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255w wrong location

Former Member over 14 years ago

hello!
i had a Garmin 255w before and i don't remember ever having problem with location or direction i sold it to get a better one the 2360lmt i had to return it took too long to reroute and purchased a refurbish 255w this unit seem to have problems giving directions every time i want to go home it's sending me to the wrong street (next block behind my house) where there's no way to get to my location i barrow a tom tom from a friend a xl live this tom tom even it shows me i still in the parking lot and cost the same i paid for the garming i have not drive far to test this unit further my question is

Can two Garmin 255w same model and updates 2011 maps ,same settings can give different directions or show different location

0 Former Member over 14 years ago

It is quite possible that your 255w did not get your home address location right. Sometimes street addresses are off by a bit. Mine indicated the neighbor's house, so if you want to have you exact home location, turn the gps on while in your driveway, let it acquire well (if you press on teh satellites bar on the main screen, you'll get into the satellite screen and see how many are locked on. The more, the better. Once you have a good lock, hit the return button, now tools, settings, scroll down to My Data hand hit that, touch Set Home Location, and now touch use My Current Location.

See if that helps you.