Sorry for going off topic a bit here, but unfortunately, I'm not even enjoying the latest GPS device that I recently purchased. A number of years back, I bought my first Garmin GPS and it worked great. It was like the neatest thing to come along since sliced bread, and I had relatively no complaints about it. Then, just less than a year ago I was about to take a long trip and ran across a good deal on a newer, supposedly improved model, so I jumped on it. Ouch... big mistake!Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeTbob
While the screen on the new device is a good bit wider, and it does give additional info such as current speed limits and such, the improvements end there. First off, the device took me hundreds of miles off course from my destination so I ended up having to use a paper map to get back on track. Then, the vocal driving instructions that it puts out are nowhere near as clear and audible as those on the older unit regardless of the volume level.
One night, while stressed in very heavy traffic on a super highway in a big city, the thing started beeping a new sound almost non-stop that turned out to be caused by multiple ads being sent to the device from a number of nearby businesses. Who would have ever thought that I'd need Adblock Plus installed on a GPS device? :lol:
Don't know... there might be a way to install better maps, disable the incoming ads, and implement a better speaker, but rather than fool with it, I simply shelved that device and went back to the older but much better unit that took me directly to the point of interest, never spewed out a single ad, and the vocal driving directives are loud and clear. :)
