Garmin talk

I have my POIs setup in Folders like "Fast Food","Attractions","Rest Areas"..etc. I have set Manual alerts for each POI in each Folder. I just updated my "McDonalds and "Starbucks" with the new POI updates listed on this site. When I went to upload these new ones into my Garmin I had to Manually set "All" the Alerts for All my POIs not just the new updated ones.

I have never used the "downloaded" version of the update, only the DVD update. When I use the DVD version, when all is completed, I have the 2009 maps loaded on the GPS SP2820 AND it is loaded in Mapsource.

My question is:

Does anyone know of way to get a Garmin nuvi 2xx to display the title of a Custom POI on the maps like Favorites are? Is it possible?

It seems when I enter a destination, the estimated time is right on when I get to it... but I usually drive 15-20 over the speed limit. How do they estimate the arrival time?

Rookie Problem #1--

I was just looking through the Garmin Site, and I can not find the program to create and upload POI files to my Nuvi 350.

Rookie Problem #2--
Is there any easy way to take a list of addresses (in a CSV file), and easily create a POI file?

trying to veiw all the pointer files on my computer they dont show up . says not supported. i have a Sony with windows vista what do I do?

I've had my c530 for almost 2 years now and I'm looking to upgrade. Sam's Club has a nuvi 750 for $299. This seems like a pretty good deal. The features look like it would make a good upgrade. I like the ability to create routes with multiple waypoints. I'm not really looking for anything Bluetooth compatible. What I guess I'm asking is, would the 750 be a good upgrade from the c530?

On my Nuvi 750 it shows a blue line on every street I travel and stays there all the time even after I turn it off and on. Is there a way to get rid of the blue lines?

Is anyone using Firefox 3 to send route to Garmin through Google maps?

I am using Firefox 3 and choosing a direction in Google maps. When I click on "Send" - only the email option shows up, "Send to GPS" is not available.

Ok, so this has probably neen beaten to death somewhere else in the POI Factory, but doing a search really didn't answer my questions. I've been GPS'ing for over a year now with my trusty and reliable c340. Now I'm looking to get a unit for my motorcycle since I do a lot of long-distance touring on my bike - an older BMW RT. And either the Zumo 450 or 550 seems to fit the bill.

When I went to run my Web Updater yesterday I received a communications error.It says that i am not connected to the internet but obviously I am. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas?

Hello I have the Nuvi 760:

How do I save an icon or voice alert from the redlight camera/speed alert files.

Thanks in advance.

swtg27

Does anyone know how big of a SD card the 550c will support? I have read on the others, but there is no mention of the 550. I was just wanting to add more mp3 files. thanx

VERY new to GPS and Garmin but am a fast learner. I have downloaded and installed the Garmin Communicator plugin, tested it, and have been downloading businesses via the "Send to GPS" function. However, when I checked the results on the Garmin, I found that only the lat/lon is displayed under the name; all of the business information shown in the "send" window is missing.

why does my nuvi give 2 diff mileages ? when i go to my fav it gives a mileage and when i go to the turn by turn the mileage is diff ? from my home to branson in turn by turn its 689mi but in my fav it says 403mi any help?

just recived my garmin 650 but the speker doesn't work, it worked for a secend and then just stoped. i tried to connect headphones and i could hear anything. does somebody know what could be the problem.
thank you

I have on my nuvi 660 the free north american map i got from the mail. tonight i was looking for the westin hotel in national harbor, md. looking at my maps, the city nor the streets exist!
I just got this map update maybe 5 months ago (2008 version perhaps?).. sucks!

Here are two questions for which I seek answers:

I recently purchased a Nuvi 850 from TVNav. I posed a question about its track log specifications in Darell's Yahoo group and thought it might be of interest to the group here.

Newbie here.

It appears that if I'm en route to a destination and for instance I stop for food and shut down my 260 it "sometimes" remembers the route when I power back on. Is there a certain shutdown sequence one must go through to ensure it does?

I've tried this several ways:

- Turn off ignintion and let Garmin shut down on it's own
- Touch "Turn Off" when prompted