Nuvi 205W Part 2

[fauzee]

Bro..i just helping my friends with this problem..hanging&freezing everytimes touch 'Map' to show up some area using Point Of Interest..already test with full maps and got 5-7 MINUTES hanging..with Lite Version Maps got 15-30 SECOND hanging..so it shown that to solve our problem with Nuvi 205W Sing/Mal model is using the Lite Version Maps..i think it is Limitation Of Garmin Model like 205W Sing/Mal..

[fauzee]

just wanna know about how to stop Custom POIs on Nuvi205..coz some people need to stop CPOIs when driving on Highways coz most of time tut tut tut speed trap zone 90 km/hours as i know..nuvi200 can stop that by go to Settings>Proximity Points>Proximity Alerts>Change>untick (stop) Custom POIs.

[drsec]

just wanna know about how to stop Custom POIs on Nuvi205..coz some people need to stop CPOIs when driving on Highways coz most of time tut tut tut speed trap zone 90 km/hours as i know..nuvi200 can stop that by go to Settings>Proximity Points>Proximity Alerts>Change>untick (stop) Custom POIs.

This will not only stop the speed trap alert but also all alerts related to custom POI.

[fauzee]

just wanna know about how to stop Custom POIs on Nuvi205..coz some people need to stop CPOIs when driving on Highways coz most of time tut tut tut speed trap zone 90 km/hours as i know..nuvi200 can stop that by go to Settings>Proximity Points>Proximity Alerts>Change>untick (stop) Custom POIs.

This will not only stop the speed trap alert but also all alerts related to custom POI.

off couse lah bro...off CPOIs only when driving...From JB to KL with straight highway need much attention..and tut tut tut sounds more disturb our mood while driving 120-130km..

[drsec]

just wanna know about how to stop Custom POIs on Nuvi205..coz some people need to stop CPOIs when driving on Highways coz most of time tut tut tut speed trap zone 90 km/hours as i know..nuvi200 can stop that by go to Settings>Proximity Points>Proximity Alerts>Change>untick (stop) Custom POIs.

This will not only stop the speed trap alert but also all alerts related to custom POI.

off couse lah bro...off CPOIs only when driving...From JB to KL with straight highway need much attention..and tut tut tut sounds more disturb our mood while driving 120-130km..

No it doesn't disturb my mood during my fast drives. In fact I feel it is useful to warn me of the speed trap spots or the next RSA. I've paid too much in speeding fines. The savings by these alerts gives me more money for a Garmin upgrade. Oh BTW, I much faster than 120-130 on the highways and teh alert is not a bother cos it is not all the time.

[tresca]

Hi all members and guest,

I have a 205W US unit with 1GB internal storage space, meanwhile i had copied some maps, POI (from this forum) and POI from Garmin Taiwan website before and the total storage space reached 900MB++ for quite some times.

However, later when i try to free some space by deleting some unused maps, i found that the storage space is not being free up (still remain 900MB++) even i had deleted few more maps.

I had tried to do a reset method pressing the reset button at the bottom, also another reset method by holding the Power On button for few second and pressing one of the corner of the screen to restore to factory default, but all also not help. The steps above just removed all my data only.

I have no solution on this, later then i tried to delete the POI downloaded from Garmin Taiwan website from the internal storage memory, this time i noticed that some space is being free up. I suspect the POI file is the root cause, however, i still cannot resolve my earlier problem (It remained 800MB++ shown in the internal storage, but actually total files were 200MB++).

Then i decided to FORMAT my unit in windows XP, and before that i had backup all datas including hidden files from the Garmin unit. After formatted the unit, i copy back the backup file to the unit and reboot and the unit works flawless.

Above is my sharing among the members here.

[simseair]

Hi,

I have a 205W with software version 5.1. I like to downgrade to version 5.0 as I find that the unit was not able to detect more than 4 or 5 satellites whereas the previous version could detect the 8 ~ 10 satellites at any one time.

Can someone suggest how do I locate the software as I could not find it here?

http://www.gawisp.com/perry/nuvi/

[dvpro]

Hi,

I have a 205W with software version 5.1. I like to downgrade to version 5.0 as I find that the unit was not able to detect more than 4 or 5 satellites whereas the previous version could detect the 8 ~ 10 satellites at any one time.

Can someone suggest how do I locate the software as I could not find it here?

http://www.gawisp.com/perry/nuvi/

You can try this method by JunJun, it worked for me:
viewtopic.php?p=57061#p57061

[dvpro]

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Then i decided to FORMAT my unit in windows XP, and before that i had backup all datas including hidden files from the Garmin unit. After formatted the unit, i copy back the backup file to the unit and reboot and the unit works flawless.

Above is my sharing among the members here.

Thanks for sharing. Just to verify, did you just format it like formatting a USB thumbdrive?

[tresca]

Thanks for sharing. Just to verify, did you just format it like formatting a USB thumbdrive?

Yes, you are right. A very straight forward step.