Len Salisbury Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I recently up-dated my Garmin NUVI 250 for £49 and coming back from Dover to Home in N Wales it was telling me to come off the motorway at every exit.. I contacted Garmin and they told me to download the maps again which I did. On Wednesday 12 Aug it did exactly the same again Everything had been fine until then. I pulled in and re-set my Garmin to Wales and put in my Post Code and house number and it worked as it should do. So no more of telling it to go HOME using the Icon. Anybody else had this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Silly question, but why did you need the sat nav to find your way home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I've had snooper, garmin, jaguar, and Tom-Tom, and from time to time they all go doolaly. When you think that little box is picking up multiple satellite signals from space, determining your position, speed and direction, calculating the route to a specified destination with factors like motorways, speed limits and bridge heights, I forgive it these irritating blips. On the same route as you it kept trying to take me over Snowden, I think it was set to shortest rather than fastest route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve928 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Len Salisbury - 2015-08-14 3:14 PM I recently up-dated my Garmin NUVI 250 for £49 and coming back from Dover to Home in N Wales it was telling me to come off the motorway at every exit.. I contacted Garmin and they told me to download the maps again which I did. On Wednesday 12 Aug it did exactly the same again Everything had been fine until then. I pulled in and re-set my Garmin to Wales and put in my Post Code and house number and it worked as it should do. So no more of telling it to go HOME using the Icon. Anybody else had this problem? It sounds like the update process had caused your HOME location to be cleared/overwritten/lost. After all, the Garmin doesn't know where you live. Just go into the Settings menu and 'Set Home Location' and I would expect it to work as it did prior to the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Not relevant to the particular problem, but I have read suggestions not to set the "home" location as, should your van be broken into and the sat-nav nicked, the thief then knows, a) where you live, and b) that you aren't in! I also think that setting the actual co-ordinates for a location, as opposed to its postcode, gives far greater certainty of accurate navigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe90 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I have to agree, can never recognise either our street or our front door. 8-) :D Although I am reminded of my old man who liked a good few ales coming home one night after a skin full going in through a neighbours back door, ( often left open in those days ) and climbing the stairs and getting into bed much to the astonishment of the lady and gentleman of the house, perfectly true story. He could have done with accurate coordinates :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithR Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 i use home on my garmin, but ive directed it to the pub at the end of the road. it keeps my address secure, and is a better place to stop (lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBW Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Press ''settings,' Press 'Restore,' then re-enter you home location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Salisbury Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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