Need help with my Sat Nav?

Question

I have a Navman Sat Nav, I've been using it. Yeterday I was going to Waterbeach in cambridge from Bedfordshire, I put in the address I was going to in the Sat Nav but it took me through every village up the way to cambridge and it avoided all motoways apart from when it took me on to the M11 and on to the A14, just seems like a long route. How can I get it to take me on motoways and dual carrage ways?

Thank you for your help. x

Answer 1

I have a navman, but probably a bit older than yours.  If you go into your settings, you wil probably find you have a choice of whether you want a preference for motorways or urban roads.

If I have a long journey I check the journey the navman is offering with the way I want to go on the map.

Answer 2

there is an option where you tick "avoid motorways" and "avoid tools" maybe they are ticked, plus if you put "shortest distance" a back road might be shorter in Miles. I recommend to put "shortest time"

This happened when I was in Italy I rented a car in Bologna and travelled to a town in Tuscany were the rented villa was, it took me 3/12 hours when I though it was less than 2 hours, turns out that "avoid motorways" was enabled

Answer 3

Sounds as if you asked for the 'shortest' route.  See if you can ask for 'quickest route' instead.