New Garmin

Privateer · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:57 am Post subject:

I powered up my Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D in my car and had a look through the menu and I still cannot find Settings|Traffic|trafficTrends, even though the system was showing that it was receiving Inrix data.

walkerx
Thanks for confirming. I don't have Android TomTom GO Mobile nor a modern TomTom PND that use MyDrive therefore I use words like "apparently" and "allegedly"! Wink

I must look into getting a cheap PAYG Android phone to allow me to compare the Android and iOS apps. I've heard that there might even be a way to get the POI icons to appear on the Android screen but until I see it myself I won't believe it.

Regards,
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pcaouolte · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject:

Kremmen · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:46 pm Post subject:

I remember seeing it on my older Garmins but not on recent ones.
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sussamb · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:12 pm Post subject:

Can't find it on my DS50 either. Maybe it's been removed. I'll have to check.
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Privateer · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:39 am Post subject:

gardner1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2007 Posts: 35

Kremmen · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject:

From what I can tell from here the only real disadvantages are that you can't use the more up to date PGPSW cameras on it and TT may render it obsolete sooner than expected.

Reports here seem to say that TT traffic and routing is better, so just keep to the speed limits with a TT Very Happy

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gardner1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2007 Posts: 35

walkerx · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:27 pm Post subject:

@Kremmen, I have to agree the TT traffic is better and the routing is for definitely.

I'm go 6200 never routed me of a major road to come back on a few yards further down, nor has it sent me along dirt tracks to a dead end

I just have to work out a suitable way of using it in my current car as its got later maps than the built-in ones (the r-link maps are a year out of date and only get released yearly)

Kremmen · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:49 pm Post subject:

I'm still struggling to understand where or how the TT traffic is better. I can't fault my Garmin traffic for speed (refreshes every minute) and accuracy.

Where I am, near Heathrow, traffic is horrendous most days and Garmin displays it all with the red and yellow sections accurately reflecting the start of the queue and severity.
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Privateer · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:06 pm Post subject:

K, I hear what you’re saying but when I’ve had the Garmin Camper 770 Lmt-D and TomTom GO iOS app on my iPhone running side by side , I have found that the TomTom is more effective. While the Garmin Traffic is good, my experience shows that for me the TomTom has better Traffic.

Soon after getting the Garmin, I was driving from Cornwall to Oxfordshire and about to join the A30. TomTom said there was an incident but Garmin didn’t. I decided to ignore the TomTom which resulted in sitting in a jam for an hour. Whilst that might have been taken a a one-off I have since then compared the two and for the routes that I take I have found the TomTom Traffic to be superior.

Please note that this is just my own opinion and it’s not because I’m a TomTom fan boy. I’m a TomTom anti-evangelist!!

It may also be that I rather not drive in urban areas.

The only way is to get a cheap smart phone and load the TomTom GO app on it and try TomTom with Garmin.

Regards,
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Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

gardner1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 15, 2007 Posts: 35

Have to agree about TT traffic.....Garmin is good but TT seems to get info on roadblocks/accidents quicker

walkerx · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:36 pm Post subject:

we had a road shut for 3 weeks, garmin never marked it as shut, but tomtom, google and sygic all reported it was shut. garmin reported it shut after the day the road re-opened

Kremmen · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 3:47 am Post subject:

Fair do's.

Must be an Inrix issue then as that's where it comes from.
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