Garmin talk

I was comparing my 780 (same detail, etc. as 760) alongside my new 765T I got from Costco last week, and definitely noticed a slight loss of detail at comparable settings. The comparison maps shown in this thread http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=121046... are representative of what I saw, but there are other things:

Hi I am a newbee using the Garmin GPS. I was just wondering if there was a way to increase the simulation speed for the Garmin 255 when running in simulation mode

Hi I have a nuvi 1490t and I have done all the updates.
Freezing problem better now (I Hope).

But I live in a small town in Indiana I drive 30 miles to work on an State hiway there are many intersecting county roads the nuvi shows them all sometimes then on the way home wont show any.Or sometimes wont show any on the way.

Just wondering as sometimes newer is not better, and I remember when the 660 was new, it would power off for no reason when on battery power. But the 780's power going into the side rather than bottom is a nice feature, and the suction cup seems more effective.

Hard to follow all their models, a friend got a 1390T? Can anyone explain the newer models in a nutshell?

Yesterday I hooked the 855 to the laptop and used EasyGPS to load some favorites, did nothing else whatsoever, put the 855 in the car, and had it route me to an address. All of a sudden I had a new voice. It changed from Jack, what I normally use, to one of the female voices. I went into the menus and changed it back.

I have a Garmin 855, I read that it is compatible with mapsource.

Edit:

Is the software from this link all I need?

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

Anyone else NOT receiving traffic from Garmin today? I'm in Portland, OR and have a 1390t. No little green/yellow/red circle coming up on the screen.

If you plan to visit Costa Rica you have 2 GPS options for routing. You can either rent a Garmin GPS at the car rental company for $10.00 per day or you can buy a Costa
Rica map for your Garmin for $150.00. You need a GPS since the Costa Rican people don't use house numbers for directions, they use landmarks or POI for reference.
contact me if you have further questions.

I rent cars periodically. I was thinking about picking up a nüvi 1490t (refurb) for such occasions.

It kind of reminds me of my old StreetPilot but in a smaller package. I like:
- Multiple point routing
- FM Traffic

I've read some people having reliability issues and was wondering what the general take was from those who own them.

OK....so I get the concept....but not sure why it's there...all this feature really does is link up with other users to see where they are at....right???

is anyone using this function??? Maybe I am missing the boat on this one - but I don't think so....

Hello all been contemplating about buying a new map for my Nuvi 350 is buying the map worth it as I have seen and heard that when you buy these maps they are already 1 to 2 years old. Is it still worth buying the maps?

Anyone have issues with their Garmin FM Traffic receiver? I am getting an error message that says check FM Traffic Receiver intermittently. I just subscribed to the service and I don't think it is working because of the receiver.

R/Tim

Any one ever loose your voice guidence and phone ability. I did an update to see if that would fix it, nada.Garmin wants 110.00 to repair. May have to bite the bullet. It has 2010 maps and msn on it. I use it alot and like the hands free phone.

http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/

Check the above site out and scroll down to the first picture Proximity Alerts, I have a 885T is there away to have that screen come up on my 885 ?

I just purchased a Nuvi 1690. I still have my older Nuvi 680 and have done a little comparsion testing of each. Thought I would share some of my findings:

Nuvi 680 purchased when they first came out - maps never updated, but latest firmware loaded.

Nuvi 1690 purchased a week ago, updated the to the latest maps and software.

I am new to all of the GPS stuff and just downloaded the "Rest Stop" file to my 855 along with the outhouse icon file.
Will the out house icon show up on my map now for all of the rest stops, or is there something eles I have to do.

Thanks for your help...

Has anyone had problems importing their favorites from their 1690 into Roadtrip?

How did you get it to work?

Dan

Currently, my Garmin uses a minute and second format when displaying GPS coordinates. Is there a way to change it to the decimal format? I have a nuvi 265w.

Thanks in advance!
Scott

I have a Garmin Nuvi 750 that I have transfered my Custom POI's to from my SD card. NOW, how can I delete them from the Nuvi 750. I believe it has slowed down the 750. I wish to operate my POI's just fromt he SD card, like I used to do.
JJHosking

Got my new 1690 this past week and while I haven't yet seen any of the freezing or flickering issues that others have had - I am wondering if I am having a problem or not.

The issue:

I have had my unit on the USB charger now for like 5 hrs - and it has not fully charged - wondering if it needs more time or if I am really having an issue -