- Joined
- Nov 24, 2009
- Messages
- 6
I have had my Rider 2 for about 6 months now. I have used a hand held Magellan for many years geocaching and some navigating and know pretty much all the ins and outs of gps navigation........I used the Rider for a trip to Canada from Spokane Wa, have used it going a lot of places here and there and found it to be a very good nav tool.
The ONLY problem I have had was the phone connection. Everything worked fine but about 45 seconds into the call the audio from the other end would drop off. Connection was there but I could hardly hear the other person. I sent the unit in and they replaced it. Problem fixed!!
I am new to this forum and did read a few things but time hasn't allowed me to do a lot of reading. I do have some things to say from what I have read..........
I hooked up my Rider to the 12 volt ciggy power outlet on my dash. Works great. The mount is fantastic and I am very happy with the Ram setup. I have pulled the Rider from the slide mount many many times with no problems. I like the way it uses the pins instead of tabs. As I posted on a reply to one issue, the "operate my rider" doesn't work with the current version of Home. They are aware of it and are working on it. Yes it would be nice but not a big thing. I did find out that there is a 2 gig limit on the chip you can use unless you can find a bigger one that isn't HC or HR type. The unit doesn't work with the faster type chips. Just the plain jane 2 gig is ok.
Time to turn my bbq. I'll be back when more time allows. I know the Rider 2 inside and out, have some really neat things to talk about with my experiences with tech support and what they sent me instead of what I needed.
Venture Rider
The ONLY problem I have had was the phone connection. Everything worked fine but about 45 seconds into the call the audio from the other end would drop off. Connection was there but I could hardly hear the other person. I sent the unit in and they replaced it. Problem fixed!!
I am new to this forum and did read a few things but time hasn't allowed me to do a lot of reading. I do have some things to say from what I have read..........
I hooked up my Rider to the 12 volt ciggy power outlet on my dash. Works great. The mount is fantastic and I am very happy with the Ram setup. I have pulled the Rider from the slide mount many many times with no problems. I like the way it uses the pins instead of tabs. As I posted on a reply to one issue, the "operate my rider" doesn't work with the current version of Home. They are aware of it and are working on it. Yes it would be nice but not a big thing. I did find out that there is a 2 gig limit on the chip you can use unless you can find a bigger one that isn't HC or HR type. The unit doesn't work with the faster type chips. Just the plain jane 2 gig is ok.
Time to turn my bbq. I'll be back when more time allows. I know the Rider 2 inside and out, have some really neat things to talk about with my experiences with tech support and what they sent me instead of what I needed.
Venture Rider