Garmin talk

 

how to transfer favorites from one nuvi to another?

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

need ideas on mounting

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.

Chip Set Type G

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?

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Garmin Nuvi 660, GTM 20 Traffic Receiver, eTrex Vista HCx, Mapsource US Topo Maps 2008, Mapsource MetroGuide USA V.5 with MetroGold

C320, C340 Discontined

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.

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Garmin nuvi 2455LMT (wife uses nuvi 255w) (sold C330)

Email from Garmin re: map scale and QWERTY for Nüvis

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.

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Newest to oldest... Nüvi 660, Street Pilot 2720, Magellan SporTrak Pro, Lowrance Global Map 100

660 - Giving Others Directions

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".

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Garmin Nuvi 2699 with 2017.30 Maps

Poor Sattelite Reception

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

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Modified Pointer

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.

Garmin C330 Customization

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.

My new 680 arrived. It sucks, so far…

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…

Auto time zone changes

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? smile

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Newest to oldest... Nüvi 660, Street Pilot 2720, Magellan SporTrak Pro, Lowrance Global Map 100

Nuvi 660 Questions

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?

Another personal question for Miss POI...

No, not that kind. smile

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...

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Newest to oldest... Nüvi 660, Street Pilot 2720, Magellan SporTrak Pro, Lowrance Global Map 100

Preloaded POI

Does anyone know a list of preloaded POIs that come on a new Garmin. I am purchasing one for my wife. It will be our first one. I am looking at the C330 just do to its price. I only need the Custom POI if the preloaded ones don't include stores and gas stations around town and the outlying areas. I mean the major ones, like walmart, starbucks, food-lion, Wilco, etc.

questions about theese 4 garmins C330, C340, 260, 650

sad
I'm trying to decide which to keep. I have read a lot of info and talked to garmin a few times. But I'm hoping you guys can help me fill in the gaps.

mp3 sound alert on c330

I have a c330 and I'm trying to get it to alert me of Rest Areas on my route. I downloaded a rest area .csv file and a rest area .mp3 file. Example: Rest Area.mp3 and Rest Area.csv but when approaching a rest area, the mp3 does not play. I can get a proximity alert when using Manual mode in POI loader and setting a distance, but I can not get an mp3 alert. Does the c330 support mp3 playback?

Total Newbie question

Just recently purchased a c550 - and I've downloaded some of the POI bitmaps to my computer. I've fired up the Garmin POI loader, and when I select the folder with the icons it tells me there are no data files in that directory, that I need a CSV or GPX file.

after a fling w/ navigon and magellan, i come back to garmin

I previously had nuvi 350. Then gave it to parents. Bought navigon 2100T. the traffic feature was nice and all, but i didn't find it useful. Ended up buying myself another nuvi 350. It's nice a compact unlike the 650. I don't look at screen enough to appreciate large size. The tts and routing features on nuvi are way better.

Putting new map on Garmin C330

I just bought my Garmin C330 for $128 at Walmart (on Black Friday). From what I have been reading from this great site, the maps are outdated. I sent an email and within a day they told me I would be getting my updated maps in the mail within a month or so.

Garmin nuvi 200 W

Does anyone know anything positive or negative about the Garmin 200 W? I want to take advantage of POI's and according to the literature the Garmin 200W has a slot for SD card. I want to buy it for my wife who gets lost going around the block sometimes. She laughs about it but I get concerned when she has to go to any unfamiliar places by herself.