When I am home (like a hour or so I'll give you the SN). I bought this off a TTR member so I don't know when he bought it. Thing is in great condition and if they charge to fix it then I'll pay the fee if it's not under warranty. Otherwise I'll be buying a new 710.
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Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Mark Kling, Apr 16, 2010.
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I managed to fix it. Took a flat head to pop the button out and now it turns on and off. Don't have much time to send it in to get fixed. I do know I plan on buying the 710 here shortly anyways unless you know if there is a newer model coming out soon.
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BTW,, still waiting on your truck number so I can relay to your safety department to follow up on the 710.
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Found this, both favorable. - One is just training on how to use.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Real life saver for Truckers
This has saved me a lot of time by avoiding problems ahead. Even the regular driver would enjoy being able to avoid up coming traffic jams. Easy to use, just plug and listen.
Published 2 months ago by Spockearss
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mac Users Be Aware
This product is not as easy as I would like for Mac users to update. As a result, some features work better than others. May be a function of the challenging way you have to update your RVND dock. Overall, using the product is best suited to your co-pilot as I have not figured out how to get traffic displayed automatically as one approaches. Still, I would buy again.
Published 4 months ago by D. BernheimLast edited: Nov 27, 2011
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Mark Kling Thanks this.
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Some of the features will allow the TND when you have the settings set will allow the TND to route around types of traffic. Red being stopped and Yellow being slow.
The traffic will pick up NavTeq broadcasted traffic. It is generally around major cities. NavTeq web site will show that list.
Overall I say it works pretty well, but it will be limited to major cities.
http://www.navteq.com/ click on traffic.
How far from each city is dependent on the broadcasting of that station around that city.
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That is how works in the other devices I've used. However, when the device senses it's not moving, I actually see ads on the screen. Ads keep the actual subscription free but I'd be willing to pay a fee to get rid of them if NavTech offered one-which I don't believe they do for these devices at present.
Seeing the traffic/incidents maybe a good thing but rerouting seems to me probamatic at best. Is it really better, for example, to get routed off the interstate or restricted access roads in favor of surface streets? and the traffic isn't real "real time". It takes time for the information to be entered and then broadcast, providing the device is within line-of-sight to the nearest braodcast point. Using LA as my example-can it really make a difference?
Still I want to see what it does with RM setup.
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