Garmin talk

 

Camery Hybrid Signal

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?

sd card for nuvi 360

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

Nuvi Detour

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?

Alternate Route

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?

Why add POI's

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 ?

Geocoder Question

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.

MSN Direct, How much does it cost?

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.

Problems with my Nuvi 650

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.

Garmin Nuvi 750

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

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Your Portion Of Light Whether you are a brilliant flame or but a tiny spark matters not-for the world needs whatever portion of light is yours to give.

Trip & Waypoint Manager Software

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?

Garmin Nuvi 350 POI's not working

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.

Garmin Support Outstanding

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.

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Garmin DriveSmart 61

Power supply

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.

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N 38* 57' 47.5" W 95* 14' 6.9"

Another "alert" question

I have a nuvi 200 and I downloaded and installed the school zones "west" file. I works great except for one school. For the longest time, I couldn't get the alert to work when passing the school and I have the coordinates on the road directly in front of the school. Now, the alert goes off, but it only sounds for about a second and a half, as does the red banner announcing the school zone.

fm transmitter

I am considering adding an fm transmitter to my nuvi 360. If I do will I have to keep my radio tuned to an empty fm channel at all times or can I listen to other channels?

GarminNuvi 750 for $299 ... a deal

I was channel surfing last night and came across the Home Shopping Network selling the Nuvi 750 for $299 ... just a heads up if anyone is interested... the cheapest price I found on the web price comparison sites was $382. HSN must have struck a deal ... Previous posts said HSN was sold out, but they appear to have more.

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Nuvi 260 www.dispatch.com

c330 - getting to the diagnostic page

Hello,

I've read on here about the diganostic page that's available on the c330 by touching the right upper corner of the screen for 5 seconds, but it will not work for me. Does the unit have to be in the car? It is currently connected to the computer.

Is there a trick that I'm missing? I've even tried warming my hands first...

Possible to create a custom route?

I hope this makes sense. I just picked up a Garmin 750. I figured out how to load in custom POI's, so that is not a problem.

I want to setup a custom route, a "point a to point b" type of thing. Problme is, it's using back roads so the GPS needs checkpoints along the way to stay on the "fun roads". Otherwise it's going to direct us to the main highway not far away.

How to use Reset button

I haven't found the need to use it yet, but wondering if one has to actually punch a hole thru' the label on the back of the Nuvi to reset it? Or is the label flexible and one can actually click on the button thru' the label?

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Nuvi 250W

Associate MP3 with Album Art/Picture

Does anyone know the best way to get album art onto the Nuvi 360?

I am using MS Media Player to transfer songs to the SD card, but I don't get the album art with it...

Thanks,
-Mike

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-Mike Nuvi 360 Samsung M520 Sprint (Bluetooth'd)