Support Thread for the TND 500, TND 700 or future Rand McNally products. (part two)

Ok so the eta is independent but also fully dependent on your current speed and ive observed that quite often. I underatand the concept but, for lack of better words, im challenging the function of ETA adjustments because that should have nothing to do with the distance in road miles from point a to point b between odometers. Im fully aware that gps devices are and should be more accurate regarding speed but even the qualcomm unit which I believe measures my speed by gps says I am doing 65.0 or 65.1 when my gps says I am doing 64. I just want to make sure that my gps is definitely calibrated right, it is a refurbished unit so I have no clue what was wrong before I bought it.

 

NM I40 Westbound MM354.
I get a steep downgrade warning.

There is a small Hill at 348
Just checked Hill warnings is set at. 0.6ml

 

Thanks Mark. Im running a trail right now and its working okay so far but I have been in ohio all day and headed to indiana here soon. Will keep you posted. Can you let me know if you received my PM? Just wondering if youve read it or not yet, not trying to push for anything more than that lol. Thanks.

 

Please don't take is personally. I have nothing against you. It's this TND720 that was driving me bat #### crazy.

In strange way, I am glad you are here. I would prefer that I did not spend $360 on a product that has soo many shortcomings. I have calmed down alot since I first posted in your last support thread. I had full plans to document every stupid thing that TND720 did, make a YouTube product review that turned into a rant with the TND720 getting blownup sitting underneath a couple pounds of tannerite set off with a 700 yard shot. My goal was to get over 1 million views. I still might do that, depends on how a relationship goes. Maybe there are ways to tweek the setting to get it to do the smart thing that you could teach me, IDK, its worth a try.

I turned it off for about a month and just went old school trip planning. I turned it back on, just to have a live map running, but I rarely even put a destination into it anymore. I really like the speedometer. It mathches PERFECTLY with Smart Truck Route and my PV(personsal vehicle). Those 3 are always exactly the same mph. I did not compare my Timex Bodylink GPS with it yet. My Freightliner is off a few mph, so it is nice to have it for that.

 

Well, my attempt at sarcastic humor failed. Just like Hwy 10 in Wisconsin that I told you about. Hwy 20 in Iowa is not mapped correctly. Going east at Hwy 71, the tnd720 had me going south on 71 then East on 20 through Sac City and Rockwell City. Hwy 20 has be upgraded and rerouted. I don't know how long ago. This is my first time on this section.

When I was on Hwy 20, the TND 720 showed no road, no matter how far I zoomed in, thus the attempt at humor saying that I was mowing down corn and fences.

 

The map data on my TND 720 is several years outdated. The next set of maps has not release date as of yet. OMFG. And I paid $360 for it. !@#$%^&*()

 

I have to recall as I have not even used it for routing for some time.

I should not have to give you more details for an answer as to why it says, "In xxx feet, make a U-turn, IMPOSSIBLE", If the TND720 knows it an impossible uturn, why does it even BEGIN the instruct me to do so.


As for more info on it routing me onto to private property, here is an example. I cannot remember my exact start and finish point. I know that I was going through Westby, WI and past Osseo WI. It routed my north on Hwy 27, to I90 east to I94 west. Hwy 27 north of I90 is an STAA highway. That is what I take and many other local truck drivers take. When I would stay on Hwy 27 north and not go east on I90, it would not recalculate using Hwy 27, every intersection through Sparta, it would recaculate me to turn around to I90, outside of city limits, it would do the same thing, a couple of times, the route it recalculated for me were dirt roads on farms take go all over the property, which is private property. Several times, when I take a different route and let it recalculate, it has instructed me to "in xxx feet, make a U turn, IMPOSSIBLE"

Another example, a fairly recent one. I put in a destination just to get a idea of an ETA. Sioux Falls, SD to Edgar, WI. I need to swing by my bosses house to pick up some 8' drop tarps.

Off I90 east thru MN, I often take 42 north, to 61 north, to 25 north across the MN/WI border, stay on 25 north, to I-94 east. This time, at Durand, WI I took Hwy 85 towards EauClaire, which is an STAA highway. Every intersection itwas recaculating to turn around. I tried 'detouring' the highway that it was trying to route me back to. Every time the routegot longer and longer. It would not give me Hwy 85, the highway that I was on, which is a STAA highway. Is STAAth correct acronym? I believe it is the one you used when you tried explianing RM 'ILL'ogic. STAA, means, being apart of the National Network, right?