Navigation programing

[python22]

Anyone have the following complaints with the GPS address programing?
I took delivery of a new 2009 V8 two weeks ago and just tried to program in my destinations from at least a 2 year old Garmin unit that sits on the dash but encountered problems with the predictive speller not being able to correctly find the street. Letters needed to identify the street were "grayed" out. Also not being able to input address numbers that were within the range specified as only the "delete" selection was available. I think both problems are indicative of obsolete mapping software?

 

[ctrcbob]

Anyone have the following complaints with the GPS address programing?
I took delivery of a new 2009 V8 two weeks ago and just tried to program in my destinations from at least a 2 year old Garmin unit that sits on the dash but encountered problems with the predictive speller not being able to correctly find the street. Letters needed to identify the street were "grayed" out. Also not being able to input address numbers that were within the range specified as only the "delete" selection was available. I think both problems are indicative of obsolete mapping software?

Before you go any further, make sure you have the correct State entered.
When I first started with my GPS, I had the wrong State entered. The State must be entered first. Only then, do you enter the street. Towns will then show up that have the street you entered, and pick that town.

 

[Paulroger]

Before you go any further, make sure you have the correct State entered.
When I first started with my GPS, I had the wrong State entered. The State must be entered first. Only then, do you enter the street. Towns will then show up that have the street you entered, and pick that town.

You'll find that using voice command is much easier however. You start with State, then city, street and finally address. This eliminates multiples of the same street such as Oak, etc.

 

[python22]

Thank you for the responses. I'm 100% positive I had the correct state selected as I fell into that trap early on. I haven't worked on voice commanding yet so I'll give that a try.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Welcome, Python22.. Thank you for signing up.. I'm moving this discussion into the "Navigation" forum. In the future, please post topics in their relevant location..

Thank you! And again, welcome... )