Hello.
Got a new device a week ago.
As there's no a forum for navigation devices, I'll add this to here, as here's some other devices as well.
Rigth away have to start to complain.... well, hope Garmin has an ability to give some reasonable answer, "why not", or make fixes/improvements.
With a short experience....
-smartphone link... a convenient way to send next address to 396... but, there's no search function???? So, have to use google maps to find an address, then You have to search that address, based on lakes etc ... from garmin link map, point it with your finger...
As this should serve users, make life easier, why isn't there an address search???
It's nearly impossible to find any places from a map/area, which is not familiar.
-396... itself... OK, have to admit, life goes on and as users are used to free maps/navigation sw's, then there's some expectations towards to "pro makers", Garmin, which are not for free. Not even cheap.
An example from waze, when destination has been set, You can have a look at the route, "in time line", if there's any traffic/police, ... so why doest garmin show for the driver, the incoming events on the route? Like speedcameras, gas station (if selected) etc??
-info screen/pop up on a display... a small cross to hide it?? To be used with gloves?
-why should You use info screen? On a lower part there's 2 possible info, for continuous display. OK. For most users, the want to see speed, time to dest. and km/miles to dest.... (An old zumo displayed 4 continuous info, no need for a "pop up" which should be on all the time.
Idea of coming events there is good, but..
-...when there's some events, rider can have a "beep" to his/hers ears. OK. But... how do you recognize, which alert was it?? There's no selection for a different sounds for different alerts? At least in my case, this leads to a fact, I can use only one alert, speed camera.
So far those are the worst.
-When being "a pro", I'd like to be able to set zoom level. I know manual is a choice, but then there's no zoom. Somehow I'd like to be a bit "further"/higher, to see a bit more of a map.
-Still struggling with brightness - not sure if setting was 100%, as this lowers brightness automatically. And, I hope You'll (I mean Garmin) realize, there's something wrong in the design, if users are talking about max brightness. Today is a test drive, whether 100% brightness is enough. As there's some sunlight, in here. Even the best devices are useless, if those can't be seen.
-there's (still) no lock for handlebar bracket?
As my registration took for days, I've forgotten some "features". One quite weird one (with previous model) was night mode which went on automatically when driving more north than, can't be sure, olderfjord, Norway. Somewhere there. It went to a night mode above that point and returned to day mode when we got lower/more south than that???
Hope Garmin will think seriously these arguments. If the way, it has been designed, feels "right and only one", there could be choices for different needs, like the "timeline" display. A few more selections for different users to modify displayed info for own purposes.
???????Once a program has been done, it will serve a lot of customers.
