Does your car sat nav always let you down when you need it? Well I have some top tips that will increase the reliability of your sat nav when you hit the road, tips which I use for my own car sat nav that I want to share.
1)Always check if there is any software updates available for you sat nav, as you might have a really out of date software version running on your sat nav. Older software versions have older maps, which can reflect on the reliability of your sat nav guiding you to the correct way. For example: if a new road was created in 2011 and the maps for the sat nav are created in 2009, the you sat nav will not guide you on that road, leaving you puzzled. To update the software on most sat navs, all you need is a computer with a internet connection, a disc that is supplied and a usb cable, to connect your sat nav to your computer via usb port. If you own a TomTom, I have a brilliant blog post explaining instructions on how to update the software on it, which is below:
2)Make sure you don’t leave the sat nav charger behind when taking it on long motorway journeys because the battery life will die on you, making it unreliable. Using a fully charged sat nav without plugging it into a car charger, is ideal for local journeys, but for long distances.
3)Double check the address of the detestation your are wanting to go to, a wrong address can make you annoyed and blame the sat nav and saying it is not reliable for you.
4)Make sure the sat nav is placed near the front car window because it can find more gps satellites. Placing the sat nav on your car seat or in your hand will block incoming gps signal from the satellites, therefore you sat nav could lose route calculation.
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