GPS - Garmin GPS Tips, Tricks, Work Arounds, Hints, Secrets and Ideas

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Garmin GPS Tips, Tricks, Work Arounds, Hints, Secrets and Ideas

zydecogary

2007-12-24, 10:33 am

Some of you have already found this Garmin related WEB page
on the Internet and have found it useful.

In case you haven't spotted it you can find:

Garmin GPS

Tips, Tricks, Work Arounds, Hints, Secrets and Ideas for
the Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS (and others)

[many will also apply to the Nuvi 600 and Nuvi 200 series
and possibly other Garmin road GPSs]

at:

http://snipurl.com/garmin650

http://tinyurl.com/223t6j

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Gary Hayman

TABLE OF CONTENTS (ALL ARTICLES ARE ON-LINE)

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My Choice of Zoom Level
GETTING YOUR ZOOM ON -
Adjusting Your Zoom Level
2D OR NOT 2D -
Personal Preference for Screen Display
YOUR HOME -
Setting Your Primary Home
WHEN YOUR HOME IS NOT YOUR HOME -
Using a Temporary Home
HOME TO CHICAGO -
Getting There is Half the Fun
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE -- FROM CHICAGO? -
From Where You're Not to Another Place Your Not
CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? -
Finding my Car at the Shopping
Mall/Stadium/Disneyland/Airports/Mustang Ranch
GOING STRAIGHT -
Off-road/On-road mileage
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE -
Convention
ARE YOU COORDINATED -
Obtaining and Using Coordinates in Your GPS
WHERE AM I? BY THE NUMBERS -
Coordinates of Your PRESENT Position
WHERE IS THAT PLACE? BY THE NUMBERS -
Coordinates of a DIFFERENT Position
HANSEL AND GRETEL HAVE MOVED -
Lamenting the Loss of Breadcrumb Trails
ARE WE THERE YET? -
How Long Will it Take Me to Get There? (Not What
Time Will I Arrive?)
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EAT - AND MORE -
Scrolling Restaurant Menus
GONE FISHIN' BY A SHADY WADY POOL -
Ye Ol' Fishing Hole --A Place You Know
GONE FISHIN' INSTEAD OF JUST A-WISHIN' -
Ye New Fishin' Hole --You've Never Been There
GARMIN AREA 51 -
The Secret Area
YOU DON'T TALK TO ME AS MUCH AS YOU USED TO -
Text To Speech (TTS)
I'VE BEEN SET-UP! -
Tourist Trip Management
IN GARMIN WE TRUST! -
Just Pulling Away
YES VIRGINIA, THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE VIA POINT AVAILABLE -
Sort of ...

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