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Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:50 am Post subject:
GJF wrote:
TMC has been shoved on us (at extra cost) whilst still in the learning stages, we all expected it's full use as we had bought it, but seem to be guinea pigs for the producers, at our own expense.
I disagree with this - TMC has been available for many years now, and is well out of the teething stages. What is new, and where I do agree with you, is that the portable SatNav manufacturers are still trying to work out how cheap they can build their TMC hardware and still get traffic working - the permanently fixed SatNav manufacturers have had working TMC modules (connected to the car aerial system) for years, and not had the levels of problems being seen today.
The problem is; around the world, customers want a portable, removable device which they can take from car to car, whereas in the UK, we need a better solution. As Mike has said (elsewhere) if all portable SatNav manufacturers included support for connecting to the car aerial in all devices, then at least the user would get a choice and be able to pick the best solution for them... _________________ Please don't be offended if I do not reply to a PM - please ask questions via the forums.
Having used both a Nuvi and a TT910 I can only say that I found the routing on the TT to be much better than the Garmin. The Garmin often selected routes containing narrow single lane roads even when there were much more obvious and quicker direct options available.
As for accuracy of mapping in over 9 months of use I have honestly not found a single address to which I was travelling nor had problems with non-existent roads with the TT, then again neither did I with the Nuvi
For various reasons I prefer the TT910, not because of such peripheral features such as an MP3 player, which I have never used, but because the routing, screen display information, GUI, etc are all, in IMHO, vastly superior to that of the Nuvi.
Both the Nuvi and TT910 have performed reliably, although I only had the Garmin for 3-4 weeks whereas I've been using the TT almost daily for 9 months.
Finally, a choice of satnav is all down to personal preferences and for that reason there will be others who prefer Garmin to TT
Joined: Dec 17, 2006 Posts: 302 Location: Ellesmere UK
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:
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As Mike has said (elsewhere) if all portable SatNav manufacturers included support for connecting to the car aerial in all devices, then at least the user would get a choice and be able to pick the best solution for them...
As Mike has said (elsewhere) if all portable SatNav manufacturers included support for connecting to the car aerial in all devices, then at least the user would get a choice and be able to pick the best solution for them...
HEAR, HEAR! ARE YOU LISTENING, GARMIN?
My GTM10 is connected to the aerial and presumably the firmware doesn't want to listen to it.
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject:
The GTM-10 is a good example of how it can be done, the GTM-11 was also good (it came with aerials, but these could be removed and replaced with a car aerial splitter); shame the GTM-11 is now discontinued. _________________ Please don't be offended if I do not reply to a PM - please ask questions via the forums.
Joined: Nov 04, 2003 Posts: 2225 Location: Bedfordshire, UK
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:
Ah - so many issues with that, I don't know where to start....
Picking places on a GB Atlas is cheating - they should have tried 3 random addresses, not big visible sites with plenty of real signs leading you to the correct place.
Selecting Shortest route on the Garmin will give you the shortest route in distance, yet knowing it was a race, why did they not select fastest route.
Of course, the other benefit of SatNav is in those situations where you don't have a map reader next to you, maybe they should have not had a map reading passenger, and made that driver safely stop to study the map...
Finally, I reckon I could have driven it without either an atlas or a satnav and managed a similar time, although I've no idea what that would prove _________________ Please don't be offended if I do not reply to a PM - please ask questions via the forums.
it has an e-mail address of a person at Garmin who wants to hear from everyone having this issue. It may prompt some action.
I am finding route calculations have to be constantly checked, if the map route can't be trusted without spending more fuel and time, it makes the Sat Nav negative.
I trust it to get to my destination - but not how!
May be living in the country doesn't help!
Sent an e-mail - hope it works. _________________ TomTom Go 60
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Drive-Smart GPS with Loader v1.4.16
HTC Advantage X7500 MS 6.1 Tchart Speed Sentry
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