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Installing Additional Points of Interest to an Automotive Device

Custom points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants and tourist destinations, can be installed to your Garmin automotive device using the POI Loader program. Custom POIs can be found online through various third-party websites, or you can create your own. See Creating Custom POI Files for instructions.

To Install POI Loader:

  1. Download  Points of Interest (POI) Loader from Garmin's website
  2. Click the Download link next to your computer's operating system
  3. Click Download again
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions

POI Loader can then be used to load POIs to your device.

To Load POIs to Your Device:

1. Connect the device to your computer

2. Open POI Loader

poi loader icon

3. Click Next 

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4. Select Garmin Device

poi loader garmin device 

5. Click Next

 poi loader device next

6. Click Next when your device has been detected

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7. Select Install new custom POIs onto your device

 poi loader select install new

8. Click Next

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9. Click Browse

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10. Select the folder where the custom POI files are stored

11. Click OK

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12. Click Next

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13. Click Finish

 poi loader finish

The POIs will now be installed on your Garmin device. See How to Find Custom Points of Interest for information on locating the custom POIs once they are on your device.

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