How do you do custom routes on this? Can anyone tell me how I can customize a specific route, which is not the "fastest" nor shortest according to map data but is indeed the fastest in reality because most of my custom route is on a toll road?
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Sorry for the late reply, I just got my 1450. I use Garmin's Mapsource trip/route planning software. I've been using it for over 3 yrs to plan routes with various Garmin's and it works great! you can zoom way out or in very close, click on the road you want to be on, zoom out and click the next. You can insert waypoints etc. When we plan a trip I always plan it with Mapsource.
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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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I do not know. I have not slected feature. It is not a normal Route Setting. Call Magellan Customer Service and ask
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I used it traveling from Germany to France just last december. Coming back to Germany i realized some major roads where outdated, it was as easy as hooking up the tomtom to my mac, create a username on the lifetime update for my unit and there, updated maps for free!!! Beware that they are quite heavy updates, so depending on your connection speed it may take a while.
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Not sure about MapMyRide.com because I haven't used it extensively, but you can download routes from the Garminconnect site, which seems pretty similar.
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No, but it gives choices of routes, and you can program it to avoid certain roads and road types (such as no toll roads), fastest route, shortest route. I haven't looked at the route choices yet. I have not had an issue with either of my Garmin GPS units not getting me to my destination; so I usually just let it take me, unless I decide as I'm driving to change roads, then it just re-routes based on the road I am currently on. You could also plot a via point to force it to go a certain way, which I have done with my older unit.
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How are these waypoints added. I tried doing it on my 265WT and couldn't figure it out. I may have to pull up the online manual and see if it adresses this issue.
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Please note that on MapQuest you need to convert Via points to Route Stop (just right-click on them) before saving to Nuvi. Then on Nuvi you do "Import route"Also you can customize route on Nuvi itslef by editing route ("Add or Remove points")
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You can add a single waypoint to your route. Just select your final destination, then select another destination. It will ask if you want it to be a waypoint (if you say no, it replaces your prior destination). You can also set preferences regarding highway use, time versus distance optimization, etc.
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I don't know about making a file, but you can make a multi-point route. I'm not sure how many points are allowed. I usually only do 2 way points. Many times headed somewhere, I'll decide to find a restaurant to eat at. I'll add it. It'll ask what order I want to make the trip in. I arrange the order and it routes me. It will even give you the arrival times and distances for each of the way points.
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There is no way to do itinerary programming on this unit. You can create a route that has only 4 points. In addition, there is no way to load routes created externally (Tyre, etc.) This is one of the main reasons I returned mine. There are multiple features missing: No Backup, No compass, No Itinerary planning, No opening screen showing the owner's info in case it is lost. The 1605 is supposed to be the replacement/upgrade for the XXL. However, this is a large step backwards from the XXL that I own.
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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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Sort of. The Zumo 660 only allows selection between Fastest and Shortest. BUT the PC software that comes with it (MapSource) does provide a route planning setting with several settings from Less twisty to More twisty. There is another similar program (BaseCamp) free from Garmin - I have not played with that one.
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From my experience, you can't define the route. The i5 will choose it's own route, which isn't always the most efficient IMO. I know the city of San Francisco better than the i5. But then again, I bought the i5 so that I wouldn't get lost in another town. In a new town, I wouldn't know if the route was efficient or not.
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NO-------------------------------------this unit does not have truck routes...Not those other funky answers......
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I don't see why some make a big fuss about the C330 nat having the capability of speaking the name of the street you need to turn onto. The fact that the C330 does display the street name at the top of the screen is adequate in most cases. The route indicator on the map itself has a large red arrow that is continually showing your route and exactly where to turn. With an accuracy of something like 50 feet, I don't see where it is such a necessity to have to have the thing tell you the street name when it's time to make a turn.
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I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like a map. That takes you to a map with the three options displayed. Hard to tell, sometimes which route each takes. Good luck. I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like... » Read More I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like a map. That takes you to a map with the three options displayed. Hard to tell, sometimes which route each takes. Good luck. « Show Less