Garmin talk

I was wondering if anyone else has tried using a car GPS for their mountain bikes. How did you mount it? How did you handle battery issues?

I have a Garmin Streetpilot c550 which I wanna mount on my handlebar (or maybe on the bike stem). I saw some cool RAM mounts but I wonder if those would be enough to minimize vibration.

Thanks for the help.

First... I am glad I found this place... a lot of great information.

I am new to Garmin... just purchased a nuvi 750 earlier this week. Previously I had a Sony NV-U73T which was a good unit... just a lot of bugs.

This is a great site with a lot to offer... and I hope to use several of these items.

Hi everyone,

Hello-
I'm having difficulties programming a hotel address into my 650. When I type the address in, I get a message from my 650 that says something to the effect of "inaccurate address" Or not a correct address, BUT it is. Can someone please tell me how I can program the hotel address into my 650?

Thanks for your help!

I think either Garmin have finally "lost it", or they've embarked on a personal vendetta against me!

I recently sent them 3 bug reports for the Nüvi 760 - and I know they've been received, because they showed up, fleetingly, in "My Support" @ the Garmin website. (Obviously, I can't expect them to be there every time I look )

I just wanted to take a moment to thank Ken for all of his hard work and time on the REST AREA COMBINED file!!

GREAT WORK Ken!!

and THANK YOU!!

I have a nuvi650 with 2008 maps.

If I get the 2009 update will my unlock code work or do I have to get a new code to load the update into my unit?

I was wondering if it better for the unit if I disconnect it from the suction cup mount or remove the entire mount at night. I am sure the contacts will wear out eventually. Then again if i remove the suction cup mount i will wear out the suction cup. What do you do?

For those who have a hand held Garmin there is a very interesting new utility called MOAGU. It allows rendering and installation of real maps onto a Garmin unit. Check it out here: http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2008/04/moagu-br...

This may be a simple question to answer but I haven't figured it out yet! Would someone be able to explain the difference between a POI File downloaded from POI Factory and POI's that are included with Garmins City Navigator Noth America NT 2008?

Hi,

I have created a few POI files using the method described at the end of this post.

I find that the information displayed on my GPS is clustered like this:

Home Depot Sarcee Trail NW
11320 Sarcee Trail NWCalgary, AB T3G, Can
ada(403) 374-3860STOR
E HOURSM-F 7AM-10PMS
AT 7AM-8PMSUN 8AM-6PM

When I click on the pushpin in MyMaps on GoogleMaps the info shows up like this:

OK Group;

I traveled to Florida this past weekend and noticed that garmin sometimes picks strange routes. On the 400 mile return trip, it was going to route me onto Highway 1 for 300 miles when I could run the interstate for 350 of the 500 miles. Before anyone says anything, it was set or fastest route, not shortest.

Nubie here.

I just got my 760 today. I was poking around on Garmin's site and I ran across maps for inland lakes, and I'm wondering if those maps are only good for "marine" devices, or will they work on an "automotive" GPS?

- John

Also, I coudn't find any info that told me the capacity of the internal memory of the 760. Does anybody know?

Has anyone updated the new firmware? It says that it updated retail information. What is that? Nothing looks different.

Thanks

On my 76CSx there is a "Welcome Screen" that shows when you power on the device. I have it set to show my name, my phone number, and a $50 reward. I figure that, should I lose the unit, someone might be motivated to call me and return the unit in exchange for the $50. I'd gladly pay the reward.

Is there such a screen on units such as the Nuvi 760?

www.nav-voices.co.uk

this site has some good voices that will work with the Garmin c530

check them out at the link above!

Here is the problem, I will go riding sometimes for 8 to 10 hours at a time. My Nuvi 660's battery will not work that long. So I need a way to keep it powered up. I have a Cigarette lighter on the handlebar, also a Ram-Mount system to hold the GPS securely. But the only adapters I see plug into the little USB port on the side. If I use that, it will shut the GPS off.

I've been reading all over how people are having memory issues with loading their maps and have a quick question. When you update your maps via the DVD, does it remove your old maps and install the updated ones? And if you load the 2009 maps using Mapsource does it remove the old maps too or does it just add the new map info?

When downloading a POI to my c340, it downloads as a html document that states a sql server issue.