Nuvi 2598: " Up Ahead" & Rest Areas

 

I particularly like the Up Ahead feature in my 2598. Initially, it worked fine. After a while, the Rest Areas feature stopped working. The other selections (ie: gas stations and restaurants) do work and continuously display changing distances. Rest Areas displays nothing. When clicked, no rest areas populate the screen. I can verify that rest areas POIs (Garmin's) are present via the Categories menu.

I did dl a POI Factory rest areas POI file. That file works fine, but the Up Ahead Rest Areas display remained inoperable.

Finally, I backed up and performed a factory reset on the 2598. To my surprise, still no joy!

So I'm hopeful that someone can share their expertise in this area. I find the Up Ahead feature useful and would like to see it work as designed. (Alternatively, I'm thinking of setting up the POI Factory Rest Area file with an audible proximity alert.)

I'd be grateful for any help you can provide! Thanks.

Rest areas.

Reddawgg wrote:

(Alternatively, I'm thinking of setting up the POI Factory Rest Area file with an audible proximity alert.)

I'd be grateful for any help you can provide! Thanks.

That's what I do. I trust the POI Factory file (Mahoney does a great job of maintaining it) and the alert works great for my purposes. I have it set for 2 miles (10560 feet), so it gives me plenty of time to ask my passengers, decide if I want to stop and get in the correct lane.

The "up ahead" feature is based on the POI's included with the Garmin map, and we know they are not as complete or accurate as the POI Factory files.

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Try customizing the Up Ahead entry

Reddawgg wrote:

I particularly like the Up Ahead feature in my 2598. Initially, it worked fine. After a while, the Rest Areas feature stopped working. The other selections (ie: gas stations and restaurants) do work and continuously display changing distances. Rest Areas displays nothing. When clicked, no rest areas populate the screen.

Did you try customizing the Up Ahead entry and change it from Rest Area to something else, then back to Rest Area?

One can customize the Up Ahead categories by selecting the Menu option (three horizontal bars) then Up Ahead. Then select a service icon. Then select the wrench icon. Then select an Option:
* To rearrange the order of the services, select and drag an arrow on the right up or down.
* To change the services displayed, select a service, and select a different service.
* To search for a specific business or category, select a service, select Custom Search, and enter the name of the business or category.
Select Done.

Rest Areas are showing up on my 2598 when selected.

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Thanks Alan. I did set up

Thanks Alan. I did set up the proximity alert, and it worked nicely, although near the very first rest area, the tone failed to announce for some reason. After that, it worked smoothly. Great file.

Bennor, I'm not certain that

Bennor, I'm not certain that I changed Rest Area to something else and back again, as you suggested. I'll give it a try, though, and see what happens. Thanks for the help.