Can you program to avoid Highways, Tolls, Ferries, etc. like on the older models? Thanks for answering about this model 54LM 5"
491537
This model DOES have that capability and is accessed thru main navigation menu.
2181369
Thanks for the input, I actually kept the original Garmin. I realized it couldn't recognize my position re: the street because my house is 1000 ft off the road. I actually like it a lot. It does quirky things like take me to the highway one way and bring me home another even though the streets are not one way. At this point, I'm glad I got it.
1731177
Yes it offers alternative routes and in default settings you can select to avoid tolls and fees
983768
Just as frustrated as you, recently I almost had an accident driving at night, it kept telling me I have half a mile to go, and suddenly the right was 2 seconds away.I had to cross 3 lanes of traffic like the movies otherwise we would have added 30 minutes and missed our flight.Not too happy right now. the sound just follows the software so is also not reliable.
570365
Yes, you can...while I don't have this unit, I recently visited some friends who had just purchased it and were flying to Chicago. I programmed their whole trip from O'Hare to all their desinations and back to O'Hare and they never had a problem except for once because my friend didn't trust the GPS...he said you have to trust it. I think I used the Point of Interest to start the routing...use airports and type in Los Angeles or LAX
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thats crap... the old garmin 350 has a truck or car/motorcycle mode, that avoids non commercial routes.. this is KEY on long island where half of the major highways are parkways.
280309
Yes, but... you can only have 1 program at a time installed on vehicle. Once a program is installed, it has to be Uninstalled then installed in the other.
671635
I think if you get the hd radio adapter it'll be able to accommodate for traffic, but I never encountered a need for it to do so. I do know that if you sit or go very slow like in a traffic jam or construction it'll give you an alternate route to get around it on it's own
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I have had no issues so far with this unit. So far it has performed well. I still have not tried the RV specific part of the unit yet (where you put in the RV size and it keeps you off of roads you shouldn't be on) but expect that to change in the coming year.
1508248
There's another traffic receiver other than MSN you can get if you want that feature.I bought a 855 and I can always but the traffic receiver later if I want.
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.
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No, you can not program routes, however you can recalculate as you're driving and it will provide an alternate route.
173395
I don't recommend this model personally. It can't find the ways . when you drive on highway it will automatic sent you to some rural ways. and specially when you miss the way this gps pointed out on highway , the navigation will force you turn right or turn left which in real world is a straight line . piss you off uh? further more when you typed in the address from business card , the machine would jump in different name automatic ,and if you turn in researching mode .it will really reseaching .........and reseaching...........till you give up. if you wanna buy ,remember using google map first, try to write down some important addresses, and then use the nivigation .DO NOT RECOMMEND TO UNKNOWN PLACE BY USING THIS ONE.
803504
If you are asking, "can I set specific roads to take?", I haven't found a way to do that. You can set the type of route, ie. shortest, fastest...
536403
Yes, if you program a route into it, or have it look up a destination for you and route you to that destination. You will find the screen quite small though, much smaller than dedicated car units.
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.
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i am too searching for a GPS that can do RV routing.i want to be able to take interstates and avoid parkways but mine only has option for "No highways" and we had to climb this mountain once which we almost didn't make it.Hope there is something out there for us.most of the sites i have searched doesn't tell you the route options available.