Quirky Nav
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Quirky Nav
I've had Garmins for many years and by and large have been pretty happy. My '10 RX is my first car with built-in Nav. I love the joy stick and the nav has worked very well and usually better than Garmin. However, I ran into my first really strange behavior on a trip from MA to ME. The main highway up to ME is 95. It started us on that but then took us off it onto Rte 1 through the Kittery Outlets (It was mid-week and we weren't in a rush so I said what-the-hell). Well, after the outlets it took us onto a little road that headed NW (rather than NE) then after about a mile it had us reverse direction for about another mile and put us back onto 95N. Very strange!!
On the way home, it started us on 95S and I noted our home arrival time("quickest" route was selected). When it came to the point where Nav wanted to take us onto Rte 1, I ignored it and stayed on 95. I noted that about 10 minutes had been taken off of our home arrival time!! So it knew that 95 was quicker, but the "quickest route" wanted us to take Rte 1.
It also showed 2 Dunkin Donuts on the map that didn't exist. They were residential streets with houses where the DD was supposed to be.
Has anyone else run into strange Nav behavior, or has something gone haywire in mine?
On the way home, it started us on 95S and I noted our home arrival time("quickest" route was selected). When it came to the point where Nav wanted to take us onto Rte 1, I ignored it and stayed on 95. I noted that about 10 minutes had been taken off of our home arrival time!! So it knew that 95 was quicker, but the "quickest route" wanted us to take Rte 1.
It also showed 2 Dunkin Donuts on the map that didn't exist. They were residential streets with houses where the DD was supposed to be.
Has anyone else run into strange Nav behavior, or has something gone haywire in mine?
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I've had Garmins for many years and by and large have been pretty happy. My '10 RX is my first car with built-in Nav. I love the joy stick and the nav has worked very well and usually better than Garmin. However, I ran into my first really strange behavior on a trip from MA to ME. The main highway up to ME is 95. It started us on that but then took us off it onto Rte 1 through the Kittery Outlets (It was mid-week and we weren't in a rush so I said what-the-hell). Well, after the outlets it took us onto a little road that headed NW (rather than NE) then after about a mile it had us reverse direction for about another mile and put us back onto 95N. Very strange!!
On the way home, it started us on 95S and I noted our home arrival time("quickest" route was selected). When it came to the point where Nav wanted to take us onto Rte 1, I ignored it and stayed on 95. I noted that about 10 minutes had been taken off of our home arrival time!! So it knew that 95 was quicker, but the "quickest route" wanted us to take Rte 1.
It also showed 2 Dunkin Donuts on the map that didn't exist. They were residential streets with houses where the DD was supposed to be.
Has anyone else run into strange Nav behavior, or has something gone haywire in mine?
On the way home, it started us on 95S and I noted our home arrival time("quickest" route was selected). When it came to the point where Nav wanted to take us onto Rte 1, I ignored it and stayed on 95. I noted that about 10 minutes had been taken off of our home arrival time!! So it knew that 95 was quicker, but the "quickest route" wanted us to take Rte 1.
It also showed 2 Dunkin Donuts on the map that didn't exist. They were residential streets with houses where the DD was supposed to be.
Has anyone else run into strange Nav behavior, or has something gone haywire in mine?
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Each method of our Navi (short/quick/alternative) has their own settings. Have their toll/highway settings been removed on your Navi? I drove to ME twice with this RX, perhaps I didn't hit into the destinations which would trigger our Navi to act strangely, I feel our Navi has done pretty fairly on deciding how/where to go, comparing with the Navi I used before.
Remember, besides the setting issues, sometimes the varied Navigation systems may act differently in certain situations/areas due to its design and logistic, which will possibly result in the different results.
Remember, besides the setting issues, sometimes the varied Navigation systems may act differently in certain situations/areas due to its design and logistic, which will possibly result in the different results.
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From: MA
Thread Starter
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 286
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From: MA
Each method of our Navi (short/quick/alternative) has their own settings. Have their toll/highway settings been removed on your Navi? I drove to ME twice with this RX, perhaps I didn't hit into the destinations which would trigger our Navi to act strangely, I feel our Navi has done pretty fairly on deciding how/where to go, comparing with the Navi I used before.
Remember, besides the setting issues, sometimes the varied Navigation systems may act differently in certain situations/areas due to its design and logistic, which will possibly result in the different results.
Remember, besides the setting issues, sometimes the varied Navigation systems may act differently in certain situations/areas due to its design and logistic, which will possibly result in the different results.
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