Can someone else with a TND 740 check something for me?

Aye. Part of the reason I bought Rand products was the 'lifetime map updates' that were promised, but not delivered.

I might try a different manufacturer when I get fed up with Rand not updating their maps on my current device.

 

When I retired my TND 720 because the maps were out of date, I bought my current TND 740 and updated it the same night, and verified that the map data was different. (I was going to return it for another device if it wasn't updated.)

The fact that the TND 740 had a better map than the TND 720, despite both having the most updated maps possible, told me that Rand had simply abandoned the TND 720.

I gave them a pass on that. Once.

 

Based on the craptastic level of map updates, the atrocious new Rand 2.0 navigation system, and the fact that the TND 750 has been the top of their basic line of truck GPS for two years now, I suspect the company is about to fail.

Sad, really. All they needed to do to actually improve the old Rand navigation system was tweak it. Instead they completely broke it into stupidity and have consistently failed to do anything about it. They clearly have nobody in the dev team with any experience at all driving a truck.

As an example of the extreme stupidity of the 2.0 version, there is no longer an option to 'prefer freeways' which leads to the retarded thing trying to route you off the interstate at an exit ramp, just to immediately return to the interstate at the same exit if the interstate is making a curving turn and the exit is a shorter path.

I have had it try and route me through a LOT of incredibly stupid places too. It no longer has any aversion to subdivisions, apparently. If the speed limit and distance seem like they are a faster route, the new Rand 2.0 will send you there.

 

You might try connecting the standalone charger while it is on the charging mount.

The 750 cannot maintain a charge either, especially during the day. I have to use the pedestal charger and the USB charger at the same time for an hour or so every day in order to get a full day of driving with the 750.

 

Did they push the Rand 2.0 navigation down to the 740 models as well? My 740 routing occasionally had issues with routing, but nothing like the stupidity of the 750 I have now. Especially for pathing within 10 miles of a shipper or receiver.