2460LMT really slow to calculate route
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I've read some of the very old threads on the topic of calculation speed, none address the 2460 specifically.
Over the holiday weekend I traveled from just outside of Philly Pa to just above the Pocono Mtns. a roughly 130 mile trip. I've made this trip numerous times and pretty much know the route but I still like to have the GPS ride along with me. Well it took the better part of 15 minutes (or more) to calculate this route in both heading there and heading home. On the way up I tried using the favorites to find the route (while I waited for the wife to finish up in the house and get in the car, as well as her manually typing in the address while headed out on the road. When leaving to head home hitting the "go home" button was just as long.
The last time I went I don't remember it taking so long. Since the last time I went I have downloaded POI's from this site a few times and recently downloaded the latest Garmin update 2012.3.
Anyone else having a problem with this unit?
eco route, mytrend
I will turn off eco route and mytrend and see if my 3790LMT will work better.
Slow calculations
When I get a new unit (2460lmt)I shut off all thinking (eco route,my trends Etc.)and allow for pure gps. The 2460 so far is superb. Then start allowing those options above one at a time to see if the unit starts acting differently.I'm still in pure gps mode because I can't believe it can get better. Did this with my 660,1490 and now this. 2013.10 maps and lastest updates. I did backup the unit. Eventually I play with additional setting out of curiosity but I'm sure I wont use them
Another week with Eco route, traffic trends and my trends and blutooth/command voice still disabled and my 2460 LMT is working superbly even with local areas which is rare. I'm sure blutooth/command voice have nothing to do with navigation of course but there off and the unit is superb+
I have tried out the my
I have tried out the my trends feature and did not see any benefits for me do I turned it off after reading about so many problems with calculation time. I also disabled Eco route because I had the memory issues on the nuvi 1490T. The nuvi 2460LMT is running fairly quickly with those two features disabled and very happy with it. I especially like and use voice command with no problems.
is it just me?
I was wondering with so many people here posting about turning off features in the 2460LMT why waste the money in the first place, why not buy a plain vanilla like a Garmin 40 or 50?
It is similar to buying a Ferrari or a Lamborghini Countach to always drive the speed limit.
But that is just me; you do with your money whatever you like.
Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV
Maybe, just maybe ....
You bought the 2460 FOR the features only to find they bog down the machine and end up turning them off.
I was wondering with so many people here posting about turning off features in the 2460LMT why waste the money in the first place, why not buy a plain vanilla like a Garmin 40 or 50?
It is similar to buying a Ferrari or a Lamborghini Countach to always drive the speed limit.
But that is just me; you do with your money whatever you like.
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 550, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
I have 2 garmin units 1490
I have 2 garmin units 1490 and 2460 and they do seem to be quirky. The builtin units are more stable, I'll bet because you can't play with them as much. Put your garmin on a windows pc, and no telling what gets done to it.
I think garmin should provide a longer warranty.
I think the units end up with bad memory or filesystem corruption.
Scandisk can help.