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[16HD117]

Since my 2620 was out of commission, I borrowed a 2730 to use on my trip to Memphis.  I was very disappointed!  The screen is almost impossible to see in direct sunlight and when it calculates a route the distance is a straight line calculation ("as the crow fly’s") not actual road mileage.  Did I not have the setups right or is that the only way it calculates mileage?  I tried different brightness settings on the display, nothing helped.
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[Crawdaddy]

04HD103

Sorry to hear that, I just bought my son a 2720 for his birthday July 3rd.  I hoped the unit would be better than your report.  I do think the set up has to be adjusted to route distance.  Or the software version must be for aircraft.  Just my thoughts.  I'll open my sons box and read the instructions.

[110tHunDer]

Tommy, the only time it shows you the distance in a straight line is when you do a find, such as when finding a city or restaurant, for example.  If you've laid in a route, the distance to the end will be utilizing the streets in the route, so it should be the true travel distance.

I agree with you on the brightness of the screen.  It's read-able, but could be better.  I had the brightness on my 2720 at 100% during my trip to Memphis and back and there were plenty of times I was wishing it was brighter still. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]  I leave it on the automatic brightness setting when it's in one of the cages and that has always been fine.  When I've checked it, it's only been at 80% on sunny days in the car/truck, but on the bike, even 100% was not enough.

[Twolanerider]

http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/search_SKU.lasso?SKU=065-0405&-session=touratech%3AFD429371167AD2AF88711A0D0EF7D9E0

One of those things help?

[110tHunDer]

Yeah, it probably would, and I've thought about getting one, but it looks like chit, IMHO, and I'm not crazy about having velcro permanently attached to the unit all the time.

I've noticed that if I angle the unit downward (toward a more horizontal position) instead of directlyl toward me, it helps considerably with the glare.  If the display was any dimmer, I'd probably have to do something like the visor, but it's just good enough right now when angled down that I feel like I can get by without.

[magicl1]

On the Garmin site, the 2620 is no longer produced, however some dealers are still selling their remaining stock or refurbished units.  2610 is still in production.