Yes, as along as it's minimum 2-amp rated and "quick blow" or "fast act" type ("slow blow" or "delayed" would cause the charger to burn up before offering protection). Search an auto parts site for "glass fuse" and they should show up. Make sure it's the correct length so it fits in the Garmin charger.

You can try dampening the contacts of a microSD card with DeoxIT D5 as shown in the video, insert the card in and out a few times and that might get the 2599 to recognize it - assuming the card is a FAT32 formatted 8GB, 16GB or 32GB. If it's over 32GB, the 2599 won't recognize that because that's SDXC and not SDHC.

The nuvi 24xx/25xx/26xx might "fully" recognize times/dates for all stops from BaseCamp-made scheduled trips. I've not tried it yet.

Thanks…great video. Some comments/notes/questions: - With the Nuvis where you can pick the travel date I wonder if it uses traffic trends for those dates - It’s not intuitive ….example…why we search CATEGORIES when searching for locations like Guitar Center - As many functions are non intuitive, I wonder if there’s a hidden way on the 66 to schedule a time. Have you tried tapping on the Time or Distance parts on the screen? Not sure where my 66 is at the moment 😂. When I locate it I’ll give it some testing.

@@mariannelanger7423 I don't know whether trafficTrends is taken into account when calculating routes. No idea. "Categories" in Route Planner is basically the equivalent of "Search POIs" and is the same as a generic POI search from "Where To?" Good guess on trying the Time and Distance fields in the Route Planner, but they do not bring up any additional menus for scheduling.

I could not find any way to edit a route schedule in the DriveSmart 66 Route Planner, sorry.

I doubt anybody knew about this before I found it since there's no mention of it in the 2599 manual. Makes me wonder if I'll find any more.

The 255W is an earlier model released in '08 and the 2555 (this is the model seen in the video), was released in '11. By that point Garmin had introduced the Cold Start option.

Do the maps contain OpenAddress data like the OpenMapChest maps?

@@brodieshepherd My USA map contains whatever can be seen for the USA on openstreetmap.org I don't import anything else.

Yes, a search for "OCR" in the Google Play Store or F-Droid will bring up apps that read text from a photo.

Matte screen use on the water would hardly be visible. Better to use a modern Garmin chartplotter on the boat that has an IPS display www.garmin.com/en-US/garmin-technology/marine-technology/chartplotters/display-technology/

Disable traffic first from Settings > Traffic > Traffic to see if you can reproduce the issue.

@@sat103 Tried that and didn't work. I forgot to mention that this is my second Drivesmart 66. First one the screen was damaged because I put it in a tight bag. Both were refurbished. Do you have the same issue on your 66? It happens every 11 to 14 seconds where the unit will freeze for 1 to 2 seconds and "unfreeze." If you're navigating, the map will freeze for a few seconds and then unfreeze. Also happens when you are navigating the menu for example when you are scrolling through a list of settings, the unit will freeze for one to two seconds and then unfreeze. Hopefully Garmin will fix this in a firmware update. I tried reinstalling the map but that didn't help. Tried disabling other map features like the 3D and Foursquare but those didn't help either.

@@BryanzHAn03 I don't have any issues like that on either of my two DS66's (one bought new, one refurb). The only things I could think to do in a situation like that is delete all Favorites, clear the Trip log from Settings > Device > Reset > Clear Travel History, clear the GPX folder in case a log corrupted for whatever reason, reset the nonvolatile RAM from Diagnostics Page > Developer Info > Memory > Nonvol Statistics > hamburger menu > Clear Nonvol (erases all settings and resets the unit). And if there is a memory card present, I'd pull that in case that started to go bad.

@@sat103 I just learned to live with it. It's actually my second unit as my first one had its screen shatted when I put it in a tight bag. I did noticed it improved a bit as I used it.

Regular mini USB cable is a computer cable and won't work properly. You need a power-only USB cable, which is the one I use in the video.

@@sat103 So i see a few on Amazon. It has to be power only? No data capabilities? Most seem to have ratings for data, but also say for Garmin, Tom Tom etc....

@@rcary The way the power-only USB cable works is the same way a Garmin charger works by using a pin swap. Power+data regular cable does not have this swap and may cause overload and ruin your Garmin. Power-only has the pin swap and works like it should. I can confirm the power-only cable I use absolutely works properly, enough to where I bought 3 of them because I like it so much.

​@sat103 we have that cable here in Amazon UK, but its about $20. There are other power usb cords that claim gps charging, but they all have data transfer too, so I'm guessing that's a no go? What pin interferes with the Garmin? Is the power pin different in the cable you use compared to the generic USB ones?

