Garmin talk

I know it's been said many times in the past, but I am now a believer. My 14-month old nuvi 660 stopped acquiring satellites a week ago. I upgraded the firmware, tried all the easy stuff, finally called Garmin. They had me do a hard reset, no change. They gave me an RMA, I immediately sent the 660 to them. I got a "newly overhauled" unit back yesterday. Runs great!

I have a Garmin 340c and want to put topo maps and new city navigator information on my sandisk card. I have tried a couple of times, but it only lets me put the city navigator street map on the sandisk card and I relized it was naming the topo and city maps the same file..Is there a way I can put both on my sandisk card? My card is 2GB

I want to seach for Freeway off ramp. Something like I-805 & Palm Ave in San Diego, CA. How would I accomplish it?

Hello,

I have the2009 maps loaded into Mapsource.

Question 1 - When i go to transfer the new maps to the unit, it says there is not enough space on the unit??

Question 2 - Which file if any can i delete to make way for the new maps?

Question 3 - Can you delete the old map data, if so, whereis the file located?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

I have a Vista HCX, When I create a route using my waypoints (e.g. home -> library -> bank -> home), and try to navigate the route using the "follow road" option, the unit keeps trying to send me to the closest section of the route instead of my next destination. For example, when I'm at the library, it tells me to go home instead of to the bank.

Can I set options so this does not happen?

Hi all

How do I totally reset my Garmin nuvi 200 GPS to get rid of ALL custom POI's and even all the favorites Ive created?
Ive done the reset to default in on the device self, but it still keeps the info.

I want to basically start my nuvi from fresh
Any help?

Thanks
Andre

Garmin deals coming up next week at Best Buy:

Best Buy:
Garmin Nuvi 205 GPS...$119.99
Garmin Nuvi 260W GPS System...$189.99 (Door Buster Item)
Garmin Nuvi 780 GPS ...$349.99

Link to information:

http://www.blackfriday.info/sales/best-buy-black-friday-ad.h...

Is there anything button to press on my Garmin 255W to get the coordinates of all my Favorite POIs, in particular street intersections saved in My Favorites?

How can I view all the POIs I just loaded onto my Garmin Nuvi 660?

I purchased a Nuvi 650 three months ago. It is working great. I was wondering if I should purchase the 2009 map cd, which I upgraded form the web by the way, for backup. I called tech support and they want $10.00.

Thanks

I noticed that there's an audio alert before and after redlight & speed camera notification, but no audio after alert for school zone notification. I would like no audio after alert for the redlight & speed camera notification as well. Is that possible for these POI-Factory produced alerts? Thank you.

Hello, I am a newbie here. I purchased a new Garmin 255W seven days ago and I love using it so far. I want to thank Miss POI and others here for their custom POIs, BMP icons, MP3, etc.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to have my garmin nuvi 200 or 260 warn me audibly of going over 75 mph with out having to set a custom poi ?

How do you change the voice to a female british accent? I just received my Nuvi 750 from Costco in the mail.

I know that this topic has been discussed for the past several months, but has anyone finally ironed out if it is worth updating. I am still reluctant to download and install the update.

Garmin owners may discover two very large files--both in excess of 1GB--on their device: 'gmapprom.img', and 'gmapprom1.img'. The former is the primary mapset file.

What is the 'gmapprom1.img' file? I deleted it from my nuvi 270 without any obvious effect to operation.

On a slightly different topic...

For those that don't know INRIX is now Garmin's traffic provider for at least the lifetime subscription deal. Has anyone else noticed the difference?

"NOVEMBER 18, 2008
Inrix Pumps Up their Coverage

I recently added another article of interest to the

GARMIN TRICKS, TIPS, etc. WEB site

GROOVY! WITH MY NÜVI ON A SEA CRUISE-IE
----- Taking Your nüvi On A Sea Cruise

It is on Page 5 at

http://bit.ly/garmin_gps_tricks

Gary Hayman

I got my first MSN Weather Alert today when going home from work. Cloud with lightning bolts on the map screen.

When I tapped it, it showed 3 notices for Lake Effect Snow in Indiana and Michigan, all east of Lake Michigan. I was in western Chicago, heading west towards my home. These locations would be close to 100 miles BEHIND me.

I finally received my new free 260 today. It was free as part of the Discover card promotion. I fired it up and it has on it Where am I, the next turn indicated in the top left corner and the slide out with trip information on the “go” screen and a trip log. The GPS SW version is 2.38B, Software 3.10. The voices sound “tinny”.