I have purchased a Nav 6, my thanks to those who responded to my previous thread.
I used it yesterday To go to Arden BMW in Tunbridge Wells, about 40 miles from Folkestone. I used the “search dealer” feature and it routed me there via the M20 which suited me, the weather was crap, and the shortest time sitting out in it seemed wise. It took me directly into Tonbridge, despite there being an adequate, and shorter, bypass. I found this curious.
Whilst Arden were doing their bit, I programmed a route home via Tenterden & Ham St. I missed a trick when arriving in Tenterden, I should have “skipped” to the following waypoint, and paid for my oversight with a 5-mile wild goose chase, which was irritating, but a learning experience. It was clearly trying to find a waypoint and was quite keen on it.
On arrival in Hythe, it very determinedly tried to convince me to use the high street, despite the obvious presence of a perfectly good road that doesn’t have “no entry” & “one way” signs - it was trying to take me the wrong way. I found this bizarre.
These two misroutings are odd, particularly as the unit was updated on Wednesday evening, pretty much first thing I did when I unpacked it. Anybody got any suggestions?
The other irritation is the live traffic. I haven’t found out if or how to turn it off or control it. At some points, it was bleeping about congestion ahead, and warning me every 200 metres. At another point, it was recommending rerouting to avoid a “delay of 1 minute”, and telling me whilst I was on the motorway, so there wasn’t much to be done about it anyway. Is it possible to set a minimum time that it won’t try to reroute? Is it possible to set it so it doesn’t bleep every couple of minutes, because it’s annoying distracting, unhelpful, and annoying. Any suggestions (apart from send it back) would be welcome.
Whilst I think on, I’d like to have the directions, but not the incessant bleating and rerouting (unless it’s big & important like the motorway is closed after the next junction) so muting it isn’t really the answer.
I shall try to make some sense of Basecamp over the weekend, the weather’s s*i*e so it’ll keep me amused.
Cheers
Simon
I used it yesterday To go to Arden BMW in Tunbridge Wells, about 40 miles from Folkestone. I used the “search dealer” feature and it routed me there via the M20 which suited me, the weather was crap, and the shortest time sitting out in it seemed wise. It took me directly into Tonbridge, despite there being an adequate, and shorter, bypass. I found this curious.
Whilst Arden were doing their bit, I programmed a route home via Tenterden & Ham St. I missed a trick when arriving in Tenterden, I should have “skipped” to the following waypoint, and paid for my oversight with a 5-mile wild goose chase, which was irritating, but a learning experience. It was clearly trying to find a waypoint and was quite keen on it.
On arrival in Hythe, it very determinedly tried to convince me to use the high street, despite the obvious presence of a perfectly good road that doesn’t have “no entry” & “one way” signs - it was trying to take me the wrong way. I found this bizarre.
These two misroutings are odd, particularly as the unit was updated on Wednesday evening, pretty much first thing I did when I unpacked it. Anybody got any suggestions?
The other irritation is the live traffic. I haven’t found out if or how to turn it off or control it. At some points, it was bleeping about congestion ahead, and warning me every 200 metres. At another point, it was recommending rerouting to avoid a “delay of 1 minute”, and telling me whilst I was on the motorway, so there wasn’t much to be done about it anyway. Is it possible to set a minimum time that it won’t try to reroute? Is it possible to set it so it doesn’t bleep every couple of minutes, because it’s annoying distracting, unhelpful, and annoying. Any suggestions (apart from send it back) would be welcome.
Whilst I think on, I’d like to have the directions, but not the incessant bleating and rerouting (unless it’s big & important like the motorway is closed after the next junction) so muting it isn’t really the answer.
I shall try to make some sense of Basecamp over the weekend, the weather’s s*i*e so it’ll keep me amused.
Cheers
Simon
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