I'm still optimistic about fixing my car's map, but even if I do, Iexpect problems finding my next car with a similar in-dash map pluseverything else I want. And rather than some other feature, "in-dash"may have to be sacrificed. So I have done as Ed suggested and looked into Garmin, and other brand,GPSes. My first big question is, All the photos when they show the map show a) it's an angle, a perspective map, as if viewed from above where theuser is, looking at the route as if it starts at my feet. That's okaybut 90% of the time I want a map that looks like a paper map, the viewfrom directly above, equally above everything, with no emphasis on whereI am except a blue or red dot. Does Garmin have that too? Anyone knowabout off-brands?** b) all the pictures show 1/3 or 1/2 of the screen coveed with aninformational box. Is it possible to have a map for the entire screen? (I'm hoping they don't show that because they're trying to show asmuch info as they can in the limited number of illustrations they canhave.) All I want 90% of the time is a map, as easy to read while driving aspossible. Once in a great while I want to know where a gas station is(although if I'm willing to stop for a bit, I'll have a phone withgoogle maps etc. for that.) I even went to Crutchfield where you can very often download manuals,and I dl'd the Garmin Drivesmart 66/78/86 manual. But afaic it's notclear enough, so I'm asking you.**There is no doubt that by the standards of many, I'm a cheapskate.And a 6" Garmin is about $250 but a 7" knockoff is $68. I'm sure Garminhas extra features, but I won't use most of them. My own car hasnavigation (route me to a destination) and in 5+ years I've never usedit And after a lifetime of being thrifty it is hard to stop. Withoutgoing by the rules of thrifty, I don't know how to choose what or whichmodel I buy. And ironically, I have no kids and unless I get some longterm sickness, or go to a fancy old-age home, I expect to leave...

micky has me filtered but anyway... Garmin has a confusing array of products, often with the same name. A Drive 52 is $90 on Amazon. A Drive 52 with live traffic updates adds $50. Get into the models with bluetooth, verbal commands, live parking advisories, etc and the price climbs. Figure out what you really need/want. The base technology and maps is the same; bells & whistles cost money.The display can be configured for 3D (pseudo-oblique) 2D with constant north, or 2D that adapts to your direction of travel. More or less information can be displayed. Configure it while parked. Poking at the thing as you drive down the road, safety issues ignored, usually does not have a happy ending. Little touchscreen menus are like that.

There might be a setting for automatic "daylight saving time". I live in Toronto, Canada, which is also Eastern Time Zone. We are now in Eastern Daylight Saving Time (GMT - 4) instead of Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5). That's why your GPS keeps putting your clock back to Eastern Standard Time.You should remember you have done this, otherwise when you plug it into a computer to update the map it will only charge your GPS.Go to the page on for your GPS. Quite often will put a link of the User Manual on the left hand side of the screen somewhere down the page.Amazon would do it on but not Sometime I have to switch over to to download the User Manual.If you cannot find it on then try to Google with keywords like "GPS [insert name and model] user manual PDF". I have lots of success finding the User Manual I want.Besides "automatic Daylight Saving Time" setting, You might be able to find "automatic time zone setting" too.

In on Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:38:46 -0400, ? Mighty Wannabe? wrote:I forgot to say about mine that when I was sitting at my desk and I heldthe GPS horizontal and rotated it, the icon for my car didn't changedirection relative to the map. I'm not sure if it applies to any of this, but your post reminds me thatthere are advantages to built-in units, designed to be built-in,designed by the makers of the car. For example, they could, if theychose, query the car to see if it's in reverse gear. (Maybe they couldquery the car to see if the tires were turning, so they coulddistinguish driving from being carried away in a flood. This wouldn'taffect location, which should change, but would affect mpg. ;-) )

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There might be a setting for automatic "daylight saving time". I live in Toronto, Canada, which is also Eastern Time Zone. We are now in Eastern Daylight Saving Time (GMT - 4) instead of Eastern Standard Time (GMT -

5). That's why your GPS keeps putting your clock back to Eastern Standard Time.

You should remember you have done this, otherwise when you plug it into a computer to update the map it will only charge your GPS.

Go to the page on Amazon.com for your GPS. Quite often Amazon.com will put a link of the User Manual on the left hand side of the screen somewhere down the page.

Amazon would do it on Amazon.com, but not Amazon.ca. Sometime I have to switch over to Amazon.com to download the User Manual.

If you cannot find it on Amazon.com, then try to Google with keywords like "GPS [insert name and model] user manual PDF". I have lots of success finding the User Manual I want.

Besides "automatic Daylight Saving Time" setting, You might be able to find "automatic time zone setting" too.

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