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Pmay68 · Sep 11, 2010

Torque2Haul said: ↑

I've had my TND 700 for a few days. I've created some groups in the address book but when I go to the address book all the saved addresses show first instead of defaulting to the group folder listing. I think it makes sense to have the address book's default view the group folder listing if you've established groups in the address book. Thank you!!
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I second that motion..

Mark Kling · Sep 11, 2010

Pmay68 said: ↑

Hey new to the forums and got my 700 today..

Just a quick question on the maps as well.. I did the update and was rather quick.. a minute max to complete..

I assume the map is up to date at this time as it to my knowlede did not update any map.

The question for me is and forgive me if this has been answered in the past threads, just so much to read thought might be quicker to ask..

Will maps be auto updated when released or do I need to D/L from somewhere..

Thx.. Love it thus far by the way!!
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They will be part of the update on the 17th. BUT NOTE - your download times will vary by your connection speed. Allot at least 6 hours.

Thanks,
Mark

Mark Kling · Sep 11, 2010

Williamgon said: ↑

The replacement unit is working fine and better than ever. I had a problems with the car lighter, the red light is on, but its not charging. I think this will become a growing issue. must be a problem with the supplier or bad batch. Have anyone had issues with the cigar lighter?

BTW mark I have the T5E. is that good?
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On the AC charger it should take 2-3 hours, on a DC it could take longer. I have seen 4-6 hours to charge via the DC cord.

T5E is a good model.

Thanks,
Mark

Corkyf62 · Sep 11, 2010

This is just an observation that I made after a few days of playing with my TND 700. this is the first truck specific GPS unit that I have operated but I think my hypotheses would apply to all truck specific GPS's. I get the impression that the routing of the maps is just basically a NavTeq standard car routing map with the truck specific restrictions overlaid. In other words someone at RAND McNally(or Garmin) took a navteq map opened up an atlas and went through looking for truck restrictions. The reason I say this is that the unit keeps taking me down state and county roads that are illegal for the weight that I have. In Minnesota to travel with an 80,000 pound load you have to be on a minimum 10 ton axle weight road. A lot of the roads, state and county, are only rated at nine tons which means the maximum allowable weight is 73280 pounds. If you look in the atlas this is not listed, which may explain why my TND 700 and keeps wanting me to go down restricted roads. I have entered the weight in truck tools at 80,000 pounds. Some county roads and some state roads are at 10 tons but a lot aren't. This could be a potentially serious problem for someone not familiar with the Minnesota road system. Just an observation. Any comments?

Mark Kling · Sep 11, 2010

Corkyf62 said: ↑

This is just an observation that I made after a few days of playing with my TND 700. this is the first truck specific GPS unit that I have operated but I think my hypotheses would apply to all truck specific GPS's. I get the impression that the routing of the maps is just basically a NavTeq standard car routing map with the truck specific restrictions overlaid. In other words someone at RAND McNally(or Garmin) took a navteq map opened up an atlas and went through looking for truck restrictions. The reason I say this is that the unit keeps taking me down state and county roads that are illegal for the weight that I have. In Minnesota to travel with an 80,000 pound load you have to be on a minimum 10 ton axle weight road. A lot of the roads, state and county, are only rated at nine tons which means the maximum allowable weight is 73280 pounds. If you look in the atlas this is not listed, which may explain why my TND 700 and keeps wanting me to go down restricted roads. I have entered the weight in truck tools at 80,000 pounds. Some county roads and some state roads are at 10 tons but a lot aren't. This could be a potentially serious problem for someone not familiar with the Minnesota road system. Just an observation. Any comments?
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It is more involved than opening the MCRA and looking for data. MN places a weight per axle and the TND looks at gross weight. Rand is looking at how they can adapt the TND to fulfill requirements such as MN.

Thanks,
Mark

mrtrdrvr · Sep 11, 2010

Mark, Sent you an email with the requested info, Thanks in advance.

Coontick · Sep 12, 2010

cc194217 said: ↑

Connect your TND to your computer, turned on of course. Close the TND Dock. Go into your start up menu and click on (my) computer. You should see an external drive called Intelliroute. On it you should see a Navi folder. double click on the Navi Folder and delete the Bin and the Layout folders. Leave this window up.

Then go to your start up menu again. Look for the control panel. Click on the control panel and look for "remove or uninstall" a program. Click on that. Scroll down till you see the Rand McNally TND Dock. Uninstall it.

Once it is uninstalled, look again on your TND. You may have to click on the left arrrow in the upper part of the directory screen to go back one level. You should see a file called SetupTNDDock. On the T5C it will be on the save drive as the Navi and RM folders, on a T5B it will be on the drive with a Navimaps and Navivoices folder. Once you found it, double click on it and run the install. Once the install is done, then click on update and update the TND.

Let me know if it updates okay this time and the error message goes away.

Thanks,
Mark
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Well mark I followed your directions and deleted the files and tried to reinstall tnd dock after removing it. When I reinstalled off of the TND 500 the dock came up with an error and would not open. So I downloaded the tnd dock of the net and tried that.. The tnd dock of web opened fine but stil says the tnd 500 is not connected..

Looks like the software or something is messed up on the sd card.... is there a way to download the software..

Also Had to get a new GPS for my student driver last night and thought I would try the NuVI465T since I already have the TND 500 well going to return Nuvi as soon as I can get the TND fixed Or I will have to upgrade to the TND 700

Thanks Mark just need to get TND500 running again I really miss it

Michael

Mark Kling · Sep 12, 2010

Coontick said: ↑

Well mark I followed your directions and deleted the files and tried to reinstall tnd dock after removing it. When I reinstalled off of the TND 500 the dock came up with an error and would not open. So I downloaded the tnd dock of the net and tried that.. The tnd dock of web opened fine but stil says the tnd 500 is not connected..

Looks like the software or something is messed up on the sd card.... is there a way to download the software..

Also Had to get a new GPS for my student driver last night and thought I would try the NuVI465T since I already have the TND 500 well going to return Nuvi as soon as I can get the TND fixed Or I will have to upgrade to the TND 700

Thanks Mark just need to get TND500 running again I really miss it

Michael
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Has your TND connected before?

I need to see a file off your computer. On your computer monitor, in the bottom right, is a small icon (looks like a snowflake). Mouse over, and then right click and exit.

Then go to your C:\logs folder and send me the last few days of your logs. The log for the current date will not have a date behind the extension, but I do need the current log as well.

Thanks,
Mark

frago · Sep 12, 2010

Is the 500 Still being produced and updated?
I have no need of a giant 7 inch screen but don't want to buy something that is obsolete.
Thanks.

Mark Kling · Sep 13, 2010

frago said: ↑

Is the 500 Still being produced and updated?
I have no need of a giant 7 inch screen but don't want to buy something that is obsolete.
Thanks.
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yes it is.

thanks,
Mark

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