why do we have these GPS's?????

This is so true. The internal battery is not fully charged and on the 5" it is not so bad if you "fire" it right up, but it is recommended to give it a good charge on AC.

The 7" is a whole different story. Because of the power requirements of the HD screen, you need to fully charge the internal battery on the 7" on AC before you use it. Time to charge is about 3 hours.

DC charges more slowly - 5-7 hours. So AC is recommended.

If you "fire" the 7" up without a good charge you will see freezing and possibly a black screen. If the battery is low the 7" will shut the screen down first.

If you have a good charge and you still get freezing and black screens, try running the 7" on AC and see if the results are the same. If not, then you have a loose DC cord.

As I have mentioned before the DC sockets on the truck are not as deep as the DC connector and you stand a chance of the DC connector slipping out of the socket while you are driving.

thanks,
Mark

 

I use mine mainly for an eta...i try my hardest to use paper maps and call a coworker that has been around forever...hes been everywhere and can tell me how to get anywhere. I'll check the map fimd a route then ask him how it sounds.

 

We only use ours to verify route numbers and road names that are on our permits. Oh and to find shopping and eating places withing walking distance of the truck stops.

 

I agree with you 100%.

 

Ive only had it be wrong 4 times and ive use a nuvi 465T, best gps ever!

 

A while back before I started driving, I was in a personal vehicle with a Garmin 2820, a great overall gps (the user interface is superior to any of Garmin's latest products, but lacks some of the nicer features). I was driving down the blue ridge parkway in Virginia, I lived in the area, and knew my way around, but I just recently bought the device, so my friend and I were just following it's directions. It told of a left turn in 5 miles. My friend was more familiar with this particular road and didn't know what it was talking about, so we kept driving, wondering what was going on. got to 1 mile, then 800 ft, 500...it was trying to tell us to turn left off a bridge! To this day we joke about how we should have turned left and sued Garmin! lol the sad thing is, we may of had a chance to win; GPS devices were still pretty new, and the warning was only crystal clear about not using it while driving. I don't think they had the warning, yet, that says not to blindly follow it's directions

that's my best GPS story, but I have several.

GPS' are great, but there's no doubt they are mentally handicapped lol. Still useful devices.

 

Get two of 'em, then drive the average route!

It'll give you two women to argue with too!

 

I use mine for trip planning mostly and keeping track of time. I verify routes given on the Atlas, and then will enter in the customer address and verify the GPS is going where I need it to go (most of the time, it's slightly different than the company routing). I call customers that I haven't been to before to verify their location and get directions from shipping/ receiving or the guards only as they generally know the truck routes.

 

yall keep talking about calling for directions. yall must know spanish better then me. cuz i have yet to receive an actual english speaking person.

and none of the other gps's seems to be having this battery issue rand is having.