Garmin talk

I have a Garmin Streetpilot c330. It ALWAYS has some kind of problem locking on to sattelites. I will start driving and i takes 5 minutes to figure out were it is at .sometimes it is at my last location. When it does lock onto a satellite it dosen't hold it for very long. I mean it will find a satellite and 10 minutes later you will hear "Lost sattelite reception .

I can see that my Garmin knows were the rest areas ,but why won't it tell me the adress or the telephone number. The thing is when i load the point of intrest the phone number is already in the spreadsheet

I understand that it helps for places that were recently built , but why isn't this stuff already in my garmin

is there a way to put the map north america nt 2008 on my pc. just in case i need to upload it to my gps device in the future

Does anyone know what the EXTDATA folder is
on my Garmin device?

Bummer! I have a Garmin StreetPilot C530 - and I love it. Fortunately for me, I've kept it current with the latest updates from Garmin and Navteq; but when I went to the Garmin Web site for the C530 just now, I found that they've removed it. You can't get there from here!

My GO-720 lasted me exactly nine days. I took the map update that Tomtom HOME offered me ... and that was the last time the device worked. I decided to cut my losses and returned the device to the store where I bought it, paid the price difference and got the Garmin. Thought the maps in the Tomtom were defective anyway ...

I am wondering if anybody here knows if I were to get an ATSC convertor box, could I watch over the air digital broadcast television by using a Garmin Nuvi 5000 GPS as the display device?
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134&pID=11547

I am trying to change the splash screen on a 7200. When I hook up the usb I see The audio, Mp3 and a Garmim image file. What do I use to get to the splash screen file?

I just saw a Nuvi 750 yesterday at Sam's and I noticed that the Screen's and menu's appear to be a little nicer. Is there a way to update the 660 with the new look? I figure it isn't possible but I thought I would ask.

There will be times when I will need to charge my unit in Europe outside of the car. Does this model have dual voltage or do I need a power converter? I was assuming it had the dual voltage since it came with pre-loaded European maps and a plug adaper but don't want to take a chance on blowing it.

does anyone know how to get rid of the splash screen on the c530 when you first boot it up ( the one that states you accept)

thanks

Newbie here...sorry I can't find an answer via searching....

I read spec sheets for Nuvi 200 and it says max # of custom POI's = 500. Is this assuming no SD card? Is this max POI count limitation eliminated when you add an SD card and leave it in the unit? I assume you can load the card with custom POI's using a PC with certain software app and then plug it in the Nuvi.

A general question. I have a new Zumo and when I look for "fuel" it only shows about 1/2 of the stations that exist locally. Stations that have been here for 5-15 years don't show up. Why is that?

The comments seem to be the most interesting!

www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/02/garmin_nuvi_750_review.php

Does any one know the address or location of the alamo I can put into my Garmin?
Thanks

MapSource version 6.13.7 is out as of February 21, 2008 at:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209

Changes made from version 6.13.6 to 6.13.7:

*Fixed an issue sending maps to units on Asian language computers.
*Fixed an issue where the vertical profile was not displayed correctly.
*Fixed an issue when transferring data to a blank SD card.
*Fixed an issue where the map tile name was not displayed correctly on the unit after transferring to the device with MapSource.

RT

Recently while moving my streetpilot c550 between cars, the tip of the charger exploded and pieces went flying. After searching my grass and driveway (for an hour ) I found 2 of the parts; the silver tip and the threaded black plastic part. I never did find the spring. I was, however, able to successfully use the spring from an ink pen after stretching it to size.

They exceed my expectations. I sent my C530 in to have the ball socket replaced/repaired. Paul said it could take up to ten working day, once they received the unit.

Last Wednesday (2/13) I sent it USPS priority and it was received on Friday. Monday the looked at it and decided to send an exchange unit. UPS delivered it today, 2/21.

Strangest thing happened to me last night. I went to my local Home Depot, and used the same Home Depot POI file that I always use. Normally, I get routed there with no problem. However, last night, the POI was off NE by a good quarter mile. I thought something was strange about the directions but assumed (yeah, I know) that my Nuvi was giving me a more efficient route to try.