Garmin talk

 

Which Garmin units DO NOT support.......

Is there a list of which Garmin units DO NOT support creating a route on the PC with Basecamp (or Mapsource) and sending it to the GPS?

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I never get lost, but I do explore new territory every now and then.

Another Garmin Goof

I created routes on my 2597. When navigating the routes I find there is no lane guidance in the upper left hand corner of the screen, only the turn indicator. This is a real bummer. There is lane guidance on a simple go to, but none on created routes.

Garmin nuvi 2597 Custom POI Descriptive Text Display

I have a new Garmin nuvi 2597LMT and for the last week, I have been creating/downloaded/editing POI files and learning about how to upload POIs to my unit with the Garmin POI Loader. I manually created my POI files. My first effort to upload about 10,000 POIs was successful. I designed my own icons and prepared my own audio alerts and all worked perfectly.

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Garmin nüvi 2597 & Escort 9500ix Radar/Laser/GPS + Escort Live!

Basecamp Updated to 4.2.5.0

Fixed strings being displayed in multiple languages in the UI
Fixed long delay when changing the activity profile of a route on the route dialog
Fixed long delay when converting a track into a route
Fixed issue where changing the activity profile of an individual route leg wasn't applied unless one of the via times was also changed

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Custom POI upload verus BaseCamp collection upload

I am converting from several old Garmin devices to a new one with lifetime maps 40LM. (I am not happy with the 40 series as it is slow and missing many old features.. will upgrade again soon). I have loaded all the favourites from each old device into BaseCamp so I can sort, rename etc and reload onto the new device; or any future device for that matter. However, I am a little confused.

time zone update

For those interested. There is Time Zone update to version 13.0 through WebUpdater. Changes:

Changes from version 11.00 to version 13.00:
Updated timezone database.

Got it for my Oregon 440t.

855 interesting item

I typically download my weekly tracks to MapQuest on Sunday evening. When I did so this evening, is showed no tracks, routes, waypoints or maps. Checked the drive and GPX folder was empty. WTH?

Unplugged and plugged in again and Presto, everything was there.

Go figure!

DougJ

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DougJ - Ottawa, ON, CA

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...

My 3590 suddenly responds with "The route is too long. Navigation instructions are added as you approach the destination" when it is turned back on after downloading routes from Mapsource. After the message is displayed, I checked and found that none of the routes have been loaded in.

Hospital and College Areas

Hello everyone. I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, but do any of the newer Garmin units display a different color for hospital or university/college areas? I have a 3760T and the map only differentiates areas such as airports/military/reservations (other than city limits and parks of course).

Deleting maps from your computer

Guys and gals,
I just updated 3 nuvi's and I am now out of hard drive space on my computer. I know I have read on the site about deleting the maps that are installed on your hard drive when you download the maps but I can't seem to find it. Would someone please enlighten me as to the correct paths to follow to find these maps? I certainly would appreciate any help given. Thank you in advance.

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"Everything I need can be found in the presence of God. Every. Single. Thing." Charley Hartmann 2/11/1956-6/11/2022

Streets & Trips 2013 - Route

I created a route in the above mentioned program and exported it to my computer as a ".gpx" file.

However when I try to import this file into BaseCamp, I keep getting "Error".

The saved gpx file can be converted to a KML file and imported into Google Earth.

Can someone supply the steps and software links to enable the gpx file to be imported into BaseCamp and then my Garmin Nuvi 2595.

GTM 36 wiring diagram

I have a Garmin GPS with external traffic receiver GTM 36 power supply cable. I am having some trouble with it. Is it possible to get the wiring diagram for GTM 36 antenna.

Nuvi 3490LMT Screen

I did a search and did not find this topic. I recently bought a 3490LMT from Amazon and just noticed that the GPS upper left corner has an irregular L shaped darken spot, slightly larger than the size of a quarter. I am sure this is not the outside glass coating and has to be under the glass.

Winter Solstice

Happy Winter!

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non-native nutmegger

2597

I finally decided, it was a tossup between the 3597 and the 2597 and the more I thought about it I decided I didn't need the extra features on the 3597. One of Garmin's tech support people I spoke to said for the money she thought the 2597 was a best buy.

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Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

Maps (Has quality control taken a back seat?)

Is it just me, or has Navteq or Garmin dropped the ball on quality control? It seems to me like for the last three updates that the information on the gps is constantly getting worse.

Integrated GPS and Dash Cam

Just saw reference to a Nuvi 3592 which integrates GPS and Video Dash Cam. Looked really nice but it is only available in Singapore. Garmin told me no info available re its intro to the US market in the foreseeable future. Yet another mistake by garmin marketing, instead of capitalizing on the next big thing in auto accessories in 2014. Anybody have updated info?

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Michael J. Moonitz Massapequa, NY C340, N650, N660, N1490T, N2797 LMT, NuviCam

Creating Icon Files

This has probably been asked before so let me apologise in advance.

I can load POIs complete with icon files to my garmin so long as the icon file has been created by an expert and downloaded from this site.
If I try and create my own icon, or modify a downloaded one, I just get an error message and the Garmin only displays a grey dot.

3790LMT stuck in reboot loop -- nothing seems to work!

Hello all,

New map 2013.30

I have been out of touch for about 3 weeks and seen some comments about the 2013.30 map. I check garmin and my maps are updated with the recent 2013.20. So what is going on.

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3790LMT; 2595LMT; 3590LMT, 60LMTHD