Comments on: Garmin Nuvi 250W

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:44:24 +0000

I have had a Garmin Nuvi 250 since Christmas and have just got into the car today to find it has lost ALL my stored information and reverted to speaking German. I am unable to reset the language to English despite selecting it in the language settings menu. I have had no previous problems and did nothing different with it today than any other day. Anyone with any ideas?

By: Sunita

Sunita — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:27:03 +0000

Hi,

I want to purchase a GPS when I travel. I would be a first time user of this product. I basically need it to find locations when I am driving around.

Can you recommend something simple, efficient and effective to me.

Sunita

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:09:09 +0000

Looking for an accurate, easy to use GPS for auto. Simple please. Gadgetry not necessary. Just good graphics, directions and the latest USA maps. Plug and play.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:45:08 +0000

Sorry..forgot to mention that the new one is a Garmin 250W

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:42:44 +0000

Sorry.

Forgot to mention that the new device is a Garmin 250W

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:41:22 +0000

Tim,

Great site!

I received a TomTom ONE 3rd for Christmas. The school zone and crosswalk audio warnings as well as the display showing the posted speed limit are great features, but was disappointed that the device could not plan an itinerary -as the salesperson had told my wife.

The TomTom died and was unrecoverable a few days later. After the 4th round with customer service and reading all the other issues with the devices I returned the TomTom.

Can the Garmin perform speed, school and crosswalk audio warnings? Is itinerary planning possible?

Thanks

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:11:27 +0000

Tom – See Back to English with Garmin.

Sonny – A (free) software update to the latest version will make it so you see that message way less often.

Andrew – No, there is no way to put Google Earth on your Nuvi. See our Garmin Nuvi Forums for more tips and to ask advanced questions.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:59:55 +0000

I just recieved a 250w for Christmas this year and already love it. Although, I am wondering if anybody can help me to find a website other than Garmin to download extras for it. Also, I read something about Garmin and GoogleEarth. Am I able to put GoogleEarth on my 250w?

By: Sonny

Sonny — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:30:57 +0000

I purchased a Nuvi 250W for my wife last Christmas and even with some small problems I like the unit. But now I am really upset, it seems that Garmin doesn’t have enough of my money, now every time I turn the unit on it is telling me that “my maps are a year old and that I should go to Garmin’s website and purchase new map updates”. Even worse I can’t find a way to turn off this message. I am in Germany on vacation right now and the last thing I need to do is mess with my GPS when I need it most. What are the people at Garmin doing? Don’t they know the best way to loose customers like me is to throw advertising at them after they have purchased their products?

Has anyone found a way to turn off this stupid message?

By: tom

tom — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:06:59 +0000

My Garmin nuvi 200’s display is in Hebrew! I can’t even read it. How do I get it to display in English? The map and voice are English but not the display. It’s totally unreadable.