Garmin talk

This might have already been discussed, but I did not find it in a search.

Does having an SD card in the nuvi affect system performance, screen refresh, calculation speed, battery life ...?

I don't know if this is already known. But it is new to me, so here are my recent findings. I was messing around on my 660 and I went to turn it off and I quickly hit the power button and quick setting came up. It was just audio settings but it was something that I knew nothing about. Regardless of what screen you are in it will activate.

Is there a way to the coordinates of a favorite or POI including home off the Nuvi 680 without connecting it to a computer?

I'm a newbie to both GPS and this forum but thought I'd pass on some information from Garmin that I just received. I want to preface this information as it comes from one of their Senior Vice Presidents and is someone I have been conversing with over the last few weeks.

What's the correct way to enter street addresses into my C530 when the address contains something like 1401 Highway 70 East? Does it want to see Route 70 or Hwy 70 or Rt 70 or what. This occurs even for long standing addresses that have been there for years.
Dave

Well, just back from a long week of camping. The 7200 did it's usual yeoman's duty.

However, on the trip home it got pretty hot in the cab. (I don't normally run the A/C until it's so hot my teeth sweat!) At the end of the trip I noticed that the screen brightness was way down. I checked the display settings and all was normal.

When I look at the POI places that I put on the GPS the distance is listed with the direction. When I search along routes the distance is given with an arrow. Is there anyway to switch between the two?

Hello, All.

I have a nuvi 660, and I love it, but have a couple of questions about how it tracks on roads...and things.

1) When I'm on a calculated route, and am in the left turn lane, often, the nuvi will get ahead of me, and give me the next instruction before I've actually turned. What gives?

What would be the proper procedure for backing up a Nuvi 660 to my PC. Should I just copy all the directories and files to my PC? If at some time I needed to restore my 660 would the procedure be nothing more than copying the directories back to the 660?

How about this idea for a firmware upgrade: under "avoidances", include a sub-heading of "custom POI's". Then one could choose to use routing that would avoid a set of POI's (like Dunkin' Donuts).

Or more seriously, choosing a route that would bypass any intersections with red light cameras.

-Tom

Hi,

I've got an opportunity to sell my C550 for about as much as I paid for it to a friend. I'm debating as to what I'll replace it with...another C550, a Nuvi 360, a Nuvi 660? Generally, I like the C550 but I find its form factor to be bulky. So I've got some questions about the Nuvi series. Maybe someone can chime in with an opinion.

How do you add bitmaps and sounds to POI files? I don't see where this is done.

I am currently using the GTM 12 traffic reciver on two deifferent (work and home) nuvis.
Will the receiver work on a different model besides the 350 and the 350? Basically, can I take it out fo the 350 use it on a modle that supports it and then return it to the 350?

I searched the web for many weeks ( e.g. gpsnow.com - gpsonsale.com - thegpsstore.com ) before I found the best price at samsclub.com $457.88. On 7/10/07 I will be the proud owner of a new nuvi 650!

FWIW

I have a question. I have set up the secret location in my 66o and it is indeed a awesome feature. But what are the boundaries and the perimeters of this secret location. Do I have to go directly to the spot and like mark it with a X that I can only read with a black light or something. Maybe I just have to be within certain perimeters of where I set it. Good question...?

Thanks to everyone that has helped me so far. Here is my next question. How do I get the custom POI's that I download from this site to show up on my map screen all the time. It would be nice if all my POI's were on screen while im driving so i could say "hey, thats there!", instead of going into my custom POI folder and selecting something.

On the Garmin 660 in the lower left hand corner during a route, it lists the estimated arrival time.

When there is no route set it displays the speed.

Is there a way to make this display the speed when a route has been set and not the estimated arrival time?

I am curious how long batteries typically last in the Garmin 660. I read from Garmin that 3-6 hours depending on use. I had the unit on 50% backlight with bluetooth off and barely got 3 hours. Any comments appreciated.

Hey everyone, im relativley new to GPS and even newer to POI files. I think the idea of sharing and creating POI's is great. I currently have a Nuvi 350 and I am running windows xp. I want to add POI's to my nuvi, so i went to the Garmin wedsite and downloaded POI Loader. I then opened an account here. The problem im having is that POI Loader isnt installing properly on my computer.

How do you delete custom pois from a garmin nuvi 660.