navigation system?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pete bogumill @ Jul 3 2006, 02:23 PM) [snapback]280647[/snapback]</div>

I've done that once (LA to Denver). You have switch to the destination map to enter the destination. My recollection is that once you initiate the trip, the nav sys keeps you set to the correct zone.

 

I have a Garmin Street Pilot. You press "Find," then "Other State", and begin spelling the state until it offers you choices, and you pick one. Then city and then address. Once you have the address you press "Go To." Or you can add it to your favorites list first. You never have to use the map to enter an address.

Based on all the complaints I've read about the built-in NAV, I'm glad I have the Garmin instead.

 

<_< Hi Pete and hschuck...

I believe hschuck is correct.

On a recent drive from Dallas TX to Hot Springs AR, I was pleased to note that when I crossed the state line at Texarkana, the NAV system continued to display all highways and streets accurately without the necessity of manually changing the "search area" [US5 for Texas and US7 for Arkansas]. I had not entered or searched for a destination address in Arkansas. From Hot Springs, I was able to enter "HOME" as my destination on the return and the NAV system guided me flawlessly. Hmmmm.... I wonder if I didn't want to "search" for a destination but had an accurate address if the NAV system would have permitted me to enter the Hot Springs address without changing the search area.

My "Navigation System Owner's Manual" [page 20 in the 2004 version] reads: "The 'Destination' screen allows you to select the search area for your destination." I would presume from this experience that as you tour the U.S. and Canada, the highways and streets [insofar as they are programmed into the NAV DVD] will show accurately and the only time you need to manually change the search area is if you want to find a destination to enter.

I have been pleased with the accuracy and operation of the NAV system, although the manual is sorely lacking in easy to understand practical operating instructions.