Garmin talk

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.

I downloaded Starbucks and Flying J POIs. They both had .bmp graphics. I noticed my POI file on the 660 has two entries for each POI. Is one of the entries the .bmp file or do I actually have duplicate files?

I have a 680 and can't find my yellow sheet. I posted on another board and was answered with the ID, registration number, and unloc code should be in a Garmin xml file. I looked at my file last night and it only has an ID number. I bought the 680 0n 4/21/2007. How will I be able to get a map update?

Does anyone know how I get the map to display gas stations, restaurants etc? All these are all displayed in the search menu, so why can't it show you an icon on the map to represent these?

Secondly, for a brief moment, when browsing the map, these icons actually appeared on the map, but when I restarted the device, they disappeared.

I would like to be able to run POIs directly from my SD card in my Zumo 450. It works, but every time I boot the unit, it prompts me to Manage new data. If I say no thank you, it goes ahead and comes up, and the POIs are available to me. It's just annoying to answer no every time it comes on.

I just purchased the GARMIN Nuvi 650 and been trying to find an icon of a semi truck.

I found this websites but accident but it seems to have exactly what I'm looking for not to mention a lot of useful information.

My problem right now though is that I looked at the semi truck icon and it appears to be in bmp format. The GARMIN unit under vehicles has a SRF ext.

my garmin c320 takes too long to locate and acquire satellite.. it used to be a 5 sec process... but ever since i took a trip to washington it has started taking 2-3 mins to acquire satellite..

any idea of what i can do .. i have tried to reset the unit but with no luck ...

thank you

I have downloaded custom POIs to my Nuvi 660. How can I confirm that they actually loaded?

Just purchased a nuvi 650 and discovered this website. I downloaded WebUpdater and ran it for updates. Next, I downloaded POI Loader, but haven't figured out how to transfer the information to my nuvi. Where can I find the step by step procedures to begin downloading files? (Be easy, I only have basic computer knowledge)

I have a c340 and am trying to download some POI's into it. I downloaded the installer from garmin and loaded in to my laptop. When I plug in my GPS it tells me I plugrd it in but when I run POI loader.exe I can see the files i want to dwonload but how do I send them to the GPS unit?