Garmin talk

I was in Westchester County, NY the other day on the way to I-287 East from RT 9A. The GPS directions were to make a left onto the Sprain Brook Parkway South and then take I-287 East. I drove past a sign for the Sprain Brook Parkway South which was a right turn. The GPS told me to continue, and make the left turn up ahead. The left turn was the entrance ramp for the Sprain Brook Parkway North.

Supposedly this is true but I only have my iPad and can’t verify the statement.

[Edit] On a PC now and when entering GE I was prompted that GE 7.20.2.0 is now available but nothing about a map update.

Now that I've updated GE, a new map NA City Navigator 2025.10 is shown as available (4.80 GB in size on a nuvi 265).

After this last GE update (17.20.1.0) I checked two things. In Garmin settings the setting "Launch Garmin Express when your computer starts up" was disabled, as I prefer it and how I have had it set in the past.

It should be noted that Garmin users into watches and fitness devices were having issues with version 7.20.0. Few if any problems with navigation devices have been reported here or at the Garmin forum.

Just installed Garmin Express 7.20.0.0 on my Mac.

CN EU 2025.10 NTU map just released.

So we had some snow with lots of icy road conditions. So all of a sudden on my Garmin dozens of icy road conditions show up as well as indications of slow traffic ahead due to slippery sections. This feature may have been there all along but I never noticed till yesterday. Cool

I hope there is some help available.

I deleted what I thought were duplicate files and now my Garmin 390LM is not allowing me to import GPX routes.

These files are within the MAP directory on the 390LM.

I need:

D9644010A.UNL
D9644010A.GMA
D9644040A.UNL
D9644040A.GMA

I mistakenly thought I had copied them prior to delete so I could replace them if there was a problem.

I'm wondering if anybody also has noticed that the Garmin database of speed camera had been not been updated for a long time. For me. I feel, at least half a year. My city installed many speed camera several months ago, and they became active a recently but I never got any alert from Garmin.

I saw this on eBay today [Garmin Nuvi 3597 (bad battery?)] for $28 (Buy it now) and $6 shipping. I suspect it may be worth taking a chance on at that price even though it is listed as a "not working, for parts only". It appears to me that all it probably needs is a good overnight charging up.

I'm pretty sure my Garmin device has the latest map, but my unit gives me a Map Update Notice and says "The following map data is more than a year old and should be updated: CN North America NT 2024.20" Any ideas how to fix this would be appreciated. Thank you.

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