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| Thread ID: 125855 | 2012-07-23 21:28:00 | GPS Units - Route planning | tingle (6539) | PC World Chat |
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| 1290294 | 2012-07-23 21:28:00 | Hi all, I am looking to purchase a GPS unit for work that will allow me to plan my own route. I need to go to point A,B,C,D etc in the order that I input into the device without it reorganising my specific route. I have tried a Garmin unit which was almost OK. It allowed me to plan the route on my PC then upload it to the unit, which was perfect, but from there it only allowed me to do the route 1 step at a time as opposed to going from start to finish along my designated route. I have spoken to the TomTom help-desk, the Garmin help-desk and the Navman help-desk and they are all really vague about their own products (??!!) Does anyone here have any experience with a GPS unit that would do what I want? Many thanks! |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 1290295 | 2012-07-23 22:40:00 | On the Navman, you add places you want to go as 'waypoints'. I have never used them, but the online manual details the method. My unit is a Navman MY55. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1290296 | 2012-07-23 23:27:00 | Our TomTom works the same way. I've used it before when having to pick up a bunch of friends. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1290297 | 2012-07-23 23:31:00 | My TomTom also let's you use waypoints. I would be very surprised if any reasonably recent GPS unit did not do the same. In short I do not believe you have a problem doing what you want. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1290298 | 2012-07-23 23:55:00 | Yeah, have done that with waypoints on our TomTom One. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1290299 | 2012-07-24 00:20:00 | Thanks all for the input. Will try to source a TomTom so we can test it as it seems this will be the next choice. Clive - The Garmin unit we had (nüvi® 3590LMT) def did not do it. As I said above, it was almost there, but then didn't deliver. |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 1290300 | 2012-07-24 01:08:00 | Not sure how old you are Tingle, but if you are getting on like me, buy the biggest screen you can afford, as reading the names and directions at a distance is increasingly hard, especially with a small screen. I also made a perspex bracket to mount my Navman on the dash, rather than the windscreen. This brings it about 8 inches closer to me. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1290301 | 2012-07-24 01:25:00 | Thanks Richard. My eyes are definitely not as good as they were. Will def be getting a top of the line model, the boss is paying for it! My problem is that I need glasses for distance, so then when looking at the GPS unit I have to sort of peer under my glasses to read the screen. |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 1290302 | 2012-07-24 06:06:00 | Get your eyes tested and buy a pair of progressives from Zennioptical.com - cheap as! I'm 63 and can read everything from 4" to infinity. |
Fishb8 (484) | ||
| 1290303 | 2012-07-24 07:23:00 | After your route and waypoints are loaded, any GPS worthy of the name should give you voice instructions, so there is no need to read the screen once you are on the road. Take the time to get familiar with the device, and do some triial runs over familiar roads with multiple way-points set up. You'll soon get the hang of it. I programmed mine in Tauranga recently for one stop in Tauranga itself then five different addresses in Manurewa and it handed in a faultless performance. I did a round the houses in Melbourne a few months back too and it was perfect. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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