You will not get a warning when you go off route now when you have
automatic route recalculations turned on. The system will just
inform you that it is recalculating the route. The message
previously was "Warning off-route recalculating Vehicle (or
Pedestrian). But this was too long so we shortened it to just
"Recalculating Vehicle". The mPower and PK have this automatic
recalculation on by default. Classic's have this turned off (speed
of recalculation is the reason why on the classics it is off by default.).
If you turn off the auto-recalculation then you will hear "Warning
Off Route" message and then you can recalculate the route yourself if
you want. There are two ways to do this, do an R-V or R-P or use the
recalculate hot key of Dots 3-7 or on the QT its a forward or back
slash "/" or "\".
To turn on/off Auto Route recalculation is GPS Options and select
"Off-Route Recalculation"
Charles
Hi: Last night, mine recalculated in a vehicle rout w/ no warning. It might have been because there are two ways to get to my destination and the BN probably was adjusting for the way that Mom chose to get there.
Sarai D. Bucciarelli
-----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Parks Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:17 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx?? Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: 3.5 frustrations
Mike,
I will try going to a differen area. As far as the recalculation goes, it isn't the function I like, it is how the BN seems to do it for no reason. I will not be told anything--no turns, no "continue straights" no nothing--and all of a sudden I hear, "recalculating pedestrian". I have no idea why it does this. Should I reinstall or something? Maybe redownload and replace my map? I saved one of the routes that gave me trouble. Should I send that to anyone?
Thanks, Alex
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:59:08 -0700 >Subject: [gps-talkusers] 3.5 frustrations
>Alex,
>It is hard to know what is exactly happening without being there. Two suggestions:
>Try a route in a completely different area and see what happens.
>And, you can turn the automatic route recalculation off in the GPS Options Menu if you don't like the behavior.
>Mike
>At 01:34 PM 4/30/2006, you wrote: >>Hi all,
>>I finally got a nice day, with little wind so I could hear my BN. >>I took a walk with GPS 3.5 and my mPower, using the Earthmate Blue Logger. I created a route, and intentionally went the wrong way at first, but was never told I was wrong. I turned around, giving up on being notified of my error, a feature I was looking forward to. After a while of NOT being told to turn (there was only one street to turn on anyway) I was told I had missed to points along the route. I was told to turn left, correctly, and I must say the accuracy was amazing; I was told to turn at the exact moment when I would have still been on the sidewalk. That narrow a margin and it still got it right!
>>Anyway, things like that kept happening--going the wrong way but only being told so once, randomly being told I had missed two points of which I was never notified... and I was always being told "recalculating pedestrian route" when I had never been told to turn. Why does this happen? It is absolutely maddening; I was looking forward to all the new features, and the accuracy is amazing. Now, however, it seems my GPS refuses to give me any information on where I am going. I read the routes section of the manual, and it told me nothing I didn't already know. Oh, what is the "connecting to street" in the route? For example, the first waypoint would be a few feet away, called "connecting to (street name)", where street name was either the street or intersection from which I was supposed to start. BTW, I was never below having 5 satellites (48? feet) the whole time.
>>Thanks for any help, >>Alex
Charles M. La Pierre CTO Sendero Group, LLC
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