gps Is the lane assist on the 540 vocal, i.e. "move into the left lane..." or do I have to watch the screen for arrows in heavy freeway traffic?
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It is vocal, but my experience says that it's always wrong, especially in crowded, urban highways.
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Lane assist is vocal and visual. You can also set full screen "realistic" views to come on in addition to the lane assist that is present on the lower left upcoming turn location.
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Had mine for over a year the traffic feature is useful. 2 cars will show up on the screen Green=normal traffic, Yellow=traffic slowing, Red=traffic very slow or stopped and gives you a (estimate) on the delay to your destination. It has been very useful on the interstates if say there is a accident and traffic is stopped i use the detour function on the unit to jump off at next exit and take alternate way around. The ad's are no problem at all and only appear when you are stopped and the bluetooth is very helpful when you receive a cell call press 1 button on the unit and talk away.(Got one for teenage daughter while driving.) because teenagers will talk on cell anyway while driving and i figured this would be a better no hands solution. And the 285 doesn't come with the lifetime traffic and will cost $49.99yr with that unit.
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There is a setting to adjust the sound of the GPS voice and the music does go down when there are directions to be spoken but be aware that the GPS SUCKS!!! It tells me you have reached your destination on the left and it's either a mile or so up the road or it gives the wrong side. I have had nothing but problems with it, I should have just stuck with my Garmin. TERRIBLE!!!
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You will need a separate gps to direct you. It has no screen or voice guidance. Periodically pull unit and hook up to computer. It will upload data to webpage that gives mileage driven and where. I just use it to keep hours and to verify work for a sweeper truck each night.
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If this feature is on the camera will make a sound if you wonder from your lane. This only works well if the lanes are marked. However, since it is not wired into your vehicles system it will sound during every lane change because it does not know if your turn signal is on and therefore an intentional lane change. can get annoying.
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Easily turned left to right or completely around. I thought of usin it to video my little girl in back but can't see display when turned around. For speed I have my gps mounted just below to catch the corner where Speed is shown. If I ever need to get out of a speeding ticket I have proof if I was wronged.
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I have the same problem. I was told that the transducer is not designed for high speed running. I have a separate LCD for running and use the GPS on the 998 while running. Navionics mapping is excellent for navigation.
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I just returned my 650 because of voice problem. It worked out for couple of days (you can barely hear it if you're in a Honda vehicle at highway speed) and then conked out :-(. I really liked this piece for all its features such as automatic rerouting (got lost in Charleston, WV, downtown and the system automatically reroutes before 1/4 city block!), amazing screen, windshield mount, etc.
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How about the 885 without MSN Direct, and adding the GTM 20, which gives Navtec fm traffic? That's what I'm considering doing. Might want to call Garmin to see if this option will give you what you want. If you do, would you report back?Yes. 855 is the one i mean. Sorry for the confusion.
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I was surprised when I got this that it didn't tell you how in the manual. The way I turned it on is to change your profile. Go to the tools (wrench and screwdriver at the bottom of the screen) and select profiles. If you select "vehicle" it will give you directions when you input a destination. At least mine did when I told it to go to a geocache. As for your maps, I have both selected. World maps and Detailed. The detailed is the summit and city series, so I would bet it would have to be checked to enable the turn by turn. Good luck.
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I think I read that the 265 has pop up ads when you come to a stop. The 285 does not. Any one know if this is true?
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I am not a technician, but I'm pretty sure there is no navigation or gps option on this model, one reason why its so cheap. I can hook my smartphone up thru the auxiliary input and using the gps on my phone screen the voice commands play thru the cars speakers. I think thats as close as you can get without spending a ton of money on a unit thats navigation ready or the gps adapter kit they sell for this model.
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I bought a TomTom XXL 540TM 5 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator in 2011 and it did have this feature if I remember correctly. It quit working when I tried to do a map update so I can't double check for you but I remember using this feature.
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As noted there are work arounds for ads while the unit is set for driving mode (ignore, turn off traffic, etc.) However, if the unit is set for pedestrian mode (nuvi) yikes! The whole route and more fills up- very distracting...
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Text to speech is the ability to announce the street names. Like "turn left at elm street", instead of "turn left in .1 miles".I had a 360 which went bad after a couple years, the built-in antenna became defective. A known issue with that series. Was able to fix it by adding a cheap external antenna. I know this is a very late post, but both the 300 series and units like the 250W are very obsolete. Should be looking at units like the 255W or 265W, or 1300 or 1400 series at this point.
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I think so, Joe. I mean, it talks to you or I'm pretty sure you can chose to have it in text, but I only use the voice directions. Who wants to read while driving? LOL PJ
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That is done buy the app that you use with the monitor.The app I use is map my ride plus.Or the free app from 60 beat both have voice coaching