Garmin talk

Received the City Navigator DVD today from Garmin and I will be installing it tonight. Would like to ask few questions from those who have already gone through the process.

1. How did you unlock the software? Using myGarmin or getting unlock code from GPS. I didn't register my c330 in myGarmin yet, since some advise not to register until the next map update is released. Hope I can unlock it only using my c330.

Hi,

can anyone point me to resources for creating POI files for the 340?

thanks!

should i be worried if my GPS doesn't come with a SiRF Star III receiver?

This update was made Jan. 9, 2007. (My apologies if its a duplicate post but I don't recall seeing it on the boards.)

Changes made from version 3.30 to 3.40:

Increased hands-free volume
Updated text translations
Added support for Russian, Turkish, Slovak, and Estonian Pre-recorded voices
Added Russian locale

http://www.tiny.cc/xebjV

Changes made from version 2.70 to 3.20:

* New Traffic Interface
* Fixed Memory Full message
* Removed + when dialing POI's in the United States
* High power FM support for Australia

Currently:
From the home menu, I click on traffic alerts. If I am on the navigating map, it only allows me to click what is on route.

I will give feedback regarding the Traffic in DC when I run the GPS tomorrow. We'll see if anything changes.

From http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2007/01/ces_coverage_garmin_annou...

Also announced at CES, the entire nüvi product line will soon accept Garmin’s U.S. Topo and BlueChart cartography. The U.S. Topo cartography will provide basic information such as terrain contours, elevation information, trails, and rivers. BlueChart will show shaded depth contours, intertidal zones, spot soundings, port plans, and navaids with view range and coverage. The cartography will be available from Garmin’s website.

I would like to download a topo map that can up uploaded to my eTrex Legend. Is there another other source besides the $80+ file from Garmin?

Has anyone been able to enter a zip code as a "where to" address on the Nuvi 660?

Hello... I'm thinking about buying the StreetPilot c330. What do you guys think of this unit? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I've noticed that my Garmin C550 somtimes gives me different routes for going between the same places depending on the direction of travel. For example when I go to work from home, it wants to take me one way and when I come home from work it wants to take me another way (the two ways are quite different). When I recently went to Florida from Indiana it wanted to take me down through Atlanta, but when I came back to Indiana, it wanted to take me up through South Carolina and Knoxville, Tn. (which is far away from Atlanta).

Is there a way to make the Garmin Nuvi 660 tell you the altitude & city you are in? It will give you the coordinates, but I haven't been able to get it to tell me the altitude.

Thank you.

The first time I used my Garmin Nuvi 360, I have 2 bars on my battery and it died. The battery only lasted ~2-3 hours. I don't drive a lot, (40K in 5yrs) so I don't know how long the battery lasts and if I should mail this in to garmin as a problem.

Also, does anyone else have to hold the power button down for 4-5 sec before it powers on? It's driving me crazy....

Thanks!

I love my nuvi and all, but the MOST annoying part about it is to encounter an offramp that isn't what the sign says. For example, in Pasadena CA, the Fair Oaks Av/Marengo Av exit off the 134 E shows up as Corson St exit.

Another one, in Simi Valley CA, the Madera Rd exit on 118 W shows up as View Line Dr.

I know that those offramps exit to those streets, but I would think the navigational software would have a database of all the exits based on what the signs say.

I am new to the GPS. I have a nuvi660 and was wondering if anyone else is having problems w/ the preloaded locations. Such as selecting a place (anyof them) such as target, gas stations, resturants and it taking you to a totally wrong location. This happens everytime I use it. It is okay if I use the exact address instead of the name of the store. Is there something I need to do.

i just got a nuvi 660 it seems to have everyting in the world alredy in it only problem with it is that external memorycard seems only to be for pictures ????? who needs pictures in the car but i have the internal memory full with mp3s and a 2gig card for pictures that sucks

dan

i just got a nuvi 660 it seems to have everyting in the world alredy in it only problem with it is that external memorycard seems only to be for pictures ????? who needs pictures in the car but i have the internal memory full with mp3s

I have a Nuvi 350. I have found several preloaded POI that aren't even close. One is not even in the right town and several seem to be .5 to .7 miles off and on the wring road. Is there a way to correct these when I find them?

I went to Pensacola, FL from Atlanta and I cleared out the trip meter in the GPS and the trip meter in my truck and I was surprised on the accuracy of the trip meter of the GPS verses the vehicle. Over the 400 mile journey there was a 1 mile difference between the GPS & truck trip meter.

I have a new Garmin C530 GPS. I have found one issue with it and wonder if anyone can clarify it for me. I live is Ohio and many of the roads in the southern part of the state are named just by their state route number. So when I leave my area of the state to drive south and want to program where I drive I can't get door to door directions. Example: my destination may be like this: 1234 State Route 821.

Is there any way to sort and file custom POI's? i put in super wal marts (1600+ poi's) and then hospitals/health care sites (10,000 +) and now cant seem to sort them and it's a pain in the a* * to scroll through thousanda of poi's.

Also, how do you delete custom poi's that you don't want or don't need? I was going to delete the two above that i saved to the nuvi drive memory but can't find a "delete and/or remove custom poi" choice anywhere.