Garmin talk

I am somewhat confused regarding Extras and Favorites. When you download a gpx file the device how do you determine if it will appear as a favorite or as a custom poi?

Thanks,

Just did a map download with express with 2460 and 3590.
Flawless with both units except map will not authenticate
at start up screen with 3590.
Went to my garmin site but their down for maintenance.

What happened??

Hi there! I just used the Garmin POI Loader to install some custom POIs [several .csv files and their respective .bmp icons] to my Garmin 2555LMT. Some of the icons display as expected, but some of them are faint, ghostly looking.

The deal website 1saleaday.com has a few refurbished Garmin nuvi models on sale today at decent prices.

http://1saleaday.com/main/

It's a legit website, I've ordered a few times from them. They seem a little slow to ship but my orders have always shown up.

The screen on my 780 broke. When the unit comes up it boots up and says loading maps then it goes to the "map update screen" I can't get past the map update screen because I when I press the 'OK" button on the screen it doesn't work because the screen is broke. Does anyone know of a way to get past this so I can get to the unit connected to the PC to pull off the favorites.

My two units have broke. I can connect to the 255W and I have a backup from the 780 which has a broken touch screen and gets hung up on the map update screen. I've followed the instructions on the garmin site (which I alse searched and found here too). The instructions say to copy the current GPX file to the new unit renamed to current1.gpx or temp1.gpx. But this does not work.

Thanks to all help me to get started with the etrex 20

I recently took a pretty long trip and the return trip, all was fine until the next use of my 2460. The trip consisted of 1 leg about 3.5 hours then GPS disconnected overnight, 2nd leg about 5 hours then GPS disconnected for 5 days. Then returned, 5 hours then disconnected overnight, next leg 3.5 hours and back home.

FWIW, I took the plunge and updated my 2460 North American map from 2013.10 to 2013.30 (I know .40 is due out in a month or so, but that's not irrelevant). I used they MapUpdater at myGarmin, not the Lifetime Updater, and I unchecked the option at the end re Lifetime Updater.

Before the update, the JCV file was 460,009 kb. After the update it is 459,424 kb.

I got a new 665. I've uploaded the same camera poi file I have been using on my 2730 and 2820 for years with no problems. I get a warning at the camera locations, I even get the MP3 warning. What I've seem to have lost was the little icon that shows up at the intersection on the gps screen.

Garmin of course said I should use their paid poi file that you can only use on one device.

i have read info on adding the harley dealer locator to garmin nuvi's but don't want to mess up a good thing.can someone tell me how it will function?will icons show on the screen as you near a dealership?or do you bring them up to view as needed?would like to know how the harley dealer poi will work and what file or files i need to have and in what folder?i would like to install them correctly th

My 1490, which I have had for about 2 years has just (last week) started locking up my PC when it is plugged in and synced up. I have tried multiple USB cords and all the different USB sockets.

I do not have another PC to test with. None of my other USB devices affect the PC like this. It is a Windows XP system.

Thanks...

I know there has been discussions about transfering routes to a 3790. On the Garmin website it idcates a sofware update would be necessary to import woypoints from a gpx file. I can not find that update anywhere. I want to import a gpx from M/S trip and streets. I can get it into the 3790 but am umable to find it on the 3790.

CNET posted this from CES, "Garmin K2 platform previews the dashboard of the near future"
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34438_1-57562374/garmin-k2-platform...

Installed V7.60 on my 2495, so far so good.

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Software version 7.60
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Changes made from version 7.50 to 7.60:

Fixed several Arabic text formatting and display errors.

Improved results returned from searches.

Fixed an error that caused routes not to highlight.

Fixed a communication issue on some non-US mobile networks.

I'm certain that this one will end up on the SD card.... Last one just barely fit in Garmin....

Nuvi 660

I see Garmin just released their 2013 lineup at last! Exciting. A 7" Nuvi for automobile use, previously seen only with other vendors or their dezl truck line. Very exciting. Looks like their shopping / comparison site hasn't quite caught up yet as clicking on features doesn't show all the devices.

I would like to download POI files for my Garmin 2595. Some files are available in .CSV and some are in .GPX files. Will either work in my Garmin? Can I convert the .gpx to excel? Will Excel work in a Garmin?

I've got a problem with my nuvi 2555LMT. I'm not sure what happened to it, but it simply will not boot. I get the GARMIN loading screen for about a minute, a quick white flash, and then the GARMIN loading screen for another minute etc. And it does nothing.

Is there a performance advantage to limiting the total number of custom POIs loaded in a nuvi?

Or to put it another way, does loading too many POI degrade or slow down things like route calulation, screen redraws, satellite acquisition, or other operations of the nuvi?

I just topped 100k when I updated POI tonight. Is that a high, low, or average number?