Garmin - General Discussion - Part 2

[tks]

Nuvi 780 should be the same as 760 but with MSN Direct. List price should be slightly higher. Check http://www.garmin.com for comparision. It is not unusual for a higher model to be on offer at a lower price sometimes.

[libra6868]

Nuvi 780 should be the same as 760 but with MSN Direct. List price should be slightly higher. Check http://www.garmin.com for comparision. It is not unusual for a higher model to be on offer at a lower price sometimes.

maybe msn is subsidising......later can earn from advertisement.......

[bkling]

Nuvi 780 should be the same as 760 but with MSN Direct. List price should be slightly higher. Check http://www.garmin.com for comparision. It is not unusual for a higher model to be on offer at a lower price sometimes.

maybe msn is subsidising......later can earn from advertisement.......

OK..will go for it with Gillson Antenna...

[mokwm]

Hi,

For those who really don't like the ABC keyboard on the nuvis, there's a way to change letter layout to something close to the QWERTY keyboard. Procedure which I tried on a nuvi 200:
1. Connect your nuvi to PC.
2. Make a back-up copy of "British_english.gtt" file under "Text" directory in the GPS internal memory in case you make a unrecoverable mistake.
3. Use a text editor (eg. Wordpad) to edit the "British_english.gtt" file in the Text directory
4. On the 11th line of the file, it should read:
<upperkbrd>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</upperkbrd>
5. Change it to:
<upperkbrd>QWERTYUIOASDFGHJKL ZXCVBNMP </upperkbrd>
Note that there is a space character after "L" and 7 spaces between char "P" and "</upprkbrd>".
6. Do the same for the next line for small caps.
7. Save the file, restart your nuvi and select "British English" for keyboard under "Settings" - "Language"

Only problem is the character "P" is on the 3rd row instead of the 1st row.
The rest of the buttons with nothing on them are space characters.

Have fun!

[psp]

Haha, good one.... thanks for the tips. But too bad it doesnt work probably with the widescreen model (200w).

[mokwm]

Haha, good one.... thanks for the tips. But too bad it doesnt work probably with the widescreen model (200w).

Thanks! I don't have my 200W with me now so can't try it. Can you screen capture to show the problem. Thanks

[psp]

the 200w only has 8 squares across instead of 9 for 200. Anyway, good tips.

[mokwm]

the 200w only has 8 squares across instead of 9 for 200. Anyway, good tips.

Hmmm ... can you try to put more spaces at the end after character "P" ?

[Estelle]

Hello all,

I'm a very green newbie. Just bought a Nuvi 200 last week. I have some stupid questions to ask. Please don't hurt me

My device came with preloaded maps. These are the files I have in the main unit which I assume are the maps:

gmapbmap.img
gmapprom.img
GMAPSUPP.IMG

I also downloaded the free GM-Mysin.exe from MalSingMaps and installed it. It extracted one img file gmapsupp.img and I put it in my SD card in a newly created garmin folder. I'm not suppose to overwrite the GMAPSUPP.IMG file in the main unit, right?

Will install MapSource and see if I can contribute some new POI. Tracking is out of the question since my device is running on version 3.30. I read somewhere the hidden tracking function in only available in v3.40? Is there anyway I can upgrade to v3.40 without killing my device? I'm a bit paranoid when it comes to messing around with firmware upgrades afraid that I might turn it into an expensive paperweight... Any help will be greatly appreciated.



Or maybe I should stick with my motto "if it's not broken, don't fix it"

[ahbahari]

Hi,

For those who really don't like the ABC keyboard on the nuvis, there's a way to change letter layout to something close to the QWERTY keyboard. Procedure which I tried on a nuvi 200:
1. Connect your nuvi to PC.
2. Make a back-up copy of "British_english.gtt" file under "Text" directory in the GPS internal memory in case you make a unrecoverable mistake.
3. Use a text editor (eg. Wordpad) to edit the "British_english.gtt" file in the Text directory
4. On the 11th line of the file, it should read:
<upperkbrd>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</upperkbrd>
5. Change it to:
<upperkbrd>QWERTYUIOASDFGHJKL ZXCVBNMP </upperkbrd>
Note that there is a space character after "L" and 7 spaces between char "P" and "</upprkbrd>".
6. Do the same for the next line for small caps.
7. Save the file, restart your nuvi and select "British English" for keyboard under "Settings" - "Language"

Only problem is the character "P" is on the 3rd row instead of the 1st row.
The rest of the buttons with nothing on them are space characters.

Have fun!

Thanks bro

I will try to have qwerty way...