+Alfresco2006 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I put my Montana to the test this weekend on the roads after having bought City Navigator NT 2012.2 the latest version and the speaker cradle. To test it i set it to the same settings as my Nuvi with the same software and i drove from Boston to Maine with both units on. With the Montana no matter what i did i could not get it to choose the fastest or shortest route and it did everything it could to avoid Interstates or direct routes. In fact it tried repeatedly to route me from Boston to Maine through tiny back roads and residential communities. We estimated had we followed its routes it would have taken us over 10 hours for this otherwise 40 minute journey. The Nuvi continued to be spot on. I tried an experiment after frustration grew and i nearly gave up and set the Montana to Motorcycle mode in the Profiles instead of the obvious Automobile mode. This almost fixed the problem and the route was similar although not quite identical to the Nuvi's route. It is almost as if the Automobile mode is calculating a walking route and avoiding all major routes. You would think the motorcycle mode would be the one to avoid interstates as you go out on the bike to see scenic routes. Clearly there is a major issue with Garmin's routing in Automobile mode. And yes i tried every possible setting etc. played around with avoidance's blah blah. Is anyone else having this problem? Right now it makes the Montana useless to me for Auto routing and I may as well go back to a combination of my Nuvi and Oregon. Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sounds like yet another Firmware issue with the Montana. Quote Link to comment
+Alfresco2006 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sounds like yet another Firmware issue with the Montana. I am sure it is firmware related, but they didnt fix it in 3.20 because i came home and upgraded from 3.00 and that did nothing. Still have to run it in Motorcycle mode and check it with Nuvi. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) [...]Is anyone else having this problem? Right now it makes the Montana useless to me for Auto routing and I may as well go back to a combination of my Nuvi and Oregon. Nope. the Montana acts definitely as expected. I did a lot of routing the last days (CN Europe 2012.10 - FW 3.2). Happy Hunting. Edited August 31, 2011 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+Bullygoat29 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sounds like yet another Firmware issue with the Montana. I am sure it is firmware related, but they didnt fix it in 3.20 because i came home and upgraded from 3.00 and that did nothing. Still have to run it in Motorcycle mode and check it with Nuvi. Can you post up your automobile and motorcycle profiles so we can take a look? Quote Link to comment
Barrikady Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I am not having the problem you are experiencing. I am also using CN NT 2012.20. As Bullygoat29 alluded, I believe your Automobile profile is incorrectly set. I suggest you review your automobile profile settings. It is not a firmware issue. Is anyone else having this problem? Quote Link to comment
+Cacheoholic Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) Mine routes great also on City Nav. North America 2012.20. Give me the addresses or close to addresses and I’ll calculate them with my unit. Edited September 1, 2011 by Cacheoholic Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) @Alfresco Is this the profile that came with the unit, or one you made yourself?? Mine works as it should. Edited September 1, 2011 by splashy Quote Link to comment
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