Garmin talk

Has anyone use a Power Pack with there GPS? If so, what brand are you using?

Does anyone know where the map file is stored on a 2689LMT? I cannot find it in any visible sub folders.

When I went to install 2018.20 last week, the unit told me there was not enough storage available and that the update required 10 GB. Holy cow!

I was going to move the map file to my HDD and remove it from the 2689 so that I could then install the new map but I could not find the file.

Well, I'm about to give up on Garmin. I moved into my house 19 months ago. Google maps added my neighborhood and my house address 12 months ago. Garmin finally updated the maps with my street with this update, unfortunately I still can not enter my house address.

I'm trying to figure out what this setting does. (I want to find ways to extend battery life.) The owner's manual says:

"Display Settings

Display Timeout: Sets the amount of idle time before your device enters sleep mode."

Does this mean the unit is put to sleep when the GPS no longer detects motion?

I bought a traffic receiver for my 58LM and it says "accesory not available". From what I can read the only difference between the 58LM and the 58LMT is the plug but I can't verify if this is the correct one.

The plug is a GTM 25

Any ideas?

I have updated the list of vehicles using Garmin. 16 vehicle manufacturers and 1 "over the counter".

Acura
Chrysler
Dodge
Fiat
Honda Cars
Honda Motorcycle (Gold Wing)
Jeep
Kenwood (Over the counter In-Dash)
Lancia
Maserati
Paccar (WA based - light and heavy trucks)
Ram
Seat (Spain - exported to over 70 countries)
Skoda (Czech - also China, Russia, India and Slovakia)
Suzuki

Having just updated my 855 with the 2018.2 map I am running into a strange situation which has never ever happened before. I also installed the large JCV file which it has always been able to handle. Both are on an 8 GB SD card.

In case you are a Windows 10 GE user and are seeing these errors in your Application (Event) Log --

Faulting application name: esu.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x58dac8d5
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.10586.916, time stamp: 0x59029fc3
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000bdbe8
Faulting process id: 0x4ad8

Dunno what the heck happened with that last update but now my Garmin (2699) is constantly complaining that the traffic cable is incorrect and I need to use the "correct" one. Worked fine before so I don't know what's going on now. The traffic settings show it unable to find a service (just keeps searching).

I've always been angered when turning left with a green arrow, and having someone doing a right on red doing such and cutting across one lane. Today? Accident. Person who had the green arrow sustained damage to the right fender, person who did the right on red, damage to the left fender.

How much do we want to bet that each cop talking to the respective actors, has a different story?

I recently used the Garmin POI Loader to install POI IN two different Garmin NUVIS. After which both units turned off and would not turn back on. I called support and they attempted to talk me through various attempts to get the units up and running. All of which failed and I subsequently send both uninstall in for repair or replacement.

for some odd reasons there are alot of alerts in places where there is no cameras at all, am i the only one that get these false alerts.

For PC:
Garmin rolled out Garmin Express v5.5.0 for the PC today. If you would like to upgrade to the latest version, select ‘Check for Updates to Express’ on the Settings page within the Express application. This version includes the following changes:

Fixed an issue with non-Marine preprogrammed map cards displaying as an Invalid Chart on the Device Found page.

My nuvi 1450 has been around for a while. Having problems programing, turns "off" to download maps. hasn't "talked" to me for a while with the TourGuide program. And it is probably Garmin doing this "but I don't like seeing a hundred miles wide map displayed. Some other things but I was wondering when is it time for a change? She still works, mostly BUTTT. Any hints? TIA

Some responses I got from my thread about voice command problems has led me to a new question.... Garmin's factory wake-up command is "Hey Garmin", Mine are "Alexa On" and "I'm Lost". What do others use to get their GPS' attention?

hi all not been very active due to cancer but getting there.
i am hopping someone can help me my satnav crashed and my old mac the problem is i had michelin green guide on garmin but lost back up when mac died but i have a back up from garmin on another hdd but it is in the wrong format IE dpi and i need to convert it to csv is it possible it is a very big file.
thanks in advance dell

I just bought a new drive smart 60LM, downloaded the latest map 2018.20. After the map downloaded in Garmin Express I selected add map to computer. After over 3 hours the progress bar was stuck on 50%. Unplugged the Garmin, otherwise it would still be sitting at 50%. Everything works fine, but the Garmin is 98% full. Does this sound right?

First let me start by saying I do appreciate all the effort people take to create a POI file. Some must take up much of their spare time.
For that I thank you.

If you do a Google Search for 900 Crystal Tree Drive, Waynesville, NC 28785, and compare against 2018.20, you'll see what I'm talking about...
I've been waiting for 3 local mapping errors to be fixed by Garmin...

G.E. v5.4.1.0 is ready to download.