@@rcary I would not use a data+power cable at all except for connecting to a PC for updates. Yes, the pinout is different in the cable I use compared to a regular cable which is why it works for regular in-car use.

I-49 Louisiana is a good example of that. There are parts that are a whole lot of nothing for long stretches with some interesting restaurant names along the way that are obviously local-only.

You technically can choose a distance along a route somewhat. If you tap "My Route" after tapping an Up Ahead category, two other options are "My Destination" and "Upcoming Exits". My Route searches near where you are, Upcoming Exits searches close to highway exits, My Destination searches near the end of the route. These same search options are in the DS66 except My Route is replaced with a pin icon to the left of the search field. Edit: You can try this for Costco - while the route is active, go back to Where To? > Categories, tap the black location box (right of the search field on older models, left of search field on DS66), change to My Active Route, then Categories > Shopping > All Shopping and search Costco there. That may give better results.

Thanks …..good info to know. I’ve been simulating on a DriveSmart 51. I don’t see the My Route options or the pin icon in Up Ahead. While playing around with it I did see the pin icon in the regular ( not up ahead) search box. That normally shows search near My Current Location but by hitting the pin you can switch to Upcoming Exits or My Destination. I would never have known that without your info. I tried the suggestion for Costco and had the same result. Must be that a Costco is too far from the route. Meanwhile if I use google maps and search for Costco near the destination I see one and it’s slightly off route. You could easily add Costco as a stop and I estimate it would add about 5 minutes to the route. IMHO, it would be nice if selecting a max proximity were an option. I’m likely to continue my old ways….use google maps to search and then enter that in the Garmin. Not ideal but faster than other method. I may also look into the poi databases and creating proximity alerts again. Do appreciate your videos. For anything other than basic searching the Garmins are not overly intuitive and your videos provide good information

Do you mean the GPSMAP 67i or the nuvi 67?

I believe the search field at 3:32 when the gas station list is displayed will allow to search for your preferred store. Publix stores (or any other store name) would most likely be available from an Up Ahead "Custom Search", although I'm not certain how well that would work on long trips. Edit: Yes, an Up Ahead Custom Search works. Tried it using the 2497 on a very long test route from TX to FL and it did find the nearest Publix on route. It was over 400 miles away but it found it. imgur.com/a/79r5uJv

Thank you for outlining the main steps of the process. I followed the same steps on the 86 (slightly different interface but same functionality though) and found that although I can add gas stations along my hypothetical 350-mile route, there appears to be a limit on the number of stations the software can actually display. In fact, it shows 50 stations - (and it seems that this is the max number allowed per search) and they are all clustered near the starting point (I wish the software could spread out 54 Gas Stations results over the 350 miles route highlighting for example only major Gas Station/Or better Service Areas which would be way more than enough to choose from). The area where the route starts is densely populated, with hundreds of gas stations within a few miles. Some locations listed by Garmin as gas stations are actually not, and they are not very close to the route anyway. I have tried other ways to add gas stations along the route but the options are either at the beginning or to the end (nothing in between). My main objective is to be able to create long routes and add Gas Stations or Service Areas stops ahead of time and before beginning the trip. I may need to experiment with customized categories, something you have covered in an excellent video-to define a list of gas stations and service areas along the route and apply it to the active route (not sure if it is possible). I will share my findings.

Yes

1. Settings, Navigation, GPS Simulator. 2. Apps, Route Planner, select existing route, Go!, select beginning of route, OK, Start, "No" to Simulate driving this route. 3. Tap map outside of vehicle icon, magnifying glass icon, gas station icon. When the map is still (as in when not moving it around), blue dots will appear for gas stations present along the route. 4. Follow your route until you see a gas station where you want to stop, touch the blue dot representing it, then Go!, then Add to Active Route. 5. On next screen select the position in your route where you want the stop to be, then Save, then No to not simulate. 6. Repeat process until the route is the way you want. 7. While route is still in effect: Apps, Route Planner, My Active Route, Save, name it. Done.

@@sat103 Thank you so much for the detailed response outlining all the steps to answer my question. I truly appreciate your time and help. I will follow the steps you've provided. Thank you.

If it's "for BaseCamp", that's for the BaseCamp software and not the Garmin device itself. You must choose a download "for SD card" to get the IMG files from OpenMapChest that will work with a Garmin.

@@sat103 Wow, thanks very much !!! I can read just now the warning on the web page that the map is too big to download on an SD :-) This is my first Garmin bought on a flea market and I didn't know what BaseCamp was. Anyhow I've downloaded a subset of Europe on an SD card and it's working great !! Thank again :-)

I believe a 2xx7 model is the oldest compatible model this would work with. For older models like the 1490 it _should_ work but I am not sure on that one.