New Garmin Montana

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by shu

I may have asked this before, but...

Does anyone know how the Montana organizes the list of routes? I usually number my routes when I create them on the computer to keep them in order but they seem to come up in random order on the Montana.

Any hints about how to name things so you can find them without going through the whole list?

.........shu

Garmin lists them by proximity. The nearest to you are at the top of the list.

You vill eventually stop vanting any ozer vay.

Complain. Write Garmin. It's effective at helping you forget how annoying it is. Don't expect it to change, though. We've been asking for that for ages.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by Mac

I'm not arguing the point. I'm adding information.

And I'm trying to make the distinction between a map bought on a Garmin sd card and a map download sent to a sd card. So I'm adding info too.

[Mac]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

And I'm trying to make the distinction between a map bought on a Garmin sd card and a map download sent to a sd card. So I'm adding info too.

I guess you need something to do, all alone in that frozen wasteland.

[atlas cached]

Originally Posted by Mac

It's not a theory that you can have multiple maps on a single card.
I was only commenting to one aspect of the previous comment, that implied only one map can be on an SD card.

If you purchase a Garmin uSD card with pre-installed map, the uSD card will only have just enough memory for the map file, usually leaving on a few mb in reserve.

Garmin does not put a 1.8GB map on a 16GB uSD card.

Of course, if you buy the DVD version and your own 16GB or 32GB uSD card and install the map there, you will have plenty of room for more maps and other files.

No post implied anything contradictory.

[atlas cached]

Originally Posted by Mac

I guess you need something to do, all alone in that frozen wasteland.

Look who's talking...

I see you are from Commierado.

Isn't that where your dear leaders have decided the peasants (you) are not responsible enough to have more than 10 rounds of ammo?

Either you agree, or you should be using your GPS to navigate your way out of there!

[atlas cached]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

You vill eventually stop vanting any ozer vay.

Thank you for that.

I need a laugh.

[Mac]

Originally Posted by atlas cached

Look who's talking...

I see you are from Commierado.

Isn't that where your dear leaders have decided the peasants (you) are not responsible enough to have more than 10 rounds of ammo?

Either you agree, or you should be using your GPS to navigate your way out of there!

Speaking of "getting out" - you've never posted in a non-GPS ADV thread? Really?

And, illegal regulations are meant to be ignored.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by shu

Does anyone know how the Montana organizes the list of routes? I usually number my routes when I create them on the computer to keep them in order but they seem to come up in random order on the Montana.

Any hints about how to name things so you can find them without going through the whole list?

As I said before, the list is in proximity order, but maybe there is some hope that Garmin might give us back alpha control since they actually did that with the waypoint manager, not so long ago.

So if you really want that feature, then tell them, often.

http://www8.garmin.com/contactUs/ideas/

[FireDog45]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

As I said before, the list is in proximity order, but maybe there is some hope that Garmin might give us back alpha control since they actually did that with the waypoint manager, not so long ago.

So if you really want that feature, then tell them, often.

http://www8.garmin.com/contactUs/ideas/

I'd think it would be pretty easy to add a preference choice for the sort when accessing the list, kinda like the routing choice - minimize time vs distance.

Time to send off another email...

[ducnek]

I'm sure this has been addressed, but I can't find the answer.

So I'm noob as hell with the Montana, and have used it maybe a half dozen times with routes I have created 300ish miles round trip from my house.

The routes have anywhere between 30 -50 turns, and was created on the autocalc routing using waypoints.

When I am on an active route, and make a deviation from it to go check something out, the Montana tries to (I think) back track to the last point on the active route. It does the auto recalculation, but it makes me back track often in place of finding the shortest route back to the active route.

How can this be fixed? I don't want to have to back track to my last point on the route, but just find the quickest way back to the route.

I might be wrong about this, I just barely know enough about the unit to be dangerous.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by ducnek

I'm sure this has been addressed, but I can't find the answer.

So I'm noob as hell with the Montana, and have used it maybe a half dozen times with routes I have created 300ish miles round trip from my house.

The routes have anywhere between 30 -50 turns, and was created on the autocalc routing using waypoints.

When I am on an active route, and make a deviation from it to go check something out, the Montana tries to (I think) back track to the last point on the active route. It does the auto recalculation, but it makes me back track often in place of finding the shortest route back to the active route.

How can this be fixed? I don't want to have to back track to my last point on the route, but just find the quickest way back to the route.

I might be wrong about this, I just barely know enough about the unit to be dangerous.

You can just turn off the auto-recalc. Set it to no or prompted if you like. This way, you can go off route and once you get back on route just continue on.

[ducnek]

Originally Posted by Albie

You can just turn off the auto-recalc. Set it to no or prompted if you like. This way, you can go off route and once you get back on route just continue on.

If I use this method, once I get back on route, will it continue with the turn by turn directions from that point on, or will it send me back to the last "on route" point, and then TxT from that point to the end of the route?

Than's what I am confused about.

[cablebandit]

You will just continue on your route from wherever you got back on it.

[ducnek]

Originally Posted by cablebandit

You will just continue on your route from wherever you got back on it.

[Countdown]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Garmin lists them by proximity. The nearest to you are at the top of the list.

Complain. Write Garmin. It's effective at helping you forget how annoying it is. Don't expect it to change, though. We've been asking for that for ages.

Same thing for tracks which is fine for some situations like just riding adn you need to turn last one off and turn next one on, but if you want to manage them like on the "Track Manager" page, it would be tons easier to have them alphs-numeric.

Dan said he was going to try to get this in future update.

PLEASE everyone complain!