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Old 09-22-2007, 12:34 PM
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Default Re: GPS and TV

Age of the unit and 'updatability' are significant with GPS systems. The system we have built into our car does not show large portions of TV, but then again, the car is a 2004 model. On the other hand, our Magellan 4040 hand-held unit, purchased recently, does (though the actual street in TV is listed under 'Lady Lake,' not 'The Villages'). We suspect that the car's system can be updated by the dealer (at a cost, of course!); we plan to trade the car and at the same time check to see if the GPS system in the 2008 models has been updated (which we assume will be). For those using a system that shows a blank screen for the area where you live AND it's a matter of finding your way home FROM an unfamiliar area, you can program an intersection near your home that IS on the GPS as 'home'; once the system directs you to that intersection, from there you know the rest of the way home.