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

Make sure it is away from any Dash Cams. Sometimes "right out of the box" it may take an hour or several to acquire GPS. I would just leave it on and let it set for a few hours. Then go to Preferences/General/GPS Status - Used should be 4 or greater and DOP should be below 2. Most times DOP is below 1.

Let me know if it still does not pick up.

CB radios will also interfere with GPS's.

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Mark

 

Do a back up on the Dock and then a restore to the 520 from the Dock. It will note you have a different model, but click OK on that.

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Mark

 

I will have to check on that. I do suspect it what is at the booth for the Toll Cost.

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Mark

 

Low is based on maximum discounts at least expensive time of day, high based on price without discounts.

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Mark

 

Your phone will not take into account truck restrictions. If you find a road missing, then let me know. You mentioned "a lot of roads out of date", so you must own a TND. What model? It could be you are not on the most current maps. Maps will never be 100% correct. I have access to the most current live maps on a daily basis. Let me know what road is missing and I can verify if it is on the latest maps on the TND and on HERE.

And yes I will take the flak for the maps not being updated yet on the 510/710 (if LTM) and the 520/720 models. I truly apologize for the delay in RM not releasing them as of yet. I do not have a published date yet as to when. Again, truly sorry. :smt102

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Mark

 

Freeways prefer had me onto I-494 (MN) to I-94 (MN) to I-94 (WI) to I-39 (WI) to I-39 (IL) to I-55 (IL). Your settings under Preferences/route will make a huge difference in how the TND will route you.

Phone does not take into account STAA or Non-STAA, weight, height, and other truck parameters.

Again, if you know of any instance of a False restriction, by all means let me know where. The data cannot be verified and corrected if needed if all I get from users is that it warned me off a low clearance that was not there.

I would not suggest the "All in One" kits for the TND's. These kits were made for other electronic items.

A lot goes into the GPS either RM's or anybody else's. The Map data is very complex in that it takes into account a lot of variables that will determine how the router in the GPS will plan the route.

You see a road, the GPS see a lot of variables for each segment of the road and has to determine based upon your truck settings how it will route you on a safe truck legal route.

Map data will never be 100%. It is a time consuming process from construction to the final project completion to getting it into the state networks up to federal networks into the Map data.

As mentioned before, give me details on items that give a "false" warning, roads that are not correct or roads missing, etc.

A lot will depend on what mapset you have. If you have the 720, did you update to the last set of maps last year? I know the current one has not been released yet.

Thanks,
Mark