kirje

How do you switch the Nuvi to pedestrian and off road???? ( Menu > ) Settings > Navigation > Route Preference > ...

I was reading your post, and although it's already too late, I will tell you that you can get internal photos of any device with an FCC ID. Go to the FCC's Lookup website here, and just fill in the first two fields (FCC ID) and click search.

Sorry for the double post -- I got an error with the first post, and thought it failed.

I have been using a Garmin nuvi 350 and the biggest issue is (in my opinion) finding the best way to load the waypoints. This is what I've come up with (for Windows users)... 1) From the cache listing page, download LOC files with multiple waypoints. (Premium members may be able to use Pocket Queries to download GPX files directly and skip the next step.) 2) If downloading multiple LOC files, use Easy MPS ( http://www.iancowley.co.uk/caching/ ) to combine them into a single GDB file, Else skip this step and use your LOC file in the next step. 3) Open your LOC or GDB file in MapSource. If you do not already have MapSource, you can download it using the method described here. 4) Use Garmin POI loader ( download from here ) to create a GPI file. It will be named Poi.GPI (NOTE: It is STRONGLY recommended to have POI Loader save the file to your hard drive, and not to your device directly. See the next step for clarification.) 5) Rename your new GPI file to something approprite, say, geocaches.gpi, and move the file to the Garmin\POI folder of your nuvi device. That's it for getting the waypoints to your device. Once you've done this, your waypoints will be visible in Where To > My Locations > Custom POIs. You will see a category listing as whatever-you-named-your-GPI-file. You will only be able to list 50 POIs nearest your location using the above method. POIs will show as small round dots at the closest 2 zoom levels. I have found that once approaching GZ, set the nuvi in off-road mode (Settings > Navigation > Route Preference > Off Road) to get the nuvi to follow your position better, and generate straight-line routes. Tap the map screen once to orient it north-up, if you are in track-up mode. One other note is I have found the "vehicle" arrow has an impact on my accuracy, as it is hard to determine where the true center of the arrow is... I have found to stay away from the Blue arrow, and use any other (available from WebUpdater ) If you use pretty much any arrow other than the blue arrow, the "center" is where the 3D lines come together. If this doens't make sense, look at it first hand. If it still doesn't make sense, go stand near an intersection, and go to the closest zoom level. Notice your position relative to the center of the arrow. All that said, I find the Nuvi 350 to be quite acceptable for Geocaching. :-)

I have been using a Garmin nuvi 350 and the biggest issue is (in my opinion) finding the best way to load the waypoints. This is what I've come up with (for Windows users)... 1) From the cache listing page, download LOC files with multiple waypoints. (Premium members may be able to use Pocket Queries to download GPX files directly and skip the next step.) 2) If downloading multiple LOC files, use Easy MPS ( http://www.iancowley.co.uk/caching/ ) to combine them into a single GDB file, Else skip this step and use your LOC file in the next step. 3) Open your LOC or GDB file in MapSource. If you do not already have MapSource, you can download it using the method described here. 4) Use Garmin POI loader ( download from here ) to create a GPI file. It will be named Poi.GPI (NOTE: It is STRONGLY recommended to have POI Loader save the file to your hard drive, and not to your device directly. See the next step for clarification.) 5) Rename your new GPI file to something approprite, say, geocaches.gpi, and move the file to the Garmin\POI folder of your nuvi device. That's it for getting the waypoints to your device. Once you've done this, your waypoints will be visible in Where To > My Locations > Custom POIs. You will see a category listing as whatever-you-named-your-GPI-file. You will only be able to list 50 POIs nearest your location using the above method. POIs will show as small round dots at the closest 2 zoom levels. I have found that once approaching GZ, set the nuvi in off-road mode (Settings > Navigation > Route Preference > Off Road) to get the nuvi to follow your position better, and generate straight-line routes. Tap the map screen once to orient it north-up, if you are in track-up mode. One other note is I have found the "vehicle" arrow has an impact on my accuracy, as it is hard to determine where the true center of the arrow is... I have found to stay away from the Blue arrow, and use any other (available from WebUpdater ) If you use pretty much any arrow other than the blue arrow, the "center" is where the 3D lines come together. If this doens't make sense, look at it first hand. If it still doesn't make sense, go stand near an intersection, and go to the closest zoom level. Notice your position relative to the center of the arrow. All that said, I find the Nuvi 350 to be quite acceptable for Geocaching. :-)