4.30 Firmware

Kremmen · Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 5:52 am Post subject: 4.30 Firmware

My 2597 got the 4.30 firmware yesterday so it's being rolled out.

Also a couple of updated language files.
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inspiredron · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 5:52 pm Post subject:

Yes, my 2598 updated today as well.

wibbley · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 97

No grey screen so far, but will wait for bad weather, which is when the problem seems worse.

Still no TT style usability & it still says 'drive to start of route' without telling me how to get there! (the point of sat-nav is it not?)

sussamb · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:18 pm Post subject:

Make the start where you are Very Happy

wibbley · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 97

yeah but I don't know where I am, that is the point of sat-nav :o)

Today, travelling along the main road & it bends to the right, with a very small single track road straight on. Now garmin expected me to drive straight off the main road onto the little single track road, however it thinks I am clairvoyant, thus does not give any instruction to leave the main road. Needless to say I stayed on the main road, due to no garmin instruction to do otherwise & ended up wrong. Never had this problem with TT. I cannot believe how poor the routing is on garmin, compared to TT.

sussamb · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 4:47 pm Post subject:

I'd report that as a map error, I've never not been told to take a side turning. Can you let me know where it is so I can check it then I'll report it also.

BTW You are where your satnav says you are Wink

. You can tap the vehicle icon and it'll let you know your position and set it as a favourite should you wish.

xtraseller · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:10 pm Post subject:

walkerx · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 10:11 pm Post subject:

wibbley · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 97

The garmin is just a bit naff at routing compared to the TT.

For example, I drive to a location, stop exactly where garmin says 'you have reached your destination' and turn off garmin.

I then go about my business, return to the car in the same location, turn on garmin, which correctly shows my direction of last travel and my location.

I am in the middle of a maze of little back street roads that I am not familiar with. I then select my next destination on the garmin. Now TT will route me from this exact spot, remembering my last direction of travel. So it may request I do a u turn or guide me through the back streets back onto the main road.

garmin however says 'drive to start of route' and looking at the garmin screen, it will quite often show the pink line starting behind me and my little blue car icon pointing forward, in totally the opposite direction thus garmin knows full well I am not facing the direction it wants me to take. Instead it expects me to know these local streets and which roads to take to get to the start of the route. This has even happened in a one way street, so no way of doing a u turn.

On another occasion I was parked just in front of a cross roads, garmin had told me to 'drive to start of the route' which was behind me. So do I turn left or right at these crossroads? Of course I turned left, which then did not allow me to do another left to get onto the route that was behind me. TT would have routed me from this exact location.

It may sound 'a minor issue' but this happens to me numerous times a day, as I use sat-nav all day every day.

I have also noticed that when selecting 'go home' it does not give the option of different routes, it just plots one and off you go.

The 3598 is nearly very good. They just need to nick the good bits from TT that it is missing; And I suppose TT need to put back on the good bits that they have taken off.

inspiredron · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 10:05 am Post subject:

A gps knows where you are but - until you start to move it has no idea which way you are facing. So it cannot give you cogent instructions until you start. This is made worse if in avoidances you have banned u-turns. I guess that TT may ignore that and correct it if you set off in the wrong direction.
You do have the route marked on your screen and a glance around you might help you to decide the right initial direction.
Satnavs are a guide and not a complete substitute for your other senses - IMHO

sussamb · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 11:05 am Post subject:

Kremmen · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 1:28 pm Post subject:

The wording on my built in SatNav is 'Proceed to the highlighted route'.

I'm wondering whether this similar info is telling you that your currently not being located on a known highway and you need to get to one so it can direct you accordingly ?
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inspiredron · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 2:17 pm Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 2:27 pm Post subject:

Provided you are 'close to' a road the nuvi will 'snap' your position onto the road, as it tends to assume you're on one. How far that 'snap' extends I have no idea.

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