Garmin talk

Not like it's a big deal or anything, but I only noticed a week or 2 ago, as I get on the highway, my Nuvi 260, while in 3D mode at least, zooms out some. (Never tried in 2D.) When I get .6 miles from my exit, it starts zooming back in. I never read this in the manual or heard about it anywhere before.

I'm just curious as to the things that govern this effect.

One of our GPS units is a C330. Whenever a route is activated, it usually defualts to the 800 ft zoom mode. Even when I manually zoom out, it reverts back to 800 ft. My other units choose a zoom rate of about 1/2 of the total area. If the road segment is 30 miles, it shows a 15 mile zoom rate.

Does any other c330 users have this problem? Any suggestions?

We discovered there are more nüvis that have the linebreak display problem than the nüvi 350 and nuvi 360, the 255 and 255w also do.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/17422

Are others affected?? If you want to check yours, go to the Linebreak Testing link on the left window of http://PoiVerifier.com .

RT

Hi -

I got to poking around in the Nuvi 255 and I found this very nice little xml file. I opened it with notepad and found that it contained what I think are my "favorites" and what appears to be the TripLog.

Which version was the last in which you could roll back to the previous version(s?)

Does anyone know if the nuvi 200 has routing capability? I would like to enter in 10-20 POI's, then have it automatically determine the shortest route (i want to hit each POI). If it doesn't, does anyone know the cheapest unit that has this capability?

I have a nuvi 270... and finally got a card reader for the SD memory chip I bought with the unit. There is nothing in the small pamphlet of a manual for this unit that even discusses the use of the chip. I have brought across my custom POIs to the chip using the POI loader...but was wondering if anything else can be saved to the chip and be able to be used by the nuvi?

I was going to buy a 770 at Costco.Ca yesterday and then I happened to lok at gpscity.ca and it is $389 there plus GST and shipping. There is NO PST charged whatsoever and that pretty much makes this a GREAT price!

I'm a nubie and I bought a Nuvi 750 about 2 weeks ago. I called Garmin and they sent me a map CD US Map Update 2009.

FYI: You might like the www.schmap.com website as it has programed tour maps of many popular cities in the U.S. and around the world. It also allows you to convert any of the recommended tourist sites and restaurants and hotels to Lat/Longs.

This listing is on Ebay Canada and has been also discussed and warned about on other GPS forums. It is offering "THIS GENTLY USED GENERIC SD" of the not yet released version of the European 2009 maps.

I'm new to the whole GPS world, and I have what may be a stupid question. I just bought a Garmin Nuvi 200W, and I know that Garmin makes a GPS for Runners (looks like a wrist watch). My question is, would I be able to use my Nuvi to do the same thing? I would just like to track how fast I'm going, and distance. If I can use my Nuvi, how accurate would it be?

I need some help finding the database points in Mapsource (and on the Legend Cx)

I have only had the StreetPilot series, and have had someone ask me about getting a Nuvi. Does the 200 series power chord plug into the mount or to the unit directly? In my research it looks like the 300 and 600 series do plug into the mount, but I haven't been able to tell about the 200.

Thanks for the help.

Daniel

I finally went on the Garmin website and "updated" my maps on my Nuvi 750 I bought over the winter. I followed all the steps to update the map data, including turning unit on and off, connecting to computer so I assume it updated. Yet I am wondering a few things- is there a way to tell what "version" is on your unit somehow?

when i load my POI's there are some that by default has proximity alerts turned on, so i have to manually go through all my POI's to turn them off.

Is there something i can edit in the file itself, so that everytime i load my poi's in the loaded, i dont have to go through them all, some examples are white castles, and 7-11. Thank you

Everytime I want to put a pic up next to my name either nothing happens or the same pic keeps on coming up. What is the correct way to post a pic.

Doesn't look like they did much to update POI Loader.

Change History
Changes made from version 2.5.2 to 2.5.3:
Fixed issue with Asian language translated strings being incorrectly truncated.

Anyone want to see if they addressed anything we would have wanted?

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=927

Hi,

I was wondering can the Boot Screen that shows warning message with agree button at bottom be Disabled. If you do nothing the screen goes away on its own so I dont understand the reasoning for it at all. I would like to remove it so that it isnt annoying me during startup extending my wait time. If anyone can help it would be Greatly Appreciated.

Thanks,
Snagger56

Does anybody know why this might happen? My Nuvi 660 has been periodically installing the Bluetooth update I had downloaded a while back. Not every time I turn it on, but intermittently. Of course when that happens I lose my settings and have to resync.