Good Sam GPS woes
I recently planned an 8,000 mile trip with the Good Sam trip planner software. It is really immature and is quite difficult to change stopping points, can only accept 25 sites and offers a very shall...
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Vince-Charlette wrote:
Thanks for the wisdom from you more senior members. So far it seems the best thing to do is travel with both a GPS and a good quality map by your side. I will definitely heed the advice to get the truckers road atlas at the next truck stop. And, I'll make sure I have the latest map update even though I recently bought the unit and downloaded the database during start-up. Thanks for your replies. Keep em' rollin!
My new Itasca came with the Rand McNally branded version of this GPS. While it's generally handy, it has shown a couple of quirks here and there.
1) If you run it for a long period of time (seems to be in the range of 3-4 hours), the GPS seems to lose position by about 1/2 mile. A restart of the unit corrects this, though it can be problematic if it happens at a time when you're having to make a lot of turns/exits/etc.
2) The Rand McNally lady sometimes gets confused about what she wants to say. On a recent trip, she would randomly shout "warning!" but I couldn't figure out what it was she was trying to warn me about. I restarted the unit and the problem cleared up.
My dealer is about to replace the unit because of issues with the physical buttons sticking, so I'll see if a newer one with (hopefully) later code will resolve these problems.
I keep an iPhone (T-Mobile) and an iPad (Verizon) handy in order to look for stops and the like. While the GPS has a lot of information in it, I find it easier to rely on Google and then retype addresses right into the GPS interface.
