Garmin talk

Am I able to get LIFETIME Traffic on my 660 ?

Has Garmin done anything about the late directions on surface streets? Interstate directions are timely but when it comes to surface streets (some six to eight lanes wide) you have to force the next command by pressing the screen to see if the turn is right or left. Garmin should change this if they have not already.

Newbie here....I've downloaded the latest POI Loader, created a folder for the POIs, etc., etc., and downloaded various POIs from this site to the new folder.

It comes my attention that all of distance mileage under favorites are incorrect except current address 0 mile. But they are correct under trip odometer. What's wrong with it? The software and maps are the latest version. I tried remove all favorites and added them back twice but they still show up incorrect distance mileage.

I already downladed city navigator 2009 maps on the sd card from my pc. I like to know how can I add other maps like europe and canads etc.
I have garmin 200w

Is there a way to set up a sound (Like an MP3 File) that can play when you start up the NUVI 350?

As a Garmin "newbie" I have been trying to download a military lodging POI from http://www.poi-factory.com/node/1631. I downloaded it to a .doc file (Excel) but cannot move it from there to my Garmin instrument. I also went to Garmin and downloaded the POI loader. What could I be doing wrong? Thanks. JPaxton

I have the 660, does it make much of a difference to install a roof antenna on my car?

Interesting article today about Garmin.

By Dave Mock
October 16, 2008

I searched the FAQ and didn't find an answer to this question.

Q: What would happen if you loaded two speed camera files speed_cameraX.gpx and speed_cameraZ.gpx that had duplicate locations and ran with it?

Would the alerts function as normal?

does anybody know why the description doesnt show on a nuvi 670 if it is fairly long. short ones work ok, long ones dont show up at all. i have the latest software version.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me how to determine what PCB version I have in my Garmin Nuvi 760.
Thanks!

im getting crashes/unit hangs and lockups more often with the red light camera pois turned on. evidently the gps doesnt like it when its navigating/recalculating and alerting to pois at the same time. it usually happens when i get an alert at the same time its showing a zoomed up view of a turn and doing a recalc because i missed the turn. the system log says abnormal termination.

I was looking at some files that might be of interest for an upcoming trip. Some of them were only available as a GPX file. When I look around the directories on my 255W I do see exactly one GPX file. I don't think I put it there. What I wonder is can I download the GPX file from this site and then just copy it to where I found the other GPX file already on the unit.

I downloaded redlight and speed cameras and its been working great but,I would like to get some help on how to load icons and sounds on my Nuvi760.
I followed the webb instruction on the POI and when I tested the 760 , I did not have any change except I not only didn,t see the icon or the sound now it won,t alert with the 2 dings that it had before. What did I do wrong .
Thanks Bill

Have any fellow-owners of the 260W out there updated their Nüvi with the software Version 4.0? I did, and haven't noticed any significant changes, up or down. But then I haven't tested it that much. Would like to 4.0 hear user comments... Thanks.

Hello there,
I need some help with my Garmin 670 (not 760!). I have 2 problems:

1) I tried to add new Custom POIs via POI Loader. However, despite following the directions diligently from this site (http://www.poi-factory.com/node/8536), my Custom POIs do not appear! Not only that the Custom POIs that I tried to create appears under my Favorites!

I tried creating a wav file using PCM, 44.100 kHZ., 16 bit, Mono and used the same name as the csv and bmp files just had the wav file extension different and I could not get it to play on my Nuvi 260. Is there something else (i.e. proximity settings) that has to be included?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

I'm trying to create a custom poi of all the boat landings in SC. So far I have done 193 on the computer but when I download them to my nuvi on 125 are downloading to it. Does my nuvi have a limit on custom poi's?

I've deleted the poi's and retried it and I'm still getting the same results.

Thanks

This was copied directly from a support ticket I had with ESRI #676246.

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The GPS Toolbar is designed to work with NEMA 'sentences' which are designed to be communicated via serial, or RS-232 communication. Since the Garmin is a USB device, it is not technically supported. However, you can successfully connect to the GPS Toolbar using the following steps: