MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: vik2001 on September 03, 2013, 10:16:45 am

Title: rns510 navigation router
Post by: vik2001 on September 03, 2013, 10:16:45 am
the flaming navigation always takes me the long way round through traffic normally and avoids clear journeys like the motorway.
is there anyway to change this?
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: Hedge on September 03, 2013, 10:31:21 am
In route options you can select the types of road you use. It may have motorways unselected.
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: Rickster1978 on September 03, 2013, 01:05:05 pm
Mine tried to add 50 miles onto an already 150 mile journey!! Hoping the upgrade to V9 maps may help with this.
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: doylebros on September 03, 2013, 07:49:25 pm
As Hedge says "Route Options"

Have you got a manual?
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: jbc on September 03, 2013, 08:03:21 pm
There's also a setting somewhere that makes it offer 3 routes: fastest, shortest and most economical(?). I've got this option set so now I get 3 routes to choose from and can ignore silly route suggestions.
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: Trekmeister on September 03, 2013, 08:25:09 pm
Mine tried to add 50 miles onto an already 150 mile journey!! Hoping the upgrade to V9 maps may help with this.
If I have auto routing enabled due to traffic problems it sends me miles off route. I disabled this option and despite stating traffic options have not been held up. One one occasion when it was enabled it added approximately 50 miles to my journey from North East to South coast.
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: doylebros on September 03, 2013, 08:32:10 pm
Normally for a longer journeys I check the RNS route against the Iphone  - there's never been much in it!
Title: Re: rns510 navigation router
Post by: Rickster1978 on September 03, 2013, 09:34:50 pm
As an aside it decided to try to take me down a bloody footpath tomorrow. The dead end sign should have been a warning really but I presumed that even this sat nav would actually keep me on roads!!