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Old 10-19-2013, 10:51 AM   #1
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RVND 7720 user question

I enjoy the size, brightness, and volume of my 7720. However its lack of ability to route plan is frustrating. On a recent trip east from Colorado Springs, I wanted to go on SR 24 to Limon, Colorado, and I-70 east, which is a much shorter more direct route. However the 7720 was adamant that I go on I-25 North to Denver then East on 1-70, which would have been about a 90 to 120 minute addition to the trip. I had to listen to the GPS attempting to make me go back for almost an hour before it finally gave up and rerouted the way I wanted to go. Does anyone know a way to specify the route that you wish to travel on this particular GPS.
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Not an answer to your question but I find if I select the car mode I get a more direct route. At least I did near San Diego & Redding, CA and in Medford, OR. The RV setting took me "out of my" to get to the destinations. You might try the car mode to see if it makes a difference.
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I enjoy the size, brightness, and volume of my 7720. However its lack of ability to route plan is frustrating. On a recent trip east from Colorado Springs, I wanted to go on SR 24 to Limon, Colorado, and I-70 east, which is a much shorter more direct route. However the 7720 was adamant that I go on I-25 North to Denver then East on 1-70, which would have been about a 90 to 120 minute addition to the trip. I had to listen to the GPS attempting to make me go back for almost an hour before it finally gave up and rerouted the way I wanted to go. Does anyone know a way to specify the route that you wish to travel on this particular GPS.
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You might want to check your rig configuration in the setup. It may be trying to route you through a path that meets your configuration and desires in the setup. My rig to 50K with TOAD and my height is 13' so I don't get the routing that appears to be shortest because of low bridges or weight restrictions. When I try to "force" a route, I have found out why the GPS didn't want me to take that route. I saw the height and weight restrictions before I got myself into trouble. Lucky me so far.

I am very careful when I try to make the GPS do anything. That said, I know it is a computer and only does what it is programmed to do.

When that does not appear to be the issue, you can set an intermediate way-point along the path you want to go.

Warning, as I said nothing is perfect, but my 720 is pretty darn good and I have not been able to catch it wrong.
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I do not have your model, but have the same problems with my model and so far I have not been able to do anything about it. Unless cussing it out counts.
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As suggested, the only work around I have found is to pick a closer waypoint along the route. It's a pain. I tried changing to the car mode and that did not work for me.
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I suppose setting up a multi-stop trip with way-points along the route you want would work. The other option, neither a slam dunk, is to use the "detour" function and keep deleting the suggested recalculated routes until the one you wants is programmed in.

From the 7720 manual:

Around a Specific Roadway
1. On the right side of the window, tap and to view
a list of roads in the current route.
2. Tap on one or more roadways to be avoided.
A check mark appears in front of each selected road.
3. Tap Detour to recalculate the route.
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Sometimes it will let you select between two routes.
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Just select the final destination, then select other destinations that take you on the route you want and set them as "Via" points. Works great!
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A word of caution in using the waypoints - you need to remember you added them or you'll do like I did which is turn off intended the route because I added a "city" and ended up in downtown traffic looking for a route back to the highway. That added a few unnecessary turns and the time and distance. Opps! Well I wasn't in a hurry but did not need the city traffic.
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I travel 24 during my recent vacation to Colorado. This was the first trip in 12 years I didn't use my gps. I hate all the new improvements that don't work. I miss the old Map and Go program. I use via's to get the correct route, but hate it.
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Thanks for the responses. i will be trying out the VIA functionality on my up coming Snowbird flight.
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OK, I played with the GPS and established a destination, then I chose a VIA point along the way. What happens when I get to the VIA point? Does it automatically revert to routing to the original destination from there without any more input from me? Can I establish other VIA points down the road ( fuel stops, etc. ) on the same trip, or will it mess them up?
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Bob, I set a "via" same as you, I sort of panicked since the "original" route was gone. So, "go for it", when I reached the via point, I was routed to the destination. Just wasted another "gray hair" for nothing. fred
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