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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:
- Download Points of Interest (POI) Loader
- Click the Download link next to your computer's operating system
- Click Download again
- 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
- See Automotive Device Compatibility with Mac Computers for use with a Mac.
2. Open POI Loader
3. Click Next
4. Select Garmin Device
5. Click Next
6. Click Next when your device has been detected
7. Select Install new custom POIs onto your device
8. Click Next
9. Click Browse
10. Select the folder where the custom POI files are stored
11. Click OK
12. Click Next
13. Click Finish
The POIs will now be installed on your Garmin device.
See How to Find Custom POIs for information on locating the custom POIs once they are on your device.