Garmin talk

Did I not read on some posting here that if you have the Lat. & logitude you can set up a custom POI with ease?

If so, how is this accomplished please

Billy

I store all my custom POI's on the SD card and choose not to transfer them to the unit. When I select a Favorite POI from the SD card I never hear the MP3 sound which has the same name as the POI nor when I'm enroute I don't see any of the other custom Icons that are on the card and when I get to the destination I just see the flag.

Is it possible to replace the startup warning screen with the owner's name and contact info?

I get varying results at intersections with my nuvi 750 version 2.50. On some I get a siren and others no siren. On many I get multiple alerts which seem to be speed related. On one I got an alter after passing through the intersection.

I would hope that one would get a single consistent alert for a intersection, but apparently not.

Thoughts?

I have a 260W and have discovered that it has a built in camera feature. Anyone know the purpose of it? Thanks,

I was reading a discussion about the various routing options the Magellan has, compared to the Garmin Nuvi. Although the Nuvi has the same (and more routing options) than the Magellan, setting the equivalent Magellan routing on the Nuvi is not very obvious. Here is how I compiled them.

Let me know if they need to be modified and will edit this post.

Magellan: Shortest time

I've read posts where the complaint is that the Nuvi does not show the distance (remaining) to the destination and the time (remaining) to destination. I discovered that you can see this on the Nuvi 200, and probably applies to other Nuvi's too. Of course, it takes a few key presses to get this information unlike the competition.

1. Set a destination you want to go to and hit GO.

splash screen 330,ive tried to load a new pic following the node i was told too and all i ended up with is a start and splash screen of the same thing i have ximage downloaded and changed the pix size and changed it to bmp file and it wont got to the gps,any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

It is easy to get frustrated when you go deep into the different sub menus on the Nuvi then try to get back to the "Main Menu" page. One has to press the "Back" key over and over until the "Main Menu" is finally reached.
Solution:
When you are done what you are doing in the sub-menus, press and hold the "Back" key for 1 to 2 seconds, it will take you straight back to the "Main Menu".

Hi Everyone,

My owners manual says that I should have the antenna for my nuvi 660 parallel to the ground but would it not reason that I would get better reception if it was straight up and down in the truck? Maybe this is a stupid question but what the heck, you don't ask you don't get. (LOL)

If you are adding custom POIs can you setup the alerts to only pop up for some of them?

I have a 650 and 750 and I only see a choice to turn on or off alerts for customs POIs. I don't want alerts for most of them but it would be nice to have them in the unit in case I need them. On the other hand I would want them for red-light cameras.

ok, i have a kinda dumb question :

when i go on a long trip and want to load poi's, do i have to make one big file or can i load the different files ?

thanks

I just bought the nuvi 750. Does anyone have any helpful tips for a brand new gps owner? Thanks.

Nuvi 760 keeps prompting me to load custom POIs from SD card onto the internal memory. I think I've read somewhere that one can choose "do not ask anymore". For the life of me, I can't seem to locate that button. Can someone please help.

Just wondering what keeps the nuvi (660) operating faster/better because i have all the europe/us maps both travel guides and the language guide. Right now on the card.

i just read that you can change the start screen on the 330 if so how? i cant find info

The nuvi worked out pretty slick on this trip. I used it on the plane to track the trip which was pretty fun. I was interested in how long the battery could last. It lasted about half way across the ocean (approx 4 hours) before the battery ran out. http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v200/160/28/8...

Hello everyone, great site you guys have here. I bought my C340 with the new 2008 city navigator map on it, which was great. I use the gps for pizza delivery and some of the streets/neighborhoods are not listed.

I have had my Garmin StreetPilot 2730 for over a year now. I have updated the map, added a number of POIs, added favorites, created and saved routes, etc. I have never downloaded maps from anywhere other than Garmin Mapsource. I have read that it is possible to download other maps onto it. I am just wondering what sort of maps I might want to download.

When I flip open the antenna on my nuvi 350, a pop-up window will say "GPS turned off (for use indoors) ok". And there is no signal bar appearing at the up left corner. This happens even if I am outdoors and have full line of sight to the sky. Now I can't use my nuvi 350 at all.