I took the plunge and picked up a 350LM the other day, to replace my aging, but still functional, 2720. Was really looking forward to the larger screen, so I could see more map at one time. What I am finding so far, and I may have missed some settings, is that I am stuck with large dashboard fields that eat up a lot of the map. Is there a way to turn off these dashboards, or to at least kill some of the fields? I neither need nor want a speed limit sign, for example, but I would appreciate any help in hiding or removing screen items so I can see more map. thanks for any help!
To clarify what I was thinking, look at this image of a Zumo 350 that I have added an orange box and numbers to:
As far as I can tell, the orange box constitutes the "dashboard." (Am I right about that?) From L to R the dashboard has 1. last screen button; 2 Arrival time; 3. Speed; 4. Speed Limit; 5. Map Layers button
I would leave numbers 1 & 5 alone, but would want to eliminate #4, perhaps eliminate, or make smaller, or more transparent, numbers 2 & 3. Garmin allows some menu choices of changing some of the items that are displayed, but nothing to make them smaller or more transparent (so you can still read the part of the map they are covering) and no option to eliminate having a field display entirely.
It would be great if fields 2, 3, & 4 were added as separate map layer items that could be "un-checked" so we could see more of that big beautiful screen we paid so much for.
Do we know if Garmin is working to update how our dashboards are displayed or managed? This is really bothersome. Even the 660/665 lets you move the fields to the corners.
A guy on a German forum has posted up 3 custom dashboards that work for the Nav V and perhaps any other Zumo. Zip files that you download. Extract them and pop them into the dashboards folder on your GPS, and you can try them. They worked for me. They are selected just the same as the ones that came on your device, so you're not messing up anything by trying them.
There are screen caps on the page link above, but the point is that they hide/cover less of that big beautiful map than any of the standard dashboards! 2 of them have transparent field names. Really nice to be able to see more of the map and none of the graphics present in the Garmin dashboards. :-)
