Garmin talk

For all the talk about updating the map, people should be reminded that Garmin periodically upgrades the operating software too. I discovered by chance that there were several available for the nuvi and Map76 that I own, even though I had updated them just a few months ago.

Just received my disk from Provantage and proceeded to update my c530. Was given the choice between Lower 48 states and Alaska, Canada, and adjoining states. Confirmed this was due to memory capacity on c530.

Were can I get a collection of nice Nuvi 660 splash screens? I getso tired of turning on my 660 and seeing that boring screen. Can you add info on some of those?

Couple of questions concerning the 2720:

1. I have some custom POI's loaded by using POILoader in the manual mode. I specificed a distance alert for one of them. When the alert shows at the top of the screen, is there anyway to turn it off once you've seen it??

2. Is there anyway to turn off displaying the airport stuff, particularly airport names? Something I don't need as I don't fly.

Hi,

I'll be in Taiwan, and was wondering whether the Nuvi 660 would work over there? In particular, where could I get the Taiwan maps?

Is there a particular GPS that would work good over there? I know I can buy GPS there locally, but all the direction prompts will be in Chinese. I would much rather have English directions.

Has anybody had an issue with their nuvi position being off by a hundred feet or so and constantly recalcing?

Does anyone using a Nuvi have an explanation as to why there is a lag time in showing your current location on the map when moving,usually around a second or two. I noticed when driving and I go past a road the vehicle icon doesnt show me at the road until I am maybee 100 feet past the road. I'm thinking that this is normal behavior of the Nuvi but would like to know why.

Has anyone loaded information from a GPX file where the phone number / address goes when you click on a favorite. I would like to add notes for some things and some goecache information notes. If so how did you do it? I have a GPX file with the description field filled in.

I just received my 660 and am wondering how I get the free trial for the FM traffic feature. Also I am unable to pair my LG VX 8100 cell phone with the 660 bluetooth. Anyone have any suggestions. Do I need a microphone to use the bluetooth feature on the 660 to do handsfree?

I posted the following to Tech Support and can't get a response.

A $40 rebate brings this down to $539. Best deal on a 660 that I have seen. FYI if you are shopping. Found on 8/10.

Hi,

Does anyone know how often Garmin releases updates for European maps? I have the Nuvi 370 and am in France right now. The unit works wonderful here however they are some new road construction that is throwing off navigation a bit

Thanks,
Jhason

Changes made from version 2.4.1 to 2.4.2:
Added .gpi file support for code pages other than 1252. This will resolve issues with bad characters in Eastern European and Asian languages.

My webupdater use to automatically recognize my garmin when plugged with the usb. But now it dose not, so now i have to manually check for updates everytime. Anyone with a solution?

Ok, perhaps someone can explain to me how Garmin keeps you from installing maps on more then one GPS. Does it connect to the internet (in the background) and flag the product key as being used or checks to see if it has already been used? That is the only way I see that they could keep you from doing it. I noticed that it said that internet access was required.

Can you delete all but one of the tts files and have the system still work? i.e. I don't need french, spanish, or anything but english.

While on the highway today and on vacation my C330 displayed a red bar at the top of the screen. (Where the green bar typically is to display your next turn.) Within the red bar it said something along the lines of “warning 2 kph” at the same time the unite would make this beeping sound every second. It eventually went a way but it was annoying.

Quick question for the seasoned users here. My Nuvi370 came with different power plugs for the unit. Can I just use the correct plug while in Europe, or do I need to use the travel converters I picked up a little while ago? If you need specifics, I will be travelling throughout Hungary.

Mark

Garmin told me on Monday that the new CD was on backorder for two weeks, but I received it today...thank god they were wrong...lol.

The service (which I'm trying out on a trial basis, does not seem to be consistent. I could be in bumper-to-bumper traffic with no indication from the service of any current slow-downs. But it will invariably tell me that there is slow traffic several miles up the road.