3.90 again...?

[Cogs]

Second software update in a month, third to be called 3.9

Any ideas what this one is supposed to resolve?

And as for map 'updates' 2011.2 downloaded overnight

How can one 'help' by feeding back on their map-a-mundi-like relevance?

I watched them dig out the tanks not-too-recently from a derelict Elf station nearby that's been closed for nigh on five years. Still serving according to Garmin

On our recent tour of Northumbria it was a daily, nay hourly sometimes, occurence to encounter give ways where there 'shouldn't' have been one

Kept me awake though

Rant over for now, going out to try and crash the Zumo

 

[John Armstrong]

Go to www.zumoforums.com

 

[Greg Masters]

The mapping inaccuracies will be down to NAVTEQ from whom Garmin buys mapping data.

Greg

 

[Cogs]

Already a member of Zumoforum thanks John, which bit were you thinking of in response to my rant?

And are NAVTEQ open to advice/correction?

Some of the inaccuracies (or are they inprecisions? ) are downright dangerous. I'd hate to be wiped out by a car driver blindly following his/her tw*tnav through give ways...

Apart from that, it's quite funny looking at my immediate surroundings at home (Belgrave, Leicester, near the 'Golden Mile'), seeing which businesses subscribe and which ones don't, well, didn't

 

[John Armstrong]

The 3.90 which seems to have been a bit of a disaster. I especially like the decision to reduce the speed cameras warning down to almost inaudible level

I've used 3.50 and apart from it not showing a scale for the maps when in 2D mode, it seems to be more stable. I can do without the speed changing colour to red if I happen to go over the speed limit.

 

[Carl]

On our recent tour of Northumbria it was a daily, nay hourly sometimes, occurence to encounter give ways where there 'shouldn't' have been one

Kept me awake though

So you want a sat nav to tell you when to give-way? Why not just get one that can ride your bike for you, then you can just sit back and doze off.

 

[andyclift]

Are we starting to expect too much from satnavs? Before they came along most of us relied to road atlases that were, probably, years out of date or asking locals for directions to places they had never heard off but gave us meaningless directions which we could not remember anyway. We never expected the locals or the map to warn us when to give way, know if the road was suitable for HGVs, etc. Sometimes the maps contained errors or the directions did not work out but we used our Mark One brain to overcome errors and got there in the end.

I have just come back from a trip through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic and did not take a map. My Zumo did all the navigating and did a damned good job of it. It saved me the effort of continually stopping to check a, probably out of date, map or relying on instructions stuck on the tank - compiled from the same out of date map. It also provided me with some music, found fuel, hotels and cash machines as well as answering the phone for me. If it could have made the occasional cup of coffee it would have been even better but maybe I need to wait for the next software update for that.

Maybe there were a few times when I could have found a slightly shorter route. There were also the odd occasions in Romania when the Zumo did not know a road was one way (the wrong way) or it tried to turn me on to a road that no longer existed. So what. I have two eyes and a brain plus the ability to link the two and make decisions.

I could accept going back to the days of not having an on-board trip computer, no ABS, fuel gauge or any of the other essential gizmos on my GSA but please do not even think about taking away my satnav.

 

[Funrider]

The 3.90 which seems to have been a bit of a disaster. I especially like the decision to reduce the speed cameras warning down to almost inaudible level

I've used 3.50 and apart from it not showing a scale for the maps when in 2D mode, it seems to be more stable. I can do without the speed changing colour to red if I happen to go over the speed limit.

I like 3.90 far more than 3.50. "More Data" View is great, 4 user changeable data boxes !!

Can't say I've noticed a reducing in the warning volume, perhaps you need to do a Master Reset, to clean out all the dross.

 

[ebbo]

Why don’t they just get it right the first time then leave it alone

 

[Cogs]

So you want a sat nav to tell you when to give-way? Why not just get one that can ride your bike for you, then you can just sit back and doze off.

I'd rather have NO info than wrong info. I ride to my abilities and awarenes and have never been put at risk by satnav mapping error BUT I dread the day when some cage driver fights an insurance/careless driving case on the grounds " The tw*tnav said I had right of way"

 

[Cogs]

Are we starting to expect too much from satnavs? Before they came along most of us relied to road atlases that were, probably, years out of date or asking locals for directions to places they had never heard off but gave us meaningless directions which we could not remember anyway. We never expected the locals or the map to warn us when to give way, know if the road was suitable for HGVs, etc. Sometimes the maps contained errors or the directions did not work out but we used our Mark One brain to overcome errors and got there in the end.

I have just come back from a trip through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic and did not take a map. My Zumo did all the navigating and did a damned good job of it. It saved me the effort of continually stopping to check a, probably out of date, map or relying on instructions stuck on the tank - compiled from the same out of date map. It also provided me with some music, found fuel, hotels and cash machines as well as answering the phone for me. If it could have made the occasional cup of coffee it would have been even better but maybe I need to wait for the next software update for that.

Maybe there were a few times when I could have found a slightly shorter route. There were also the odd occasions in Romania when the Zumo did not know a road was one way (the wrong way) or it tried to turn me on to a road that no longer existed. So what. I have two eyes and a brain plus the ability to link the two and make decisions.

I could accept going back to the days of not having an on-board trip computer, no ABS, fuel gauge or any of the other essential gizmos on my GSA but please do not even think about taking away my satnav.

 

[mirboo72]

Never Ever

I will never ever buy another Garmin, absolute over priced piece of SH.TE...
My 2 p worth...on 660.

 

[andyclift]

I will never ever buy another Garmin, absolute over priced piece of SH.TE...
My 2 p worth...on 660.

Odd that. Over about 15 years I have had five Garmins ranging from an early Garmin 12 to a Zumo 660. Two were replaced by Garmin, one with a minor and occasional on/off switch fault and one cos I broke it. Neither were warranty faults but both were replaced free of charge within four days. All are working perfectly and Garmins have taken me all Western and Eastern Europe without a hitch as well as numerous backpacking trips in UK.

I have also had two Tomtom Rider Mk1s and a Mk2. None of them work today and my only experience with Tomtom service was EIGHT WEEKS.