I am wondering if the 5.0 update (which delt with sound) had anything to do with it.

Can you test yours and let me know.

I have been noticing recently that it takes longer to acquire signal on Nuvi 680! Tried reset, does not seem to do much. It had worked in the past. Anyone else having similar problems?

why can't I transfer map and tracks from my nuvi350 to Mapsourse?Who can help me ?Thank you!

I intalled the cracker barrel poi from this site and using the poi loader in the manual mode set the alarm to sound at 1 mile.Maybe I have got this all wrong but is the alarm suppose to sound when I come in contact with any cracker barrel location within that 1 mile setting?I just traveled down i95/i75 and passed many of the cracker barrels within the set distance and the alarm did not go off.If I

Now that I am waiting with baited breath for my new nuvi 750, I am trying to figure out if I (we) can set up an Excel file for routes. I drive deliver truck to different locations every day and would like to load the addresses into a file on the computer then upload to the nuvi. Any ideas?

Hello,
I have Nuvi 200 and have figured out how to use and create and upload poi's to the Garmin but I have a few questions if anyone knows why when the custom pois,icons,bmp in the same file for the pois they are all renamed corectly but the sound file to alert me does not work also how can you get the pois to display on the screen when you get close to there area?
Thanks Merlin

OK you'll - I am definitely computer challenged. I understand the file name .csv has to be the same as the .mp3. Question - how in the world do I find out what the file name looks like for the red light POI? All I can see is Redlight-Cameras.csv. Everything I see you'll talking about is a _ (underscore) instead of a - (dash).

One thing that really bugs me about the nuvi 2xx series is the lack of a User's Manual. The Quick Start Guide is very basic and the user is left to trial and error and websites like this to learn the features.

I did some experimenting with MP3s on SD cards...and had some conversations with a helpful Garmin tech.

Turns out that the MP3s should NOT be put in subfolders (e.g. album names) in the MP3 folder on the SD card. Doing so causes some of the MP3 to not load, sometimes an entire subfolder is skipped. The results seem to be real random.

I had same issue initially updating my Nuvi 350 to with Map Update 2008. The v4.9 Firmware did not allow me to update. After reading this forum, I discovered that I needed to upgrade to v5.0 which worked great.

Map Update got to recognize the unit, but then immediately got an err message:

Keith, did your 750 arrive yet?

In my truck, I have a nice area to mount my Nuvi 350 below my radio. It is easy to use there and not on my dash. At first, I was just using the suction cup. I would make sure the cup was clean and it would have a good grip. After several days, it would eventually lose its suction and fall off. I can reattach it but it will eventually fall off again.