Suppport Thread for the TND 500, TND 700 or future Rand McNally products.

Hey Mark, now I'm not sure whether to ask here or the other thread.. but here goes. Twice now, I've driven from Inianapolis to Denver... what should be a simple route straight west on I 70. The TND insists on trying to get me to go north and take smaller roads to go west. Shortest or Fastest setting doesn't seem to make any difference. Am I missing something here?

 

Yup. That would be a question for THIS thread.

Also, I just played with your scenario using standard 53' truck/trailer settings.

Indy to Denver (shortest) 1064 miles (goes west on I74 to I72 to US-36)
Indy to Denver (fastest) 1070 miles (goes west on I74 to I72 to US-36)

Both are straight forward routes but they do NOT use I-70.

Then: (using I-70 by touching a spot on that road and adding it as a waypoint.)
Indy to Denver (fastest) 885 miles using I-70.
Indy to Denver (shortest) 887 miles using I-70.

Yup - you have a legitimate question my friend.

 

i was out driving around with the tnd in my car to test it out. The battery ran out. I went home and charged it, it was in standby mode when i started charging it but i did not know that at the time. After it was charged i turned it off and back on, and the map is showing me at the location the battery ran out instead of being at home.
Will that change once i start driving again or is there a problem.

ok after many hours of being home the map now shows me at home.

 

So when will I be able to add that spot as a waypoint on my 500? Or was that in the update my computer just downloaded?

 

I thought there was a way to route a trip from point A to point B while you are sitting at point C. Something to do with "set as origin"? I can't seem to make it happen now. Can you point me in the right direction? (fitting pun)