Sent Routes to Nuvi 1490 LMT from Base Camp

You didn't. I've been up for many hours ;)

I've moved my car into the sun to get the ice/snow off it. I've shoveled snow/ice. In fact I've done a bunch of Sunday chores already.

A beautiful sunny blue sky day though. Have you seen one of those recently :p . o O (Probably cloudy and raining in Sussex)

As it happens we're under a high at the mo and have had sunny blue skies for the last few days and forecast to continue all week :p

No snow/ice though ... temps around 16 degrees :)

...temps around 16 degrees :)

A toasty 4C here right now :) Supposed to get to 10C today. I've got a t-shirt on right now.

Wouldn't call that toasty ... :)

While on the subject of 1490LMT and routing, I have a question. Based on SUSSAMB's response in another thread, I purchased a 1490LMT so that my shaping points in a route would not show up as segments in the route. I was previously trying to use a Nuvi 2555LMT. The 1490LMT now shows the route as a continuous route past a shaping point. However, the voice still announces the approaching point. I have set all the "via" points as they are called in the Route properties table to "won't alert", but this seems to be ignored. Is there something else else that needs to be done? What am I missing? I am using latest version of Basecamp.

However, the voice still announces the approaching point.

The 13xx and 14xx (obsoleted) models don't support unannounced via's (my name) aka "Shaping Points".

So what models do support them? I don't have a comprehensive list but some Zumo's and some newer nuvi's.

I was afraid of that. I can probably put up with that for now. At least the route displays correctly now when compared to my 2555. Thanks for the confirmation!

To my knowledge only some Zumo's (aimed at motorcyclsts) and some newer Outdoor models support traditional routes (as per the 1490 etc) and unannounced via's. Newer nuvi's only support Trips (broken up routes).

Nuvis from the 2013 models onwards display trips more like the old style routes, that is as one route. They also accept shaping/do not alert points.

Nuvis from the 2013 models onwards display trips more like the old style routes...

I'd forgotten that. I stand corrected.

FYI a workaround for older models is to put any via's on road junctions where the unit will announce a turn anyway. That's normally where I put mine anyway.