Garmin talk

I noticed that the Nuvi 350 cannot be defragmented. That makes, sinse since there would be no way to do this without connecting to your PC. It cannot be done when connected to a PC either. This must be the reason why you cannot simply add a few location to your red light camera list. Your have to replace the whole file.

Still haven't gotten 'proximity alerts' functioning. Downloaded the POI from here on Illinois Rest stops. Reloaded with the POILoader with a 'custom' setting - 1500 feet proximity alert. Went to Northern Illinois over the weekend, must have passed 3 or 4 rest stops and not a single alert. Nor did it show up on my screen. Is this too big of a proximity? Any further suggestions?

I just bought a 660 and then found out that the new model, the 760, is just around the corner for the same price.

I have a bit of time to return the 660 without a penalty, so I'm wondering what others would do in my place? Keep the 660 or return it and get the 760?

After many months of accumulating Favorites in my Garmin C340, I uploaded my one free copy of their map upgrade (2008). I was shocked to find that the upload actually erased all my favorites.

I drive for a living and relied heavily on them. Now they are apparently gone! Has anyone lost theirs this way?

If so, were you able to recover them?

Thanks, mikewins44P

i did back up copy to my comp.(windoms xp home)and after this,my muvi 660 stoped working.It looks like is having problem with finding maps.I did reloaded from back up,but is no good.Maps are still there,map folder holds over 1 1/2 gig. Is it possible, my folders on Nuvi got mixed up.Help Any one PLEASE

I'm hearing a lot about this Mapsource program, and that I may be able to get it free from Garmin. What, exactly, can I do with this program, and do I need it? I have a Nuvi 650 I bought last week, it has the 2008 maps on it.

I am the proud owner of a Nuvi 360. For some reason I have a ton of "favorites", and can't delete them w/o deleting all my custom POI's, or doing them one at a time, which would be a real time burner. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a way it can be done through getting rid of a certain file?

Just found this site searched the posts cant find an answer. my question is i just picked up a c530 garmin gps registered it looked for updates at garmin needs 2008 city navi map .ok bought map 100$ tried to load everything went ok last step was stopped with this .map data will not load without an exsisting installation of a map product you own .

I have the Garmin C340 and have downloaded the Cracker Barrel locations to my Garmin from this sight. I noticed that when using my unit and click on the food icon and type in Cracker Barrel is does not show the newer locations that I downloaded but when I go to the custom Poi's they are there. Based on this I guess the newer locations do not incorporate with what came with the 2008 Garmin Maps.

I have been adding sound/icon files to my customer POI's and wanted to know if I can do it with my favorites? I have Nuvi 660. Thanks.

I have a nuvi 660 and have never had any problems with it, until now. When I power up the unit it says “Do you really want to start up in maintenance mode?” The screen does not respond so it does not matter if I press no or yes. I have got it to respond a few times to no and it just reboots and comes back to the same screen.

I made a sound file (MP3) but how do I insert it into an existing POI file that I downloaded from here? I want to be notified when I am within a mile of the POI point.

Also, the file that I uploaded has 484 POIs, but it looks like my Nuvi 650 only has about 48 of the POIs. I uploaded it into the unit, does it not support more than 48 POIs? Do I need to put them into an SD card instead?

I want to share an experience I had this week that GPS users (especially Novices) may not be aware of.

I updated to the 2008 map when it first came out and now found out that I am moving to Alaska (military). When I calculate the route to Anchorage it works fine, however there are NO points of interest at all in Anchorage.
Is this just how the data is, or did I not install it right?

When I create a route using mapsource and try to invert it so I'll have the same directions returning home, it creates a different route. How do I make a route and then have it reverse the exact way back?

I just found you folks and I have a problem. I downloaded several of the POI files from this site and loaded them on my 350. Now the problem, I had purchased this campground POI program, http://www.coolrvtoyz.com/servlet/Detail?no=18 . Now I can't find it. I reloaded the program and now I can't find the custom POI's from here. The program is an .exe instead of .cvs . Any suggestions?

How do I download and import grephics files? I have done a few POI files, but not graphics

I have a nuvi 650

Hi, I am new here. I just got a c340 and am trying to load some POI's, I put them in a folder on my desktop, when I try to load them it says it has to be a .csv or .gpx file ????? what do I do? I thought it was a csv file. Thanks Marvin

Hi Fellow Garmin NuVi & Other GPS users

I recently purchased the Garmin 610T(UK)
to replace my ageing Tom Tom, mainly because of its portability,
and vastly supra satellite reception, and Larger screen and traffic information service integration.

And firstly would like to say in most aspects, that I am very pleased with this unit

Hi to who can give some helps. Just bought a new Nuvi 350 and downloaded Mapsource 6.13.4 from Garmin web. However, when I'm trying to install it to my PC, it turns out that I cannot do that since there is no "previous" Mapsource already installed on my PC.