Electronics » Something new on my Nav V

Today a new item appeared on the screen of my Nav V. In the upper right corner there is a blue box with what appears to be the icon of a camera in it. What gives? When I tap it, it goes away for a second and the battery icon appears and then the "camera" comes on again. I can't find the owners manual for it and the quick start guide is no help.

Frank

Zitat von Duckbubbles im Beitrag #1

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Today a new item appeared on the screen of my Nav V. In the upper right corner there is a blue box with what appears to be the icon of a camera in it. What gives? When I tap it, it goes away for a second and the battery icon appears and then the "camera" comes on again. I can't find the owners manual for it and the quick start guide is no help.

Frank

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I think that's the screenshot icon.

Zitat von KevKP im Beitrag #4

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I think that's the screenshot icon.

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What does the notification look like if you subscribe to speed cameras?

Zitat von TenCats im Beitrag #5

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Zitat von KevKP im Beitrag #4

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I think that's the screenshot icon.

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Correct.
You can switch it on/off in Settings / Display / ↓

Always handy it you want to show the weirdness of a Garmin.

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #6

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What does the notification look like if you subscribe to speed cameras?

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Zitat von Duckbubbles im Beitrag #8

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That was it! Thanks to both of you guys for the info. Next question is how the heck did it get turned on in the first place? I haven't been into the settings screen for a very long time.

Frank

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In Europe, you do have to pay for it. I is called Cyclops and while better than nothing, it is not reliable enough to allow you to relax in my experience.

My Garmin (Nav VI) is great in most respects but fairly often gets the speed limits wrong and often does not 'know' about speed cameras, some of which have been there for years! Its navigational routes are sometimes quite creative as well! I would not be without it though and it (and its predecessor, a Zumo 660) has proved invaluable over the years, especially in towns.

My main complaint about Garmin though is their website which I find infuriating! Perhaps it is just me but I don't have any special trouble with any of the other websites that I use.

I'm somewhat confused as I use Garmin's Smartphone Link for traffic camera's which, for me, is free of charge. Maybe this is because when it was introduced, I took a "life time" subscription for a single fee. My initial idea was that "life time" was based upon the GPS, but it must have been on the life cycle of the smartphone. Whenever I got a new phone, a back up of the data was transferred to the new one and the speed camera's keep on working even though I renewed GPSses and Smartphones over the past years. At a later stage, the status was changed from Subscribed to Free.

Also the possibilities (and perhaps also the price) vary from country to country. As soon as I cross the German Border, the app tells me where to find the cheapest gasoline but in my own country I have to figure that out myself.

Anyway, the app works for me:
(overview of redlight and speedcams in my neighbourhood)

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Zitat von DJBee im Beitrag #11

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My Garmin (Nav VI) is great in most respects but fairly often gets the speed limits wrong ...........

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Zitat von DJBee im Beitrag #11

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My Garmin (Nav VI) is great in most respects but fairly often gets the speed limits wrong .

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That is not such a surprise as the speedlimit data is embedded in the mapdata. So the same CityNavigator NTU map, like 2020.2, gives the same data in NAV V, VI, and Zumo's. everywhere.