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gpspassion
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NanaimoRick
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 Posted - 08 avr. 2011 : 15:52:40
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Originally posted by danham
Thanks, gatorguy. In my VW Diesel Jetta Sportwagen, the 12v socket has its own irritating weirdness. It stays on after you shut the key off, but only for a short period -- I forget, but something like 30 seconds. So if I want to be there for the Do Not Shut Down dialog, I have to wait for that while tying up the lone Diesel pump. Luckily I don't have to buy fuel very often [grin]. I guess I should just pop it out of the cradle.
Just one of the differences between the US TDI wagon and the Canadian version. I turn the key off and the Nuvi immediately goes into the 'do not shut down' dialog. |
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otaku
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 11:34:26
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Earlier in this thread, somebody asked if the nuvi 1695 used A-GPS/cell phone type "GPS" capabilities.
I just bought my new 1695 and am very excited to take it on the road today. I still haven't been able to get a fix with it from inside my house (no surprise). At most, I see one satellite, sometimes another will come in for a second, but usually the satellite screen has been all dark.
BUT somehow the 1695 knows my city, and on the map it has me bouncing around near the place my cell phone usually puts me when its GPS is off (less than a mile from my real location).
I was very surprised to see it putting me in Orlando now instead of Chicago (the default location that popped up when I first turned it on and battery was too low for nuLink services).
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sussamb
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 11:41:42
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Once it 'knows' your location it will always 'pop up' with it when you switch it on, unless of course you're not where you are when you switched it off ... then it takes longer  |
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otaku
USA
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 11:52:21
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| No, it's not popping up to my location, and like I said it's never received a fix yet. Instead, it jumps me around the map near where I believe the cell tower is. Is showing a few miles from where I truly am. |
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sussamb
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 12:35:20
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| Apologies, misunderstood what you were saying. If it's never recived a fix yet then you need to get it somewhere where it can get a clear view of the sky, as it needs to establish where all the satellites are that it can see. Once it's done that its behaviour should be less erratic. |
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otaku
USA
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 14:32:02
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I was just posting to confirm that the 1695 does appear to have some sort of cell site triangulation protocol, similar to that of smartphones and the way they behave when the GPS is disabled. The 1695 appears able to get rough location information based solely on the cell towers it uses for nuLink.
I'm hoping now that I've gotten a fix (on my morning commute) the annoying select locale and language screens will go away.
I must say performance of the 1695 far exceeded my expectations, especially after reading some of the reports here. I was a bit nervous of my purchase. Screen redraws, touch sensitivity, OS speed, volume (it's loud!), everything far exceeded my old nuvi 785T. So far, so good. It got me to work well this morning. |
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sussamb
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 14:44:43
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| If you've had a fix then yes, the select locale and language screens will (should!) go away. |
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otaku
USA
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 19:11:33
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Real quick question here:
I work on the coast in a 2G only area (relatively rural). As I cross a river into the "mainland" 3G usually pops up. For lunch today, I noticed there was no weather icon on the map screen. During lunch, I tried to do a search using Google search but never saw any Google search results, only the Garmin search results (and there were no tabs to flip between Garmin/Google results like I've seen in screenshots). Has anyone seen this behavior before? Are certain features restricted in 2G mode?
I crossed into the mainland 3G coverage area briefly afterwards, and the weather icon popped up on the map screen. I wasn't in the area long enough to try the search again, as I was driving. Once on my map screen, the weather icon stayed there (but the animations would not load when I clicked on it).
I don't recall seeing any posts about the unit acting differently in 2G vs 3G coverage areas, so I wanted to see if this is "normal."
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philhu
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Posted - 12 avr. 2011 : 19:21:08
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Originally posted by otaku
I was just posting to confirm that the 1695 does appear to have some sort of cell site triangulation protocol, similar to that of smartphones and the way they behave when the GPS is disabled. The 1695 appears able to get rough location information based solely on the cell towers it uses for nuLink.
I'm hoping now that I've gotten a fix (on my morning commute) the annoying select locale and language screens will go away.
I must say performance of the 1695 far exceeded my expectations, especially after reading some of the reports here. I was a bit nervous of my purchase. Screen redraws, touch sensitivity, OS speed, volume (it's loud!), everything far exceeded my old nuvi 785T. So far, so good. It got me to work well this morning.
The triangulation first time shouldn't take more than a few minutes. Just go to a parking lot and sit in the back of the lot and listen to music :) It won't take long
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otaku
USA
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Posted - 13 avr. 2011 : 11:35:27
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I have no idea how to access the Google connected search on the nuLink 1695. It's nowhere. A normal Local Search only gives me results from Garmin, with no tabs to switch between Google and Garmin results as I've seen in screen shots. I swear one of the first times I turned the unit on I saw an icon in one of the menus specifically for a Google search function, but that icon is long gone.
Has anyone else seen this? Do I just not know how to use it right? I swear I've RTFM and it says to do a Local Search and you should receive Google results with a tab to switch to Garmin results.
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JGinhisSS
USA
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Posted - 13 avr. 2011 : 17:02:45
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| Otaku, if you go to the "Where to?" page, are you receiving the nuLink! (AT&T) signal? Did you register with Garmin? |
nuvi 680 - nuvi 500 - nuvi 1690 - nuLink! 1695 |
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otaku
USA
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Posted - 13 avr. 2011 : 17:15:35
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Yes, all nuLink features are working fine except for Google Search. The unit is registered with Garmin. I e-mailed Garmin and I think they confirmed I should see a Google Search icon in the Where To?->Points of Interest page. Still waiting to hear back from them on a possible solution.
May need to do a hard reset, though. |
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NanaimoRick
Canada
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Posted - 22 avr. 2011 : 05:21:06
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Garmin has released firmware version 2.80 for the 1695.
The change log looks like this:
Changes made from version 2.70 to 2.80:
* Fixed an error that caused PhotoReal Junction View files to not load during map updates.
* Improved display of safety camera scout information.
Update is available via Webupdater, see http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=5089 |
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