New Garmin Montana

[woodsatyr]

Originally Posted by DRTBYK

Nothing. The Montana has very rudimentary Routing. If you desire more routing options you should make your wishes known to the Montana Team.

Cheers,

Doh. I will make the suggestion.

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Go back to the Route Planner, select the route, select Edit Route, select a point on the route, then you can change that point's location in the route sequence, or Insert a point in the route.

Wow. A lot of steps there. I'll give it a try.

Thanks both of ya!!

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by woodsatyr

Wow. A lot of steps there. I'll give it a try.

Thanks both of ya!!

Well you could create a Shortcut to the Route Planner, save a bit of time if you need it often.

[woodsatyr]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Well you could create a Shortcut to the Route Planner, save a bit of time if you need it often.

I have that already. I was thinking more along the lines of "add as via point" would be SO much faster than "select a route, edit route, select a point on the route, insert a point" etc. Especially when it looks like you'd have to have a preselected waypoint saved to be able to insert it into the route. I briefly messed with it last night and didn't see how you could search for a POI and add that to the route without saving it in your waypoint list. Knowhudimean? So you're traveling on your route, you need to stop for fuel, you search for a station, then add to your list of waypoints so you can go back to your route, edit the route, and insert the fuel station as a stop.

I'll make a suggestion to Garmin that they put in an "add as via point" option in.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by woodsatyr

Especially when it looks like you'd have to have a preselected waypoint saved to be able to insert it into the route.

Not sure where you got this impression. There's no need to save waypoints beforehand in order to add them to a route. When you're in the Route Planner, select Insert, choose the category "Fuel Services", choose the station and add it to the route.

There's no doubt it could be easier to add a waypoint to the active route but I don't really see the benefit of adding a specific gas station to a route. I'd just find the nearest station, navigate to that station, then get back on the original route. What's so important about keeping that waypoint in the route?

[woodsatyr]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

Not sure where you got this impression. There's no need to save waypoints beforehand in order to add them to a route. When you're in the Route Planner, select Insert, choose the category "Fuel Services", choose the station and add it to the route.

There's no doubt it could be easier to add a waypoint to the active route but I don't really see the benefit of adding a specific gas station to a route. I'd just find the nearest station, navigate to that station, then get back on the original route. What's so important about keeping that waypoint in the route?

When you navigate to that nearest station, it stops the current route you're on. You have to go back in and restart the route after you've completed your detour to the gas station. If you need to do more than one stop, you're constantly having to go in and start and stop routes over and over.

I dunno. I guess I'm just being unreasonable.

[mbabc]

I know the rugged mount has a 'security' screw to sort of lock the Montana to the mount, but do you guys trust it? I've always uplugged my past gps units and took them with me when I left my bike. What do you folks do??

Still waiting for that 600 sale price.....

[Britome]

Yep. I unplug and stick in my coat pocket

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by mbabc

I know the rugged mount has a 'security' screw to sort of lock the Montana to the mount, but do you guys trust it? I've always uplugged my past gps units and took them with me when I left my bike. What do you folks do??

Still waiting for that 600 sale price.....

I leave mine on the bike, as long as the bike's not hidden from view.

But I'm in Canada.

In fact last weekend my wife and I left both our Montanas on our bikes, and we couldn't see them from where we were, but the cook, the owner if this sweet little R80 could watch over it for us.

[moto-treks]

Originally Posted by mbabc

I know the rugged mount has a 'security' screw to sort of lock the Montana to the mount, but do you guys trust it? I've always uplugged my past gps units and took them with me when I left my bike. What do you folks do??

Still waiting for that 600 sale price.....

I just leave it on the bike. But where I ride no one would really take it. I also leave my tank bag, helmet, jacket, gloves, etc. Now, if I was in a major city and couldn't see my bike when I left it I might take that stuff with me.

[invisible monster]

Has anyone come up with a good way to cover the camera lens? Mine keeps getting dust/dirt/bugs on it when riding. Have to clean it anytime I stop to take a picture.

I'm guessing some sort of rubber plug would work, have to check a Lowe's to see what is available.

[GH41]

The only thing I trust the security screw for is to help keep the device from jumping out of the mount! If a crook wants it he will tear it up trying. Take it with you! GH

[ramz]

I just leave it on the bike.

That's what I do, too. I used to leave it on the bike between rides, also. Until I had a battery problem.

My powered mount is connected directly to the battery, with a fuse on one side, and is always powered. I want my Montana to run uninterrupted irrespective of the WR250R ignition being on or off. I decide when to power down the Montana.

After leaving the Montana in the powered mount and turned off for three days, my Shorai battery wouldn't turn the engine over. I replaced the battery with a good one, then decided to see why the battery took a hit. With a multi-meter in series with the positive battery wire and the Montana turned off, the meter showed an 8ma draw. I had left the Montana in this condition for 3 days, giving about .6AH drain. I suspect that this would not affect a normal lead-acid battery but the Shorai is not designed for a slow steady draw down.

I tried recharging the Shorai with a conventional battery tender, but it hasn't returned to it's normal charged state. I don't have the special plug and charger that allows me to recharge individual cells, and I suspect that one of the cells is too low and prevents normal recharging. I'll be talkin to the Shorai folks about this soon.

Lesson learned - remove the Montana for overnight or longer non-riding periods.

I plan to add an on/off switch to the circuit so I can leave the Montana in the mount overnight or longer. The switch will have an LED tell-tale so I'll know when it's on and off.

[Emmbeedee]

Originally Posted by GH41

The only thing I trust the security screw for is to help keep the device from jumping out of the mount! If a crook wants it he will tear it up trying. Take it with you! GH

But if a thief really wants it, won't I put my life in danger by carrying it on me?

[Red Barron]

Originally Posted by invisible monster

Has anyone come up with a good way to cover the camera lens? Mine keeps getting dust/dirt/bugs on it when riding. Have to clean it anytime I stop to take a picture.

I'm guessing some sort of rubber plug would work, have to check a Lowe's to see what is available.

Check post #589.
Looks like a good setup to me. Fast, easy and replaceable.

[moto-treks]

Originally Posted by Emmbeedee

But if a thief really wants it, won't I put my life in danger by carrying it on me?

Only if you say no when he asks you to give it to him