Recalculating Gone?

Nope. Garmin giveth, Garmin taketh away, Garmin taketh away, Garmin giveth...rinse and repeat.

My old 780...

Jill seems to get more and more irritated with every recalculate.

Good old Emily though seems to still be smiling with every missed turn.

If I upgraded, I do not believe I would miss this...

What does it say instead?

I think I'll miss it.

The newer units don't say anything, they just recalculate and give audible for the next turn.

I find the calculating notice to be quite helpful as it lets you know that you did something different than the gps anticipated. Sometimes this is intentional (the street ahead is blocked) but it can be good to let you know that you missed a turn in the dark.

I too do find the recalculating waring useful at times.

Of course when I intentionally go another way it requires a volume adjustment to zero for a while.

I wonder how much longer my 780 will hold out...

Sooo very glad that it is gone!!!!! Even more reason for me to like my 3590!!!!

Sorry for the sidetrack from the OP, but when I read "I am sorry..." I immediately thought of when I changed the error message on my "Toaster Mac" to "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

I changed it back, because it quickly went from funny to annoying.

Just moved from the Garmin c580 to the 2360. The 2360 still says "recalculating", which I like, but when it has found a new route, unlike the c580 it doesn't tell me.

Mine still says recalculating.

...it when Lola said recalculating. Especially when I didn't listen and she started getting angry with me. I'll miss that on my new GPS.

I would prefer a tone that lets you know you aes off the route.

This used to be a feature (next turn alert) on the first nuvi models (3xx/6xx series) that Garmin then proceeded to remove (in their infinite wisdom) from the 7x0 series (and all others) that followed.

Also taken away at this time was the ability to disable the screen "beep" when pressed.

Maybe some day, it/they will be added back...and of course, will be advertised as a "New feature(s)".

I think it's time to pull a Sheldon (Big Bang Theory) and create my own set of Voice Statements...lol

I know most of you did not like the "recalulating" voice. I did. How do I get it back?

Thanks.

Oh. I see from some posts earlier on that Garmin turned it off and it is no longer an option. Pity. It's the ONLY reason I bought a Garmin. I wonder if I can return it.

Isn't it awfully arrogant on their part to not at least make it an option in settings?

I might call it unfortunate or undesirable but doubt that this would rise to my "awfully arrogant" standard. I have to admit that as much as some folks miss it, you're the first who bought a Garmin GPS only for Recalculating.

A search on eBay should offer you many used older models that still speak Recalculating as well as a place to sell your newer unit.

You don't mention which model you have now. Before giving up on it, you may want to use it some and see if the newer features on your current mew model make you want to keep it.

Good luck.

How often do you get lost ? So if you hear the Recalculating ones in a while.is fine. Matter of fact if happened that I made the wrong turn I do not mind it all be warned in advanced instead be in auto pilot

Ebay might be a good idea. Thanks.

Is there any way I can get it to give some kind of audible sound that it is recalculating so that I do not have to take my eyes off the road?

I was happy when it stopped!

You must be happy, but it doesn't answer my question nor give any new information.

My wife's GPSr said "Oh crap, you've gotten lost again. Wait a sec while I find my map." until they stopped alerting you to recalculations.

None that anyone has found AFAIK.

No, there is no way to give any kind of alert for recalculating on these newer units. Unless you happen to be looking at the screen at the time you make the wrong turn, you may never know it recalculated until it is too late.

It did seem like there were more forum members who were glad "recalculating" is gone than those (like me) who want it back. It is too bad Garmin did not make this a selectable option instead of just eliminating it. But that is Garmin for you. They have made other changes that some users love and others hate, and I am sure there are more to come. I am sure they do market research and cost/benefit analysis, but they don't ask me what I think or seem to care

Yes. That IS the problem. There is no audio alert. Can't they devise a downloadable software patch to fix that for those of us who might want an audible alert?

I too miss the recalculating feature but there's nothing available to get it back or any patch for that matter since it's in the firmware.

As previously mentioned, you will need to buy an earlier model on Ebay if this is of utmost importance to you. I don't know exactly what models began eliminating it, maybe others can chime in and advise so you know what to look for on Ebay should you choose that route.

My 2460 does not say recalculating, but I've gotten used to it. Should I make an errant turn, it does recalculate quite rapidly and gives the audible new instructions.

Thanks, man.

Update:

I used Audacity and recorded my wife in her best Garmin imitation quasi-sarcastic voice saying, "reee-calculating". Then I made an MP3 file out of it and loaded it into an old MP3 player. I duct-taped that MP3 player to my new and "improved" ree-calculatingless Garmin. Now, every time I make a wrong turn, I quickly hit the MP3 player button and get my "reee-calculating" fix. Ahhhhhh. Life is now worth living again.

...Alive and well again in Reee-calculating heaven...

