Owners of RVGarmin gps
I have read some good reports about the RV Garmin 770 here and other places, so I purchased one yesterday. Put in all my particular, height, weight, lengthy, etc. So far on the first 24 hours of use ...
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Proximity warnings are just that, by proximity. If I-40 passed in close proximity to that low bridge you'd get a warning. Probably a bit better than a low buzzcut.
I've seen those occasionally and once confirming there wasn't a low bridge along my route (but there was one in close proximity) I told it I was a car and proceeded normally.
I believe in setup somewhere you can reduce the range or turn it off entirely. It's doing what it's programmed (and you via setup) tell it to do.
On the other hand, I tried to plot a route across southern Louisiana and it flat-out refused. Didn't tell me why, which was frustrating. An inspection with Google Earth revealed a 12'3" bridge, which was several inches too short. I would've had to back up miles on a two-lane road across swamp to turn around. Google Maps was perfectly happy with it.
On that note, Google Maps happily routed me down farm-to-martket roads in east Texas, some one-lane and some unpaved one-lane. Of course I wasn't in the RV; I would never use a car nav app for an RV.
I've seen those occasionally and once confirming there wasn't a low bridge along my route (but there was one in close proximity) I told it I was a car and proceeded normally.
I believe in setup somewhere you can reduce the range or turn it off entirely. It's doing what it's programmed (and you via setup) tell it to do.
On the other hand, I tried to plot a route across southern Louisiana and it flat-out refused. Didn't tell me why, which was frustrating. An inspection with Google Earth revealed a 12'3" bridge, which was several inches too short. I would've had to back up miles on a two-lane road across swamp to turn around. Google Maps was perfectly happy with it.
On that note, Google Maps happily routed me down farm-to-martket roads in east Texas, some one-lane and some unpaved one-lane. Of course I wasn't in the RV; I would never use a car nav app for an RV.
