My 350 nuvi will not let me type in a city such as" eagle river" it offers" eagle" before I am done typing, what is my problem?
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What's up Frank! Hope you're doing well. I think you might have to update the maps. I am not a specialist, but I recently recieved a message on my GPS startup screen to update the map (have yet to do so). Last year when this issue happened, the map update helped fix address issue, temporarily. Gramin offers free up-to-date maps on their website. Overall it is a good GPS for finding LOCAL locations. I have found that once you'd been to the area with the GPS on, it records the satellite points for faster access in the future. Make sure you flip open the antennae (square flap) to connect. Accuracy is like 7.65900/10 and has internal issues like the one Frank talked about. The GPS itself (internal software) is 5/10. It's okay and has bugs when you are typing in the address. It only accepts a specific format for addresses (something like zip code, city, house #, street name). I would recommend it only if you are looking for something cheap and are somewhat are familiar with the compass rose and major landmarks in the city.
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Mine already had the 2010 maps preinstalled so I didn't try to update. A little off topic, but one thing that bothers me however is that the 765t I got is a bit inaccurate for my home address. My nuvi 260W is right on target for my home address while the 765t shows that I am about 800 ft away from my house. I tried it out on non-residential targets and the 260W was always right on target while the 765t was off about 50 to 200 ft. Not quite sure what the issue is but the 260W appears to have a more sensitve/accurate chip set.
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Traffic will not be present for all cities. If you are in an area that supports NAVTEQ FM traffic, your unit will pick up the FM band and an icon (showing one car overlapping another) should appear in the upper left-hand corner. The feature itself is automatic, but by touching the icon it will bring up a submenu for further exploration (if there is a traffic problem ahead). I suggest you go to gpsmagazine.com and read the review for the 765. It is very detailed and will explain the traffic function better than I.
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The labeling is ridiculous. The cord that comes with the 265WT labelled BOX but with the 265W labelled GPS, appears to be the correct one that enables 'free traffic' updates. HOWEVER, you must see if traffic update is enabled in your area by going to NAVTEQ (http://www.navteq.com/rdstraffic/). And then it is often inconsistent. I live in central NJ and use to pick up the Philly tower while on Rte 195 West and kept it while then going north on the NJ turnpike. I no longer get the Philly connection and only sometimes in the Edison area do I pick up the 'Middlesex/NY" connection. It is rather disappointing, to say the least.) The labeling is ridiculous. The cord that comes with the 265WT labelled BOX but with the 265W labelled GPS, appears to be the correct one that enables 'free traffic' updates. HOWEVER, you must see if traffic update is enabled in your area by going to NAVTEQ (http://www.navteq.com/rdstraffic/). And then it is often inconsistent. I live in central NJ and use to pick up the Philly tower while on Rte 195 West and kept it while then going north on the NJ turnpike. I no longer get the Philly connection and only sometimes in the Edison area do I pick up the 'Middlesex/NY" connection. It is... » Read More The labeling is ridiculous. The cord that comes with the 265WT labelled BOX but with the 265W labelled GPS, appears to be the correct one that enables 'free traffic' updates. HOWEVER, you must see if traffic update is enabled in your area by going to NAVTEQ (http://www.navteq.com/rdstraffic/). And then it is often inconsistent. I live in central NJ and use to pick up the Philly tower while on Rte 195 West and kept it while then going north on the NJ turnpike. I no longer get the Philly connection and only sometimes in the Edison area do I pick up the 'Middlesex/NY" connection. It is rather disappointing, to say the least.) « Show Less
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Voice on my 255 nuvi went off.GPS works but silently..Is there a reset or is the unit broken? Voice temporarily returned, but it was in German!
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I got it. Thank you very much.BTW, I must say the street names from the computer generated voice is very bad. It seems that there is not enough time for the name of the road is spoken out before the "road", "avenue", etc starting to cutting in.
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My guess is 255W speaks street names in North America version only. You can see it on www.garmin.com when you do side by side comparison.
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Hi Diggity Skitty:Try de-activating the traffic service on your nuvi 265T by going to settings. See how it works out for a couple of days. If the strange recalculating (or re-routing) is still happening, then go ahead and return it. It may just be the NAVTEQ FM Traffic Service. Also, have you updated your software to version 4.6 from the Garmin WebUpdater on the Garmin.com Website? See if the updated firmware works. I did that for my 265WT so I will see how that works out. Here's the website: http://www8.garmin.com/products/webupdater/howtoinstall.jsp Hope this helps. Ed --- Hi Diggity Skitty:Try de-activating the traffic service on your nuvi 265T by going to settings. See how it works out for a couple of days. If the strange recalculating (or re-routing) is still happening, then go ahead and return it. It may just be the NAVTEQ FM Traffic Service. Also, have you updated your software to version 4.6 from the Garmin WebUpdater on the Garmin.com Website? See if the updated firmware works. I did that for my 265WT so I will see how that works out. Here's the website: http://www8.garmin.com/products/webupdater/howtoinstall.jsp Hope this helps. Ed ---
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dsrussell; do you think that there might be to many issues with the the nuvi 255w right now? The ( system software missing ) occurance seems to seems to be showing up more and more on these units. Thanks in advance any thoughts you have on this issue.
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I live here in Miami and so far it's only been turn by turn, no street names. Also, while the GPS talks, your music mutes but keeps playing through. It's kinda annoying.
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I don't know, but regardless, it is far inferior to Google maps. Streets and trips is a complete waste of money.
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How about the 885 without MSN Direct, and adding the GTM 20, which gives Navtec fm traffic? That's what I'm considering doing. Might want to call Garmin to see if this option will give you what you want. If you do, would you report back? Yes. 855 is the one i mean. Sorry for the confusion.
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It understands it about 90% of the time. Then there are times you can't get it to understand what you're saying regardless of how you phrase it. I was looking for an address to a hotel, and there was no way for me to get it to understand the street address. I finally had to find another local business, and then I could use the hotels POI and say show me what's near it. It then showed the hotel with the correct address and all.
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All models with the "t" suffix use the ad-based "free" traffic feature. I do not find them a bother whatsoever (YMMV). Matter-of-fact, I rarely see them, especially when driving, and it's something that does not take any user input (you won't have to mess with the touch screen). After I've reached my destination an ad will pop up, but usually I've already turned my Nuvi off. Occasionally, I'll actually read the ad out of curiosity. If you hate the ads, just turn off the traffic component via tools / settings / navigation / avoidances (and uncheck traffic).
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My Street Pilot seems to be more detailed with instructions. If I pass a turn off, it will notify me that I have. The Nuvi will keep silentuntil I have another opportunity to get on track taking me too far out of my way.
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I read that if you have this problem with no street names spoken, the fix is to do a factory reset on your unit and that will correct this problem. Worth a try!
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Hmm, I was sure that I'd tried them all, but I tried the top secure one again (WPA, I think) and this time it went through! I suspect I miss-typed one of the letters the first time.