Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

artie — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:17:18 GMT

Recently purchased a Garmin 260 and for the money (220.) its a very good unit, however I should of looked more closely at other brands as some of features this unit has are not as good as in Magellan ot Tom Tom. The volumn control is not nearly as loud as it should be and if you have the car radio on reguardless of how loud the Garmin is set its still way way to low to hear it over a radio playing at normal volumn. Another problem is the antenna on the back, if its not set in its up position or for some reason you dont realize it hasnt been lifted up then you will get errors in your trip, it once took me to a dead end street and said you have arrived home that was 250 miles away. Do your home work and look around

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

noahc — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:04:33 GMT

artie,

Thanks for leaving feedback. Are you perhaps thinking of the 360? My experiences were the same with the 300 line (350/360), it's volume was far too low and if the antenna wasn't up it went into simulated driving mode. The Nuvi 260 has a much high volume level which I keep at 40% since it's so much louder and the antenna is actually internal, so there is no 'lifting' involved.

That does raise some good points, the 200 series over the 300 series has:

- An internal antenna (so you don't have to raise one)

- A louder speaker (much louder and clearer)

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

favio — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:04:11 GMT

It is possible to turn up the voice level...but you have to be willing to hack the voice file a wee bit with a hex editor.

Just Open the .vpm file you want to modify in the hex editor, and search for "<voice_volume>96</voice_volume>" without the quotation marks...and change the numerical value - I have Australian Karen cranked up to 96. This makes the sound level of the voice prompts comparable to the MP3 level when I hook my Nuvi350 into my vehicle's sound system via the added line input that takes the place of the non-existent CD changer. Before I did this, when I played MP3s at a comfotable listening level, the voice prompts were too quiet. Now, they're comparable.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

shrifty — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:16:12 GMT

I currently have a nuvi 260 (and have a very strong dislike for it) and would like to be rid of it ASAP. Prior to getting rid of it, I would like to restore it back to the original factory settings and the only thing missing right now are the help files which I cannot find anywhere online. Does anyone know where to find these files?

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

James Rife — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:15:47 GMT

i just got a new 260 and downloaded the new 209 maps but i lost the giving of the streets by name how do i get that back,

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

nuvi350za — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:01:34 GMT

I think Garmin Nuvi 350 is the best GPS navigation system in my opinion.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Francine — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:56:06 GMT

I lost all datas and maps on my gps. I am away from home . How can I restore the Northamerican maps and data. I have access to PC tonite. Hope to hear from some one. Thanks Francine

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

noahc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:56:52 GMT

Fancine, try contact Garmin's support:

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/lang/en/supportcontact

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Dick Stanfield — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:03:28 GMT

Question 1 - With the 260W, I have accumulated a lot of unwanted destinations. Some are intersections where I must have tapped the screen, and stored it as a destination. How the heck do I get rid of these unwanted destinations?

Question 2 - For a particular trip, I like to go THIS way, and the Garmin routes me THAT way. It seems to remember MY route with a blue line, so it "could" know how to go in the future. But it doesn't; it still goes "its way". How can I tell the Garmin to "not turn there, but go this way" to the destination?

Thanks!

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Garmintweakster — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:03:18 GMT

I was able to connect the nuvi 260 and copy and paste the text to speech to the nuvi 270. It took a few minutes and some tweaking, but now I have an extended version of the 260.

I only wish Garmin would simply make a unit with all the maps, and text to speech in all their 200 series GPS units.

The markups are stupid when you do a side by side comparasion. If someone is payinig extra for the 270 why not include TTS? Well... I got it now by copying it from the 260 to the 270.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Joe — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:08:33 GMT

I'm new with the hole gps thing. I have the garmin 260 and it works good. I was wondering how to transfer locations from one Garmin GPS to another?

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

K.man — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:51:30 GMT

Hi Garmintweakster, how to do tweak the nuvi 270 to have tts? Can you share the TTS files and the instructions?

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Charlotte Hoover — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:16 GMT

I received a Garmin 260 for my birthday. It was purchased from HSN. It had not been opened but it has no instructions. HSN has no more of these and cannot help me get an instruction manual. I am a novice at the gps and require a lot of assistance. Where do I get a manual?

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

silicis — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:02:18 GMT

Hi Garmintweakster, how to you tweak the nuvi 270. that sounds very interesting

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Sherry — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:38 GMT

Got a Garmin 200 AND a Garmin 260 for my birthday. What do I do? Can you explaint the exact differences. My daughter paid $150 (including the extended warranty) - 3 years. My husband paid $280 for the 260 (also extended warranty). I'm not sure I can return either one at this point - with them having bought the extended warranties but which one is a better system.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Dan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:00:54 GMT

I'm not sure what we have the Garmin when powered up displays nuvi2xxw. However, I can't unlock the maps to use my GPS which worked fine until two weeks ago. can anyone help.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

rob — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:32:42 GMT

the new nuvi 260 has a very low voice and a micro sd card.

the voive volume cannot be tweaked with an editor.

can anyone crack this

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

ann — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:54:13 GMT

Charlotte Hoover

Do a google search for the manual. Or go to Best Buy and see if they will copy it for you for a price.....

You actually don't need it as it doesn't have much in it anyway. Google a question about it and someone will answer it ...........

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

ann — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:55:31 GMT

Charlotte Hoover

Do a google search for the manual. Or go to Best Buy and see if they will copy it for you for a price.....

You actually don't need it as it doesn't have much in it anyway. Google a question about it and someone will answer it or just read all the pertaining information listed in that section............

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Rob — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:01:57 GMT

The older nuvi 260 had an sd card slot. The newer 260 has a micro sd card. It is the same unit now as the 255. the speakers are junk, so garmin lowered the volume as not to blow the speakers. the software is now copy protected. if you tweak the volume with a text editor it stops working on that tts voice. i own 400 nuvies for my trucking company. I called garmin. They admitted the volume was lowered, and pretty much told me tough. It was cheaper to lower the volume than replace the speakers. It cannot be heard at full volume in a van or truck. These units are now useless. I have read over 1000 complaints on various forums. i emailed them to garmin.

There response was that there tech team feels lowering the volume was the proper fix. Can anyone break the copy protect to raise the volume. Im stuck with many useless nuvies. Rob

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

Frederick Rountree — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:06:50 GMT

Hello,

I have just purchased a Garmin Nuvi 255W and it came with a preloaded map of the USA. I have a MicroSD card for England/Ireland that I want to use this summer. How can I get my Nuvi to display the England/Ireland map only, and not the US map?I want to preview my route before flying over and actually driving it. TIA.

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

noahc — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:30:23 GMT

Frederick, and all those needing help with their Garmin devices, for support with your device, ASK GARMIN TECH SUPPORT. You can email or call them... http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/home/support/supportcontact

re: Garmin Nuvi 260 GPS

noahc — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:33:35 GMT

rob & Rob, I've actually found the speaker to do quite well. To be honest, I usually mute the device in the first place since I prefer not to hear it, but my wife only uses it on speaker and sometimes I will too. It is certainly not loud enough to be hear over music, rolled down windows, a crying child, etc. But in a normally quite interior car environment, it is plenty loud for me (I actually run it at 60% volume).