Help activating updated POIs on Garmin Nuvi 660FM

KingsizeK2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 3

Evening all,

Am sure you've been asked this a thousand times... I have a Nuvi 660FM and just updated the software through the Garmin website and have downloaded and installed UK and Europe POI with POI loader. I choose the "Speed Zoned Complete" option for both.

However... driving around London and no speed cameras are being located at all. Clearly, something is wrong! The only thing I can think is that I use a Mac but I thought that Sat Navs worked fine with Macs? The software upload works OK.

Any help HUGELY welcome! I am driving to Europe with a group soon and I don't want to get there and find out my lovely Garmin doesn't warn me at all!

Thanks,

Kevin

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

Hi and welcome.

First of all did you follow this thread for installing both the UK (MPH) and Europe (KPH) databases?

Secondly can you check you have Proximity Alerts switched ON for Custom POIs - Spanner, Settings, Proximity Points

Finally can you check the database is listed under Where To, Extras, Custom POIs

By the way, Mac should be fine - do you have the latest version of POILoader from here?

KingsizeK2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 3

Hey Paul,

Thanks for your email. I have followed your advice and think I have a fundamental flaw somewhere!

- I have the latest version of POILoader

- Mac seems to be fine (as in downloading no problem)

- Proximity alerts are switched on

- I tried to follow the thread you recommended - and it totally swamped me!

The problem seems to be that I can only use the latest file that the Nuvi has uploaded, either EU or UK. I tried uploading the EU files and then going into the Nuvi to rename poi.gpi to eupoi.gpi and that file was not on the Nuvi.

Am I doing something wrong?? Is there not a way to simply download the latest EU file and UK file and upload them both to the SD card or do you have to go about renaming files? And if so, how come I don't even have the file in my downloaded files?

Am sure there is a simple answer to this - and I hope there is!

Help :-)

PaulB2005 · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:14 am Post subject:

KingsizeK2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 3

It's easy when you know how! Thank-you so much for your advice. I found the poi file on the Nuvi having uploaded the EU database and renamed it. Then uploaded the UK files and hey presto, they are all on the system.

Great forum, can't say how's helpful it's been.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:01 am Post subject:

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