Garmin talk

What is the purpose or significance of the routes for Automobiles vs. Emergency vs. Bus? How would the routes for Emergency vehicles be different than the ones for regular civilian vehicles? Also, I've noticed that if you select bicycle, then all street names are displayed. How would I enable that feature but in vehicle mode?

I own a Garmin C530 and I am very satisfied with it. The only issue is the fact that we can not download Routes to it. Reading on the Garmin site today I saw the MetroGuide North America v.8 is available.

It says "MetroGuide offers automatic route capability on the PC, and is compatible with Garmin units that do not have automatic route calculation themselves."

About 4 days ago my 680 started only speaking the first 3 or 4 words of a prompt. What gives?

hi, we have had our garmin 350 since feb of this year. we have never had a problem until today. it seems my garmin gps is in new york while i am at home in ct.

it is right here with me but says it it traveling through new york and the little car is moving on the little road. i don't know what to do.

i have looked every where to rprogram it but i can't find anything.

I inadvertently loaded duplicate Starbucks POIs on my Nuvi 660. How do I delete them?

We had a very severe thunder storm and the power was out for some time
during the night. My NUVI was plugged in to the wall charger and would not
turn on this morning. I've tried the reset button and nothing seems to
work.

I think it's "fried". The screen was warm this morning when I touched it.

I've notified Garmin and hopefully they'll cover this.

More to follow I'm certain.

How do I determine what available space on my Nuvi 660? Space for custom POIs, etc.?

How do I find the altitude on my NUVI 660?

Not sure if this has been posted before but don't remember seeing it. V 7.10 is available.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=1005#...

I have a Streetpilot 340c. Does Garmin provide updates for the POI files in the various categories such as food, fuel, shopping and a way to load them on my unit? I would like to add new locations and delete obsolete.

Has anyone noticed the stock market for Garmin?!!

About 2 months ago it was around $23 a share. Today it's $82.00 a share!

Wish I had the money to invest 2 months ago.

Hi,

Does anyone know if the battery in the Garmin C550 can be charged via its USB port? It'd be nice if I could use my 120 VAC to USB adapter (or my laptop) to charge it up in the house.

Also, I'm curious to know if the Nuvis will charge in this manner as well (especially the 600 series Nuvis).

Thanks,
Dave

The specs for the 660 on the Garmin webpage says that it has 500 waypoints. On my 660 I only see the capability of having one waypoint on a route in addition to the destination. Am I confused on what Garmin considers a waypoint?

I just purchased a c340. I'm quite sure that it did not autozoom the two days I had it. But now, everytime I make a turn it zooms out to .5 to 1 mile. It zooms back in as I get closer to the next turn but it's annoying. Is there anyway to change this behavior? Does anyone else have this problem?
Thanks.

Hey guys, I just purchased a Garmin 660 and once I registered I see a unlock code for MapSource... Where is mapsource? I dont have a CD or anything.

Does anyone know if there is anywhere else that I can buy the v2008 NT update disc? Preferably in a store, or at least another website with better shipping options?

When travelling on a route my c340 seems to put me on the map where it thinks i should be instead of where I really am.

Hello everyone! First time poster here.

I was trying to download the Garmin POI loader tonight and I'm just having a heck of time with this. I must be missing something.

Hi JM:
First of all, I want to thank you and Ms POI for working on red-light camera POI so tirelessly.

I have a Garmin c340. My questions are:

- What is the maximum distance you can set the red-light POIs to alert a driver? (Can the distance be 1 or 2 miles from the POI instead of 1,000 to 2,000 feet?)

When I download POI files with the POI loader, I am given the option of loading to the SD card or to the Nuvi. I have been loading to the SD card and later it loads to the Nuvi. Am I doing this correctly? It seems to me I am wasting space on the SD card.