MartinW

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Hello there! My T8x is still in the mail, but I’ve been using MRA for a while now – ever since Garmin broke their Basecamp to Zumo workflow. I use MRA for planning day and multi-day rides both on and off road. My favorite feature has to be the time planning of routes and tracks. I love that you can set a start time and know about when you’ll get to all of the other map points. I now find this feature critical for my planning. I plan on exporting various trips or POI groups as separate gpx files, and then turn them on or off as needed in DMD on the T8x. Hit me up if you have an other tips for a MRA user who new to DMD!

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Bart DM
3 months ago

Hello, thanks for your message. I also really enjoy using that time planning you mentioned. I use MRA Navigation Next with the DMD because I don’t find the navigation of DMD itself very comfortable. For off-road use it seems fine to me, but on the road MRA has many more advantages. Thanks for your message and welcome to this group!
Guzzist
3 months ago

I do it similar: from home to entry point to offroad, I use a route, planned in MRA, and navigating by MyRoute-App. For the offroad section, mostly I have got a track as gpx file, which I follow up by DMD2 App. Both apps (+ OsmAnd + GoogleMaps) are running parallel on my T865-X. And I’m happy.

Bart DM posted in the group MyRoute-app

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Hey everyone,

We’re now 56 members strong here in the MyRoute-app group on DMD! 🎉
I’m curious: how do you use MRA on your DMD device?
Do you mainly use it for commuting or for touring?
Do you plan your own routes, or download them from others?
Any tips, tricks, or settings you just couldn’t live without?

📸 Bonus: Feel free to share a photo of your DMD setup on your bike, or of a great route you recently rode.

The more experiences and ideas we share, the more valuable this group becomes for everyone. 🏍️💨

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Neil Bartlett
3 months ago

I use MRA web for planning of the GPX file and MRA Nav via DMD for nav so that I can take advantage of the notes read-back feature in MRA Navigation App for reminders of required ETA progress etc to meet the Distance Riders timetable for the route, 1600km in 24 hours. I then have the track in DMD to keep me compliant with the routes spec. and have all the extra features that the DMD dashboard has. MRA runs in the background and still talks to me. As does WAZE with cop and hazards info.
- Bart DM
  3 months ago
  
  Nice combination of using different apps!
Guzzist
3 months ago

For me (with glases), it was a game changer, to use a bigger screen for navigation! T865-X, based on Android is genius! I love the comfort of extra (spoken) information on each WP in MyRoute-App! But I also love the colour coded offroad maps of DMD2! An it’s wonderful: both apps can navigate by a track!

Gerard Olthof posted in the group MyRoute-app

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Hi there,

My screen of the DMD-T865X Nav Tab (8″) gets stuck over and over again. It doen’t respond when i touch it. I can’t restart, only by pushing the on/off button for a long time. The software is up -to-date and after that ….no response. Who can help me solving this problem?? Any thoughts??

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Bart DM
3 months ago

Hello, maybe it’s better to ask this question in the DMD Facebook group. Regards, Bart
https://www.facebook.com/groups/drivemodeusers

Marinus posted in the group MyRoute-app

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Hi Guys
I have T865X. On the sd card there are lots of mp3 files. When I play them after a couple of minutes the Music stops. It diesn’t matter if there’s an navigation app running or not. Any thoughts

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Bart DM
7 months ago

I have no idea what the issue could be, unfortunately. Maybe you could check the DMD Facebook group to see if anyone there has experience with this. You can often find great tips and solutions there!

Steve Jarrell posted in the group MyRoute-app

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I have a new D865X on order and it should be here sometime next week. I’ll be mounting it on my BMW R1300GS. I found out something that should be of interest to MRA users. The map that DMD2 uses is Andromap, and the underlying base map in Andromap is OpenStreetMap. See the Andromap licensing agreements here that shows the use of OpenStreetMap.
“https://www.openandromaps.org/lizenzen”

So instead of leaving my default set to the HERE/Garmin map I’ll be changing it to OSM. I was disappointed trying to use the MRA iOS app with Apple Carplay and a Chigee device as the functionality was very limited IMO, so I’m really looking forward to still using the MRA planner (which is the best there is IMO) with the D865 and the DMD2 app.

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Bart DM
7 months ago

Hi, I was curious about how the D865X performs on your BMW R1300GS. Is it what you expected? I was also wondering: do you only use MyRoute-app for planning routes, or do you also use the navigation app from MyRoute-app on the D865X? How does that work for you in practice?
- Steve Jarrell
  7 months ago
  
  Hey Bart – I finally just got it mounted yesterday. I have done a lot of testing of both the DMD app and MyRouteApp though. The DMD app would be fantastic for offroad riding following a track as that’s what it was designed for, however MRA is far superior for on road ridiing with routes that include via points with points of interest and other stops. According to DMD’s lead developer in another one of my recent posts “DMD doesn’t do routes”. Bottom line is that I’ll use both for different purposes. The hardware is fantastic!
  - Bart DM
    7 months ago
    
    Hey Steve, I’ have the exact same experience – totally agree with your take on both apps. Great to hear your setup is working well. I’m really happy with mine too!
- Steve Jarrell
  6 months ago
  
  We started a 3 week trip a couple of days ago. The T865X works great with the MRA software in offline mode. I also put POIs at the important via points (not all of them, just the important ones) and then I exported the .gpx file with the track and POIs and imported it into the DMD app as a backup.
  
  I haven’t used it yet but it seems to work very well. Of course the main difference between using the route in the MRA app and the track with POIs in the DMD app is that you lose all of your via points.
  
  I do really like the screen layout and the simplicity of the DMD app though. Everything in life is a tradeoff!
  - Bart DM
    6 months ago
    
    Nice! 🤟🏻

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