Just came back from vacation. Did about 5k km between Corsica/Italy/France/Switzerland and Germany – created quite a lot of routes, got to learn a bit more about the 396.
Some other impressions, in random order:
1. I updated the maps (on BC and on the Zumo device) the day before leaving. Never again.
It fucked up royally all my routes, despite the maps being on both devices.
Even after recalculation it kept fucking up royally all the routes, I later discovered that when the maps are updated, Garmin – christ alone knows why – resets routing preferences and avoidances. So, since it was in Motorcycle mode, it reverted to avoid motorways
AND national roads.
See:
2. It took me many years, but finally decided to ditch the shitty 3D view and switch to 2D top view (direction of travel). Much more info on the map itself, easier to understand, and it seems to use less processing power, so the unit seems to be slightly snappier. I should have done this a long time ago.
Auto zooming while on ramps/junctions is insufficient though.
I changed the zooming factor in the Developer Menu options, but it is still too far (max you can set is 120 meters on the scale) and sometimes you'll have to manually zoom in to 80 or 30m.
Trying to understand if there is a way to alter those settings by editing the config files, but... risky route - pun intended.
You can access the dev menu long pressing the speed in the info panel below:
These are my current settings:
Screen visibility is still poor on overcast days, but I'm slowly liking my zumo more and more. Most of the issues are caused by poorly implemented software or update procedures – so there is always some hope.
