Garmin talk

Am I correct in assuming that the nuvi 350's mp3 player can not play all in random?

I've been playing by song title.

As far as I can tell, the only way to play the songs in random is to put all the songs from the sd card into a program like winamp, randomize it, and then save as a playlist (m3u). Is there an easier way?

Kelly

I have loaded my first POI file via a SD card "all Quik Trip Gas Stations" I have found another one I want to load (redlight Cams) but I can only over write my first file. How do I edit/merge mutiple CSV files. They open in Excell, can I just cut & paste them together then save the new file ?

I have a new Garmin 192C that I plan to use on my boat.
What USB cable do I purchase to connect the unit to a computer ?? Where is the best place to purchase this cable
The 192c has only one plug in on the back and that is for the typical Gramin data plug.
I have a new set of way points that need be fed into the Garmin 192c.
What software do I use to add these way points to the 192C ??

I am new to the GPS arena and I read different notes from the group of Garmin owners about antennas. So I looked on their web page and found two antennas. One for 39.99 and one for 99.99. I am not technical but why is there two with such a difference in price? Oh yea, The 99.99 one only fits my GPS - it just doesn't seem fair! Thanks for letting me vent......

I had to drive my wife to the train station about 50 miles from home, in another city. She punched the station's address into the unit as I drove through our town at the posted speed limit, and it gave us an ETA of 5:04PM. By the time we got the freeway entrance, it had updated to an ETA of 5:03PM.

On the freeway, which is posted at 65mph, both lanes were going between 75 & 80 mph (middle of nowhere territory). We drove at these speeds for about 40 miles, and we were both surprised that the ETA did not update again, considering that traffic was going up to 15 mph higher than the posted limit.

Does anyone know if he Garmin I5 is combatible with the GPI file format?

Thanks

I have a Garmin C530. Is there a way that I can set the Schools POI file so that it gives me a speed warning only at certain times during the day? That way I can have it warn me only during school hours, when the lower speed limit usually applies.

Is there some way to adjust the response time for a turn say about 400 feet away vs. 200' or less. I found while traveling in Las Vegas this weekend there was many a time too late to turn

I have a nuvi 660, i have gone to the garmin website and dounloaded the mapsource and the mapsource beta. When i try to open an error say can not fine insatlled map. any ideas.

thanks

jim

Do you guys think it would be a waste of money to buy a GPS ( streetpilot C330) just to mess around and have fun with? I don't travel or anything, so I would just be buying it for fun. Do most of you guys use it for actual directions, or mostly just because its cool and fun to have? thanks, I'm just curious.

I recently downloaded POIs, which I now want to delete from my unit, as there seems to be thousands in my favorites list that I do not want. I haven't been able to figure out how to delete selected addresses from my favorites. Does someone out there know how?

Hi,

I'm new to the forum.

Could someone tell where/what to look for the serial number of the Zumo 550. I've had the chance to try the unit out for a few hours. I love it so far. I'd like to register it, but I can't locate the S/N.

Thanks!

I just bought a C340 and used it everyday for work. I have to set the volume at the last two settings because I can't hear the voice when it announces. Is there a volume problem with this type of unit?

My Nuvi 360 is not booting up any more: Stuck on "Loading Maps". Here's what I did, maybe someone has run into this and can help me out:

1) I created a bitmap file (Starbucks.bmp) to associate with a custome POI file that I had previously loaded (Starbucks.csv). I put the bmp file in the same directory as the csv file so POI loader would load the bmp.

NOTE: Many weeks ago I had loaded several custom POI files and used POI Loader to get them into the Nuvi. No problems with these.

I downloaded nRoute and tried to use it with my c530. The software doesn't recognize the c530 on the USB. This is the same thing that happens with gStart. I'm now assumming that the USB connection with the c530 is only as a drive (garmin c530 or memory card) and that you can not utilize the actual GPS functions on a PC. Can anyone confirm this?

I currently have poi loader 2.3.2 on my system
I know there is a new beta version 2.4.0.0 out
and was wondering if there is really any difference.
Any comments on the new beta would be great.

Anyone had this problem? Bluetooth worked for a couple days and loved it but when I updated firmware to 3.30 it no longer works. When I go to enable it it just shows the spinning blue icon and "Enabling Bluetooth". It doesn't even get to the screen where it attempts to locate phones. I have reverted back to 3.10, restored defaults, removed user data, hard restart..the works. nada. Any ideas? Sent e-mail to Garmin, haven't heard back.

Here is the following on my GPS. I was hoping if anyone can tell me if software needs to be upgraded. I got this for christmas, and have found that on a recent business trip, while making contacts in a new city, several businesses were no longer open. After speaking to other shop owners I was suprised to find that several stores had been gone for 2-3 years. Please review and let me know if I need to upgrade, if so how do I do it, and what will it change in the GPS. Your help is appreciated as I am new, and have attempted to contact Garmin but could not get through on two occassions, and have waited two days for email.

Do you keep the cigarette lighter / DC adapter plugged into the car, even when you remove the unit?

I was just curious. Will unplugging help prolong the life of the adapter, etc?

Today Garmin put the latest beta version of Mapsource on their website. version 6.12.0.2