Garmin talk

Friends just got a Nuvi 2555LMT and I am helping them learn it's use. They are somewhat technologically challenged.

I was going to use Trip Planner to get them from Florida to their home in Canada. They want a particular Drury Inn to be their stop for the first night. I will be installing a location ahead of that to force their route onto the Macon Bypass.

I would appreciate it if someone could tall me where I go to download the latest version of Garmin's Map Updater.

I do not want to use Garmin Express.

When did our longevity on the site start getting posted with our content?

Pretty sneaky JM.

downloaded exspress the other dat and downloaded the new map. But it would not load onto gps. Express showed by 2 nuvi units but kept on saying( connect device) Now today, it will not show that my device is connected. Even on the garmin website.
Any ideas?

Have Garmin nuvi 2555

Just installed Kenwood 6190 double din radio with Garmin. Cant get POI alert sound files to work. Only get a 2 dong alert. Have tried wav and mp3 files also SOX. Anyone have any luck with this radio getting the custom sound files to work?

A consistent complaint about Garmin Express (GE) is that it is always running and slows down Startup times - BUT, for the most part, one only needs GE when new maps or firmware are available

I read on another forum that the iOS version of the SmartPhone Link app is now available.

According to the iTunes documentation, it requires iOS 6.0 or later and only works with the 2013 nuvis (2417/2517, 2467/2567, 2497/2597, 2797 and 3597).

I downloaded it to my iPod and (not surprisingly) could not connect to my 2595. Screenshots that I captured can be viewed here: http://goo.gl/Sdc56

Had a real marathon with my 855 with this upgrade. 855 would not 'use' the large JCV file - tried all combinations, i.e. map/JCV on nuvi; map on nuvi, JCV on SD; map on SD, JCV on nuvi; both on SD - white screen of death in all instances. Finally formatted nuvi, loaded both on it and eureka, success.

Second time I've had to go through this exercise. Maybe next time I'll just cut to the chase.

I recently purchased a new Honda 2013 CRV and it had hands free link with blue tooth. It does not have the navigation package, could not justify spending 2k for the dealer installed system which seemed like old technology. I am wondering if I can find a GPS that would link into my blue tooth system. Thanks in advance for any advice and directions.

I need to know how to delete individual favorites, and also how to edit some that have changed.

A friend has a Nuvi 205 and after he arrived here in Mexico he let the battery run down. It is now fully charged.

There is absolutely no response from the screen.
I used webupdater for the latest software for the 205.
Made no difference. Can not do a hard reset since the screen will not respond to anything.

Any suggestions other than its about time to buy a new GPS?

Thx

Now you can all have a good laugh. We take this Garmin to Europe and I decided to put some of the POI's on an SD card. I can find the POI's I put directly into the Garmin's memory.......but can't find the ones on the SD card. Where in HECK do I find these????

HELP........PLEASE

Traveling from Rochester, NY to Fort Wayne, IN using my nuvi 260w on a route that the device calculated. All went well through NY, PA and OH. Following Samantha's direction to Rt 24 S toward Fort Wayne when all of a sudden the device blinks and the vehicle icon is in the middle of a field (?). I can see 24 on the side of the screen, but Sam launches into recalculating mode.

I recently had to replace my old laptop. New laptop has Win 7 and now base camp

How do I manage/organize POIs, custom POIs & favorites on my zumo550 with this combo?

Is there a way to "hack" the Garmin Dezl 760LMT to eliminate the annoying prompt that comes up every single time the unit comes on to notify you that you are in automobile mode?

this morning when I headed out to the gym, my 755 never acquired any satellites. Did not think anything of it until, on the way home and while running a couple of errands it never did find any satellites.

I reset the unit hoping that would help, but to no avail!

Is, or has, my trusty 755 given up the ghost?? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks.....

I tried GE for my 2300. It did not work. I used MapUpdater on a different computer as recommended by Garmin CS. Worked. The gps is updated but GE does not recognize this. How do I remove the "Updates are available" message from GE?

For those without lifetime maps, Amazon is selling Garmin nüMaps Lifetime North America Maps for $52.02 today. That is the lowest I've seen them in quite a while.

Both the mailed card and online code are the same price, in the past the online code has been a higher price than the card you receive in the mail.

A new update for Garmin Basecamp :
Details:

Fixed an issue with Basestation mode.
Fixed an issue where BaseCamp would not remember the positioning of the toolbars correctly.
Fixed an issue where the Custom POI symbols from POI files where incorrect.
Fixed an issue with the address search.

I can't seem to get the newest map update to be stored on the Mac, 2013.40. 2013.3 got stored just fine. I have two GPS that I updated, 760 and 2555 with .4 but can't seem to get the newest map available unless I attach the unit and read the maps from the unit.

Any ideas?