TomTom changes my planned route

[Dan Brennan]

It's infuriates me when I spend an hour carefully planning out a specific route, upload it to my TT 4GD00 and then when checking the route, I see it has been changed completely.

Is there a way to get exactly what I planned out in TYRE?

 

[dhn]

The more waypoints you add, the less likely the deviation from your desired route.

 

[canderson]

What is a 4GD00? Sounds like part of a part number. Model instead? IIRC, that P/N belongs to one of the Rider series. What are the first 2 characters of the serial number?

Knowing which generation you've got would be helpful since features involved with your specific issue vary a good bit. You can even force the newest Rider to try to follow a specific track, even if it's not possible (which in itself can be a bit of a nuisance!)

 

[Dan Brennan]

4GD00 is the model written on the back of the unit.

I got it through Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHADL3U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The page is titled "TomTom Rider Motorcycle GPS Navigator with lifetime maps" and it doesn't seem to matter how many way-points I put in.

On a recent trip, which I had previously programmed, the TomTom was telling me to use roads that I KNEW were wrong. I chalked it up to not having enough way-points, so I came back and re-did the route putting in about 50 of them.

In TYRE the route was perfect but after I uploaded it to the TomTom and then previewed it again, it was all over the place.

It would tell me to take the wrong exit, U-turn, and get back on the road.

It got to where I got fed up and turned it off halfway through the ride.

 

[- et -]

4GD00 is the model written on the back of the unit.

I got it through Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHADL3U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The page is titled "TomTom Rider Motorcycle GPS Navigator with lifetime maps" and it doesn't seem to matter how many way-points I put in.

On a recent trip, which I had previously programmed, the TomTom was telling me to use roads that I KNEW were wrong. I chalked it up to not having enough way-points, so I came back and re-did the route putting in about 50 of them.

In TYRE the route was perfect but after I uploaded it to the TomTom and then previewed it again, it was all over the place.

It would tell me to take the wrong exit, U-turn, and get back on the road.

It got to where I got fed up and turned it off halfway through the ride.

I do not have the Rider, and do not know if it has a menu similar to my own devices, but I assume that there are some options you can select that will tell the unit to avoid certain types of roads, etc.

As a systematic approach to looking for cause of the behavior that you are describing, I would go through all of the menus, looking for options, and make sure that you have no options selected that tell the Rider to avoid ANYTHING. If that helps with your problem, you can then go back and turn options on again, one at a time until you find what is your issue. (Assuming that this does turn out to be a factor.)

- Tom -

 

[canderson]

The model shown in the Amazon listing appears to be two genreations old. We call that a "Nav2" device (vs. the current which is Nav4). It looks like you have a Rider 3, 5th Edition - or at least one from that generation. Again, the first two of the serial number might have been easier on both of us. Serial numbers for the unit I'm thinking of start with a "K4".

That being a Nav2 device, one way to force a less-than-optimal (per the routing engine's logic) route is by creating an itinerary with TYRE, or if needed, multiple itineraries that you execute in succession (the limit is 48 points per itinerary). The result from TYRE will be one or more *.itn files that are then stored in the "itn" folder of your device. Whatever you use for the root of the filename will be what appears on the itinerary list on your Rider.

As noted, the more points you add, the less possible it will be for the device to find an alternative that is faster by deviating from your intended route.

Newer units (e.g., the Rider 400) can be fed tracks in *.gpx format that won't allow any deviation.