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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #1

Hi we are in Poitou and none of sat navs seem to be working ,all seem to not be able to find rhe roads getting very frustrated as cannot find way to Aires any help please

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #2

Do you have the book, All the Aires? If you have that you must have to revert to maps. Look up the own in the book and try to find it on the map. Failing that, just drive to the next town and ask. There will be one near you, go there and then sort out the satnav.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #3

It is very strange that more than one satnav has dropped the mapping software.

If they are reading the maps from a memory card is fully inserted?

What it the make, model and the message appearing on screen?

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #4

Most of the towns and villages have the aire signposted, likewise the campsites, stick to the main roads and not the motorways.

You could also refer to google maps on your phone or tablet if you dont have paper maps

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #5

Or buy a cheap satnav. All the ones we see in places like Halfords are available in the big supermarkets. Language is unlikely to be a problem and there may be a way of changing the language.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #6

The sat nav is a garmin nuvi worked all the way to piriac sur mer then seems to keep recalculating and seems to be beside the road but can never seem to get on it,I have all the Aires books and was using coordinates on sat nav no problem till now,when I try to pin point on iPad it just freezes as we drive along and it seems to be wonky as well,what is the name of the supermarket that would keep sat navs,we also tried to find supermarket on I phone on google maps and walked to destination only to end up at old housing estate nowhere near a shop

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #7

I have seen them in most of the bigger super U's, and Le Clercs. Usually in the same areas as phones and other electrical kit. Although if your other electronic kit is acting up, perhaps it is an interference issue. Does your satnav have a built in battery? If so what is it like if you take it outside the van, perhaps it is not getting enough satellites inside.

If you can post your location we might be able to see where the nearest big hypermarkets are.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #8

We at aire La Rochelle 1 #102 on all the Aires book

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #9

Probably not relevant and 3 years ago, but a gram in owner had issues in Poitou.

https://www.angloinfo.com/poit…ic/1307324

This is the only result when I ask google 'satnav issues in poitou'

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #10

Must be a sat nav problem I put in near me,pub/restaurant and it says closet is 58 miles away and sat nav is showing 5 sats,I'm surrounded by pubs and restaurants and think I will go and visit a few,it may fell like 58 miles on the way back lol,thanks for all your helps.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #11

There is a huge Carrefour at Angoulins about 6km south of La Rochelle on the route de rocheforte. Easily seen from the road. I have been in it, but cannot guarantee that it was one of those that stock satnavs.

Got to go now but will see if I can spot a Le Clerc or super u later.

Keep er lit. We all managed for years with an AA atlas.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #12

Also hyper U on the route de Nantes out of La Rochelle. Big dual carriageway, hyper U easily seen from the road. Good parking and huge store. Been in it too.

Let us know how you get on.

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #13

Do a factory reset on nav
Is it only doing that near new roads? Sounds like you have an old map

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #14

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Did you by any chance update your sat nav before leaving home? this happened to me one time and when I headed down the west coast of France my sat nav had lost the plot completely.
I went to one of the large supermarkets and purchased a new one and when I got back home I found out that the update that I had done did not load correctly. I reloaded it and now I have two sat navs when I go away

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #15

Yip I did a latest download before I left

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· Posted: 14.09.2016 · #16

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Yip I did a latest download before I left

On more than one satnav?

Just trying to figure out if it could be anything else

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· Posted: 15.09.2016 · #17

There is a FREE apple satnav app for France called navmii france.

Might be worth trying to add it to your iPad and see if it works.

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· Posted: 15.09.2016 · #18

Thanks everyone got a new sat nav,everything Rosie now

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· Posted: 17.09.2016 · #19

Glad you got sorted. Just a pity you had to buy a new one.

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