Garmin talk

Anyone know where I can find a ping .wav file?

Finally 2018.30 has school zones in Edmonton. But only some.. so now my POI alerts for said school zones now are doubles.. sometimes. What a mess! One would have thought that if they got around to including school zones.. they would do the whole city at once..

And.. there are still numerous main cross roads that do not show in the top header bar.

Found this site by accident the other day if any one is interested. Has a lot of cool vehicles for your Garmin. http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com/

A new Garmin Smartphone Link app was released 11Oct2017. Release notes are a cryptic "Improved Stability."

GE says 2018.30 is available

Well totally by accident I discovered why I was having problems to update Garmin Express from within the program. It would go so far and message me that it did not install.

The secret I found for that is to do the following !

Got to C:/Users/your name?/AppData/Local/Temp/

Notice the slash is wrong but that is because POIfactory will not allow backward slashes.

Garmin Express v5.7.1.0 can now be downloaded.

Well after the German VW site closed down and I cannot make my own DB3 files from saved waypoints, I have found a possible solution which will/may work for VW Garmin based Nav units.

Maybe some of the smarter members here, I know there are many here, can check out this program I have found and how to use it. Have to admit it now leaves me scratching my head. Can't afford to lose more hair.

Oi, com o EPE é possível criar um POI unidirecional para disparar o alarme somente num sentido da rodovia, quando existe uma rodovia paralela com sentido contrário?
Alguém com experiência poderia me informar como fazer?.
Obrigado.

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I just want to point out that the given info is not quite correct.
For example in the Garmin based Navigation units installed in Volkswagen products the stated info will not work !

To load any waypoints into these units you must copy all the waypoints into one folder. From here on I only know of two ways to install waypoints which must be converted to "Filenam.DB3"

I noticed in the last couple of map updates, my Graphic POIs are replaced with the plain jane ones. What happend to them?

While there's a thread for built in Garmin GPS's it's (no offense) a hodgepodge of everything under the sun.

I thought having a thread for each auto MFG would be useful so here's a start.

Globeturtle, if you n' Jon think it worthy, perhaps there might be a specific forum / subforum for each auto MFG as they come along. You know, one for Honda, Chevy, Ford, Flyer Red Wagon... whoever..

Old 1490 problem just started up on last trip.
I don't believe I have actually experience this issue b4. I have had unit for many years.

It isn't a f/w issue - it is the latest. It may be a power issue because it apparently isn't charged after 12 hours on the road. There are NO bars on my battery. That may be why no shutdown screen appeared.

I've extracted my 'Favorites' file from the old 255W, and now want to insert those POI's into the 'Saved' folder on the 51LM.

So far, I've managed to pull the 255W's "Favorites" from its GPX folder where it was named Current.gpx. I edited the POI's in Extra POI Editor and then saved the file.

Garmin Express v5.7.0.0 is ready to download.

I'm looking at moving to a newer and larger unit. One problem I currently have with my Nuvi 650 is mounting it. I'm using a vent mount with suction disk. This positions the Nuvi a couple of inches out, and even when I can get the darn thing to stick, it tends to fall out.

Just received (was given to me) a Nuvi 52LM. Other than the slightly larger screen size, most everything seems to be about the same.

It looks like to me, by next week, I'll have my 8th anniversary here at the POI Factory.

(Former) Nuvi1300WTGPS... (Now) Nuvi52LMGPS

New release available:

2.7.0 changes

• iOS 11 adaptations
• Proper map display for users in South Korea
• iMiscellaneous big fixes and improvements

Starting to look for a newer gps unit, maybe a 5" 2599LMTHD or a 6" 2639LMT. Something with free map and traffic updating. Been shopping the g.factoryoutletstore.com mostly.

I have used Basecamp now for quite some time and I have also used google maps/earth, though I have not done much trying to link the two together. There are advantages to using Basecamp as well as advantages to using Google maps/earth but my question is.....is there an overall single program I should look to use for integrating my etrex and all my saved waypoints/icons into one single place.