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Make sure to flip your antenna horizontally or 90 degrees and not vertically or 180 dgrees. I see to many people try to use their older nuvi this way and it does not function well.
Try also updating your unit with the latest firmware from Garmin, this helps sometimes.
You may have moved to a location that is far away from the last location your Garmin nuvi 350 was last use, try to keep your unit on for 30 minutes or more to see if it will acquire GPS sattelites.
Last, certain vehicles have shielded windshields and GPS does not work well with these windshield, this can be eaisly verify by simply taking your nuvi 350 out of your vehicle and turn it on with a clear view to the sky, if that still does not work, it could be a defective GPS receiver or GPS connection in which case you should consider sending it in to Auto Nav 2000 Plus, Inc in San Jose CA or Garmin.
You may also consider replacing your nuvi 350 with a newer model nuvi with fresher map.
to update the Garmin (mygarmin.com) web site and register the GPS, then click updates or support, the MAP updates are avil as of July 09, they are $125 I think.
You are in an area that the map does not support. If this is a new construction or street, highway etc it has not been updated on your map loaded on the device. You can check with Garmins website to see if a map update is available. If not you will have to wait until it is updated and released by Garmin.
I can help you reset and fix your Garmin Nuvi 265W.
Getting
stuck on the flashing Garmin logo, or a message about not finding any
maps, are indications that the firmware / system software inside your
GPS has been corrupted. Don't skip the hard reset step (or the backup step!)
There are three steps to take to get your Nuvi 265W running like new:
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