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Topic: Garmin hates flyovers & underpasses |
HellFire
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:56 am Subject: Garmin hates flyovers & underpasses |
On nearly every roundabout where there’s a flyover or underpass which is shown on the map, my 3790 always wants to route me round the roundabout instead of going over the flyover. I think this is stra ... |
Topic: Reviewed: Garmin nüvi 3790T |
HellFire
Replies: 21
Views: 20266
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:04 pm Subject: Reviewed: Garmin nüvi 3790T |
You can get info on the satellite fix - eventually. It's very choosy about whether it responds to a finger press on the satellite strength bars at the top left.
I don’t have a problem sat info resp ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
HellFire
Replies: 9
Views: 4269
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:32 pm Subject: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
I've got the sox.exe in C\Garmin folder, but never knew you had to have it in the camera folder to, did all your cameras work with no route plotted. |
Topic: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
HellFire
Replies: 9
Views: 4269
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:36 am Subject: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
Got the cameras, with custom cameras you have to be driving a route, they won't work with a simulation or just driving, with my 865 they would work anytime. I had to use WAV, as for some reason ogg wo ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
HellFire
Replies: 9
Views: 4269
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:45 am Subject: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
I deleted the Garmin cameras so now I can select the pocketgps ones, they now show on the map, but when I approached them I get no warning, I even tried with ogg files as the 3790 has an ogg decoder. ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
HellFire
Replies: 9
Views: 4269
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:57 pm Subject: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
Thanks for the fast reply, but this has a capacitive screen so I can only use a finger.t The screen does seem accurate as even selecting gps info from main screen is easy and that's a small icon, and ... |
Topic: New Nuvi 3760 on sale?? |
HellFire
Replies: 60
Views: 22946
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:27 pm Subject: New Nuvi 3760 on sale?? |
The key presses on mine is the same as the iphone, just placing my finger on the screen is enough, it's very sensitive.
The voice recognition is brilliant, better than my 865, as sometimes on the 86 ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
HellFire
Replies: 9
Views: 4269
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:09 pm Subject: Nuvi 3790 won't let me have pocketgps cameras |
Does anyone know why my nuvi 3790 won't let me select the pocketgps cameras, when I select custom POI it gets ticked, but when I select ok the alert screen goes back and I can see the custom POI gets ... |
Topic: New Nuvi 3760 on sale?? |
HellFire
Replies: 60
Views: 22946
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:15 pm Subject: New Nuvi 3760 on sale?? |
I don't think Smartphone's will take over from PND's, as the GPS receivers in phones are poor compared to PND's, I've only had Garmin, but they have always got a sat lock very quick, but with every ph ... |
Topic: Nuvi 7X5 Series - temporarily withdrawn from sale |
HellFire
Replies: 6
Views: 2277
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:31 pm Subject: Nuvi 7X5 Series - temporarily withdrawn from sale |
Well Garmin should be more careful, if they done more testing this would of not happened, it’s like when I got my 865 the first 2 units where faulty, but at least they sort out the problems fast so no ... |
Topic: Anyone got a problem free nuvi 865 |
HellFire
Replies: 2
Views: 1783
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:02 am Subject: Anyone got a problem free nuvi 865 |
First one I had froze and reset itself a lot so sent it back to Garmin and received a new unit in 4 days (brilliant customer service) second one I had is even worse, this also freezes but the sound cr ... |
Topic: Unstable Nuvi 865 |
HellFire
Replies: 0
Views: 1200
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:44 pm Subject: Unstable Nuvi 865 |
Has anyone else had problems with the 865 either freezing or resetting, I’ve got the latest software 4.50, but also done this with the original software, I tried a soft reset but this unit is so unsta ... |
Topic: Whats the difference 540 v 940 |
HellFire
Replies: 10
Views: 4512
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:32 am Subject: Whats the difference 540 v 940 |
Again if you do not know the area it can be useful for lane guidance in situations such as leaving the Dartford tunnel for M25 exits J31 and J30. .
Not tested my nuvi 865 but my 660 picks up in t ... |
Topic: Very confused after map update |
HellFire
Replies: 1
Views: 1638
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:15 pm Subject: Very confused after map update |
It sounds like you never selected all the maps, with the map tool select everything by dragging a border around all the maps , in version 11 the size is almost 1.6GB. |
Topic: Free map upgrade |
HellFire
Replies: 5
Views: 2838
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:52 pm Subject: Free map upgrade |
I just bought a nuvi 865, I wish I got a TomTom now, shame I can’t put Tele Atlas on my nuvi. |
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