Garmin talk

There has been some talk here about Garmin's presence in the GPS automotive market lately and that they are decreasing new models, map updates, etc. due to decreasing sales

I would like to point out that most major companies track "page hits" and "downloads" and use that data for various reasons.

A friend just rode a bike 100 miles in Death Valley to raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes. In discussion he was telling me the “highs” that he recorded on his power meter. I mentioned I was isn’t that scale of biking, and asked for more details on the power meter. Turns out it is made by Garmin and costs about $1200. My friend says virtually every competitive cycyist has them.

I have an older 1450 nuvi, and I tinkered around a bit with a newer Garmin Drive 52 lately but I couldn't find any major benefit to the newer model over my older model. Any major benefits to the newer models?

I just installed 2024 map in my Honda CRV Touring and it doesn't display any roads or streets still shows direction and if input where to tells when to turn. Going to reinstall soon and see if it fixes it. I wasn't sure it would update as I have a 2018 and free updates for 5 years. I have updated every year and no problems until now.

I have a Garmin DriveSmart 65 now and I would like to download my first POI- the KFC locations in USA and Canada.

I understand I will need to download POI Loader to the computer. Will this software work on a Mac?

I contacted Garmin Support about compatible traffic cables for my device a DriveSmart 5. Garmin support advised me my unit was registered on their systems as a DriveSmart 50LMT not a DriveSmart 5LMT. When my unit boots up it shows it is a DriveSmart 5LMT. The DS5 was only sold in Walmart. I purchased the unit refurbished from GPS City.

Not only does Amazon want to collect and use your travel and other data...

Now they want you to pay them to do it!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/alexa-is-in-trouble-...

Hi all..

I am looking for a GPS that will also factor in traffic. I drive both in town and occasionally out of town. I looked up the Garmin Traffic coverage map. My immediate area is covered so I can use the traffic cable most of the time. I am ok with pairing my Garmin with my smartphone when necessary.

I noticed on the Garmin website that the Tread Series has Snowmobile Trail and POI Information available. Is that a more recent addition from Garmin?

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=tOKZaclRqL7I7e3voyPve9

Got a question: i have made several routes in Basecamp and imported them into my Garmin Drivesmart 76. Is there a way to rearrange the list so the ones i use most are near the top of the list. Or do they just fall in according to the date they were put in. Thanks Stan (Stan393)

Leaving for Las Vegas in 2 days. As usual, I will stop by the Garmin booth although I've been thoroughly disappointed in the past few years since the release of new auto navigators are fewer and further apart each time. Obviously Google Maps etc. have taken over but I still like to have a PND when traveling where this is no cell signal.

I have a Garmin Zumo XT. I look at Zumo User Forums from time to time and I was aware that some Zumo XT owners have had their GPS appear to not power us even when connected to a power cord for an extended period of time.

It happened to me today. I left it connected to a 10 amp power supply with a Garmin cord for hours and it still would not power up.

I press & hold on the signal bars on the home screen, and I can see that the unit finds 3 or 4 satellites, but it just stays at "Acquiring Satelites" for more than a few minutes, and only changes to "Locating Satellites" when I tell it to continue looking for satellites.

I tried a master reset, but it didn't change anything. Is there anything else I can do, or is this unit toast?

I tried today to update my POI files, but I could not connect.
I tried 3 different cables, one was a Garmin cable.
All cables are able to charge the device.
I even updated Express to latest version.
I'm running Windows 11.
Anyone have a guess what is wrong?

My "Custom POI" icon on Garmin 50LMT has just disappeared!
Usually it is shown on the main page or in "Other Categories" but i cannot find it.
I tried installing new POI's using POI Loader but of course i get an error message because (i assume) the Custom POI is no longer on the GPS.
I've never had this problem before. Can anyone help?
((my software has the latest update))

Thanks

I have my Garmin Nuvi 500 connected and Garmin Express states: "You're up to date!" The maps details shows City Navigator Canada + Border States 2023.20. I would like to update it to City Navigator North America 2024.20, Is Garmin MapInstall the correct software to do that or was there another way?

And, as readers here might suspect, there is not much memory remaining on the device itself.

When I power up my Garmin Zumo XT, I get the message, "Maps are corrupt and cannot be used. Go to www.garmin.vom/express to download the latest maps. OK" I click OK and it seems to work fine. How do I delete that screen on power up?

Farmer has placed a bulldozer on the gravel road just inside the fence now blocking access to the road (That leads into the cattle ranch)

Now: IF Garmin had this road indicated as a gravel road instead of a paved road, this would be a moot point, but no.

Its about that time to start another map update watch discussion seeing as the last update was Nov 8th, 2023.

We went 280 days between 2024.10 and 2024.20. Trend over the last two years are two map releases per year. Will we see 2025.10 released in February? Or will we go another 250+ days between map updates?

I routinely use Garmin Express to update my various devices. Subsequent to updating my DS 65, I could no longer boot completely, normally or in boot loader (file transfer) mode.

I entered into the recovery menu and possibly one solution is to boot from an SD card. What files are required for the SD card, I possibly could copy from another DriveSmart that I Own?