Cobra Electronics 7700 PRO GPS

just did the map update yesterday march 10 Went out on road today had gps on used it to find some addresses . New map update has a fault I work around Toronto ontario Canada before the update it listed and spoke the proper names of the hwys EG turn right onto hwy 401 or stay to the left on hwy 401 now it refers to all the hwys around Toronto as O-N 401 or O-N 427 hope you can update a patch to fix this becouse its easy to miss a exit while waiting for it to finish telling you where to exit
thanks

 

I too installed the update. Here's an example of my problem.

If I set a route from say Pickering Ont to Cornwall Ont, the unit will now call out each exit ramp before I get to it, telling me to "stay to the left," once I pass the exit ramp, it will tell me how far to the next exit ramp and tell me the same thing. Stay to the left.
I found this really bothersome considering there are quite a few exit ramps between Pickering and Cornwall.

And while in Montreal Quebec, it will read the number of the exit in french. Whats up with that?

Thanks.

ps..I installed my unit in my Pete on the Sunvisor using two large black plastic ties and ran the wires in the dash to a fused power source. Looks and works great. Now I can finally see the right lower side of my front end with out the gps blocking my vision, and what surprises me is I am still locked on to all the sats without the extension antenna. Cool!

 

Okay, so I am about to get a truck gps and am torn between the RM-TND 500 and the Cobra GPSM 7700. Can anyone please tell me the advantages either has on the other.

- Has anyone used both that can tell us which is most accurate? (Doesn't tell you that you are approaching a street after you've already passed it, etc.)

- Are either going to add lane assist anytime soon?

-Promiles vs Rand McNally? (My company's Qualcom uses RM. I thought it might be good to go Promiles just to have the routing comparison.)


I am going to post this question on the RM - TND 500 thread too, just to make sure I get all the info I can before I drop $$ on a new gadget.

Thanks for the great thread!

I don't think that it can be stressed to drivers enough that you CAN NOT rely on gps. It is one of three tools in your toolbox. 1. Motor Carriers Atlas 2. GPS and 3. The one that bridges the gap, COMMON SENSE.

In Chicago a couple days ago, I was approaching the road that I was looking for, but wasn't sure it was it. No street signs. I went past it and was sure that had to be it, after I passed it. I pulled over and looked it up on Mapquest on my phone. That was it. Lucky me, I was able to just drive around the block. It would have been nice to have a GPS confirm that was my turn. Truck drivers know how much time it can cost you to miss a turn or when you have been given bad directions. (No place to turn around for several miles sound familiar?) GPS is a usefull tool that must be used with common sense AND an motor carriers atlas. Period.

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Does anyone that has purchased one of these units wish they had not?