2008 NAV Question

**c5vetter** · 06-01-09, 11:10 AM

Okay, going to be driving from Balmer, MD area to Twin Cities, MN - how in the hell does one go about showing entire route, when MN is not on the Eastern CD!?

Do I need to "magically" switch DVDs somewhere in my travel or how the heck do I do this?

**vett boy** · 06-01-09, 12:40 PM

I don't know ,my 12 year old grandson finally after 6 mons. got the audio to work on mine.I wish GM had at lease consulted with Garmin .

So I would be willing to lend you my grandson or the Garmin I carry

**c5vetter** · 06-01-09, 02:21 PM

yepper - am thinking just to plug my old Garmin into the "cigarette lighter receptacle"

**vett boy** · 06-01-09, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by c5vetter

yepper - am thinking just to plug my old Garmin into the "cigarette lighter receptacle"

Which kida sucks considering the cost of GM's vs Garmin .

Maybe we could all get together at some mutual point and have the kid that designed it explain what he had in mind.Say a two week seminar

I'm sure i'll get mine figured out the week before I sell it.

**bryan_p** · 06-02-09, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by c5vetter

Okay, going to be driving from Balmer, MD area to Twin Cities, MN - how in the hell does one go about showing entire route, when MN is not on the Eastern CD!?

Do I need to "magically" switch DVDs somewhere in my travel or how the heck do I do this?

The maps of all of North America are on one DVD. The system doesn't seem to be able to display your entire route (the maximum zoom is 128 miles) but you can enter any destination in NA. There are two ways to do this:

1. Use the touch screen scroll function to display MN then zoom in to where you want to go and enter it as a destination.

2. Press Menu -> Enter Destination -> Region. Select your destination region and enter an address.

I have never travelled across regions with this nav system (Canada is all one region!) but I am assuming the routing is seamless.

B.

**bryan_p** · 06-02-09, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by bryan_p

The maps of all of North America are on one DVD. The system doesn't seem to be able to display your entire route (the maximum zoom is 128 miles) but you can enter any destination in NA. There are two ways to do this:

1. Use the touch screen scroll function to display MN then zoom in to where you want to go and enter it as a destination.

2. Press Menu -> Enter Destination -> Region. Select your destination region and enter an address.

I have never travelled across regions with this nav system (Canada is all one region!) but I am assuming the routing is seamless.

B.

There is a way to display the entire route but you need to set a destination first. Change Route -> Route Options -> Display Route

Ya gotta read the manual. A lot of this is not intuitive.

B.