rhingst wrote:
We just got our RV 760 Tuesday and used it yesterday for a 102 mile trip and the arrival time was off by over a half hour. I downloaded the latest firmware this evening but it made no difference. I'm open to suggestions.
I take it that you must be new to using a GPS.
The arrival time when starting a trip will be based on either an average speed for a trip (i.e. 50 mph), or a current estimate of you actual speed at the time you checked it. Sit in stalled traffic and watch the estimate of your 2 hour trip rise to 10+ hour estimate.
In other words; you might have been averaging 60 mph early on and then ran into traffic and go slowed way down. The total trip took longer since you only averaged 45 mph because of stops, or slow traffic.
Easy to see in the winter months. A 1 hour commute across city takes 4 hours because of ice or snow and gridlock.
It's the very reason many people are always late for work. They never check conditions ahead of time and plan on the extra time needed for the trip.
The GPS is working fine. You just need time to learn the functions and what the readouts actually mean.
