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keithmillar
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 Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:09 am Post subject: Traffic Upates - Smartphone or Digital |
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I'm looking to upgrade my Garmin PND, but can't decide which is best for traffic updates - Smartphone or Digital.
Any advice would be helpful
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Digital  Smartphone is a fudge. |
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keithmillar
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| M8TJT wrote: | | Digital Smartphone is a fudge. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:21 am Post subject: |
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The -D models can use either ..... unless they've changed it recently
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keithmillar
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| Kremmen wrote: | | The -D models can use either ..... unless they've changed it recently |
So could you have both connect at the same time?
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| I don't know about now, but about three years ago, running both at the same time caused the Garmin to hang. |
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keithmillar
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| Allan_whoops wrote: | | I don't know about now, but about three years ago, running both at the same time caused the Garmin to hang. |
Thanks for the info
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| Agreed - digital. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic Upates - Smartphone or Digital |
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| keithmillar wrote: | | ... which is best for traffic updates - Smartphone or Digital. |
Define "best" 
For example, if you're venturing out of the UK, the SmartphoneLink has much wider coverage. (https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/traffic/)
(Either of them are better than the old RDS-based service, which frequently stopped receiving any information.)
My experience of Digital traffic was limited to the Nuvi 3598 - where "M5 is closed, switching to an alternative route" was its favourite catchphrase (even though said road wasn't closed at all).
I use the SmartPhone link with the Zumo on my bike (though "traffic" no longer applies to me then  - it gives added benefits, like being able to have Donald Trump's tweets read to me, in the middle of a 90mph bend  |
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