Dissapointed

MartinWilliams · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 7

I've just purchased my 3i today and have to admit I'm extremely dissapointed.

I've set up the custom POI's and Speed Camera warnings from here and they all seem to work great. The map is also as good as I imagined, however, the voice is absolutly shocking. Put simply it doesn't work.

Here are a summary of the problems - I hope someone can help, as even though it's only £140 - I expect it to work!

- Voice prompts are too late. i.e - turn right as you are actually passing the right turn

- Turn left and the road follows left and it's not a left turn at all. How am I supposed to know if I need to turn left down XYZ street or follow the road that bares left?

- No voice at all. At times it just gives up!

- Not saying or displaying which exit on a round about. "Approach roundabout".

- Keep left when it's a single carriageway road with no option to be on the right.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not expecting the latest state of the art Sat Nav for £150, but I was expecting better.

Can anyone advise? Is there anything I can do about any of these problems?

Thanks Laughing

Martin

Wildie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 57

update the firmware to 2.70, and set the system up for waas/egnos and not normal gps see how you go, also some car windscreens play havoc withthe reception you may need to invest in a ariel from maplins £9.99
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Almahadeus · Frequent Visitor Joined: Aug 06, 2005 Posts: 346

Welcome Martin. Don't be disappointed as you have got yourself a great piece of kit. You'll only need to go through this post here (probably seventh or eighth post down the line) :
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=33666

to find the answer to this common issue. Also make sure you have the latest (released today) firmware installed from Garmin's website. Hope ths helps.

MartinWilliams · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 7

Thanks for you replies.

I'm running 2.90. I check out the FAQ's but it's not really like there are words missing - the voice is just inaccurate and keeps sending me down wrong roads.

"Turn Right" - so I turn right and then it has to recalulate. It's a right mission to get to my mums a couple of streets away. Sad

I'm reading the forums to try and catch up and I realise the round about warnings are an ongoing issue, but telling me to turn right two seconds before the turn when I'm doing 40 is gonna get me killed, Laughing Out Loud

Almahadeus · Frequent Visitor Joined: Aug 06, 2005 Posts: 346

Yes there sre issues with v2.9 but now v3.0 is out and you can try it and see whether things will improve. If not then you'll need to go back to v2.7 and you can find it in websites posted on these forums. Let me know if you can't find them and I'll try and get them for you.

MaFt · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

hi, try resinstalling the voices anyway (change to american english then back to uk english - be patient, they take a while!)

it shouldn't just say 'approach roundabout' - it should say 'enter roundabout and take 3rd exit'

try it, y amight like it!

MaFt

Vendy · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 1

Have to say I am also dissapointed with the 'turn left on to xyz street' when in fact is a stay on abc road change to xyz road. Looking for a left turn when infact all it was a bend in the road coupled with a name change?

sunstrip_steve · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 126

Rodonn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 25

sounds like they may be shipping V2.90 which, universally, is a bag of shite.

Install either 2.70 or 2.82.
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pgosling · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 30, 2006 Posts: 3

Having had the i3 for about 5 days now I must say that overall I am extremely pleased with it!

It is what I expected from a GPS unit........

Have had a few issues with battery life - which seems to be ok now - touch wood!!

Have learnt to keep an eye on the map rather than "trust" the voice commands completely!

After all it is only a map!! No-one who designed the mapping software has actually driven down most of the roads on it so to them it may look like a junction when it is in fact not!!!!

A great piece of kit and for the £129.99 I paid for it - well worth the money!!!

Nice one Garmin!
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Skippy · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Dissapointed

What sort of car have you got? Depending on the windscreen you may need an external antenna to get proper reception which could cause the problem with voice prompts at the wrong time.

Rodonn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 25

Marty-Party · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 87

An alternative, which I use when in confined urban areas, is to display 'review turns' and press the centre wheel.

This shows the map ahead to the next turn so you can see complex roundabouts/junctions before you get there. It also displays the text of what you should do and the number of seconds at the present speed before you get there.

Personal choice of course but it's worth a try.

MrBitsy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 02, 2004 Posts: 28

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