It must be JPEG in all capital letters.ģ) Drag and drop (copy) your picture into this folder.ĥ) Go into the tools menu, then the into the picture viewer menu.Ħ) Find your picture you added and press on it.Ĩ) At the bottom is a check box for "Use this photo as the default splash screen". If you do not see this folder on your Garmin drive, create it. So lets put your picture on the GPS and set it up as the boot screen.ġ) Like above connect the GPS to your PC.Ģ) Like above, open the Gamin drive on your PC and then open the folder JPEG.
Note that if when you resize your picture and it looks squeezed, try cropping it to a "wide" screen look. You do not have to resize a picture but it works best if you do.įor 4.3" wide screens the picture needs to be resized to 480 pixels wide by 232 pixels high.
#Voices for garmin gps 2015 2016 how to#
I don't know what kind of picture programs you have available on your PC so I am not going to go through how to use your picture program. Now for best results your picture needs to be resized. Change the boot up splash screen to any picture you want even a picture of YOUR spyder! You will see other xxxx.srf files in there.Ĥ) Now just drag and drop (copy) the Spyder_RT.srf into the vehicle folder.ĥ) Unplug the GPS from your PC and restart it.Ħ) Go into the GPS system menu and change your vehicle to the spyder! If you have never done this before read the above for backup to get it installed opn your PC.Ģ) Once you see the Garmin drive in "My Computer" open it.ģ) Now open the folder Garmin folder and then the vehicle folder. Unzip this and you will have a file called Spyder_RT.srfġ) Like above for backup, connect your GPS to your PC. You are now backed up so any changes you make can be undone!įirst cool thing is to add the Spyder as a vehicle icon on your map. It may take 30 minutes or more depending on how many maps you have. Double click on this.Ħ) Now select everything in this drive and copy it to your PC. If it does just unplug it, power off the GPS, and do it again.ĥ) Once windows is done, open your "My Computer" and you should now see a removable drive called "Garmin".
#Voices for garmin gps 2015 2016 install#
Let it install drivers which is should do on it's own.Ĥ) First time hooking to the PC the GPS may reset and windows may disconnect. This works for my Garmin Nuvi 775T and should also for a Zumo 660.ĭoing ANY of this (mod boot screen, voices, vehicle icon) should NOT damage your GPS in any way!īut to be careful you should backup your GPS.ġ) With the GPS off, plug your GPS into your PC with the USB cord.Ģ) The GPS will power up in a special PC connection mode.ģ) Windows will bong and find the new device. Or even if your using a BRP Garmin GPS you can mod your GPS and tailor it to YOU! OK here is a little DIY stuff for folks using a non_BRP GPS.
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