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

Mark - I think we misunderstand each other. I really am not here to fight with you, believe it or not. Nor am I here to hear myself talk LOL... I just want solutions after a year of problems.

However, the unit I have has irritated me badly, and admittedly I am rather impatient when it comes to answers, especially after a year of fighting with it. I'm sure you can understand that. On your recommendation, I checked the SD card... Well, well,well...

Thank you for that bit of info. So maybe a non-HC card and the upcoming update will finally fix this thing.

Believe it or not, I do empathize in some way - I studied computer programming in college and can imagine it is very frustrating to deal with the same issues again and again.

But as I said, it simply isn't feasible for most of us to browse such a huge thread. Average workday out here is 12 hrs, without much more time than it takes for dinner, shower and sleep in between. In the words of Robert Frost, we have promises to keep, and miles to go before we sleep.

 

I'm pretty sure he has the Via's in there to force the unit to use an alternate route so if there was an alternate route function then the Via's would be an non issue as the unit would route him on the roads that he wants to take and would not constitute a stop of any kind.
Some systems eg: Google Maps, CoPilot let you drag the map around on the screen to change the route to your liking, maybe that's the answer.

 

I think you have to let the whole Via thing go. If you plot a destination then put in multiple stops, you have a route set up. Now you want to bypass a downtown area so you alter the route but you Don't use a Via to do that. After you alter the route your first stop will be the same as before and should show up if you set the preference to show next stop instead of total trip.
The word VIA means " by way of " and should never be treated as a stop.

 

I agree to a point. Via should be for the TripMaker import.

Personally, on multi-stop loads, I would just enter each stop as a separate trip as I cleared the previous rather than fight with this. I have had numerous issues with the planned route changing after something as simple as a fuel stop.

Mark - you mentioned auto-recalc earlier. I don't see that option anywhere, though I did find a "auto fast recalc" in preferences... is that what you're referring to?

 

I have always used Manual Recalc but have found that if u stay off route for any length of time or for any distance u will have to hit the recalc button as the unit will not resume by itself even if you are on the road that it was following prior to going off route. Prob a set time/distance restriction or it just wants to be touched LOL

 

I've been known to use vias to force an alternate route. Trouble is, that doesn't always work as planned either. LOL