Garmin talk

 

Delayed ring for outgoing calls

I use my nuvi 660 as a speaker for my cell phone through Bluetooth. In about 50% of the outgoing calls I make, after I press the call button on my cell or the the Dial button on the nuvi screen, I hear no ringing on the other end, and the first sound I hear is when the person picks up the call.

Finding Coordinates

Is there a way to get the Coordinates of a Favorite on a Garmin C550, I have set a series of favorites and was hoping I could get the coordinates to begin creating a POI

Fuse 1AH250V for Car Charger

My charger failed - Garmin is sending me a new one which is good but I just found out that the fuse in the Charger if it fails is almost impossible to find a replacement. Anyone on this board been able to find them? If so - where? Thanks.

Free Map Update

I recently was browsing the Garmin website and signed into My Garmin, entered the serial # of my Nuvi660 purchased 8 months ago, and was presented with a free update to the 2008 map! Awesome! Very nice of them and wanted to spread the word so others will know and take advantage... wink

POI EDIT

help, i get this error??
'Archview Rv Campground Resort' is not a valid floating point value

what does this mean?!

THANKS FOR ALL WHO HELP! smile

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Everyday is a GREAT day :)

MP3s and SD Cards

I just got a c550 refurb the other day and love it. I tried to download some mp3 audiobooks into an unused 1GB SD card and they were not recognized.

I tried putting them in an MP3 folder and tried to put them in the root directory of the SD card - no joy. They -were- recognized when I put them on the unit itself.

When does Garmin produce updated maps?

I just got a Nuvi 260 (my first GPS) and wondered when Garmin updates its maps. Also, how old is the most recent map information?

I gather that all maps have to be somewhat outdated because there's always new construction and business openings/closings/relocations, etc.

Thanks for any information.

Nuvi 200 Map Views

I just got a Nuvi 200, and so far I love it. I've noticed some screenshots on some of the postings for extra vehcile files, where you can see the vehicles in "side view" on the maps (in both 2-D and 3-D views). I've also seen a litte "N" arrow on the screenshots indicating which way is North. I can't get those things to appear on my unit.

--synthesizing--

Does anyone know a way to speed-up a simulation... or somehow make it do it's paces in drastically less time than the actual trip would take?

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~Jim~ Nuvi-660, & Nuvi-680

2008 Map Question

I have a C550 with the City Navigator North America NT 2008 map loaded. There is a neighborhood not far from me with some fairly new streets (about two years old, I think) that do not appear on my map. I realize that it takes time to get things updated, so I figure it's no big deal.

Customer Service -- Stolen GPS!

I know its been said before, but Garmin has the best customer service ever.

I called them up today because I needed a replacement mount. They are dropping one in the mail at no charge.

And if this isnt enough, the lady informed me that If I have my GPS locked, and someone steals it.

waas/egnos

On my garmin 650 I have waas/egnos and it is off what is this and do I keep it off or put it on thank you Lucky

ADDRESS

Hi if you don't know the address of a place you are trying to fined can you just put down the name even if you don't know the street or coordinates.Lucky

Nuvi 650 Playlist

Thanks for all the great info on this site concerning gps devices from everyone. I have been trying to make a playlist so I can group different kinds of music together on a sd card instead of just loading mp3 files and letting the gps group them. Is there a easy way to do this so the nuvi 650 will let me select the playlist and play alright?
Thanks

4wd trail poi

does anyone have any 4wd poi files for utah? Az.

thanks

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Everyday is a GREAT day :)

POIs in Mapsource

Just started playing around with Mapsource on my computer. While in Mapsource, I noticed all the various built in POIs displayed on the map.

1) If I download the Rest Stops POI from this site, how do I import that POI file into mapsource to view the rest stop locations on the map,

What's the Garmin eTrex Legend HCx micro SD card maximum size?

Greetings,

I haven't found this in the forum archives unless I'm searching for the wrong terms but I bet someone here knows the answer and has hands-on experience with the topic.

Nuvi 370

I bought a Nuvi 370 before I moved to the Netherlands, the device first of all came without the most up-to-date maps. I called Garmin and they were nice enough to send updated maps. Does anyone in this forum have POI's for the Europe/Netherlands???.

Will Garmin discontinue the Nuvi 260 within a year?

Another post noted that Garmin announced new Nuvi 205 and 255s will come out this spring. The 255 appears to have all the capabilities and more than the 260, except it has a battery with one hour less of life.

Can't We Get a Menu Button (7200)

Its odd... there is lots of room to keep that "Menu" button constant through all the menus, yet it disappears after you press any feature and then sometimes it requires pressing the BACK button 7 or 8 times before you're back at the main menu. Its really tedious.

Anyone else run in to a simliar problem with their 7200?