luudee Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) I recently got a new Fortuner, this time with the built in GPS. In my old one I was using a dash mounted Garmin nuvi 710 GPS (Thai version). Last weekend we went to Kho Chang from Pattaya and I let the new built in GPS guide me. That dam_n thing took me on dirt roads and through scary undeveloped areas, before I started to ignore it and steered towards the highway. It corrected the route and stayed on the highway until we where 2/3 there, and than wanted to go through each small village again. I stopped several times and went through all the settings and menus on the built in GPS. It had a selection to "allow highways and tollways", but I could not find something like "prefer highways" like on the Garmin GPS. Of course I had "allow highways and tollways" enabled. I could not find any setting that would prevent it to go of the highway. Is this just a useless piece of junk GPS, or did I miss some hidden menu/setting ? I used my Garmin Nuvi 710 for many years without any problems at all. This baby is as close to a mind reader in terms of directions as I can imagine. Map updates are 1000 baht per year. Any pointers/ideas ? Thanks, rudi Edited August 24, 2011 by luudee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 A normal map can't be beaten. I have used it all my life, and never got lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 You better ask one of the Mods to move it for you to the GPS forum, for some serious answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luudee Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 A normal map can't be beaten. I have used it all my life, and never got lost. I totally disagree. My Garmin Nuvi 710 is a master piece. Very accurate and fast. rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 A normal map can't be beaten. I have used it all my life, and never got lost. I totally disagree. My Garmin Nuvi 710 is a master piece. Very accurate and fast. rudi So is the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 A normal map can't be beaten. I have used it all my life, and never got lost. I totally disagree. My Garmin Nuvi 710 is a master piece. Very accurate and fast. rudi So is the map. Does GPS tell you your a complete Twonk if you miss a turn ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 A normal map can't be beaten. I have used it all my life, and never got lost. I totally disagree. My Garmin Nuvi 710 is a master piece. Very accurate and fast. rudi So is the map. Does GPS tell you your a complete Twonk if you miss a turn ? No idea. I've never used one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I totally disagree. My Garmin Nuvi 710 is a master piece. Very accurate and fast. rudi So is the map. Does GPS tell you your a complete Twonk if you miss a turn ? No idea. I've never used one. My Mrs, with the map upside down, calls me a twonk if l miss ''her'' turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) My toyota GPS is spot on. If I just go for example to get fuel within second's it's updating and pointing me in the right direction. You may have a problem with your's go get it checked. Edited August 24, 2011 by fredob43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 >I used my Garmin Nuvi 710 for many years without any problems at all. >Any pointers/ideas ? What's stopping you moving your Garmin Nuvi to the new car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luudee Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 My toyota GPS is spot on. If I just go for example to get fuel within second's it's updating and pointing me in the right direction. You may have a problem with your's go get it checked. My GPS is accurate to the location and direction as well. I just don't like it taking me through dirt roads when I setup a 400km trip. Thanks, rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luudee Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 >I used my Garmin Nuvi 710 for many years without any problems at all. >Any pointers/ideas ? What's stopping you moving your Garmin Nuvi to the new car? Nothing. And next trip I will bring it along. However, my point is that I specifically purchased a car with a built in GPS, which appears to be useless outside of city navigation. I was hoping to resolve if there are some settings I have missed or if there is something other wrong with it. Instead I am getting some nonsense responses to use a map, and how much better it is ... seems like lots of really bored people on this board .... rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luudee Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Dear Mods, if any of you is reading this please close this thread - it has become clobbered with totally useless garbage. I will try to reopen it in the GPS forum. Thanks, rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaNim Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Rudi, On your Garmin if you select shortest route rather than fastest route it will also take you on small roads and through villages. Could there be a Shortest/Fastest option or similarly labled option on your Toyota GPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luudee Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Rudi, On your Garmin if you select shortest route rather than fastest route it will also take you on small roads and through villages. Could there be a Shortest/Fastest option or similarly labled option on your Toyota GPS? Hi SaNim, yeah I totally agree with what you are saying. I could not find an equivalent setting on the Toyota GPS. Thanks, rudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertsonmartin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My Fortuner in-dash GPS gives me three options after input of the destination. You can then select "Quickest", "Shortest" or another I can't remember the title of. Quickest should keep you on the highways. One thing you can modify in the settings of the unit is to change the average speeds of the roads. If you raise the average speed of the highways to higher than the default then this would make the "Quickest" route a lot more quicker than the "Shortest" route and keep the route more on highways....If you get my drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) Dear Mods, if any of you is reading this please close this thread - it has become clobbered with totally useless garbage. I will try to reopen it in the GPS forum. Thanks, rudi it has becomeclobbered with totally useless garbage. Pattaya to Koh Chang, and have to use a GPS. BTW. When will they start calling these things iGPS? The i thing seems to be popular nowadays. Edited August 25, 2011 by Semper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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