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  Topic: Garmin Nuvi about to be reprogrammed with a 7lb sledgehammer
timlofts

Replies: 12
Views: 6098

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:06 am   Subject: Garmin Nuvi about to be reprogrammed with a 7lb sledgehammer

Andy, seriously - down in Cornwall i've come across side roads that are 90 degrees to a dead straight stretch of road which the satnav thinks is straight on.

This did make me laugh. I went to C ...
  Topic: Subscription Renewal & New Members.
timlofts

Replies: 218
Views: 122332

PostForum: Guestbook and Feedback   Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:25 am   Subject: My View for what it's worth
The database at £20 (or thereabouts) is great value. Each time I've contributed a new or confirmed sighting, I'm doing to help others, as they are helping me, to make sure I have the most accurate inf ...
  Topic: BMW Olympic car fleet struggles with satnav routing glitches
timlofts

Replies: 18
Views: 15345

PostForum: News And Latest Information   Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:10 am   Subject: BMW Olympic car fleet struggles with satnav routing glitches
They should have been using Jaguars anyway - why give the contract to BMW, a foreign competitor? What a joke this country is...A German owned company? As opposed to an Indian one?

I don't think it ...
  Topic: Garmin Support Was Good!
timlofts

Replies: 3
Views: 2590

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:04 am   Subject: Garmin Support Was Good!
I'm always quick to complain, and I had a proper whinge when my Nuvi 3790 kept crashing. However, after a couple of emails and a few 'master resets' and two software re-installs, last Friday Garmin as ...
  Topic: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
timlofts

Replies: 10
Views: 3629

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:54 pm   Subject: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
Thanks chaps for the help there, it's appreciated...I should have known to use the wav files rather than mp3's, I'm a broadcast production sound engineer and mp3 files are the bane of my life, and to ...
  Topic: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
timlofts

Replies: 10
Views: 3629

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:26 pm   Subject: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
Thanks Darren, but I've tried that twice, and I still get the garmin bong. I assume there is nothing new to creating a poi folder than before...this is what I've been doing for as long as I can rememb ...
  Topic: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
timlofts

Replies: 10
Views: 3629

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:23 am   Subject: Installing Pocket GPS Voice Packs on a Nuvi3790
Apologies if this has already been discussed (I couldn't find it if it has), but how do I install the voice packs that can be downloaded with the speed camera database on to my 3790?

Thanks
  Topic: 3790 navigation seems strange
timlofts

Replies: 14
Views: 8419

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:05 pm   Subject: 3790 navigation seems strange
I don't think the 3790 has any uniquness regarding routes, all Sat Navs can produce "Sat Nav Specific Routes", and I still think it's neccessary to have proper map knowledge before setting off on a lo ...
  Topic: Garmin 3790t With Life Time Maps
timlofts

Replies: 10
Views: 5827

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:05 am   Subject: Garmin 3790t With Life Time Maps
Are you sure the lifetime maps are available in the UK?




Actually, I don't know, and it looks like I might be wrong. I'd read soemthing somewhere that led me to think that you could buy them ...
  Topic: Garmin 3790t With Life Time Maps
timlofts

Replies: 10
Views: 5827

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:53 pm   Subject: Garmin 3790t With Life Time Maps
Ok, this should be simple, but it seems not Exclamation

Where can I get one of these? Amazon have got them but it doesn't specify if it comes with life maps, and at £225 I suspect not. I also want to get ...
  Topic: iPhone Navigation App Comparison Chart
timlofts

Replies: 152
Views: 151021

PostForum: Apple GPS Devices   Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:21 pm   Subject: iPhone Navigation App Comparison Chart
Gulp - which to go for?!! I feel like a rabbit caught in the cars headlights!
  Topic: Nuvi 310 problem after map update
timlofts

Replies: 1
Views: 2176

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:01 pm   Subject: Same problem
I'm not sure I can help you resolve the problem, but I too have a 310 (approx 4 years old now), and have experienced a very similar problem, and always in the same region of France. We take a ski trip ...
  Topic: How to install both UK (mph) and Europe (kph) on Garmin Unit
timlofts

Replies: 73
Views: 135364

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:29 am   Subject: How to install both UK (mph) and Europe (kph) on Garmin Unit
I had all the poi's loaded to the actual unit, and they seemed to work without any problem. However, I was concerned that while driving through France there didn't seem to be many warnings given, but ...
  Topic: How to install both UK (mph) and Europe (kph) on Garmin Unit
timlofts

Replies: 73
Views: 135364

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:51 am   Subject: How to install both UK (mph) and Europe (kph) on Garmin Unit
Just to say - On my recent trip through france, I followed inspiredron's instructions ...

"I suspect that you can extend this idea to multiple POI files, not just two.
For example you might want ...
  Topic: Nuvi 310 Frozen up twice.
timlofts

Replies: 5
Views: 2954

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:46 pm   Subject: Nuvi 310 Frozen up twice.
I was having exactly the same problem last year when driving to a skiing trip in France. My Nuvi 310 had behaved effortlessyly prior ot it's first big test - driving abroad - and then fell spectaclarl ...
 
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