Garmin talk

Any mods or tricks to do with the Garmin Nuvi 350?

I can save POIs to my Garmin c550. They show up under my "Extras" button. No problem. The issue I have is that I would like to group them into different catagories --"Malls" "Restaurants" "Attractions" and etc., similar to the way the preloaded POIs are presented. Can this be done?

I just purchased my c530 a couple of days ago and had been loving it. I had added some custom POI's to my sd card using POI loader version 2.4.0 and that had worked fine. Today I tried to load some new custom POI's, but POI loader got hung up and froze. After disconnecting the c530, I restarted it. After it started, a screen came up that said "No detailed maps found that support routing. The Streetpilot cannot be used without them." Now I can't use my c530 at all.

I have an icon that shows up on the bottom of my computer screen that is called gstart. Think it showed up when I got POI Loader. It says it detects when a Garmin USB is connected to my computer and is to prompt me for what I want to do with it. Every time it says there is no gps connected.

Does this program work for anybody else?

I uploaded several POI files into my c320. The POI loader only allows one setting, express or manual, for all the POIs it loads in. My question is, now how do I get the Garmin to alert me whenever I approach a red light camera or a rest stop, but not every time I approach a Home Depot? Also do I need to run POI Loader in manual mode in order for it to set the proximity alerts at all?

I have a garmin 340..I have loaded sum poi's for Tim Hortons and also a TH Icon..I used the new Beta loader and included the Alerts when I approached TH..Set it at 1000 feet..That works great but upon arrival i do not see my TH Icon?? I made it 30x30..Any ideas on why I cannot see the icon?Thankx

I just bought the Garmin NUVI 660. I intend to buy an SD card. I have been looking at various SD cards and they come in a variety of sizes, speeds, and prices. Does anybody know what speed I should be looking to get? It does not make sense to me to pay the extra money for addition transfer speed that will not be utilized by the 660. If the technical answer is not available can someone give me a recommendation based on their experience.

I have a new Garmin 2720 and I am getting an error reporting "garmin gps has returned an error status while receivng data packets" when uploading POI's through the poiloader and then the gps unit reboots . I am also get the same error while using the webupdater trying to laod newer voice tts file. I upgraded to the newest software v6.40 before I ever used the unit and can't tell if it is this version of software.

Hi-
anyone run across this one? My new c550 just seemed to have the music note (icon for the mp3 player) disappear.... I just used it 3 hrs ago fine.... I tried to reinstall the software from webupdater. I am reluctant to reset the software - when I had the c530, THAT caused my maps to lock out with no repair....

Have done nothing but add a few small csv's since I ran the mp3 player....

Any ideas?! Help!

Spoke with Garmin - they are now including the CD in the box. They are also sending a CD to those who ask and did not receive one for free.

Someone was talking earlier about the lat/long position provided by various units that they owned, and, how they were rather different.

I compared my Magellan Meridium Gold to my Garmin 2720.

Meridium
xx 00.440 N
yyy 41.375 W

2720
xx 00.442 N
yyy 41.376 W

The difference in position between the two units is 13.2ft. That's not much of a difference, from my perspe

I WANT TRIED TO UPDATE THE POI AND WANT TO UNISTALL THE UPDATE?

Hello
Has anybody else had an issue with getting any GARMIN rebates ??

Remember my Mom
She got a letter from GARMIN's rebate department, stateing that her 330 wasn't covered during Oct.
She went to "PEP BOYS" where she bought it, and showed them (Thanks to my wife always keeping ALL paperwork), the Store flyer, GARMIN's rebate paperwork, and reciept.
GARMIN still refused to honor the rebate ($50,00)

Does this model not have a preset POI for shopping? I remember the c330 having a category for shopping.

Hi all - I have a c550, just turned in a c530 - but I was wondering, has anyone seen a 300 series streetpilot beside a 500 series for screen comparison? Is it that much of a difference?

My wife wanted a Garmin, did not want me to spend the $$ for a c550, maybe not even a c530... but I know she will want a screen she can easily see...

Any feedback appreciated!

Paul

I have a Garmin C550 and plan to buy a cell phone. I want to use the bluetooth connection between the phone and GPS. I was told by the cell phone sales person at Verizon (in Indiana) that all the phones they sell with their plans have the ability to connect to a GPS blocked. In other words even if the phone has bluetooth it won't work with my GPS. I guess they want people to use Verizon phones with GPS built in to them instead of using another GPS device.

I have had my C530 for about 1 month with no problems. Today, I turned it off and then on again and got a message that the firmware updated with a confirm button. After that the unit could not find any satelites. Location map was from where I turned it off (on? same location). Tried restarting several times and it skipped the normal startup screen and went directly to the security code. After entering security code, had same problem....i.e. same map and searching for satelites.

Hi all,
I bought my first GPS yesterday (at Best Buy) and what a blast. It is the Nuvi 350. My question is, can I assume that all the maps are current? When does one need to update? I live in Maryland.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Thanks,
Hal

Has anyone used the POI Loader BETA (version 2.4.0.0)?

If so, what were the results?

I took JM's advice, and bought a GPSMap 76CX, to use during hiking and kayaking. It's a powerful little gadget, and much harder to learn how to use than the Nuvi I have for street navigation. I just got it a few days ago, and haven't had a chance to use it in forests or on the water yet.

But, I'm wondering if anyone in this group has experience with Garmin's country-wide topos, which have a 1:100K scale. The reviews of it on Amazon are mixed. I'm not a heavy duty hiker, but would like to do some day hikes in various state and national forests and parks, and have an easier time following trails, etc.