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Romansilver
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:07 pm    Post subject: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Hi Everyone, I have a problem with Garmin 61. I have subscribed to photolive but I am unable to get the traffic cams to come up and change.

First of all I downloaded traffic cams to my Garmin, it would only hold 50 and would not show them as I drove along the M25. I phoned Garmin up and was told that it would hold much more than 50 and to put a card inside, which I did. After reading the instructions somewhere online, I saved over 100 cameras on the three motorways I drive to my phone instead. If I clicked Photolive on the satnav, it would say loading and would not change. Perhaps I loaded to many so I removed most of them to leave only 10 but still it would only say loading with a spinning circle. Sometimes it would say no cameras on the road ahead, yet I know there are as I pass them and they also show on the map. If I tap find camera I can get camera's which I have saved to come up, but would show the M25 one's first, but thats no good if I am on the M4 as I would have to scroll down and would still not change as I past. As far as I understand, if I have saved them, they would come up on the Garmin and when I pass, it would change to the next, perhaps I am wrong. Do I save them to the phone , Garmin or both? Garmin have said to send a screen capture but I can't see what that would do, I told them it would just say loading. Am I doing something wrong or is there a fault?
Grateful for any help you can give.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cameras for the Garmin, whether you use their Cylops offering or the more up to date cameras from here are contained in a single .GPI file.

From what your describing, you have installed them as single POi's ?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:20 pm    Post subject: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Hi, Thanks for getting back so quick. I am not sure what you mean by contained in a single .GPI file.

How I have saved them up to now , I go to Garmin Smartphone on my Nokia, click on photolive cameras and click add camera, that saves all of the cameras I want to my phone, it saves with a red heart alongside it. When I put my Garmin on it links up with my smartphone, is this the wrong way to do it. If I click on find camera, it would bring up the traffic cams that show what the traffic is like, I would then have to sort them for the road I am driving on but it would not change as I pass them.
Do I save the traffic cameras to my phone or satnav? how do I save them.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would possibly help a little if you told us exactly which "Garmin 61" you have. A "Drive Smart 61 LMT-D" or a "Garmin Drive™ 61 LMT-S"?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think Photolive works in quite the way you are expecting and the 'spinning wheel' suggests that you're not getting a data connection. The 'spinning wheel' can be present for quite some time to get the data from Garmin's servers and those, like me, who have subscribed to Garmin's services in the past will testify.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:17 am    Post subject: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Hello

The Garmin I have is a Drivesmart 61 LMT-D. It will say loading with the spinning circle for 5 - 10 minutes, I can drive a long way in that time passing many traffic cams with it saying loading. It would then say no cameras found on the road ahead yet they show on the map in blue as I pass them. If I save to the Garmin, I can only get about 50, but it will still will not load. Do I save to my phone using smartlink or to the Garmin. When I save to my phone, it will put a red heart alongside them so I presume it has been saved ok, and as I said, they then show on the map
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure you'll get the best advice here. I can't recall anyone here using traffic cameras via smart link. Most here are more involved with speed camera etc locations.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:33 pm    Post subject: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Hello Thank you for that. I was hoping that someone in the Forum would have the Garmin Drivesmart 61 LMT-D. I know that some other Garmins can do it as well. I like the idea of seeing what the traffic is like in front of me. As far as I understand, as I come up to a traffic cam, it would show me the traffic and when I pass it would bring up the next traffic camera ahead, even if miles in front. I have saved to my phone and also saved to the Garmin, but saving to the Garmin, only lets me save 50 camera's. There is one thing I have not tried yet, on my phone, I have just seen that I can put them in order, perhaps that might make a difference, maybe it is taking a long time to load as it is sorting them out. But then that would not explain why, after the Garmin says loading for a long time, it would say no camera's on the road ahead, but it would show them on the map
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Romansilver wrote:
I was hoping that someone in the Forum would have the Garmin Drivesmart 61 LMT-D.
I have one, but I haven't tried the smartlink or whatever it's called.
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I know that some other Garmins can do it as well. I like the idea of seeing what the traffic is like in front of me. As far as I understand, as I come up to a traffic cam, it would show me the traffic and when I pass it would bring up the next traffic camera ahead, even if miles in front. I have saved to my phone and also saved to the Garmin, but saving to the Garmin, only lets me save 50 camera's. There is one thing I have not tried yet, on my phone, I have just seen that I can put them in order, perhaps that might make a difference, maybe it is taking a long time to load as it is sorting them out. But then that would not explain why, after the Garmin says loading for a long time, it would say no camera's on the road ahead, but it would show them on the map
Like suss said, not heard of anyone using that facility here. But let us know how you get on as it might be interesting for others.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:31 am    Post subject: Garmin 61 Reply with quote

Hi Yes I will let you know if I have any luck. I will look to see if there is a Garmin Forum online. I had to give you guys a try first. Thanks for looking
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There isn't an official Garmin PND forum but Suss is a member of a few so he will know.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best bet is to try here http://forums.gpsreview.net/categories/garmin-auto-forum-garmin-nuvi-forum as there is no official Garmin one except on their German website!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Thanks for that, I will give that a try.
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