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I suspect that other manufacturerss simply interpolate where in a given block an address will fall when that happens. Weird.Īnother anomaly I noticed – I couldn’t navigate to my office, even though I can with other brands using NAVTEQ maps. This will put you in a mode where you cannot pan the map! Just start panning from the primary map screen, then you’ll get options to go to 2D if you wish. But here’s a tip – don’t tap the “eye” icon. To navigate to a point on the map, tap and hold your finger on the map. Note that you can tap the Home icon, go to Voice command mode, access Bing voice search, or tap Enter destination for more options. One saving grace for the side panel - it returns to the previously selected open panel upon shutdown and restart. In the image above, when trying to cycle through displays, it is too easy to touch just past the right arrow, and tap where it says NE, which closes the left pane. I’ll also note that the buttons to scroll through these panels are small. This side panel setup means that it takes too many taps to get to some things, such as a list of upcoming turns. Still there is a reason that both Garmin and TomTom have chosen to enable display of both ETA and vehicle speed on the map screen in their current generation devices.
#MOTONAV TN20 GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM DRIVERS#
Granted I have a bit of a lead foot, and many other drivers won’t find it as important to display current speed. IMHO, this is critical information which should always be shown on the screen, and it’s probably my biggest gripe with the device. When navigating, the available panes include an overhead map view, a summary of turn-by-turn directions, waypoints on your route, trip info (including ETA), nearby POIs, and a dashboard including your current speed and elevation (shown above).Īnd there we have one problem you can’t display basic information such as ETA and current speed at the same time. This is shown in the image below (I apologize for the photo quality the MOTONAV devices have no built-in facility for capturing screenshots). The latter was generally accurate, but was mainly displayed on major highways and not secondary roads.Ī pull out on the left side of the screen brings up a panel which you can use to cycle through a lot of information. As you can see, there’s also a next turn indicator, name of the street for the next turn, zoom buttons and speed limit. There is a voice input prompt (more on that shortly) and an “eye” icon for accessing a map view that can be shifted between 2D track up, 2D north up and 3D. The vertical bar on the left (shown below) gives the remaining time to your destination and a visual indication of trip progress. Unfortunately, a limited amount of information is presented here. The 5.1” screen gives you plenty of map real estate more than is actually needed. With no way to power it down and no removable battery, I was very glad it had a recessed reset button on the bottom of the unit, which worked fine, BTW. One other problem I had –- not sure how, but I managed to get the unit to completely lock up on the splash screen once. Generally, satellite acquisition was fast, though once I did notice a lag of several minutes in mountainous terrain that made me wonder how it would perform in deep urban canyons.
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The unit automatically powers on and off, though it takes a good 7 or 8 seconds for the power options screen to come up once you turn off your car, asking if you want to leave the unit on battery power or let it auto-shut down – meaning you need to wait for this screen if you stop to get gas and want the unit to stay on. If it’s been more than four days between uses, the unit will enter a “power saving mode.”Ī powered mount is included, so you don’t have to fuss with the micro-USB port each time you use it. The MOTONAV TN765t never really powers down, so boot up takes only a few seconds. Still, I had no trouble viewing the screen in various lighting conditions, and the matte appearance may have contributed to this by reducing glare. The screen is bright, but has a matte finish which makes it seem to not pop, visually speaking. One button can be customized, although options are limited to contacts, favorites, messaging and recent trips. I found the volume buttons to be convenient, though they are also easy to accidentally press when mounting or dismounting the unit. The rear facing buttons allow you to zoom in and out, and mute, increase and decrease volume. The top has a return to map screen button, which didn’t work on my pre-production unit. The MOTONAV includes some physical buttons on the top and back of the device. Before getting into the interface and navigation, let’s take a quick look at the hardware.