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You should update every so often. But my satnav goes off kilter most of the time.Does anyone know, does sat nav software 'degrade' over time? Mrs T has a Tom Tom that's about 5 or 6 years old and of late has been throwing up all sorts of rubbish.
Logic says no but something weird is definitely afoot.
The weather would have caused the issue as the Sat Nav needs to be able to "see" the satellites. The hail storm probably confused it I guess.You should update every so often. But my satnav goes off kilter most of the time.
I was in Brum about 6 weeks ago, Merry hell car park, Middle of an enormous hail storm. I'd done my shopping, ready go get my exhaust. Sat nav out, turned it on. I got told by it, I was elsewhere in the country. Sat there an hour for a signal.
Decided I'd drive round hoping sumat would happen. I have no sense of direction either.
Headed towards Halesowen, Sat nav decides send me down tiny side streets, anywhere but where I was going. Eventually found the car spares place, got the exhaust, then neded find him indoors. No signal on the phone either.
I sat and cried. Turned up at his house 2 hrs later than I said I would. Horrible.
Very sound advice.I always keep a road atlas in my car despite having a Sat Nav.
We gave up with ours, it tried to take us over open fields once....just do what theVery sound advice.
The alternative would be to stop and ask someone but as a man, that simply wouldn't do!
Sounds like you need to tick the box that says avoid unmade roads.We gave up with ours, it tried to take us over open fields once....just do what thecare workerdoes, & make the passenger (me) ask for directions!
map updates are every 3 months, you pay for those if you want them. (expensive). the number of the latest map is v965, each 5 it goes down is 3 months older.I assume updates are done online. Is there a charge?
My advice to our guys on the road when they call the office to ask where somewhere is is to wind the window down and start a conversation with a local along the lines of "excuse me mate, can you tell me where etc....."The alternative would be to stop and ask someone but as a man, that simply wouldn't do!