Sat Nav problem

tobeloy

Hi,

I have a myguide 3218 sat nav running IGO 8 Software, it has been working fine until the other day.

The best way I can describe the problem is that the system is not keeping its correct position on the road, as an example I am driving past roads before the system does, thus rendering any directions useless as effectively I have passed the junction or road I should be turning at.

I have reset the sat nav, I have also made sure that the "keep road position" box is selected in the menu.

Any advice appreciated thanks

tobeloy

bump......

CyCo_2

Have you updated the software/satelite positions lately?

aerostar

Does the SatNav have a good view of the sky? you need 3 or more for good accuracy.

tobeloy

aerostar wrote: »

Does the SatNav have a good view of the sky? you need 3 or more for good accuracy.

yes

CyCo wrote: »

Have you updated the software/satelite positions lately?

no not done anything like that

CyCo_2

tobeloy wrote: »

no not done anything like that

Well it may be an idea to check for any updates available for the software it uses and/or the location of satelites. I had some problems with my old tomtom randomly telling me I was not where I knew I was, but when I updated the satelite locations it then worked fine.

pedrothefish

go into "settings" then "route planning" and make sure the "vehicle" is set to "Car" and "route calculation method" is "fast"
try that, if it doesn't work let me know and i will check my other settings against yours

tobeloy

will do and will post back in a bit as i left sat nav in car which is back about 7.30

thanks

kwikbreaks

It sounds to me like it must be busted because I can't see that any setting option could possibly make it fail in its primary function. I have on odd occasions found my own satnav has somehow incorrectly locked to the wrong location and had to power cycle it to correct that but this has been very infrequent.

It could have caught the Grandad virus I suppose - named for my grandad whose directions almost invariably included the turn instruction "there it is just back there".

tobeloy

I may have solved it but will not know until tomorrow, I had a look on naviextras.com forum which relates to my software, it has been suggested to turn down 3D building scale as this causes the software to lag.

so until tomorrow.....

tobeloy

no luck with changing the 3D level at any level......