Garmin talk

Garmin Express v6.13.1.0 is now available to download.

I been trying to add some new POI files I down loaded from the factory.

I just saw that a new version of Garmin Express(6.13.0.0) is now available. So, that made me wonder, do most people here update Garmin Express as soon as you know a newer version is available or do you wait and do it just before you need to for updating maps?

Changelog of the four changes below:

Hi, Basecamp 4.7 not working at my HP Laptop Windows 10, what can I do for fix it. thanks

Hello All,

I have purchase a North America Garmin LMT-S 61 and I have inserted a microsd card of 64gb but my Garmin is not using it.

My Garmin has 15GB internal and have 7GB free space how can I use the microsd or is it use for specific things only.

also how large can I do on microsd that is accepted.

Thanks
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Garmin Express v6.13.0.0 is ready to download.

I’m trying to create a virtual USB for using Garmin Basecamp with my purchased Gamin maps, and several sources pointed me to JaVaWa Device Manager to help the process along.

If you use the POI files directly as downloaded, what do you like or dislike about them when using them on your Nuvi or other units?

I thought in the past Garmin Express would give you the option to download only certain areas like west, east, etc. I don't recall seeing that option anymore.

Am I missing something?

Files tend to grow in size over time. My Nuvi 650 apparently choked on updating to map version 2020.1. I used to be able to get all of the US and Canada between the Nuvi itself and the SD card. With this last map update, I was only able to get the Lower 48 states.

Anyone with a Nuvi 650 have the same problem?

Ok.... Isn't it about time for this re-occurring thread?
How long till next Map Update?

Hi,

Have just made a new trip in new trip planner.
Was HOME---> Waypoint--->AN ADDRESS 100 MILE Away--->Waypoint--->HOME.

Is it not possible to do a "Round Trip" as I was heading back HOME from my address 100 mile away, it told me to do a 'U" turn and head back. Even 3 mile from home it kept telling me to head back to the 100 MILE Address.

I had a recent problem with the sound on my Nuvi 3597. I while ago, I switched the voice from "Jill" to "Michelle". After a few hours of use, the sound quit working. Muting, un-muting and volume adjustments made no difference. A hard reset solved the problem temporarily but after a few hours of operation, the sound quit again. The problem disappeared after switching the voice back to "Jill".

Hello all,

I have 2 2797LMT's for rally GPS's. Two years ago they seemed to work fine and connect reliably to my Macbook air 13 running OS X El capitan.

I recently charged and fired them up hoping to update maps so I updated my primary GPS and the update had some hiccups (claimed to be out of space) but after restarting a few times it cleared up and appears to have updated.

It's that time again, where I have to replace my Garmin Unit. Currently have a DriveAssist 50 and probably going to a DriveSmart 51 or 55. Is there a good way to migrate over data from one to the other?

Mainly I care about the POIs, my personal saved places, and my custom alerts. I know I can just reupload my POIs, but what about saved places?

Has anyone been able to find any differences between the DriveSmart 51 vs 55? It's time for me to buy a new GPS Unit and other than potentially new internals and newer hardware, I don't see the difference between the two. I tried using the compare tool on garmin's website, but found no difference at all.

I have loaded POI's with the BMP files on an SD card as per instructions, as far as I know. The icons will not show up, just a destination flag. I have renamed the files to be the same with the csv or bmp extensions. Tried 24x24 and 48x48.This is driving me crazy.

Drivesmart 50 LMT
Must have changed something and don't know what but I now have a blue line on every road I've driven on. How do I remove this and stop it.

Thanks

It appears that the Drive models have had updates in the past couple of days.

I don't own a Drive so I can't fire up Garmin Express to update anything but know many of you have Drives:

http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/recent-updates

As always, many thanks are due to the maintainer of the GMapTools site for the information.

Here's a changelog for the DriveSmart 61, for example:

Someone new reopened (Map update 2018.20 ready to download) an old thread which has no more relevance now.

Can the powers to be not delete such a thread?

I can see certain threads having information still usable even if they are now a bit older.