mooreadventures
North Carolina
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fordsooperdootydieselsmoker wrote:Theres a program that you can download into your Garmin, and you can change the messages to anything you want. One poster here on the forum got his to say "You're really lost now stupid!" LOL! 
I don't need to change the voice to say "you're lost stupid"...on mine...I'm married! 
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That's funny - I wish I could find a similar program for my Magellan.
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maddog348
Bakersfield,CA
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I just holler 'oh, shut up I changed my mind' - & - the turn the sound off. Like 'em for telling me where I am but don't always like their choice of routes to get there. Shortest - Fastest - bull &&^%$.
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david_42
Oregon
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Mine still doesn't accept the route to my house. I've found that setting "No U-turns" cuts the noise.
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big dave
Soldotna, Alaska, USA
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When you're on a new road that isn't in the data base it will do that. Mine thought I was out in the middle of nowhere with no road to turn around on, but still insisted I was off route. I just turned it off untill we were past the new section, where it resumed as normal.
Read the signs and be prepaired to overrule (and be prepaired to take the flack if the GPS was correct).
Dave & Rose C
90 Safari Ivory 34' DP
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SwanInWA
The Evergreen State
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david_42 wrote:Mine still doesn't accept the route to my house. I've found that setting "No U-turns" cuts the noise. We live on a street that runs past our house and up to a dead-end, and a guardrail. EVERY mapping software of ANY kind that we have EVER used believes that is a thru street, even though it hasn't been so for over 30 years. I've tested them all. They all tell me to make a right and go up to the highway and make another right. This is, in fact, IMPOSSIBLE.
I didn't realize you could set them for "No U-turns". I will definitely be giving that a try!
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SwanInWA
The Evergreen State
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maddog348 wrote:I just holler 'oh, shut up I changed my mind' - & - the turn the sound off. Like 'em for telling me where I am but don't always like their choice of routes to get there. Shortest - Fastest - bull &&^%$. Honey? Is that YOU???
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davidj54
South Alabama
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I've owned several brands and they've all gotten mad at me from time to time. It makes the DW laugh when "she" (the gps) tells me to "MAKE AN IMMEDIATE U-TURN" or "TURN RIGHT NOW!!". They will shut up after a few attempts to correct you. I think it's programming but it sure seems like they're just PO'ed at you.
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SwanInWA
The Evergreen State
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davidj54 wrote:I've owned several brands and they've all gotten mad at me from time to time. It makes the DW laugh when "she" (the gps) tells me to "MAKE AN IMMEDIATE U-TURN" or "TURN RIGHT NOW!!". They will shut up after a few attempts to correct you. I think it's programming but it sure seems like they're just PO'ed at you. Some of those self check-out voices at the grocery store have quite a tone too -- "Please place the item, IN THE BAG!"
(On a side note, my RV.net postings sure go up when I'm home sick with a flu bug!)
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hypoxia
Arizona
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SwanInWA wrote:david_42 wrote: We live on a street that runs past our house and up to a dead-end, and a guardrail. EVERY mapping software of ANY kind that we have EVER used believes that is a thru street, even though it hasn't been so for over 30 years.
Navteq Error Reports will take your data and correct it if you let them know. As far as I know every manufacturer uses the Navteq database.
Jim
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2008 F-350 6.4 Diesel
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RJsfishin
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She even finds a loop hole when you tell her "no U turns",....it then resorts to telling me to make 2 left turns. Took me way too long to figure that one out !
Rich
'98 Flair, 454, Onan Microlite 4k, Intel PD 9155 w/ wizard, Sta-power 1500 watt Inv, 2 6v batts, ammeters, KingDome/sat, Oly Catalytic Heat, hauling 2 Bent Bikes and sometimes towing a Tracker F&S boat.
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