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

Strange issue here. Sitting at a truck stop in Calhoun, Ga. The bottom rotating display reads- Calhoun, McMinn, TN. Coordinates are north 34°33'29.54" and west-84°56'2.84"

Mark W

 

Device status: normal
Gps state: high
Speed: O
Elevation: 764ft
Heading:146 deg
Lon:-84°56'2.84"
Lat:34°33'29.54"
Dop: 1.30
Satellites seen/used: 10/10

 

Listed without a quote...also, it is the first time I've experienced this particular issue.

Mark W.

 

Just dawned on me what you were referring to. Duh. And the answer is..... I don't know. The coordinates are correct. Just checked them against the gps on my aprs rig (only function is to provide gps data to the radio and is not a navigational device- google green light labs for info. Not comparing devices in anyway before anyone gets mad).

Mark W.

 

I don't know.....if it is, it's a rare (so far) occurrence because I haven't seen it before in all the time I've been using the device and that's been a while.

Mark W.

 

For 'fastest route' does the TND take into account time of day or other factors besides distance and posted speeds? I'm trying to figure out why the TND did this: I had a two stop trip going from NJ to Ft. Collins, CO then SLC. My first stop was on Donella Ct, zip 80524, then 2nd stop in SLC. After I was done in Ft. Collins, the TND recommended taking 14, 1, US-287 up to I-80. I was out of hours after that stop, so I went South on I-25 to Johnson's Corner (exit 254, Loveland).

Before I went to bed, I checked the TND and it was still routing up 287 but had me cut over west off I-25 before hwy 14. Since I was already familiar with hwy 14, I kept going north on I-25 and was going to repeat the part on hwy 14 I had run the day before. I thought the TND would just re-route me that way, but before I got to the hwy 14 exit, it recalculated and told me to go straight up I-25 to I-80. Are the distances that close that it changed the routing just because I wasn't already around 1.5 miles west of I-25? Or was the TND taking into account other factors? Thanks

 

Mark,

I have a 710 and I am unable to get it to connect with my computer. I have a toshiba laptop running windows 7, I have read previous threads on rebooting, different usb ports. and even a powered usb port which I just purchased. No luck on any of them. I am trying to get the files, address ect. off of it as I want to install them on my new 720.

Any further suggestions?

TND 710-003418-EL-10W52 V 0.0

Thanks,

Eric

 

mark my 700 you fixed will not let me enter new address,im sure its in settings but dont know where.all that comes up are about 6 address in nc and sc.update never mind got it