Garmin talk

Garmin Express hangs and causes problems when updating maps.It installs automatically to replace Garmin Updater. I called support after 6 hours and after disconnecting usb and reconnecting Express worked. Can't Garmin get it right?

I have noticed that whenever accident is reported by traffic update on my Nuvi 3597, it will stay for days. Only way to get rid of this accident icon is reboot of the device. Standby mode does not clear it. I use Smartphone Live traffic. Any one else notice the same issei on 3597?
I will appreciate your feed back.

Has anyone created a 'silent voice' file for the Garmin? That is, if this 'silent voice' is selected, then the Garmin does not give instructions (drive 1/2 mile) or speak street names but tones and alerts are still audible. Selecting mute or turning down the volume silences both the voice and tone alerts.

I did find a thread for this topic on another forum, but no solution was ever posted.

I recently purchased a Nuvi 50LM. It was a reasonable price and my wife loves some of the improved features from our old Nuvi.

I went to delete the Trip Log and cannot find out how. It seems completely absurd that there is not a way to do it. After all, once you start stacking multiple trips, all are pretty useless, as you cannot identify the new one.

Ver. 2.7.3, as of Nov 07, 2013

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=927

Hope they didn't screw anything up. I've downloaded and installed ... yet I renamed my old poi loader so it wouldn't be overwritten.

I have been using the rest areas combined POI file for several years on my Garmin C30 and really liked the alert
display(nice large white font on red background) on the device. I have upgraded to a Nuvi 52 and
the display of the alert on its screen is so small that it
is a safety hazard to try to read the details on the device. Have others had this same experience and is their

I ricently took a trip from Ohio to Long Island NY I used both GPS on the trip the Garmin C550 and the Garmin 1450, both Garmin told me it would take me 8 hours to get there, mileage 423, before I start the trip I reset the mileage counter on my car to zero.

When I update maps on my Garmin 660 I can only install
Eastern States, in past years I could install all of USA
I only have one set of maps on my 660 and it over writes
it when I do a map update.

This is regarding Garmin POI Loader.

There's a "Alert Setting" box that allows you choose from speed or distance. (see https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d7vyNbLlZmQ/UnsKnz8O04I/A...)

I created POI files: Redlight.gpi and Speed.gpi.

I installed them on my Garmin Nuvi 3590LMT GPS. (I can see them on the device \.SYSTEM\POI folder.)

When I go to Settings > Proximity Alerts > Alerts, I can see only one entry - "Customer POIs".

Hallo, i have some questions about some stuff again.

I tried to run extra poi editor in my linux-mint computor, i installed Wine but i could not get EPE to work.
My skills about this things are low so instead of invent the wheel again i ask if there is someone around here that gets EPE to work wit Wine or is it a dead end?

hi i have a garmin nuvi 500, well thats what im guessing thats the model. anyways i want to install a dinnferent firmware/os on it like a linux distro is this at all possible? i got it as a gift without a manual so i dont really use it at all it seems to be more usefull as a mobile linux box.

Does anyone know how to completely reformat or wipe memory clean for a Garmin GPS? I have an older Garmin Nuvi 1350LMT. I have cleared all of my user data in the device settings and even tried to reset the device by doing the factory reset at boot up and nada!

Ford Navigation or keep my Garmin 2350 LMT, I'm researching into purchasing a Ford Explorer 2014 with Ford Navigation included.

In San Francisco Bay area, we have the HD weather on 3597 with GTM60.

In the south bay near my home, I get the weather information sporadically, mostly not.

Returning from a recent trip to San Francisco, I was pleasantly surprised that the weather information was present all the way back home. I did not have weather information at all on my way out though.

Does anyone know the regulations regarding placement of a GPS. Years ago, in NY I heard or read that it was illegal to have the device suction cupped on the windshield. I ordered a ProClip device which brought it down to below dashboard level, which was much better for me anyway.

http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-10-30/aGeFEbgFI.Uk.htm... (long)
http://garmin.blogs.com/files/q3-2013-press-release-final-1.... (full press release)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101155240 (short)

Love the Junction View. Problem I have is that it comes on 1/2 mile before the junction and only lasts a few seconds. Is there any way to make it last longer.

Hi everyone,

Using basecamp 4.2.4 sending waypoints to Nuvi 1350T GPS, it always create a category of the waypoints in the GPS.

Is there a way to send way points to the GPS without creating category ?

Thank you

This seems weird but on my garmin if I choose Karen she says the name of my street (penn) which is correct, but if I choose Jack he says Pennsylvania. Has this happened to anyone else?

To me Jack is the easiest to understand, but if he says the wrong street name when I know what it is, I'm afraid of what might happen when I don't know.