Garmin talk

I registered my nuvi 260 yesterday and learned that new maps are coming out in late April. Here's the link with the mention that "We are making our map data even better! The North America 2009 map update is scheduled for release in late April. Check back to order a map update for your product."

http://www8.garmin.com/unlock/update.jsp

OK - so I'm one of those who runs his Nuvi while driving the SAME route every day to & from work. Except Wednesdays, I have a class that's on the way home from work. Naturally, I have a POI set for that.

I've been enjoying discussions on this forum, but I have a few questions.
- A lot of capabilities don't seem to be documented. Much as I enjoy the forum, isn't there some comprehensive documentation available that explains all the functions that are available on my 750?

I am trying to fill in all of the extra info for my custom WP's, but after copying it to my nuvi 650 it is restored to what was previously there. I am using the garmin .gpx format shown on wikipedia. Any ideas?

i know you can hear the unit thru your car radio . but does the unit have a speaker if you dont want to use the car audio ? and if so is the speaker loud enough to hear . i have a c 330 and the speaker is plenty loud . thanks glenn

i have a c330 and i am looking to upgrade i still want to stay with the garmin brand even though i have had many battery problems with my unit . what would you guys recomend ? anything new out there ? thanks glenn

Hi folks...as per subject, I can't run my nuvi250w immediately after downloading new POI's from this site. It said I had downloaded 2 items and then when I did the proper disconnect from my Windows PC, disconnected the nuvi and then restarted it, it came up with the following display.."No detailed maps found that support routing. The nuvi cannot be used without them."

Solar Power Works for nuvi 350.

I wanted to start a new thread on a successful alternative for powering the nuvi.

I made a here post in this thread:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/5107

and the Wall Street Journal Saw it. So they interviewed me and today the story came out. It was on the front page. The story was about the GPSr steering people wrong. The happened to me on vacation when while I was out Geo-caching. I was going from one cache to another and the GPS routed me over an abandoned road.

I noticed that when I save an address as a Favorite in my Nuvi, the address is retained and shows up in the favorite. If I create it in Mapsource and then download it into the Nuvi, only the name shows. Can anybody verify this?

Question from a friend of mine:

Does the 2610 hold the complete map of the US?? If so, what are common uses for the flash card?

If not, how does the flash card get loaded with partial maps?

I have a new Garmin Nuvi 350. I wanted to get rid of the jpegs which came with the unit from the factory and put my own photos on the 350. Using my Mac computer I deleted the factory jpegs and then saved some of my jpegs to the jpeg directory. When I turned the 350 on and went to the picture viewer I was able to see my photos but the factory jpegs are still there as though I never deleted them.

Is there a way to add a custom button for the poi file I am loading?

I have several custom poi files that catagorize my poi's and I would like to have an icon to push rather than the bar with the filename. I see the Garmin do this in other areas. Not the custom poi area.
Thanks in advance!
-Edge

I recently found a site that sells Battery Charger/Extenders (uses 4 AA Batts)for many GPSs:

Garmin - Mio - Magellan - Navman - Tom Tom

They also sell many other accessories for GPSs, Cell Phones, MP3 Players etc….

I purchased a "AA Battery Charge Extender for the Garmin Nuvi 750" and it was supplied with the proper tip so the Nuvi boots up in the NAVIGATION mode.

This may be a little off basic subject matter but....... it is a GPS.
Has anyone owned and used the Garmin GolfLogix? The reviews have been good but I am interested in the annual fee for downloading different golf courses. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
Chuck

I was flying to VA last week on my first out-of-state trip with my 200W. Was going to rent a car and use my 200W to get from Dulles to Arlington. So while I was waiting for my plane at ATL I decided to input the address of my destination. I was shocked to find an "F" where the "V" should be on the alpha input screen.

Garmin named Global Leader in GPSR. See link for more info.
http://tinyurl.com/34w2lh

I just got a Nuvi 200 a few days ago. It has been working great with a consistent three to four green bars on satellite and no problems at all acquiring. Then last evening about 8pm I left a meeting and drove for nearly 20 minutes and the unit would not acquire satellites at all. It displayed one or two red bars the whole time.

I am looking for opinions on a low price gps. My GF's sister borrowed my sc340 and loved it, I only own it for a few months but I am now the "expert"! I am assuming the Nuvi 200 series is comparable to my 340.

thanks in advance.
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I see a lot of folks call the GPS a "GPSr"

I know that 'GPS' stands for --Global Positioning System--.

I would like to ask what the "r" stands for, and why is it in lower-case?

Thanks in advance-