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stevegrab:

--- Quote from: Patmo on March 20, 2015, 09:45:01 AM ---That could be why they have the rebate out.....wanting to clear out the old before bringing in the new?

--- End quote ---
Always a good way to get a good deal if you don't need the latest and greatest.

K Rider:
Purchased the 5 a few months ago. Very different than the garmin that I'm use to. Seem to work pretty well and maybe better than I realize but I'm still in the learning stage. It is a little difficult to see the screen in bright lights. The thing I don't like is that when transferring routes from tyre if u don't have enough waypoints (as mentioned previously) tomtom will change the route and it's a pain to go through and check it on the rider. Maybe there is an easier way that I don't know about yet.

FJRider:
I bought the 5 last year and have worked with Tyre to Travel downloading a few different routes. My first real experiment with it was at Fall Colors/2014. I carefully mapped the routes with the PDF's available and downloaded them into the Rider as "itineraries". When I tried to use them, I had to find them in the itineraries section, then it says "start navigating" and then asks if I want a winding route, avoid highways route, fastest route, etc, and it takes me to who knows where, so I just stuck with the Gazeteer paper maps that I always carry. If someone can explain to me what I'm doing wrong, I'd sure appreciate it, because I'm thinking they'll be putting out the routes for STAR shortly, and I'd sure like to have them loaded!


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K Rider:
You have to make sure you use plenty of waypoints to force the Tomtom on the roads you want to take. If there isn't enough waypoints the tomtom may take a different road to get to the next waypoint.

K Rider:
When you choose your route and it asks: winding route, fastest, etc. which one do u choose? I was choosing shortest route and if I didn't have enough waypoints it would change route and take me on some back road that is a shorter distance to next waypoint than what I originally choose in Tyre. I recently started using fastest route, which seems to work better for me.

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