Garmin talk

Kudos to Garmin. They've been putting out some good and actually useful firmware updates where I can actually see change for the better. First, the 4.2 OS update made a noticeable difference in the increase of screen update speed. Just took my first trip with the new "chipset G" GPS 3.0 firmware update.

I live up on a hill, and the road leading to it is a big circle. When I leave home, I guess the route my GPS wants me to take, it must think is the shortest and the fastest. Perhaps it is indeed by 1/20th of a mile.
However, I prefer taking the other way. Instead of hanging a right to go downhill, I prefer taking left to go downhill.

This link works with google maps.....after you set your route you click a link that you have already saved in your favorites and it opens a gpx. file to save to note pad thus giving you a coustomize route.....I'm still experimenting ....sorry if this is a repost. Here's the link and the instructions.

http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/

Hey everyone. I have read the post from Motorcycle Mama..I understand what she's saying, except for one piece...how doI get the csv or gpx file on my computer?

Example: I just saved my own personal POI, a friend's house. I named it Wayne & Trish. I would like to upload a custom bitmap to represent their location.

Hello, first I would like I say I have a Garmin Streetpilot C580 and I'm really satisfied with this unit, it has really helped me navigate around Jacksonville, Florida for my new home. I'm required to do home visits and it has helped me to get around to many of the houses. Garmin also has been helpful, they replaced my unit once I told them I had a problem.

I tried sending an email to Garmin Tech say I have new Nuiv 660 and I would like to manage POI's on my home computer. I stated that I did not recieve any kind of software with my 660 in the box.

My reply from Garmin was a link to the POI Loader on the web.

My custom poi's are not all showing on the map at the same time. Only when a specific point is selected does it show up at all. Is there something I don't know here? I thought once the poi's are loaded, they will be on the map. Help.....

-Leonard

i have a nuvi 350 that i'd like to transfer favorites to another. any possiblity?

i need help mounting
well i thought about the bean bag mount but i have a feeling its gonna fly out of my car.the AC vent mount just wont do it, plus i need all the vents i have.

Just ran Web Updater and it had the choice for GPS Chip Set Type G. I added it, not sure what it does.

Anyone else see this?

I was over at the Garmin site and these are "discontinued" I wonder if they will be supported with any software updates in the future.

Hello,

We are aware of the mileage scale being removed on the Nuvi 660 and have passed this along to the Engineers. We hope to have this put back in when the next update becomes available. We are not given reasons why a
Qwerty keyboard has not been added like the 2720 unit had it added in a firmware update. I will pass your suggestion along to the correct
individuals.

We were having a new door delivered to our house today. While we were waiting we got a phone call from the delivery truck. They were lost. They then asked me how to get to our house. I immediately thought "I would just get them the directions from my Garmin 660".

Yesterday my c580 was loseing sattelites constantly, it wuold either say "POOR SATTELITE RECEPTION" or "LOST SATTELITE SIGNAL" did aybody else had the same problem yesterday, was it something going on with the sattelites or my unit broke? Any ideas?
Thanks

Hello,

I am new here. I have the Garmin Nuvi 660.

One of my pet peeves with this unit is that the 2d arrow vehicle appears to be past your current location on the map, as the pivot point for that vehicle is a little past the centre of the triangle. It makes it look like you past an interesection as you arrive at it. The effect is worse the furthur you zoom out.

I have had a Garmin StreetPilot 2730 for over a year now. My mother-in-law just picked up a Garmin C330, but I haven't seen it. They are going to stop in some day and want me to customize it for them. I have a number of POI files that I will try to load up for them with the PoiLoader. I also will try to help them with Favorites that they can create.

After all the anticipation, the performance is worse than the 660 that I returned.

First off, I went through the 4.20 update and the MSN Direct activation setup. More on that later…

A while back, I took a business trip up to Nova Scotia with my wife's Street Pilot 2720 because I wanted to play with something different for a while and that's the only other thing with a female voice I'm allowed to play with. But hey, both of our GPSrs are Aussie Karen, so it's not really cheating, right?

Hello all. I am a new registered user to POI Factory. I am also a owner of a new Nuvi 660 (thanks to Best Buy and their Black Friday deal).

Couple of questions, I have searched and came up empty so far.

First, how long does it take to fully charge the Nuvi 660?

Second, what is the largest SD memory card I can use?

No, not that kind.

I've been reading a lot of the older threads and I haven't once seen anywhere what kind of hardware you use. What types of GPSrs do you and your husband use and enjoy. Likes, dislikes? Since this seems to be a tight community, we need to know more about the GPS Goddess...