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Topic: 3598 or 2599 |
jonstatt
Replies: 50
Views: 17018
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:00 pm Subject: 3598 or 2599 |
I spent a long time comparing TomTom and Garmin units, and most of the time when one didn't take the optimum route I knew full well existed, the other one also fell foul of the same thing. When one of ... |
Topic: Replacement suction cups for holding traffic antenna (UK) |
jonstatt
Replies: 3
Views: 2350
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:40 am Subject: Replacement suction cups for holding traffic antenna (UK) |
I don't know what the Garmin suction cups are like, but there are loads of different types on eBay. I bought some of
Thanks for that...the ones you pointed to could work. The ones it comes with l ... |
Topic: Replacement suction cups for holding traffic antenna (UK) |
jonstatt
Replies: 3
Views: 2350
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:02 pm Subject: Replacement suction cups for holding traffic antenna (UK) |
Hi,
I have managed to lose one of the little clear suction cups that holds the traffic antenna wire for my 3598T. Anyone know how/where I can get a replacement?
Many thanks |
Topic: Garmin Digital Traffic or TomTom HD traffic? |
jonstatt
Replies: 5
Views: 4384
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 5:58 pm Subject: Garmin Digital Traffic or TomTom HD traffic? |
In my comparisons, the Garmin service is MUCH more reliable than TomTom. But when TomTom does work it seems to get the traffic position and delay times more precisely than the Garmin. Pick your poison ... |
Topic: Smartlink Services |
jonstatt
Replies: 15
Views: 8552
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:22 pm Subject: Smartlink Services |
they shouldn't advertise it then really - if the features aren't there
I agree with you. I was interested in this feature and disappointed it was withdrawn. The cameras are a feed from the Highways ... |
Topic: Smartlink Services |
jonstatt
Replies: 15
Views: 8552
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:06 pm Subject: Smartlink Services |
Photolive was withdrawn for the UK as half the cameras stopped working and there seems to be no resolution for it Obviously if you already have it, the remaining cameras that are networked through ... |
Topic: Europe Map 2014.20 Released |
jonstatt
Replies: 19
Views: 14578
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:20 pm Subject: Europe Map 2014.20 Released |
Now its just as well the 3598 comes bundled with a 4GB micro SD card as this one will definitely not fit completely otherwise! |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:00 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
I reported a fairly major bug to Garmin today.
If you have the digital traffic enabled with the cable AND you also have traffic enabled on a smartphone using the Garmin Smartlink application, the 3 ... |
Topic: How widespread are "Real Navigation" and PhotoJunc |
jonstatt
Replies: 15
Views: 9506
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:05 pm Subject: How widespread are "Real Navigation" and PhotoJunc |
There are real directions for London....so far I heard two coming out of London the other day
Keep left at the Swiss Cottage Pub
Turn left at the Esso Petrol Station
Aside from that there are ... |
Topic: Garmin Traffic |
jonstatt
Replies: 4
Views: 3204
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:17 pm Subject: Garmin Traffic |
Very little actual technical info there!
TomTom's HD Traffic is explained in a pdf document downloadable from here:
http://www.tomtom.com/lib/doc/download/HDT_White_Paper.pdf
Basically, as well ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:50 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Voice commands works for me just fine on the 3598 including address searching...I don't get the error about British English not being available.
I did mention earlier in the thread though that you ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:32 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
It did it again (maps turning grey) on one journey with the taffic cable. But did not do it when it wasn't connected on the next journey. So armed with this information I then called Garmin. They just ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:35 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
That certainly shouldn't happen. Note that the map appears to go 'grey' if it switches to the traffic map, at least it does on my 1490. If you were zoomed in at the time it's possible that was it, a ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:21 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
So I had my first couple of journeys with my 3598. On the whole I was impressed but I had a couple of catastrophic issues where the map suddenly became all grey except for the turn arrow. All the menu ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
jonstatt
Replies: 322
Views: 172482
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:40 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
I called Garmin. I was pleased to find it went through to a UK call center. They tried it there and found it was missing. They emailed me very quickly afterwards to say the PhotoLive service has been ... |
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