Garmin talk

I was wondering IF there was a way to see the latitude and longitude numbers on c330 units.

Hello, I just joined - was very excited about using traffic light POIs...

Just got a Nuvi 660, for Chistmas... been using it for the last few days.

Last night I got busy and did the software update through Garmin.com. Then found your site through their links... used POI Loader to load the traffic lights, and several other POI files.

Today, after using it for a few hours, the lighting bolt in the middle of the battery life box went away and the unit stopped charging!

I have a nuvi 660, and have been spinning my wheels trying to figure out how to show POI's on the map I'm using for my route. Example...I would like to see all the gas stations displayed on the map while I'm navigating. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks.

I'm new to the GPS arena, and recently purchased a Garmin C330. One thing I'd like to be able to do is save my current location (wherever that may be at the time) as a saved location. Is this possible? Does anyone know the procedure with this unit?

Thanks

I have just started learning about my new Nuvi 350.

On the PIO page of this site it says:
"POI files may also be converted to waypoints and used with virtually any GPS that can receive data from a computer."

What is a waypoint?

William

anyone here own a garmin i5?

i have a c530 and it is set to navigate on the fastest route. when i drive local, it dosent take the route i would take. does anyone know how it determines the route? is it speed limit or us or state roads? is there a pattern?

On my C330, no matter how many POIs I load, the "Custom POI" selection on the screen will display only the last one I loaded. Others seem to be in the unit, just not dispayed as Custom POIs.

Normal? Should I be concerned?

Wow! I have a LOT to learn. Bear with me please!

Hi,

Just bought the Nuvi 350 and find the POIs very usefull for information not included in the maps included with the GPS. However, when I do a search by SPELL NAME, it does not include the the POIs in the search results. For example, I have created POIs for FedEx in Kansas City Area, but when I search by SPELL NAME it only result in the FedEx at the airport ommitting the 15 or so FedEx POIs that are closer. Is there a way to include the POIs in the SPELL NAME seacrh? Let me know.

When I view a favorite location in map view, I can select "go" or "set Location"

I know what "go" means what does "set location" do?

Great site! Sorry about the newbe question

I have the 330

What exactly is "Safe Mode"? All the manual say is it disables functions that require significant user operation. So what functions does it disable in safe mode?

Hi all... I just got a C330 for Christmas and love it. But I was wondering if there was a way to bypass the opening "I AGREE" screen? Thanks for any help....

What is the memory capacity of the Street Pilot c330?
The specs online just say indefinite ans I know it's not unlimited because it's still mmeory even the Hard Drive Based GPS units have storage limitations.

What's the most economical card for the nuvi 660 I.E. $/storage capacity?

Found a new use for an old product. I have experienced some problems with the FM transmitter going across bridges with interference, etc when listening to audible books.
I had an old cassette cartidge that allows a device with a headphone jack and a cassette player to play through the stereo system - plug this into Nuvi's headphone jack and insert cartridge in the cassette deck and you are good to go. It doesn't work unless you are listening to something - that is not just traffic directions - does not have enough activity for the cassette to stay connected.

Is there a way to tell the Street Pilot 330 to avoid cretin segments of a route so it will take an alternate route? I planned a trip to Ohio from NC and it wants to take me take I85 instead of I40 and I40 is better because I85 is only 2 lanes and has more local trafic, it also wants me to take business 40 instead of staying on regular non business 40 which although regular 40 is longer it's better because I avoid the congestion form business traffic on business 40.

I did a search for Papa Johns and Dominos Pizza on my Street Pilot c330 and it did not list any of them. It does not have Pzzza as a food category so I first tried Italian ( and strangely it listed a Chinese restaurant) and it did not list any Papa Johns so I did a Spell Name and input Papa Johns and it got caught in an endless loop searching so I stopped it and then tried Dominos and again it did not list any Dominos.

I received a SPc330 for Christmas and I installed the drivers for it and it told me the drivers were installed successfully and it shows up in Device Manager but I can't find it under My Computer.

How Do I access it to add data to it like POIs or if possible Map updates?

Thanks

Dallas

I have a Nuvi 660 and am thinking about getting a c550. Will these work with a 4 GB SD Card? I have heard that some of these models will work with sizes up to 2 GB, but will not work with the 4 GB size since it uses a different file format.

Anyone know the scoop on this?

I just got a Garmin 350 which seems to come with lots of information on stores,gas, etc.
Do I need to load custom POI files?
What are the pro's and con's?

Do I need an SD card in order to load POI files?

I read that If I don't do it correctly it will break my GPS?

Is there a tutorial on all this somewhere?

Love my Nuvi
W Brock