Garmin POI Installation Guide

Author : POIHandler.com Version : 1.1 Date : August 8, 2007

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Contents

Versions ........................................................................................................ 3

Requirements ................................................................................................ 3

Download ...................................................................................................... 4

Installation .................................................................................................... 5

Installing the Garmin POI Loader ...................................................................... 5

Installed POI‟s on Garmin Device ................................................................... 11

Navigate to POI ............................................................................................ 12

Feedback..................................................................................................... 14

Introduction

This manual explains how to install external Point of Interest from POIHandler.com to Garmin Devices.

Versions

Version Date Author

1.0 21-11-2005 Support, POIHandler.com

1.1 08/08/07 Support, POIHandler.com

Requirements

You need a computer that is connected to the internet. In addition to this you need

to have your Garmin (GPSMAP 60Cx, GPSMAP 60CSx, GPSMAP 76Cx, GPSMAP 76CSx, GPSMAP 496, eTrex Venture Cx, eTrex Legend Cx, eTrex Vista Cx, iQue M3,

iQue M4, Quest 2, nüvi, nüvi 310, nüvi 350, nüvi 360, nüvi 370, nüvi 610, nüvi 660, nüvi 670, nüvi 680, StreetPilot c310, StreetPilot c320, StreetPilot c330,

StreetPilot c340, StreetPilot c510, StreetPilot c530, StreetPilot c550, StreetPilot c580, StreetPilot i2, StreetPilot i3, StreetPilot i5, StreetPilot 2720, StreetPilot 2730,

StreetPilot 7200, StreetPilot 7500, zūmo 450, zūmo 500, zūmo 550) connected to your computer.

Download

The first step is go to poihandler.com and login to the website. Select from the left menu “Download POI”. This will give you the following screen:

Select the country and for the sort POI for example Speedcams. The filetype must

be Garmin format. Press “Download” to Download the zip file. Save the file on your computer by selecting “save” when prompted.

Save the file in a place where you can easily find it again. Unzip the contents. For Example : C:\Download POI's

Installation Before you can load Safety Camera Database onto Garmin Device you need the

following :

A PC with a spare USB Port

The Garmin POI Loader installed The latest Speedcam‟s from POIHandler.com

The Garmin device itself The supplied USB cable

Connect your Garmin device to your PC using the USB data cable. The USB cable is

supplied with your Garmin product. Garmin is powered using the USB Cable.

Installing the Garmin POI Loader

The Garmin POI Laoder application is avaible for free from the Garmin Website. To

get the latest version of this software you will need to download it from the garmin Website at

http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=999-99999-12. The download is about 11Mb in size and will take a while to download on a modem

connect, or a few minutes on a broadband connection.

Download the POI Loader and install it from where you saved the file.

Simply follow the onscreen instructions to install the application and in a few minutes you will have the Garmin POI Loader installed and ready to use.

Setup Garmin POI Loader

Click Next.

Click Next.

Click “ I accept the terms of the license agreement “ , Click Next.

Default installation directory is C:\Garmin (you can change this !) , Click Next.

Click Install

The Garmin POI Loader software will now be installed.

Installation has finished and you can connect your Garmin Device to your PC now.

Click Next.

Click Next all the POI‟s „ll be imported into the Garmin Device.

From the main application screen click in the browse button and navigate tot the safety camera folder on your computer. Once you have found the correct folder

press next. For example : C:\Download POI's

This will start the download and conversion process. It will take a few seconds to download the full set of Safety Camera‟s into the Garmin device. When that is

complete the Garmin device will reboot. Your Garmin device is now ready to use with all the Safety Camera‟s loaded and default warnings configured.

If Default warnings are not what you want then you can select Manual instead of

Express and configure each file in the folder individually. (Express setup is recommended)!

Click Finish.

Installed POI’s on Garmin Device

To view the installed POI‟s on Garmin device, select the screen.

Press the icon “Where to ?”

Press the Icon “My Locations”

Press the icon “Custom POIs”

Here you will find all your installed POI‟s.

Navigate to POI When you would like to navigate to a certain poi press on Where to..

This will show you the following screen:

Choose “My Locations”

Select the arrow for you own POI‟s

Choose one poi category

Select the destination and press GO.

Feedback

If you find any failures in this document or you have suggestions to improve it

please send feedback to service@poihandler.com. Please mention the manual name and version number.