![]() ![]() I’ll also note that this series includes what Garmin terms photoReal Junction View, where the background scenery should generally match reality. It seems to pop up at almost every exit in cities where I’ve never even seen it before. There has been a huge increase in the number of exits showing Junction View imagery (pictured below on the right side of the screen). The voice command on this latest nuvi is getting very good indeed. Another improvement is that Find Place seems to work with nearly any POI in the database now. Just say Find Address and then rattle off the entire address. You can do one shot address or POI entry on the 2495LMT. In addition to the options shown below, there are also commands for Detour, Volume and Brightness.Īs with other recent models, you can use a customizable wakeup phrase (“voice command” is the default). I’m estimating that accuracy was at least 90%. Voice command functioned very well in my testing, even in my noisy truck. On the 2xx5 series, it’s Settings > Navigation > Avoidances. For example, on 2xx0 series units, you had the following sequence to set avoidances: Tools > Settings > Navigation > nuRoute > Avoidances. Improved nesting and better use of check boxes have reduced many steps. Recent nuvis had deep menu options that were painful to access. So much so that it will undoubtedly end up as one of the buttons on my map screen. UPDATE: Not a new feature.įirst seen on the dezl trucker series, and similar to Magellan’s Exit POIs, this is another new feature that I think people will find very helpful indeed. Tap Routes and you’ll get your choice of faster time, shorter distance and less fuel routes (according to the manual they aren’t labeled, but you can see them below). Once you enter a search and tap a result, you’ll see a drop down box like the one below. I’ll discuss that in more detail shortly. Of course on the 2×95 series you can also use voice command, just like on several other recent models. Tap the Searching Near field in the upper right hand portion of the screen to access options such as My active route, My destination, etc.You can do a universal search, entering an address or a POI name.The Categories icon gives you access to the full range of choices, in addition to any shortcuts showing.And you can have up to six screens, for a total of 36 shortcuts.Note that you can remove any of the shortcuts shown above.this is one of the more helpful new features, IMHO You can add a shortcut to a favorite search (e.g., Starbucks), a category or subcategory, a saved place, etc.Tap Where To? and you’ll see the following screen… There you can drill down through many categories, as you can see below. While you cannot customize which POIs to display on the 3D moving map, it’s a different subject when you go into browse map mode. Oh, and which POIs feature corporate logos seems to be solely related to which ones are available to Garmin it has nothing to do with zoom levels. In the screenshot below, you can see that more information appears on the screen if you tap a POI icon. Enabling the latter will display points of interest (POIs). You can choose to display any or all of the following on the map: Traffic, Trip log and Places along the road. BTW, see the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the lower right portion of the nuvi screen above? You can tap that to bring up all twelve of the items available for the map buttons, so it’s easy to reach the other nine. You can have up to three of the following: Traffic, Mute, Stop, Phone, Detour, Exit services, Where am I?, Trip computer, Map layers, Brightness, Where to? and Audible. The icons on the right side of the map screen are termed map buttons. Map changes – Buttons, layers, and more, oh my They are accessed via Settings > Map & Vehicle > Dashboards. There are eight different dashboards available on the 2495LMT. ![]() One exception is at the end of the “Map changes” section, where I discuss browsing the map for POIs the other is the final section, “ Menu improvements.” Dashboards Much of this section was covered in my first looks post. To fully shut down the device, hold the power button down for three seconds. The advantage here is an almost instantaneous power on from sleep mode. According to the manual, “a battery charge lasts for weeks” in this mode. When you press the power button to turn it off, it actually goes into sleep mode. The nuvi 2495LMT powers off and on automatically when connected to the charger in your car. ![]()
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