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July 4, 2016
Garmin Montana 600 Screen Flipping
I managed to reset my Garmin Montana before I left, so now, it's practically useless.
1) The screen flips back and forth constantly between portrait and landscape.
2) When you navigate to a destination, it shows a straight line going across mountains, rivers, etc, but not following roads.
https://www.gpscity.com/questions?qid=41687
You will want to lock the screen orientation to either portrait or landscape.
This is done in the display settings.
From the Main Menu > Setup > Display > Orientation Lock > select Lock Portrait or Lock Landscape.
OK. That worked. Now, my screen isn't flipping any more.
As the crow flies routes can sometimes happen if you have Navigation switched to "shortest point to point" or a profile set to "off road". So be sure to check those too:
Setup->Routing->Activity to "Motorcycle Driving" from "Direct Routing" and Setup->Routing->Lock on Road to "Yes"
So, that fixed the problem where it shows your navigation "as the crow flies", ignoring the maps, but it still won't let me navigate across Tioga Pass. Well done, Garmin.
OK. Now, I see what it is. When I say to navigate to San Francisco, it lists every San Francisco on the planet, and then the one that I'm trying to get to last. Brilliant.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 4, 2016 at 9:15 AM
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