Rand McNally Support Thread. (Part 3)

Anyone else have the exit number wrong for I57 south on 294 in Chicagoland? I believe the Rand Mcnally has it as exit 7 when it's actually exit 8.

 

Anyone having problems with the last tnd 80b update.... my system is stuck on the rand mcnally screen

 

Didn't notice this thread when I posted my topic, sorry mods. I'll post here but the forum wont let me delete that topic i started.


Have any of you guys had an issue with the tnd 740 or other model where it refuses to route you to any address manually entered?

Do a guided search to type in the address, any address, it displays the destination on the map, then you hit the route button and it just sends you to the previous destination you had entered?

You can scroll the map and manually tell it to route to an area and it will do it, but if it has to recalculate at all then it once again sends you back to that previois destination?

 

Don't know if the new systems are the same but years ago on the older systems the answer to this question would be that the unit can only do one route at a time so if you punch in a new route the best way was to delete the previous route if you hadn't reached that destination yet. Then it would route to the new destination just fine.

 

I was trying to update a friends gps, since he hasnt done it in a long time, and after the last update it only brings up the Rand McNally logo and does not continue booting.
I tried doing a factory reset, but get a message during the wipe:
"E:format_volume: make ext4 failed on /dev/block/by-name/UDISK with 1(No such file or directory)"

This makes me think the update might have screwed up the file system....

I have contacted Rand Mcnally about the problem, and being the good guys they are, they are willing to fix my device after the update broke it starting at $99, plus taxes and shipping....

So if anyone can point me to some tools and images that i can use to try and fix this, I would be eternally grateful.

 

Not to make lite of your predicament, but best advice is go to Walmart and get a $59 7" tablet and download the Smart Truck Route II app. In the long run you will be much happier.

 

Thank you for the suggestion. I have looked into a solution like that before.

Problem is, after the subscription and a data plan that covers Canada and USA, you are pretty much paying for a standalone GPS every year.

 

I dont use half gig a month

 

Not sure where you are based, but i have unlimted ATT Data, and like Tow says, i think i use less than half a gig on the smart truck part. the rest is my music, emails tv, etc.
the USA year plan is $59.95 (?) and you can Hot spot it off your phone. it really doesn't use much.

 

Im from Canada, and a decent data plan is not a problem, but it becomes one once you have to cover two countries and roaming.