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For those of you who don't have GoogleEarth or any other means to see coordinates it is possible to see them with Google maps as well, only you have to use a little trick.

I hope someone cleverer than me has been having a similar problem and has been able to fix it.

My Nuvi 370 is paired with my Nokia 9300 communicator through Bluetooth and connects perfectly every time.

The only problem is that every time the Nuvi disconnects I find the volume setting on the phone has been set to 1/4 of it's range.

I thought it would be interesting to share ideas on mounting the GPS units in vehicles.
I have a Nuvi 670 and not wanting to damage or drill into the dash to mount it AND wanting to keep it out of the sun (Summers are +45 deg C in the shade!) I found a plastic jar which fitted snugly into the cup holders in the center console just below the dash.

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Hi,

I'm using my new nuvi 660 and when I upload poi files I rename them, i.e "drive in theaters in US-Canada"
but in nuvi I see it as Drive -In theaters_V" (from here I don't know this drive in theaters for which country, city etc... etc.)

why don't I see the full name in nuvi?
what is this V ? (it's with almost every filename)

any suggestion ! comments !

Thanks.
AMA1970

greetings!
Would anyone know how I may obtain a map of Lake Roosevelt in WA. We will be on a houseboat and I would like to locate various landings and sights.Thanks

OK...first post...here goes.

Got my nuvi 660 for father's day. Way cool. Found a good spot for it on the dash of my Tacoma. Not worried about sticking something to the dash, so, here goes. Looks nice. Easy reach access.

Does anyone know why the Bmp files don't show on the SP 2720 or 2730 the Bmp's are named the same as the file for example red-light-camera.csv red-light-camera.Bmp and are in the same folder when uploaded with the poi loader none of the bitmaps show on the screen for any of the Poi's

If I was a Nuvi Theif, I would break into cars and steal Nuvi's and then find the owners address on the registration or other paperwork in the car. This way I can drive to the house and sit in the driveway and unlock the security code and change it as you can do that if you know where the location is where the code was entered. Its most likely the users home.

I noticed on my Garmin 2720 that my custom poi icons appear only at 800ft or closer. I just wondered if that was standard and if there is any manual adjustment that can be made to make them appear at greater distances, like 1 mile or more?

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Hello,

I am new. Just got a Nuvi 660.
Here is a question.
If I create a bunch of custom POI's (for example, restaurants), if I do a restaurant search, will my GPS list both pre-loaded restaurant POI data and my custom POI data? Or does the GPS only list the preloaded POI?

Thanks.

I am a Nuvi 350 user and would like to add waypoints to the base map so the GPS can route to them. I'm an absolute newbie so please excuse my naive question:

I was able to download the Gettysburg .csv file onto the GPS unit, but the waypoints do not superimpose onto the map. Is that a problem and what do I need to do next?

Any tips will be most appreciated!

I downloaded a file with the suffix .gpx.xml as well as files with .cvs and .gpx suffix. Both the .cvs file and the .gpx file tranfered to my Nuvi with no problem. But I don't see the file with the suffix .gpx.xml.

Do I need to do something different with this file?

Thanks for any help!!

There are a lot of preloaded shopping and POI's that come on most of if not all the Garmin. I have the Nuvi 350 and I guess the simple question is why would I want to load things like customer POI's from say this site or any other vs. using the preload ones that come on the 350.

I see tons of duplication that is why I am asking....

thoughts???

Here in Albuquerque, NM, the city has started to cut grooves in the road at red light cam intersections. The series of grooves can be felt by the driver and are about 30 feet in front of the intersection. The city claims that this measure is to address people's concerns, but has not said which concerns these grooves address. Does anyone know why the city is cutting these grooves?

Thanks,

Hey guys, sorry I didn't get this up yesterday. I am still fighting this cold. I am pretty much leaving it up to you guys this week.

Miss Poi

DC Traffic Camera Update

The Washinton Times states, “The number of citations issued in the Washington D.C. District's speed-camera program fell from 21,687 in February to 4,527 in March -- a 79 percent decrease -- but the amount of fines the citations generated remained relatively unchanged."

My daughter recently became an EMT and has just earned her 'drive status'. She has mentioned that when being dispatched to some new areas, that having GPS would allow her to respond much quicker to calls because she could go around construction, or bypass traffic jams, etc... Does anyone have an idea of what system we should consider for her?

People can unclock their cell phones so they can use it. what happen to GPS? Do you think in the future people can unclock GPS without send it back to Garmin?