Garmin talk

Any ideas on whether the magnetic clasp on a case for the Nuvi will affect the electronics inside. I don't know how the gyro in the GPSr works and don't want to mess it up.

IIRC its not a good idea to have magnets around your electronics, especially receivers, HDDs etc. But then again the cases for PDAs, Blackberry's etc have magnetic clasps.....

Could someone see if they can locate "Veganopolis" in Portland, OR on their older Garmin maps. It doesn't show on the NT 2008 maps. However I had a friend navigating using his (at least) 2 year old Magellan and it shows up on that.

I've loaded POI files into my Garmin several times. I'm using the Garmin POI Loader and it's default for loading states "install new poi onto your device"

How do I keep files that I've previously loaded? I have not selected "remove all previously installed poi's"

I've seen this feature showing on Costco's website, but i hardly see the screen clearly under the strong sunlight.I bought it from Dell during Boxing Week. Does anyone know why?
Thx.

Just got the 750... seems to work great no problems with it other than the nearest freeway onramp just got closed 2 months agao and the 750 keeps asking me to take that entrance... other than that it works great

If I look at the specs for my GPSr, on the Garmin website, it states that it has 500 waypoints.
Can someone explain exactly what this really means?

Does anyone know if any of the features such as POI Alerts or Tourguides work in the Garmin Nuvi 200. The Garmin instruction manual doesn't speak of any of this.

My 680 doesn't get signal when I'm in my 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid. Has anybody else experience this problem? It works well in my Truck. I called Garmin, they said it is because of all of the sensors in the car. If that is true, that sucks. Any advise?
Do you know if the 7 series Garmin has this problem too?

I installed a sandisk 2gb card. I downloaded music to it but nothing show up when I go to mp3 player. any ideas?

I'm not really sure what this is supposed to do. If I drive a route that is know is better than what the Nuvi is telling me, the Nuvi constantly wants me to correct my course back to its route. I thought perhaps the Detour function would allow for a re-route, but it dosent seem to actually do anything.

Anyone know what it is actually for?

I know with Tom Tom's, you can click for an alternate route, can you do this with a Garmin 650. If you can't I think this is a major downfall with the Garmin Nuvi series. Any ideas?

I have a new 660, it SEEMS to have lots of POI's in it already - for example it already looks like it has the flying J stops, do I need to add the POI file on this site ?

I visited this site :

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/

and liked the way you can input multiple addresses to get gps co-ordinates.

The problem is, Garmin POIs needs longitude in first column and latitude in second column of POI.

This gpsvisualizer.com site reverses the info and puts the longitude in the second column of its results.

Does anyone know how much MSN direct cost a year. I have a nuvi680 on the way that comes with 1 year free.
But I cant find how much it is when the free one expires.

I have a Nuvi 650 and I am having issues. Does anyone know why my Garmin would have me take a right off a rd I am traveling, just to make a u-turn and get right back on the road. I have also been having major problems with my Garmin being off. I will be getting close to a destination, and it will tell me it is on the right, but I will then look left and see where I was trying to go.

Hi Folks,

I was at Sam's Club in Vacaville, CA today and they are selling the Garmin Nuvi 750 for $427.99. Not a bad deal or so I thought.

Clint

I have a "new" c340...couldn't pass up a brand new, warranteed unit with friction base and window mount for $150.

While I'd like to pre-plan trips on the pc and transfer to my c340, tech suppport says no on the c340.

Q #1. However, is there any way to string multiple waypoints together, or am I forced to select as I progress?

Hello, Im new to the poi world and to gps's as a matter of fact. I have a Nuvi 350, and have downloaded poi's from this web site on to a SD memory card via POI loader from garmin. I can view the POI's on my garmin thru Where to> My locations> custom poi. When Im driving, and I know the location of a Starbucks for example it does not come up on the screne nor do i get an icon.

Yesterday my Nuvi 660 had a problem. A short time after leaving home my Nuvi 660 had a problem accessing the satellites. I would receive a message poor satellite reception then it would not connect. After waiting about one hour I would try it again and sometimes it would connect and other times it would not. Finally it stopped connecting all together.

I had the power supply for my Nuvi 360 "hard wired" into my car so I wouldn't have the cord draping over the dash when we are on vacation.

Soon, I am going to fly to Las Vegas for a trip into Utah and Death Valley, in addition to seeing the Vegas sites. I am going to rent a car, and I'm taking my Nuvi.