Garmin V and software 2.20

[carlhowe]

Have upgraded the software on my Garmin V from 2.08 to the 'new' vewrsion (2.20?). Went down to London yesterday (from Cheshire) - needed GPS to get me to Russell Square (which it did) - BUT I had it running all the way downn the M6/M1.

Despite having all maps loaded (from v5) of disc for required route, I kept getting the 'off route' message and auto - racalculating. The display from time to time told me where it thought I was, which often seemed to be backroads near the M6 I was on (I seemed to be travelling doen some reidental streets at motorway speeds). I have not yet uploaded the tracks to see where it thinks I've been.

Is this a problem relating to the new software - it never happened on runs with the older stuff.


Carl

 

[Gecko]

Carl
I have upgraded as well and I can't say I have any problems - I reckon it just doesn't like you. Check you autorouting setting , maybe something is set wrong in there.
Good luck
Gecko

 

[carlhowe]

Check you autorouting setting , maybe something is set wrong in there.

I've resorted to turning of the autorouting altogether now.

I also tend to often get poor satelite reception (even happens when there are 6 satalite signals being received, but does not lock on) - has anyone tried an amplified aeriel?

 

[MikeO]

Carl,

this may not be available on the Garmin V, but my SPIII has the facility to change the default setting on the automatic route calculation facility. When I go off route now, it asks me if I want it to recalculate - if I select no, or ignore it, it allows me to continue and join the calculated route later. I've found this particularly useful when travelling through a strange town, when a re-calculate can take several minutes.

HTH

Mike

 

[carlhowe]

Carl,

When I go off route now, it asks me if I want it to recalculate - if I select no, or ignore it, it allows me to continue and join the calculated route later. I've found this particularly useful when travelling through a strange town, when a re-calculate can take several minutes.

HTH

Mike

I have not tried this - it is on the GPS V (I was not aware that ignoring the prompt made it carry on) - I'll give it a go. Cheers

Carl

 

[judge]

Carl,

The only time this used to happen to me was when I went outside of the area of the downloaded detailed maps, it mattered not that I had the route from A to B as there seems to be some disagreement somwhere between Garmin/US Military Satellites and erm Earth as to exactly where you are at a given point.

Funnily enough the only time this occured with my SPIII was when I upgraded from V4 to V5 of Mapsource City Navigator where I have V5 routes running on V4 Maps, it seemed for all the world that Garmin had moved the planet again

As it was an acknwledged problem I was advised to turn autorouting off which worked except you see yourself 'wandering' on the screen and it takes some getting used to.

Though to be fair I never did need the GPS to tell me I was on the motorway so Iused to only route to my destination when I was close by and had the detailed maps on board. That was a useful compromise - then I got fed up downloading maps so I sold it - miss its compact size badly though