Had my first look at the Nav V recently, there were three people here with them. I have now downloaded several routes to these machines. Can anyone explain why the Nav V required extra waypoints to get it to follow the same route as a 660? Both devices had the latest Garmin maps, the route was downloaded from Basecamp and calculated using my own Garmin maps, also the latest version. The route in question is over the Grossglockner and a route we have used for years on all previous Garmin & TomTom devices. I deliberately recalculated the route using the new maps before downloading. The 660 showed the route correctly but the Nav V refused to use a section of the 'Glockner and added a huge detour to resume the route.
I checked the settings on both devices, the Nav V does not appear to have an "avoid seasonal closure" option like the 660 but otherwise the settings matched. Eventually I put another waypoint further up the 'Glockner and that sorted the issue. The same problem occurred on all three Nav Vs we had here. Can anyone throw any light on this please?
And why do all the latest Garmins not simply resume the route after a stop. They come up with a screen asking for the next destination. This works if you press the right one but we have had two people so far this season who just pressed random buttons and ended up going back the way they came. I know you can't prevent operator malfunction but the older units method of simply resuming the route after a stop did work for most people. Anyone know if the later devices can be set up to do that?
John
I checked the settings on both devices, the Nav V does not appear to have an "avoid seasonal closure" option like the 660 but otherwise the settings matched. Eventually I put another waypoint further up the 'Glockner and that sorted the issue. The same problem occurred on all three Nav Vs we had here. Can anyone throw any light on this please?
And why do all the latest Garmins not simply resume the route after a stop. They come up with a screen asking for the next destination. This works if you press the right one but we have had two people so far this season who just pressed random buttons and ended up going back the way they came. I know you can't prevent operator malfunction but the older units method of simply resuming the route after a stop did work for most people. Anyone know if the later devices can be set up to do that?
John