Any owners experience inaccuracy of traffic congestion? My phone will show red, with accurate ETA but Garmin reports ETA w/o congestion. Worthless for finding best route due to this.
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I feel it is very user unfriendly. No real directions with it to how to program it. Some of the instructions I tried were worthless. Would not recommend Garmin to anyone. Rich H
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I live in Ohio. Sometimes the traffic congestion warnings are accurate sometimes they aren't. I think anytime it has told me there is congestion there was but many times there is congestion that it either doesn't know about or it is considered normal. I have found that I think it gets its data form the Ohio traffic network that also has a web page and they seem to agree.
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Mine will not provide/update any traffic reports (Cleveland Ohio) Guess it's not a big enough metro area... although it is listed.
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I found that at times that it dosn,t report new congestion as fast maybe congestion just happened
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Not sure I understand the question. As far as i knew the updates including traffic were done when you updated Garmin maps. I have never done a traffic update separate from the map update. I have life time maps and get updates roughly every quarter. Let me know if I am missing traffic updates? what I read was that the little black cylinder in the cable about 2" long was were the traffic was controlled from. So far I have only used the cable around Toronto. I haven't been stateside since getting the cable.
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My unit tends to run roughly 10 minutes long per hour of travel...it can not account for my 7-10+ miles per hour over the speed limit and may be adding some traffic variable that I never really see. The close I get to my destination it seem to get in line with a more realistic ETA.
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Just bought a new 855 and installed the software updates (to version 4.70) before using it. Then, about 1.5 hours into its first trip, the unit froze. I just sent a help request to Garmin, and am anxious to see what they say.
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Do you know if the 360 has the traffic capability to re route if there are traffic jams in the area? I live in the ATL area and that is something that we really need. Please let me know.
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Thank you. Sounds good. Now I want to find it in combo with the NuMaps Lifetime. Nuvi combo have the NuMaps Lifetime for $50 extra, but I can't find this with a combo yet.----------------Garmin said the one with lifetime update for maps (3790LMT) would be out in September, keep checking their website. Said the cost was $499.99. I hate to spend that money, but am getting the voice activated one for safety reasons. Said it was shipped to Best Buy, but I can find it only in Canada...
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In my opinion the map updates are nice, but not a big deal. I've seen that even with "current" maps, they will not always know about new subdivisions, and intersection traffic changes. i.e. it might take a few YEARS for their data to really get updated. The biggest annoyance to me is that after your first year runs out, the thing brings up a "your maps are out-of-date" warning that you have to hit "OK" to, each time you turn it on. This is basically just a "nag" so they can sell you a map update. Don't get me wrong -- I'd like to have the map updates -- just that is seems silly for them to charge a large amount for the update, when now the price of the GPS unit itself is now not much more than the price they charge for the "map update" feature. But if you find a good deal on a unit with map updates -- that's an extra bonus, and makes it a better deal. One thing: be warned that "lifetime traffic" is a totally different service -- it comes from a radio receiver in the cord (of some Garmin units) -- and in some cases, tells you traffic updates, but also puts advertisements on your screen. It has nothing to do with map updates, so be careful in reading the descriptions of what you're getting. All that said, I just got a 255WT (the Traffic add-on was from another retailer) and I am very happy with it. Even though it was produced sometime earlier in 2010, you do get ONE map update online from Garmin, so you can bring it up-to-date as of the time you first register it.
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Hello,I just got a 1490T. Please excuse my ignorance, but I decided on that unit for the traffic feature as I commute over 35 miles each way. Thing is, I can't find a description anywhere that tells me what I need to do to have access to just the traffic info i.e. do I need to have the GPS active even when I don't need it - I know how to get to my office, for example. I'm a bit confused......Regards,Barry
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Honestly... I do not know... good question for the Garmin folks... Have you tried the garmin support forums?
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I think that it's not OK that all it says on the box is "free traffic" instead of "free traffic with ads." I don't quite feel fully-informed by Garmin. I'm thinking seriously about returning my unit just because I don't like being treated like that.
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You know what? That's the one thing I don't understand about the unit. I'll be driving along and all of a sudden the screen will change from normal to traffic, and it's mostly in gray and blue. I have been meaning to call Garmin about this, but just haven't gotten to do it. It's really weird. Sorry I couldn't help more.
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Yes. Generally traffic is accurate but not 100%. Auto rerouting is surprisingly helpful.
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not quite like google maps' traffic layer on android/iphone, but yes there is traffic info. the navigation recommends alternate routes that you can preview & accept, or ignore at times traffic gets heavy
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If you get the web-enabled traffic app that works through your smart phone data plan for a one-time payment of $15 then it provides real-time traffic that updates several times a minute. It will tell you of traffic ahead of you, tell you how much delay you will have, and route you around it if you so choose. It will also show traffic on your route and give you an alternate route with traffic also. The HD Traffic that is free with the unit and uses HD radio is not very good. It updates rarely and is not real-time and is very sporadic. If you get the unit and have a smart phone then just pay the fee and get the web app for use through your smart phone. it is totally worth it. its the first standalone gps traffic feature i've ever had that actually works.
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Just getting aquainted with my new 265WT received today. Put in several addresses and noticed that they were sorted by distance. Found this discussion when looking for a solution. Seems like a great GPS, but this is really a major negative as far as I am concerned. Hope Garmin has the sense to provide an alphabetic sort in a software revision.
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Unknown. Mine is also...reviews prior to my purchase several years ago lamented this as well as it not displaying in mph. Engineering guess is an error in the algorithm...do not know what this says about any location accuracy, but then I didn't get it for that.
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It's on the slow side. In fact, almost everything on my RoadMate is slow. I switched to Google Maps on my phone.