Re: Garmin SP 2610 Route Anomolies

From: Woody (TheDuck_at_pond.net)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:49:38 GMT

I would read the routes from the 2610, erase all routes and then reload
them. Make sure that any points set on divided highways are on the right
side.

"AlanHo" <alanho1937@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:aGYyc.88832$wd7.75459@front-1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> I recently downloaded and installed SP 2610 firmware V3.5 and Mapsource
6.1.
> Previous versions being 3.4 and 6.06 beta respectively.
>
> If I now create a route on the computer and download it to the 2610 unit -
> the routing and mileages are the same but the time differs. For example, a
> 180 mile route which is shown to take 3 hours on the computer is shown to
> take more than 11 hours on the 2610 unit. If I press the page button and
> look at the route listing you can see that some sectors between turns are
> shown to take grotesquely excessive times. If you ask the 2610 to
> recalculate the route - it then calculates reasonable times but not
> necessarily the same time as shown on the computer.
>
> New routes created by the 2610 unit since the upgrade seem OK but routes
> created before the upgrade stored in the 2610 unit also show excessive
times
> until recalculated.
>
> Whilst I can overcome the problem by recalculating a route before using
it -
> this is not always convenient because many of my routes include via points
> to force the route onto particular roads. If I use the recalculate
function
> in the 2610 unit it calculates either the fastest or shortest route and
does
> not take account of all via points.
>
> I have reported the problem to Garmin but wondered whether others have
> similar problems.
>
>