Does this model have a feature that lets you avoid highways, etc.?
1470021
Yes. This device allows you to preview multiple routes and pick the one you prefer.
1506513
you should get "traffic" if you put the unit it 2d rather than 3d map mode.
1107573
It will sort of follow the route on a tcx file, but at some point it will think it has a better idea of how to get wherever you are going and will divert you from the predefined route. People who think this feature works haven't tried it a lot. The feature is extremely buggy and fails in various and novel ways. The 2.70 version of firmware was supposed to help this. It is insufficient.
973018
Absolutely! If you set the parameters for a travel trailer it will tailor the routing to avoid certain areas. I just completed a five thousand mile trip to west Texas and my GPS worked flawlessly. I love the thing. The newest model has provisions for a back-up camera which mine is lacking. That feature would have been very helpful a couple times on this trip. If you buy one read about the features and make sure it has that as well. No backup camera is included of course but the plug in provision is there. They are wifi capable but we used a wireless card and moving along at 70 MPH, that feature was spotty. Absolutely! If you set the parameters for a travel trailer it will tailor the routing to avoid certain areas. I just completed a five thousand mile trip to west Texas and my GPS worked flawlessly. I love the thing. The newest model has provisions for a back-up camera which mine is lacking. That feature would have been very helpful a couple times on this trip. If you buy one read about the features and make sure it has that as well. No backup camera is included of course but the plug in provision is there. They are wifi capable but we used a wireless card and moving along at 70 MPH, that... » Read More Absolutely! If you set the parameters for a travel trailer it will tailor the routing to avoid certain areas. I just completed a five thousand mile trip to west Texas and my GPS worked flawlessly. I love the thing. The newest model has provisions for a back-up camera which mine is lacking. That feature would have been very helpful a couple times on this trip. If you buy one read about the features and make sure it has that as well. No backup camera is included of course but the plug in provision is there. They are wifi capable but we used a wireless card and moving along at 70 MPH, that feature was spotty. « Show Less
1763650
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.
2033893
I couldn't find anything in the manual on if you can turn this feature off. I happen to like this feature.
2188083
Nothing that I've noticed except for a slightly smaller screen. I travel a lot off of recognizable roads that are on the garmin maps but the "tracks feature" draws a line everywhere I've driven even if the GPS does not recognize a road.
958932
If you go off route either intentionally or unintentionally, it will recalculate your route and begin giving audible commands for the new route. If you mean can you give a voice command to ask the GPS to calculate a detour, the answer is no. It does have a detour button, but this model does not take voice commands.
1536341
Please read Chip Rodgers' response. I just wanted to add a little to it. I discovered that I can modify the route simply by pressing on the detour button.
500364
No I don't think so some features are in the tool setting you can see how fast you where driving and how long it took you to get there!! That ask if I wanted my Device to record my positions and my movements I said no!!!
368866
Great question but I don't believe so and I do not recall seeing that in the manual. Would be a nice feature.
1009007
That doesn't appear to be an option. If they are obstructing your ability to see the routes driven, zooming in the map might be helpful.
772909
It has done this for me on multiple occasions. I won't say it does so every time, but it usually does. Even if it doesn't, if you make a U-turn on your own, it will figure this out, and get you back on a route to your destination.
1944506
yes it does have traffic alert and gives you alternate routes, the volume is adjustable but I'm not sure if it is lower that the others, I'm sure you could mute just the GPS
182817
Yes. Set your furtherest destination and then add intermediate stops along the way. Great, as it lines them up in the right order to keep from doubling back.
2044878
Not by default, but it has a number of features for selecting different international zones, each of which has different allowed transmission frequencies. There's also something in the back you can unsolder to disable blocking transmission frequencies, but honestly those features are useful and there to prevent accidental transmission and *I* would leave them functioning exactly as is. You don't want to prank-call a taxi cab and accidentally get animal control.
1311965
No it dsnt turn off on its own. Infact if u don't put any specific destination on ot it will change to simply showing u the maps and roads without any navigation. It turns off when u turn it off or the ignition to the car is off.