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xspartx Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 13, 2004 Posts: 83
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: Garmin speed of refresh |
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How fast is the 660 at refreshing the screen?
I am not convinced in the demo's I have seen that it is "bearable". |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15161 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: |
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to be honest none of the garmins i've used have a superfast refresh rate however, they ARE certainly bearable.
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philpugh Lifetime Member
Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 2003 Location: Antrobus, Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: |
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If you are following a route the refresh/update rate is more than adequate.
If you are just using the map function and driving around there can be a pause of a couple of seconds at junctions whilst it sorts out which road you turned up. This is down, in part, to the unit not knowing which road you will have turned up until it gets a position that allows it to lock onto the road you have chosen. However as you haven't plotted a route one would assume you know were you are going and don't need the navigation part of the system
At the end of the day these units are intended to be an aid to driving - you aren't meant to be watching them constantly and they certainly are not intended as gaming systems with super fast graphics. _________________ Phil |
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swing Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: |
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I agree with Phil - if you have a route planned, it is perfectly adequate, although not quite as smooth as a TomTom (which kinda cheats), but without a route planned, it can appear to be running behind your actual location. _________________ Please don't be offended if I do not reply to a PM - please ask questions via the forums. |
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xspartx Regular Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ok sounds fine.
I presume I can just drive around with no route set , just use the unit to warn me of speed camera's or then to pick a POI and navigate to that? |
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xspartx Regular Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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One other thing, I note that you can choose a standard arrow as opposed to the trucks for the pointer (which is a good thing imo!).
One feature of my current GPS ( Medion 95900) is the arrows that tell you the direction of the next turn coming up. I notice the TT has this too.
Do the Nuvi's have this feature? If not how do you prepare yourself to go left/right e.g. on Motorways with multiple lanes? |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15161 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: |
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a big white arrow appears over the roads / junction you need to take
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