ViaMichelin Support and Feedback

EddyDC · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2007 Posts: 150

Are these already active? The url viamichelin.be refers to http://www.viamichelin.be/viamichelin/fra/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm without any link to the Dutch (Flemish) version. The Dutch flag goes to the site of The Netherlands. On assumes that there is only one language in BE or French is the main language. In fact 60% of the Belgian people speaks Dutch (Flemish). Languages are a delicate matter in BE. As result we still don't have a federal government after more than 180 days after elections.

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

To quote Perussell on another thread

kingcrabthethird · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2007 Posts: 3

ok , patch 7.03 installed , and speed camera info updated !

good work deepfour , and you have won a well earned 1 day of rest , so to you and all other forum users , merry xmas

Gee-Pee · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

Hi Stu
Got my new X970T just before I left for Switzerland pre Christmas. I have been running it side by side with my existing device to compare. Certainly the mapping is more up to date! I am making a comparison list between the two and will hope to report my likes/dislikes of both idc. Meanwhile I'm on the way home - currently in Metz and have not been led a astray by either yet - apart from a small hiccup when the 970 froze on a roundabout and I took the wrong exit! Ended up saving lots of tolls for the next 100 or so miles as I carried on, on the N roads from Colmar...

Re the 7.03 patch - if I install that does it cover any former patches -- in other words, is that all I need to install to get up to date Question

Second ?? re the Speed limit warnings - these are important but very annoying when I wander 1kph above the speed limit and get a constant earful. Have now turned them off but not found out if I can still have the visual warnings with a chime but not the bossy woman telling me what to do? Rolling Eyes

Love the Motorway option! Wink

If you are too busy, I'm sure another member will put me right. Thanks,
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Gee-Pee · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:59 am Post subject:

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

I can't remember which thread it was in but some of us (maybe all) were getting Content Manager saying that the VM camera database was November, whilst the website said the latest download available was December.

I noticed that a few days ago this changed on CM to December whilst the website said the same (albeit in January) and I thought, great it's sorted.

I've noticed today that CM says December and the website says 1/2008.

Have I missed something? Confused

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Graham-P · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 09, 2005 Posts: 16

SpikeyMikey · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

I don't think so as I'm sure at one point the months were the same in both places, but I stand to be corrected.
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irishetcher · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 01, 2008 Posts: 10

Hi,

I just got a ViaMichelin X 980T last week.

(I know the wrong time to buy anything from this crowd. I only found out latterly that they said that they were getting out of the business and then announced that they will co-brand with Navigon)

Anyway I have the GPS up and running and by and large it seems OK. I am using it here in Ireland were GPS is a little more tricky as we don't use Post Codes. All the discrepancies aside there are two things that stand out like a sore thumb and I am looking for feedback on how the said features fair in other jurisdictions namely the UK and France, where I will be traveling this Summer.

I notice that when looking for Car Parks the GPS tends to fall short of the destination for the Car park. It seems to be pointing at the actual blue road sign with the P. This seems to be the case in the known examples I have tested. The text given to describe these goes like this " Car Park X off X Street. The navigation does not bring the driver to the actual entrance of the car park.

The other feature which functions far worse are the locations of petrol Stations. Our local is pin pointed about a quarter of a mile the wrong way along the road. This is not great if the GPS takes you to a junction near the location and takes the driver to the right to the virtual pumps as opposed to the left to the real pumps. I suppose that if the journey is straight —no turns left or right— I suppose the driver will happen on the petrol station anyway, but this defeats the purpose as we generally wouldn't miss a petrol station with its big lumicking canopy. Other abnormalities of this are named service stations turning up in towns five miles away.

I am interested to hear if there is more accuracy with these features in other countries.

Also I have been used the Content Manager to update the GPS. What is the advantage program I hear people talking about?

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

The Advantage program was where you paid a fee about £70 which gave 2 years of Map updates. Very good value. Only problem is the links to this have now disappeared and VM have said nothing about what's happening with the people who have already paid. Twisted Evil

Gee-Pee · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

There is a problem with mine in finding car parks Crying or Very sad

In our town centre we have quite a number of car parks both multi storey and open parks, yet the Device will only find one.
As far as petrol stations go, it seems OK. While travelling in France over Christmas, when I needed one, I was given a wide variety of them with varying distances and directions. Here at home it seems reasonably accurate but hasn't been tested.
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vizzair · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 20

when I got my 750T at new year I was disapointed with some of the content. Notably shops and petrol stations.
I discovered the POI's from this this forum much better http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=POIs

This provided all the supermarkets and petrol stations that are missing from the viamichelin content manager. ( some have been around over 25years )

Apart from the odd glitch in navigation, I have found this unit to be the bst PND for the price around, and I am very sad that viaMichelin are leaving the market.

irishetcher · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 01, 2008 Posts: 10

Cheers thanks for the link.

From what I know though Michelin are going to co-brand with Navigon so they are not so gone. Apart from the advantage program being discontinued it looks like business as usual at the ViaMichelin site.

I noticed this as well. I bought my X 980T from Dabs.ie. Just after I recieve the delivery the Dabs site marked the X 980T as discontinued. I looked like I got the last unit from them except this week it is back in stock again.

It may very week be the case that even though Michelin aren't directly making PNDs, they may continue to support legacy hardware in co-operation with Navigon.

jonandmarkuk · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

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