Garmin talk

I purchased a Nuvi 750 from HSN on their promo day of 2/16/08. I already had the "beanbag" mount and, when using it with the 750, the adapter would come off too easily - whenever I swung it left or right. I called Garmin on Monday 3/17 and they shipped me a new adapter via UPS with a *promised* date of delivery of 3/20/08. It arrived on 3/20 and works much better than the original.

Recently I've had a case when my Garmin 350 with updated to 2008 map lead me through the field, about few hundred feet from the real highway in PA. I was visiting friends.

My guess would be that this highway was finished at least 2 years ago, because the Google maps already have the change.

If anyone can answer these questions:

Gaday All,

I have a 250w and have been looking for new voices (by the other posts i have read everyone is doing the same) I managed to find a tom and jerry file then found it was for TomTom in .VIF format. Can someone point me in the right direction to convert to .SUM or .VPM files???

Dadandson

Is the 350 a better buy than the 260? I belive that the 350 was one of the first nuvis made. Is it ready to be replaced? Is the chip set the old type? The flip out antenna better than built in? Besides the mp3 player and a few other items is there any reason to buy the 350?

When is Garmin or MSN gonna fix the problems with the 680 and the "weather Alert" icon. "no match found"!

It's getting old Garmin. Kick MSN in the butt and get them moving on a fix.

Ok, in google maps, you are able to get directions and let it figure out what it thinks is the best route. Afterwards, you can drag the route points to wherever you want to go. So, for instance, it tell you to go on some rural route, but you want to go on the interstate, no matter the time difference. So you grab a point over to the interstate and it recalculates the route.

I have a newly purchased Garmin 350. While at the Garmin web site, there was an options to down, or install, the current list of road construction areas. I accomplished this, directly to my GPS, while it was connected to the computer. Although, I’m not sure what this does or how it works.. I don’t see an additional PIO file.

Anyone know of a recent casino poi for Garmin? Las Vegas has had a huge number of casinos open as well as close over the past 18 months, and I could really use a current POI.

My custom poi are work great, but I thought if you got an alert for a POI, you can touch the alert and be taken there. Nothing happens by doing that.

I have Shell gas station on my route, and one is alerted nearby, I would like to just touch the icon or alert banner and ask to go there as a via point

anyone....

I Have a Nuvi 260, I have a jpeg in the pic viewer and I can't get rid of it, When it's hooked up to the computer I can't see it in the garmin/jpeg file, but I see on the pic viewer on the nuvi, can anyone help!!

I have been traveling the past week and one of our overnight stops was Williams, AZ. The GPS (Nuvi 750) could locate the hotel along the route, but it could not locate Williams, AZ when I selected to search near a location. It could locate all the businesses in the area with the Williams, AZ address. It could locate cities with the name of Williams in several other states, but not Arizona.

Recently Garmin tech support agreed to send MapSource and gave a confirmation number. They were temporarily out of the program. Has anyone found a link on Garmin's site to check order status? I didn't see one. It may be since I didn't order via the web there won't be one but thought I'd ask.

Hi All,

Adding Sounds to POI Files,downloaded file ,saved the MP3 File and added to my POI file Folder that I am Trying to add a Sound File to Copied exact file name but Added .mp3 to File and saved entered to same File in my POI Folder still does not say Sound such as Approaching a Red Light etc.,Would appreciate more HELP here the File Shows up in my Garmin in the MP3,Music Content and Plays but not whe

In comparing Garmin nuvis on their website, I noticed that the small screen models have an antiglare coating on their screens and the widescreens do not. You would think that antiglare which is useful on small screens would be even more useful on wide screens. Is glare a problem for those of you who own widescreen models?

Well I just picked up a Trail Guide for my Jeep. It hasn't come in yet, but I was just curious if there were any fellow Trail Guide (Quest 2) users out there. Basically it's just a re-badged Quest 2 unit, different color.

I was wondering what people liked about the Quest 2, what they didn't like. Any tips/tricks to get the most out of my unit?

anyway,

If I add some new custom POI files and upload them to my Garmin, is it true I have to re-enter all the information for all the files in the same directory AGAIN.

I have 5 csv fileS, and it ask me again every time for the alert setting and mile FEER for alert FOR EACH.

yipes...

IS THERE A WAY TO SET THE DEFAULT ALERT FEET TO 5280=1 MILE

I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me if they got any software disks with their Nuvi 660. I did not get mine at a retail store, and no software came with it. I was wondering if there is something I am missing. Thanks.

After 20 years I have my first problem with a Garmin GPS. Yesterday we drove to Tampa (175 miles) and the traffic rx worked on the way up, coming home it never picked up a signal. I checked the traffic icon under system, and it said that I did not have a valid subscription. Click on the OK and the screen comes up that says I have a subscription thru Nov 31, 2008.

I use the Bluetooth feature on my C550 and was wondering if there is a way to create phone number shortcuts on the Garmin, similar to the "Call Home" shortcut. Is this possible. Does anyone know of a way to access the keyboard shortcuts already programmed into the phone?

Reverie