Has anyone else had the guidance problems that I have had with the 810? The guidance tells me to get off on streets miles ahead of the correct turnof
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Yes, the GPS is way off! I returned the unit and got a Kenwood unit with Garmin GPS
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I've noticed that there could be improvements to the guidance. I've even started using my phone instead due to the fact that the guidance isn't as accurate as I'd like from this unit.
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If you have the reroute function on I noticed a lot of that. Since I turned it off it has worked perfect.
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This may not work on the Edge 810. It does work on the 800. I tried an 810 and returned it because the turn-by-turn routing provided by RideWithGPS.com TCX wouldn't work with the 810. The following is from the RideWithGPS web site on how to load maps. http://ridewithgps.com/users/115523 ................ After downloading, copy the IMG file to the SD cards "GARMIN" folder that was created earlier. The SD card can have multiple IMG files on it and you can choose between them in the Edge 800 configuration menu. I kept my names descriptive, "osm_western_us.img". VERY IMPORTANT: keep the name short and free of spaces or odd punctuation - underscores are OK for spaces. Once the file is copied, safely remove (right click on the icon in the lower right of screen for Windows users) the SD card from your computer. Insert the card and power up the Garmin. Go to the configuration menu, then System -&gt; Map -&gt; Map Information, and select the map type. Enjoy!
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the first time I used this, the traffic worked pretty well. Ever since then, I keep getting an ERROR message the cable used is not compatible with this device for traffic. WTH? It is the cable that came with it, and IT WORKED the first time I turned on the traffic feature, worked for the 2 day weekend, now it never works. I constantly get an error every time I use the GPS. I am not real happy with this purchase.
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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.
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I have found that it does not pay any attention to the info you put in. My roadmate tries to put me on a parkway (cars only Low bridges). I do not trust the unit and always check the route it gives. My advice would be to change the info when you are using it for the truck. My wife bought the GPS even after I told her about bad reviews.
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It only shows you what road you are on when it is NOT navigating to a destination you put in. When you are navigating to a destination the unit is "working" and shows you what it thinks you NEED and that is the NEXT turn and NOT the street you are on. This makes perfect sense. If you are in an area you don't know you don't need the road you are on but rather the road you turn on next and the distance to this road and turn. After all, it already gave you the road you are on when you turned on it. If it just said, "turn on Elm St." then you are on Elm St. :) Make sense?
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Good to hear that those instructions worked out -- I should be able to figure out what is going on w/ the cut-off speech of the street names.Can you tell me if your TomTom is cutting off only some of the street names, or is this happening with all street names?
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Ok I am finding the best way for me to manage multiple stops is just to punch them in as Add as Via Point, then go to Custom Routes, Current Route, Save, then Manual Reorder. When you are Done the GPS shows you a map with your Start, Stops and End flags along the pink route line. Manually Reorder again if needed. If you know that you can't park on the side of the street Garmin wants you to just over/under shoot your turn, it will reroute you to go around the block and still reach your point. I updated the unit with the latest maps yesterday and it still has a problem with oneway streets.
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yep - i agree - i ALMOST ordered it last night...glad I didn't. even more interesting will be the price they'll have when it's offered by amazon direct - i am still trying to decide between the 765T and the 265 WT, which, by the way has become 7 bucks cheaper than last night !!!MediaHub - i feel like we will both end up with a good in-car nav - let's keep in touch here and try to make a good decision. www.gpsrmagazine.com has a great review/analysis of 265WT and 765T...
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I think it still will be very helpful. Mine worked well. There will be new roads but most stay the same. Try not to stay downtown in old section of big cities as roads are so small.
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Well, Boston is like Atlanta (maybe not this bad) so it is impossible to keep up with the traffic updates...it seams to be better than the old method but a lot of the time the traffic clears and you are better off not taking the alternate route cuz everyone else did that and the alternate route becomes the bad way...but I think it helps some of the time.
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Thankyou. I am finally getting bold enough to drive around outside Bogota. I will check out that website. Someday they will post route nunbers at intersections but not holding breath. Can't find a rental that has one. Avis doesn't.
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From the experience i had it doesn't recalculate, a dashed line apears in the direction you should be going... Not thru the streets, literally the direction. Try it out before buy, i dint like the product at all. Good luck
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Will direct you 10 miles out of your way to avoid a gravel road. Directions are just OK. My 9145 died after 3 months use. It was replaced by a 9165 refurbished. It has constant problems staying on, the power-reset switch is faulty. I know they will repair it, but too many problems. Not as good a unit as the older Magellans
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I do not trust it in truck route mode at all as I have tried it several times on roads that I know are truck routes and it completely shuts down on me. So I only use it as a guide and I leave it in car mode. Sorry you really need to complain to Garmin as I will when i get the time.
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There is an 'up ahead' feature that displays on the right side of the screen. You can choose what to display (up to 3) and it shows (typically) next gas, next rest stop, next food (on your route). If you don't have a destination it won't display anything in this area. If there is a traffic issue ahead, that will display in this area instead but can be "X" closed if you wish.
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The Garmin 800 is a better option for downloading *.tcx files with embedded turn by turn directions. The Garmin 810 does not support *.tcx files as well as the 800. I used RideWithGps.com last year to plan my ride across the USA (4162 miles in 53 riding days) and had turn by turn directions all the way with the Garmin 800. I originally bought an 810, but returned it when proved problematic and bought the 800 instead. It worked pretty well. The only problem was when turns are very close together. RideWithGPS gives you the option to set how early a turn notice will be given (50', 200', etc). If the turns are really close together and the warnings are set to be 500' the notifications can overlap.