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New user: some questions
newone
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Hi All,
Actually this forum made me buy TN765. I was really impressed by the feature you guys talked about (although I am also sad to know it is discontinued). As a new user, I am at level zero and have some questions:
1. How do I get the speed limit in the screen? I knidda drove through state highway and the GPS did not show the speed limit. :?
2. To get the current speed I had use newer skin, right?
3. How do I search POI in different location. For example I am 100 miles away from Atlanta. Now, for Atlanta Airport, I selected Alanta, then typed airport (many thing appeared in the left side up), then from all that, I picked the airport. :(
I my friends Garmin (which I borrowed frequently before) ther was a POI search option for a distant location. Any help?
This is my first ever GPS and I want to use it as long as I can.
Thank you all ! :D
Actually this forum made me buy TN765. I was really impressed by the feature you guys talked about (although I am also sad to know it is discontinued). As a new user, I am at level zero and have some questions:
1. How do I get the speed limit in the screen? I knidda drove through state highway and the GPS did not show the speed limit. :?
2. To get the current speed I had use newer skin, right?
3. How do I search POI in different location. For example I am 100 miles away from Atlanta. Now, for Atlanta Airport, I selected Alanta, then typed airport (many thing appeared in the left side up), then from all that, I picked the airport. :(
I my friends Garmin (which I borrowed frequently before) ther was a POI search option for a distant location. Any help?
This is my first ever GPS and I want to use it as long as I can.
Thank you all ! :D
Comments
To attempt to answer your questions:
Q1 - Speed limits do not appear on all road classifications. Motorola did not purchase the highest/best level of map data from Navteq. The old saying 'you get what you pay for' is apprapo for this situation. More $$$ = more data, which equals more speed limits on more roads
Q2 - I believe all the different skins show the current speed on the main map screen. Otherwise on a stock screen you can use the slide-in screen on the left and keep the screen called Dashboard active which shows current speed.
Q3 - Pretty easy to do. Simply put a city and state into the top right field of the search screen before entering the address or category, i.e. Pizza. That field should show a greyed out example city which is Chicago, Il or 60601. But I now see your question is how to narrow the results?? Tap the 'category' tab at the top right - looks like 3 little baloons - and pick an appropriate category and the list should be shorter.
Hope this helps.
Ya, this is a different breed of GPS! And, I picked this one despite suggestion from friends to go for Garmin. And, I am happy(till now) that I made an off-road decision.
And, I am happy to see this forum is a good place to get answers. Thank you and have a good one!