Garmin talk

The last few days, when I have turned on my 660, it pairs with the phone and the phone icon immediately shows up on the map screen and it looks as if a call is being placed (even though I have not initiated a call).

Does anybody know if it is possible to add the POIfiles into GGarmin's nRoute program for use with it?

Traveler2002

Anyone have the scoop yet on the next version of the maps coming from NAVTEQ, even an estimate would be nice, heard soon for a while now.

GPS Magazine just posted this news:

Costco is selling the Garmin nuvi 660 for $499 -- that's about $100 bucks less than everywhere else. The deal expires on June 11th, so if you've been waiting for the price to drop on the venerable 660, now's the time.

My Garmin: Zumo Connect

Just got the Nuvi 350 and I find it odd that in the built-in POIs, some places I go to are not listed in it. For example, was looking for In & Out Burgers around the immediate area. There are two nearby but it only listed one.

I just uploaded POIs into a new c550. POI Loader said that it uploaded 36,000 of them but even after restarting the GPS, none of them is visible under Extras. What might have gone wrong?

I recently purchased a Nuvi 680 and have been experimenting with creating POI files and loading them using Garmin POI Loader v2.41. All of the info I've read indicates that the Nuvi has the capability to add pictures and descriptions to the POI data for each location, however, I can't seem to get this to work with my Nuvi.

Thanks to this great forum, I have added my voice to alert me when approaching a red light. The thing is my voice (mp3) is loud and clear... unfortunately the driving directions "voice" is very low in comparison. Can these voices be tweaked, hacked or something to raise the volume?

I have a Garmin nuvi 360.

Does anyone know a way to edit the built in POI that are preloaded. The file type says it's poi.gpi

any help would be appreciated...

thanks

In This thread I promised "The next version of GeePeeEx Editor will include direct output to Google Earth, from either csv or gpx input. That functionality will be fully unlocked in the trial version."

I have a GPSMAP 60CS and I cannot get Garmain's POI loader to see it. I get a message saying that it found a GPS unit but it is not compatible. Is the problem me or is the 60CS no compatible with this software? I can see in the disscussions here that someone has use it with the 60CSx. Is there that much difference between a 60CS and a 60CSx?

I have a Garmin c530 with many custom POIs loaded.

I was just wondering if there is a way to speed up the simulated routing?

Thanks!

So when does Garmin update the maps? There is one road here that was a dead end but about three years ago was built through to another road. This still shows on the built in map as a dead end. I have only had the unit for three months but I thought that the maps were newer than three years old.

Bob

I just bought a Nuvi 350. My son just bought a TomTom One at significantly less cost. The major difference between the two is that the Nuvi has TTS while the TomTom does not. But the TomTom software seems siginificantly better. The two features it has that I'd kill for are: 1) multiple waypoints; 2) selectively changing the calculated route.

What is WAAP/EROS

Can someone tell me why I should use an SD card in my Nuvi 350. I can't seem to find anything in the instructions saying it can read from the card while it is running, such as POI it always asks if I want to copy the info the unit's memory.

Thanks for your input

Wondering if I could get some thoughts on an external antena for the car. I have a Nuvi 350 and it seems to do well but any thoughts on the extra antena?

Currently I have a Garmin i5 and my hubby is wanting to give it to his friend who can't afford one. Since we will be replacing this I am looking at the Nuvi 680 and want to hear from you folks that have one. Is it worth the $$$ for the additional features?