Garmin talk

I have a nuvi 660. I see when the device is hooked up to my PC that the sample mp3 files are in an mp3 folder.

1) may I delete those? Where are the audible samples? and may I delete those?

2) may I delete that folder? I plan to put my mp3s on an SD card.

my 330 shows mostly the names of the larger roads at the top of the screen, but you hardly ever see a sign showing the name of the highway on the road, only the route number. when you are in unfamiliar areas(why you use a gps)it gives me the highway name and i still don't know if i'm on the correct road.

I am new to this web site, and havent figured out how to search for topics yet. I was wondering if someone can help me. I am trying to find voice files to download. Not just the plain ones. Something with a little attitude....anyone want to point me in the right direction?

Any help on this topic would be appreciated.

I lost my 60c (bottom of the ocean). I had City Navigator and World Map bought and unlocked on this unit.

Can I transfer the maps from this unit to the GPS that I just bought.

Etrex Venture HC. I know tha the Etrex does not route, but I would like to unlock the new GPS for maps that I already bought.

I have a Nuvi 660 and recently I have noticed that my unit has been giving me wrong directions (it had me drive right through the middle of a mall, on a route I use everyday)Any thoughts?

I've had my Garmin c340 for a couple of weeks and have had A BIG problem with signal loss, about 75% of the time. I did a software update and I even got an outside antenna and it hasn't helped. Do ya'll think I may have a lemon? Has anyone else had this problem? Any fixes? I'm from the Seattle area, does that make a difference?

does anyone know how to customize the map view on garmin nuvi 350 such that while navigating gas stations icons are always visible?

Hi everyone!

I have a Nuvi 680 and I was wondering if custom POIs will show up when I do "Where to?" searches for restaurants, etc? For instance, if I've downloaded the POI for Cracker Barrel Stores and I do a search for restaurants, will Cracker Barrel Stores show up on that list?...or will custom POIs only show up under the "Extras" section?

I recently purchased the Garmin Topo 2008 DVD and I am wondering if there is a way to find out which image file name is associated with what map segment in Mapsource.

The name in Mapsource (e.g. Moab,UT-CO East) does not provide the image file name (e.g. 00162774.img) that you see in the Windows Explorer.

How DO I do this? The POI loader has no option to install on the SD card. DO I simple cust and paster the files inside the garmin/poi folder into a garmin/poi folder on the sd card????? or are there other files that need to be moved. Please help....

new member,
Charlie C

I just updated my 330 to City Navigator 2008 North America. Now there are many streets in my area that lost their street names. A few major streets now show "CRXXX" instead of the street name. The names were there in the old map.

I have a E0mail out to Garmin but nothing yet. Do they come out with "patches" or free updates that you know of?

Thanks

Being new to the GPS game, I've worked hard to learn as much as I could in the past 2 months. This forum has been great. Since the beginning, I've been d/l'ing information and POI files that appear to meet my needs as well as creating a POI file of western North Carolina attractions in Mapsource that I will upload as soon as it is ready.

When I plug-in my nuvi 250 to my computer va USB cable the unit comes on and shows a icon on the bottom of the screen showing it's connected to the computer.
When I try and turn it off to charge it nothing happens.
I also tried to turn it off BEFORE the maps load and then I get the "Charging Battery" message. In a few seconds it turns on and goes back to the connected to computer icon.

I downloaded POI and have them on my Nuvi. Some of the POI files have icons and/or sound. What must I do to get this to happen

I downloaded a file in .csv and tried to use the POI loader and receibved dialog box with
"There was a problem transferring your custom POI's to your device. Please try running POI Loader again". I have 543 Mb on system plus a 2GB SD card.

Any ideas??

BTW I am a newbie on this site

I'm running a WinXP Home SP2 system. Mapsource is V6.13.2 and also shows City Navigator North America NT 2008. I updated my 2720 with the latest stuff at the end of August.

Since then I've noticed that Mapsource is really slow to load when I start it up. Anyone else run into this problem??? Don't remember having this problem previously.

does anyone know what the extra plug is for on the 2820 cig adapter? is it for another external speaker?

thanks
Paul

Hi, I have a Nuvi 660 for about a month now and no problems. Yesterday afternoon, I lost reception and the only time I get it back is when I power it up; but lose it within a couple of minutes.
Anyone else experience this, or know what could be causing it?

Thanks

Do you set your vehicle selection to "truck" or "bus"? Why?

I've had my Nuvi two weeks and have been loading locations in "favorites". I noticed that the distance stated is much shorter than when I ask for a route. ie: 1539 miles vs a actual route of 1976 miles. I know the 1976 is closer to real because I've driven it X times before.

Any thoughts on why the difference?