gallet Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 My old vista used to indicate an upcoming turn with a manual route by a bent arrow but my new hcx doesn't do that. I wonder why this useful visual aid was removed. It seems a step backwards. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 It is in the Settings somewhere. I just don't know exactly where . . . I remember seeing the option, and my new Vista HCx shows the arrow screen before and in a turn. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 My old vista used to indicate an upcoming turn with a manual route by a bent arrow but my new hcx doesn't do that. I wonder why this useful visual aid was removed. It seems a step backwards. Removed because it was pointless. Oh, I just crack myself up sometimes. Anyway, it really is pointless, because it now tells you the direction in text, and graphically shows it to you. The ol' bent arrow was flawed, because it pointed to the next waypoint, which is not necessarily the actual direction you need to turn. Quote Link to comment
gallet Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Anyway, it really is pointless, because it now tells you the direction in text, and graphically shows it to you. The ol' bent arrow was flawed, because it pointed to the next waypoint, which is not necessarily the actual direction you need to turn. I hope we're on the same page here I'm only talking about home made routes, not mapsource routes. I mean when you connect a series of waypoints and then navigate your own route, I found that the old Arrow 'bent' as I was approaching a turn. In fact it also did this on a tracback too. Perhaps I need to muck around with this a bit more... Quote Link to comment
+hogrod Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) Are you talking about the course/bearing arrow compass setting? if you have the compass set to course arrow I do believe it kinda 'Bends'. If this is was you are talking about you can change this setting with your HCX. From the compass screen press the menu/find key(lower left), and select Course pointer. you can follow these same steps to switch back to the Bearing pointer. Edited September 10, 2007 by hogrod Quote Link to comment
gallet Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 @'hogrod' No, that's the one where it stays straight but moves sideways (off centre). I can't work out how I can set it up so that when I'm following my own made route (not mapsource) I get a message telling me which way I'm going to turn at the next point. I don't much care for those 'southwest' type messages just a simple right arrow or right turn. I've checked all the data fields and I tried the "Turn" thing but that just provides a bearing arrow. Quote Link to comment
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