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  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:55 pm   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
[quote="sunstrip_steve"]The thing i find odd is why the postcodes are searchable after you have selected England Wales, Scotland. Why not just Great Britain. Would make life much easier.

I always ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

Replies: 17
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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:20 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
After posting, I wondered if you mean the same thing as I do when you use the term 'postcode'. In Australia, a postcode is an area as big as a whole suburb, and certainly, not close enough for a stre ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:23 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
bear in mind, also, that no where in the advertisements / sales literature does it say that it will take you directly to the house that you want. they advertise as being able to locate a specific post ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:20 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
bear in mind, also, that no where in the advertisements / sales literature does it say that it will take you directly to the house that you want. they advertise as being able to locate a specific post ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:14 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
You'd think if it knew numbers in the same street, it could extrapolate the ones in between. Anyway, what were the people who made the maps thinking? Why would you store the coordinates of one house ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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Views: 6242

PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:11 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
You'd think if it knew numbers in the same street, it could extrapolate the ones in between.

Sometimes odd numbered houses have different postcodes to the even numbers so it won't work like that.
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  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:23 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
The database is not 100% accurate and there are errors in it all over. One local postcode gives me the wrong road completely!

I use my i3 on a daily basis and find at least one example like your a ...
  Topic: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:45 am   Subject: i3 not letting me set the exact address as destination
My i3 is on 3.2 and v7 of the Australian maps (new version mailed to me recently). The last 2 times I have tried to set a street address as a destination, it ends up offering nearby addresses, but n ...
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:18 am   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
bad idea leaving the mount on show all the time , the police are warning specifically against doing this due to theft Crying or Very sad Not sure Australia has the same car crime problems as UK.

Luckily it isn ...
  Topic: Streetpilot I3 questions
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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:59 am   Subject: Streetpilot I3 questions


I don't understand how using rechargeable batteries has any bearing on the use of the socket. You still have to swap the batteries when they are flat, same as for normal non-rechargeable batterie ...
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:50 am   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
I will send the rubber windscreen mount back as well, as it has started to perish and stick black bits of rubber to my windscreen already !
Some people in the UK had a similar problem during the very ...
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:57 am   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
Good news. They had a 30 day replacement warranty. I now have a new unit.
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:25 am   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
Try what has been suggested above - if that doesn't cure it, suspect a hardware fault and get onto Garmin. Their customer support is absolutely first-rate.

I've had two units fail like this - the f ...
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
ffrr

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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:22 am   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
Try switching the unit to another voice (note this can take some time) once complete try it out, then switch the voice back to the one you use normally. Go to Settings/ Language/ Voice Language - swit ...
  Topic: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
ffrr

Replies: 12
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PostForum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices   Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:25 pm   Subject: i3 sqawked and lost it's voice
have you tried fresh batteries or the usb powerlead ?????

Yes, it was running on the USB lead actually, when it died.
 
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