MSN Direct Services in Edmonton, Canada
Thu, 02/07/2008 - 9:24pm
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17 years
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I just purchased a MSN Direct receiver, base on the MSN Direct Web site, showing very strong coverage for the City of Edmonton and surrounding areas.
I am very disappointed, of the eight type of services apparently offered (look up the Web site) only three are currently available, the ones that I was hoping to get like "Traffic", "Gas Prices", "Movie Times" and "Local Events" are not.
Does anyone who live in Edmonton have had better luck then me with their MSN Direct subscription?
Which Garmin Series?
Which series do you have?
For example the 7xx series performs much differently than the Garmin Nuvi 680.
http://www.msndirect.com/NavigationDevicesSendToGPS.aspx
Interestingly, The Nuvi 680 has been removed from the list above.....mmmmm....
http://www.msndirect.com/MSNDirectSupport.aspx
I sent my 680 back so I cannot test to see if the update add the services.
Looks like they took off the
Looks like they took off the 680 since it can only get the previous 4 icons. The 700 series can get all 8 icons.
Looks like they are advertising the ones that come with MSN in the box.
Your other web site still lists the 680
try this link for the nüvi
try this link for the nüvi 680 http://www.msndirect.com/NavigationDevicesGarmin680.aspx
nüvi 3590LMT "always backup your files"
I have the Nuvi 770, I see
I have the Nuvi 770, I see all eight icons, it just that when I click on them it returns a message that says the service is not available in this area. On their Web site they make it look like you can get all the services in Edmonton.
RogerLL
When I click the link I
When I click the link I supplied above, it shows 4 icons. I'm thinking that even though you get 8 icons, only the 4 that appear in the link are to work.
nüvi 3590LMT "always backup your files"
This shows availability.
This shows availability. Canada is at the bottom. It shows what is available.
http://www.msndirect.com/NavigationDataAvailability.aspx