Garmin talk

I have just recently purchased a Nuvi50 and put my old Streetpilot C330 out to pasture. Before I did, I ran BOTH units to be sure the 50 was gonna route me as the 330 did. I have pretty mucvh figured out how the Nuvi works, but one thing still eludes me. just above the lower left hand corner is what appears to be either a paper airplane, or a Stealth fighter.

It’s the New Year and I was cleaning out all the extraneous stuff that I don’t use anymore from my laptop. I came across “Garmin City Navigator North America NT 2012-20, 2012.30, 2012.40 and finally 2013.20, which I assume is the latest version of the maps for my unit.
Is it safe to flush the earlier versions of the map update or does Base Camp require all the old versions too?

I can't get anything to download properly from this site to my garmin nuvi 40

How do I get Birds Eye View on my 3590LMT GPS.

Today after several years I finally paired my cell phone to my GPS and even made a phone call.

Now that I have done it, not sure what the REAL benefits are...

Mind you, I do have a Bluetooth device hanging out of my ear.

So please, very gently enlighten me.

OK, so I have my ancient Nuvi 260, still going, and I have lifetime maps, so it's gonna keep going!

Anyone know how long a Battery SHOULD last? My Device is only about a Year Old and will not Charge in AC or DC

Looking to get a flash card for my 760 for MP3 media. I was thinking about getting a 32gb card. Has anyone tried one on the 760?

My girlfriend and I are having a friendly debate. She insists that, over time, our Garmin Nuvi 265 WT deletes certain favorites, saying that she's sure we saved them as favorites at one time and now she can't find them.

I can't believe that the GPS would do this, seeing no reason for it.

Can anyone settle this? Thanks.

What a nasty surprise Garmin has put me through... the maps of Canada and USA do not fit on the GPS unit, so it suggests to install the the SD card, which I bought. It's an 8gb card. Unfortunately, their AWFUL software doesnt recognize it. And it's not just me. I've read other threads here of the same problem. The solution is mind-numbing to say the least and confusing.

My Garmin 3590LMT has on occassion left the red light button stuck displayed on the left side of the map. This button appears when you are nearing a red light camera. After passing the red light location the red light button should vanish. When I press the button it is a location that I am no where near. Has anyone else experienced this and know why this occurs?

We just took an 800 mile trip (400 each way). I did a trip planner before we left and put it in my Nuvi 2450.

It went in great and all was just fine.

Got the Nuvi 2555LMT as a gift for Christmas. So far so good. Very fast acquisition time and the search feature is faster. Loaded my POI file and it tucks it away under- Where to – Categories - Custom POI.
You get the option to add a short cut to the “Where to” page but not for “Custom POI”.
Anybody figured out a work round.

Hello all

As seen on Twitter...

It's been over a year since I actually did an update. I don't want to update the maps just yet in my unit due to the complaints about LA but I would like to update the firmware only. Since it's been awhile. I can't quite remember if I can update the firmware only w/o a mapset update using WebUpdater.

After returning two new Tom Tom 1650's to Costco because of flickering, random resetting,jumping from page to page and very, very late turn announcements, I am wondering which Garmin to get. I liked the 6 in screen on the Tom Tom but Garmin's biggest is still at 5 in.

This is from Garmin's update notes.

nuvi 40 and 50 (GCD file)

(8.86 MB)
Change History
Changes made from version 2.70 to 3.10:

Added support for MGRS coordinate entries.
Added support for shifted maps.
Improved the keyboard's responsiveness while searching for POIs.
Fixed an error that prevented the device from connecting to a computer.

I am thinking about upgrading from my trusty(most of the time) nuvi 855, but there are so many different models with more or less the same features, I'll probably have to start a spreadsheet to make all of the comparisons. My main criteria is Lifetime Maps, and to a lesser extent Traffic.

Any suggestions out there in nuvi land; good experiences, ones to stay away from etc.

Regards,

DougJ

During a route on a 1450, is there any way to see what city I am in? I have tried the plus and minus signs in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, but nothing much happens to the map.