OBTW: it's okay for us "reee-calculating" lovers to come out, as some have. :) :)

And CraigW: how much is Garmin paying you! Lol.

I changed mine to " dumb s*** your going the wrong way" .wife loved it as I get lost when I leave our driveway.

My wife was very unhappy with the older unit that used the Recalculating Announcement. It would never stop and neither would she. Thank heaven the newer units omit the voice and rely on screen text instead.

Never noticed, must of been used to spacing out the jibber jabber.

That's great to know. No loss here.

why do the new garmin not let you know when it is recalculating

Likely because of user feedback by those who don't like the feature. Most times, rather than Gamrmin making the feature in question a user-configured option, Garmin simply eliminates the feature altogether.

"Devil if you do, devil if you don't"

"Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it"

Let's say that Garmin had decided to make the "recalculating" alert an option on new devices (rather than just eliminating it as they did).

Now what?

Well, some of the owners of existing devices would say "Why haven't you updated my device to give me that option?"

Then what, change the firmware on all those old phones? Likely no because many would be "discontinued".

If they really thought about it, most people would rather Garmin work on map features, etc. It does not surprise me at all that Garmin made the decision that it did.

What happened here is that those who do not like someone telling them they made a mistake took it out on Garmin by complaining. Marketing theory says that one complaint is equivalent to a bunch of praises. How many of us would have contacted Garmin to say "Boy, I love the fact that you tell me I made a wrong turn. It kept me from making a long detour."

Interestingly, someone took a poll and most people responded that they really did want "recalculating"
http://gpstracklog.com/2013/01/want-your-gps-to-say-recalcul...

Note that the OP of this thread thought that "recalculating" was annoying.

wondered about the competition. Here is a link to a TomTom thread
http://discussions.tomtom.com/t5/TomTom-Navigation-app-for-i...

it is a very nice change. I hated the repetition. However, it was helpful to alert you that you went off course
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Interesting. I had not noticed that change, but personally I had no issues with the phrase.

There are times I miss it. Several times you take the wrong road and you end up getting to your destination later than expected. When recalculate was said you knew you took the wrong road. Overall I like the new system.

Just my two cents.

I have an older unit and use TurboCCC TTSVoiceEditor and have it say whatever I want it to say

I've also personalized other phrases and it's always a big surprise / hit with the passengers as you can imagine

I am glad it is now quiet... didnt like that.

What I'd like best, rather than an annoyed voice saying "Recalculating," or no audible or visible signal that the route is changing, is a distinctive beep, just so I get a heads up. Sometimes I know I'm forcing a recalculation before I do it, but other times I'm blundering along without realizing I've made a mistake since my newer Garmin is silent on the matter.

Some choices are bad, all bad when it comes to a recalculating alert. I, for one, was happy to see it go especially when taking a long trip and the calculated route had me exit the Interstate, drive a short distance on surface streets or even just take an exit to get back on the Interstate when the logical choice would have been to disregard the direction.

In those instances, the unit announcing it was recalculating its route based on the logical choice was definitely a PITA so I don't miss the fact the announcement is gone. As to making it a configurable option, I'm on the fence. It would quickly become the same irritation it previously was if enabled with anything more than a soft ding (and even those get irritating when repeated) and I can only imagine the complaints and requests for information on how to disable it would come from the average users who does little more than plug and play.

There is really no progressive argument against having choices. Otherwise, we would still be on TV's with manual channel selectors and we could watch anything we wanted to, as long as it was on the 3 available channels.

If there was a choice between a "recalculating" sound of some sort or none and some folks did not know how to toggle between those choices, that is what owners manuals and forums are for. I use them both.

that was really annoying

Until you need it you don't know how good the notification was to tell you the unit was recalculating. We went miles out of our way before I realized the route had recalculated.

The "recalculating" prompt was useful, like it or not, as is shown by the responses here. All Garmin needed to do was to make it user-configurable...if you want to use it, turn it on. If not, turn it off. Maybe that and the option to use the actual phrase "Recalculating" or just play the (already in the sound table) "bong" sound. Maybe they didn't want to confuse nuvi users with an extra option...seems they dumb the devices down *way* too much.

As it stands now, the users that disliked it are now quite happy. The users that indeed found it useful (despite it being annoying) are left without it.

Sometimes on my 3597 after a missed turn, I'll get the message "Make a U-turn". But only if the missed turn or wrong turn takes me way out of the way.

The "Make a U-turn" message will get your attention.

I have to agree with my friend DorkusNimrod here. User complaints or not about the "recalculating" phrase, making a different group of users unhappy isn't really a solution.

DorkusNimrod makes a very good point.
" All Garmin needed to do was to make it user-configurable...if you want to use it, turn it on. If not, turn it off. Maybe that and the option to use the actual phrase "Recalculating" or just play the (already in the sound table) "bong" sound.

I add my 2 cents as well. Knowing you took the wrong turn is most useful in many situations