Garmin on/off during fuel/rest stops
 18 years
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Ok, another poll.
I love the "dash board" function of my Garmin ... and use it often to monitor my progress on long trips ... checking my overall average and my moving average, time stopped, etc.
(I love the spirited discussions with my wife, caused by monitoring the averages ... "Honey, do you realize how long you took at that rest stop? We're never going to get there!" Hey, it helps pass the miles).
One of our vehicles has a "hot" 12 volt outlet that stays on ... the other, however, does not.
So I'm always faced with a quandary ... whenever we stop to take on fuel, off-load coffee, or get food ... when prompted by the GPS .. "Turn off or leave on."
I usually choose to leave it on, running on battery power, until I return to the vehicle. Otherwise I risk losing my running averages.
I also always have to make a value judgement on the "quality" of the stop. Do I leave the GPS on the dash, put it on the floor, take it with me into the gas/potty stop/food place.
Usually, I choose to leave the GPS on ... place it on the floor, covered by a towel, where it's easily accessible and raring to go when I return after refueling, emptying my bladder or filling my stomach.
Do you leave your GPS on during stops on long trips? Do you leave it on the dash during short stops?
I am new and love my Garmin
I am new and love my Garmin so I turn it off and take it with me. Where I go, it goes. I guess I never thought of leaving it on. Great idea here. Thanks.
Judy Lynn Garmin 880T
For relatively short stops I
For relatively short stops I choose to keep it on but unplugged and hidden or for longer stops it goes with me and running on battery.
I think it depends on where
I think it depends on where I am parking the vehicle and how easily it can be seen. Given the nature of my job (taxi driver), and the fact that I do have to get in and out of my vehicle a lot, I will usually shut it off if I am going to be sitting for a period of time.
Living on the road was tough, living off the road is even tougher. To all my fellow drivers, keep the shiny side up, and watch out for the polar bears... Owner of Garmin Nuvi 200 / Tom Tom One 3rd Edition.
Leave it on
If it is a short stop and one of us can stay in the car then it stays on otherwise it goes with me.
Nuvi2797LMT (2) Nuvi260,Ford Sync3 Navigation. Captain Cook was a Yorkshire man too.
Lost time
I know this is an old thread, but for the sake of confirming...
The missing 45 minutes was about the time we spent at dinner.
Anyone have any ideas?
My guess is that while you were in the restaurant the unit was busy searching for satellites and thus stopped the trip timer. Just a hunch.
...GadgetGuy2008 is correct. Navigation status (if you are on a defined route or not) does not impact trip data collection. Satellite reception, however, does. When searching for satellites, neither stopped time nor moving time will advance, explaining the "missing time" in your trip.
Arguably, this behavior is most likely because the GPSR cannot decide if you are actually stopped or moving, since it can't tell where you are at all (obviously, you could be stopped in a area with no coverage, or you could be moving through an area with no coverage). This is the same behavior as data collection when the unit is actually turned off (during a route or not). For those of us who are sticklers for time-keeping, it would be nice if there were some provisionable setting we could use to have the GPS automatically add "missing time" to either stopped or moving time, but I'm not aware of any GPSRs having that setting. How cool would it be to just have your GPS add any time it's lost reception, including any time it's turned off, to the "stopped time"? *sigh*
That's pretty complicated, though. According to Occam's Razor, the most simple explanation is the correct one -- and the most simple explanation, of course, is that you were abducted by aliens. That accounts for lost time in many cases.
...Mute the volume (ever have Jill talk to you in a men's room?)...
I almost fell out of my chair when I read this. That's good stuff.
I can just imagine the scene... I'll provide the sounds, and you can fill in the rest...
[ door opens ]
[ creeeeeeeeeeaaaaak-slam - door closes ]
[ lock clicks shut ]
[ ziiiiiiiiiip ]
* sigh *
"PLEASE DRIVE TO HIGHLIGHTED ROUTE!"
"Yaaaaaaa!" [ rustling of clothing ]
[ SPLASH ]
"AHHH, @#%#@%@!"
Removed from car at all time.
I carry a small black bag and the GPS goes where I go but not at short stops such as gas up.
On and Off
For me it matters what I'm doing:
- if I'm just tooling around and not on a trip it comes with me.
- if I'm on a trip, then it stays on, because I like to see the stats, like many other
but I park the car where we can see it and also take a feel for the area and either take it with us or if it's quick, drop it to the floor and cover it.
Roleplaying Canuck Gamer with: Nuvi 760 & 2595 LMT (Map Ver.: 2019.30) 2012 RAM 1500 4x4 Big Horn Quad
Unit on/off the dash
I will leave the unit on battery power and tuck the gps underneath something.
ON, but place on the floor
ON, but place on the floor