Replacement for go 720

sussamb · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:29 am Post subject:

Garmin have never provided a way to link instructions through the car audio system AFAIK, again I guess it's a personal thing ... it's never worried me.

You can set data fields to show all sorts of info, see here

To get those to show tap the 3bar icon lower right and select Trip data. Change the individual fields by tapping them and selecting from the list.

Speed limits are always a bit hit and miss whichever GPS you use. Helps if folks report any map errors ... you can do so here

https://mapreporter.navteq.com/#dashboard

jonial · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:03 pm Post subject:

Again many thanks indeed for the info.
I am making progress as I now have mastered the fantastic programme by kremmen and have the pgps world camera database up and running.
I have also purchased the GTM36 receiver with an external antenna and lo and behold I now have traffic info.
I bought the Garmin from Amazon for less than £95 and the Receiver and antenna cost some £22 on top of that.
I will now try the 3bars and play with the displayed info
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Garmin Nuvi 2547LM
CamerAlert
PGPS Speed Cameras

sussamb · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:27 pm Post subject:

Not sure if you're aware but the GTM36 is the older style traffic receiver. I've recently moved to a digital traffic receiver and find it far better. If you can you may wish to consider whether it's worth returning it and getting a digital one.

Info here http://www.garmin.com/uk/traffic

jonial · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject:

Hi sussamb
Regrettably when I click the 3bars there is no option for trip data only:- up-ahead, Volume, Traffic and brightness. I have stop and detour greyed out.
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Garmin Nuvi 2547LM
CamerAlert
PGPS Speed Cameras

jonial · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:22 pm Post subject:

Further inf - Just found the trip data it needed to be activated in one of the settings windows
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Garmin Nuvi 2547LM
CamerAlert
PGPS Speed Cameras

Allan_whoops · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 369

If you have entered a destination, you can add more and different things to the trip data. I have both a Garmin 2598 and a TomTom and used to find the navigation screen information on the Garmin very limited until I found out about this.

http://forums.gpsreview.net/discussion/28412/

This gives more info

jonial · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:23 pm Post subject:

Many thanks indeed to all who replied.
After a week of playing and learning about the Nuvi I can take back some of my earlier misgivings.
I think I am now going to be a happy Garmin Nuvi user
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Jonial

Garmin Nuvi 2547LM
CamerAlert
PGPS Speed Cameras

sussamb · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:49 pm Post subject:

Great

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