Garmin talk

My refurbed 1490T arrived Friday afternoon. I did the basic start up items, took a drive and then connected the unit to my computer and tried to register it through My Dashboard. As expected, since it is a refurb, I got the message that the unit was already registered.

I wanted to see if anyone else has noticed the same problem I have been having. I have a 755 & 765 with the MSN receiver. I just got back from a trip from Miami to the DFW area, then to Virginia, and back to Miami from June 1st to June 28th. I have noticed several times, and not just on this trip, that the MSN will show traffic on my route and show the delay time, and yet there is no traffic.

When my power cord to the Garmin 255W went dead I thougt I was out of business until I could find a new one but Radio Shack had the fuses I needed to replace the one that had burned out. Now I'm back in business. Thanks Radio Shack. The 4 fuses cost around $4 and a new replacement cord from Wal Mart was $26.00

I'm new to this, so be kind. I just purchased a 1450t and installed some POI's I downloaded from the POI factory.

How do I know or how do I turn them on? I drove by a couple of POI's that I installed to test them and nothing happen. I checked my Garmin and the POI setting is set, so what else is there? What should it do when I'm by one?

I have had my Nuvi for about a week now and noticed something I'm not sure is right. When I'm taking it off the mount I can see the pressure from my fingers on the back of the unit distort the top of the screen. I'm sure some of you have pressed on an LCD screen and seen the colors distort.

A few weeks ago I remembered that I had the nuMaps Lifetime card that came with my 765T last year and hadn't used it yet so I updated the maps on my 765T for the first time. Last week we're leaving for a weeks vacation to the Eastern Shore of Va. I punched in the campground we were heading to. The 765T calculated to 99% and that's all she wrote. It wouldn't calculate the trip 100%.

I'm sure it's something easy but I can't get the loader to run in 7. I click on the icon, go through the steps and last step is click the box and hit done. I do that and the screen will disapeer after about 5 seconds. I have uninstalled and re-installed loader. I'm sure something is stopping it from running but at a loss as to what to do.
Any ideas?

My Garmin 1300 takes me on a round about trip to my destination. Is there any way I can program my way to the destination? I have tried fastest & shortest distance but both take me through back roads (all paved).

1490 T w latest firmware software. Garmin support No Help. They use scripted support not real engineers

When I use hands Free calling my party cannot hear me. I can hear the phone ring on the other end and hear them answer. They cannot hear me and hang up.

keeping the H-D dealer POI updated. We're headed on a three week cross country trip and having the latest dealer information really helps.

I have been successful in downloading POI files using a micro SD card into a DNX5160 unit which includes a Garmin nav system, and several other audio and video devices. My problem is that the POI audible alert output is in the form of a chime rather than a verbal alert although the input MP3 files are all verbal alerts. Is there a way to set up the alert output in verbal form?

I have a GPSMAP 60 CSx and Mapsource installed on a desktop and a laptop. I'd like to update my maps with a download but it looks like it will only update the GPS and one computer. Is there a way to update the maps on the other computer? Thanks. This looks like a great site.

hi. i just have a question. But first, i would like to thank those you helped me creat a POI file with sound and icons. But the thing is that when i aproach a POI, my nuvi 680 will alert me using the voice and also show the icon on the screen. But if in case i'm listening to music on my nuvi.

I have map source on my PC but I don't have any detail. The unlock codes are there,but it says map source is not installed,any help? Thank you.

I am trying to download POIS for red cameras from speed camerapoi but when I download the file I cannot open it or save in the file format!!!Please help me!!!!

Has anyone tried to DIY a silver coating on 765T or other Garmin devices? I have a feeling that the rubberized black coating of 765T absorbs a lot of sunlight under the windshield and the unit can get very hot easily. If the exterior of 765T were silver it should be better on this.

I installed this update but haven't actively used the program. Changes are:

Improved handling of invalid gpx files from devices.

Improved handling of missing components, MapSource will now display a message indicating the missing component.

Changed number of most recently used files from 4 to 10.

Fixed some untranslated strings.

I have a 2009 Zagat file from my Delphi Nav 300 that just died and I have replaced with the Garmin 1350T. Anybody know if and how I can load the Zagat on the Garmin and access it easy?? Thanks JQC

I have been following with interest the latest fragments of information about the forthcoming new Nuvi 3790 (part of the 3700 series), partly out of curiosity for what new features it might contain, but also due to my perverse wondering of whether Garmin will simply continue to produce another new, inadequate product.

Hi. I have a Nuvi 1490T. I've done a lot of searching for information on what you can do with POIs, and it would seem that what I want to do cannot be done. If anyone has thoughts on this I would love to hear them.