Garmin talk

Started working in South Boston a couple weeks ago and though I know how to get to and from work I have been using my C580 with MSNdirect and have found very helpful.. If you've ever driven near Boston you'll know it's notorious for traffic jams, accidents etc.. The C580 has been really good in automatically routing me around slow or stopped traffic..

I have just purchased my first gps a Garmin nuvi 360. I have been in the process of loading some poi files onto an sd card. My question is is there anything I have to do to make them show up on the 360 after I put the card in or will it automatically see them on the card?

i have loaded pois on my 2gb sd card i have a garmin c33o but when i place the sd card into the unit it nothing happens and i cant get my pois am i doing something wrong or is is not possible to use a sd card with pois on it help please thanks mike

It works similar to the method mentioned by “GDFAINI” in an earlier thread hooking the Nuvi to a PC and sliding the Power Switch to the Lock position and then “Safely Removing the USB Mass Storage Device”.

i recently downloaded the red alerts file and have set it up with bitmap icon and mp3 alert. However i noticed that when I am listening to a music mp3 and I drive close to a traffic light, I get the red flashing screen alerting me but the alert mp3 file doesn't play. Instead, the mp3 player skips to the next song! and if i have another alert, it skips to the next song again.

On my trip from Hollywood Fl. to my home in MA. I have been keeping track of bean bag vs. windshield mount. The windshield mounts are used in every 9 out of 10 cars and trucks with their power cords hanging in the window, that I have been able to see. I am on 95 North in VA for the night. Also Garmin is the most used GPS.

I noticed that MSN has updates on traffic, etc. Is it worth buying the antenna and subscribing or is there something better. John

Has anyone removed the preloaded software for MSN related functionality on their unit? From the diagnostic mode inventory of the unit you can see the MSN software code, which corresponds to a large file in the Remote Software file in the Garmin file in the unit. Don't remember the exact number but if you're never going to use MSN traffic would there be a problem removing it?

I would like to display the poi's on my nuvi 750 map when I am driving. Can anyone out there tell the best way to do this?

Bean Bag Mount and Slippage

I have found that using "Removable Glue Dots" on the bottom of the Bean Bag Mount helps the bag with more traction. This helped my bag from slipping when I had to make a sharp turn in a hurry. My Garmin bag has flown of the dash 3 or 4 times in the past.

I was here a week ago about the disaster of having Garmin allow me to delete the files of the Garmin unit forcing me to send it to them. I had it shipped express 2 day and it got there I think the 17th of April. Today is the 25th and no word, no email, no phone call. Should I call them up to see if they got it?

Mapsource unlock code?

what is it?

Anyone else here notice odd behavior with TMC traffic and Garmin travel time prediction lately?

Did anyone have an issue with their NUVI 350 or any other GPS unit on 4/24/08. My GPS unit worked yesterday for only 1 hour. In the morning it searched all day. In the middle of the day it worked for an hour. Then last night back to not working. Any thoughts from the folks out there?

Any help or feedback would be great.

Thanks

Hi there,

I have been loading poi's on the SD card for a while and when I do that the garmin display a message everytime I boot it. The message basically asks me if i want to load the new data into the unit's internal memory. I simply hit cancel, everytime.

I have found using MSN live maps to find a location and download it over the air to my 750 to be very useful. You find the location by search, you can view it with bird's eye view, and send wirelessly to gps.

My Nuvi 660 notify me in some areas of red light cameras
but not in others.

I don't understand why garmin will not acknowledge if there will be internet downloading available or if I have to go and buy the 2009 map update.

The Garmin web site advised they are going to release a 2009 map update. Has anyone heard anything about it? Will the old c330 be able to use it?

My c550 dies down after about half an hour on battery power, that's why I always keep it connected to the car charger. Does anyone else have the same issue? Has anyone tried replacing the battery themselves? Thanks.