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I have a couple of questions about the "Animate" feature/function. Can I begin the "Animate" at a specific point in my route? For example at mile/kilometer 200? It seems that I need to always start the "Animate" from the beginning of my route after I make a change. So, if I have a very long route, it seems like a waste of time, I need to re-start the "Animate" from the beginning and wait till it gets to the point I'm interested in. When I "Start preview" an "Animate", then hit the "Pause review", the button says "Start preview", but the preview continues from where it was paused. That seems strange to me. The software should "Start preview" from the beginning of the route or the button should say "Continue preview".

Today I received this carplay/androïd device. It was professionally packed etc. I unpacked it and found a tiny screw was missing. I had a replacement screw so I went on testing it. Connecting with my Iphone went flawlessly and yeah, the device worked. Even though the screen is smaller then my Iphone. The touch screen worked ok. I could easily call my wife, play Spotify and MRA worked though. So do I recommend the Ottocast 5.1 lite? NO! It’s too small and most disturbing once installed it cannot be taken of unless you unscrew the whole thing. So any vandal can demolish it if he/she feels to. I won’t send it back and use it on my bike hopefully no one will tear it of or break it.

In other words, just put in roadblock at the location where such a roadblock is present

@Mark-McDonald said: Whilst creating a route in Spain with seasonal closures ticked it takes say 6 hours but the exact same route will take 5 hours 10 minutes with seasonal closures unticked why? I can understand how it works in high alpine routes but Spain in the summer? What am I missing? The MRA is entirely dependent on the information provided by the mapmakers. HERE is a map that is also maintained by users of HERE via a special website of HERE. This information can be processed quickly or it needs some time. But before i scare you of about HERE, which map did you used to create your route? HERE, TomTom or OpenStreet Map (OSM)? Like @herman-veldhuizen said, if there is a closure and this is not marked up correctly, it can have some effect on your route. But, did you used enough waypoints as well? If you put 2 waypoints miles apart from eachother and in the online routeplanner the route you created takes 6 hours but after loading it in your navigation system or MRA Next app, he route is suddenly 5 hrs and 10min. it might be also that there is some road you did not selected to go pass it but the app uses it as a part of the route. This might have an effect of the time as well But please, provide us with a link to tat route so we can cehck it also.

@white.mouse Hi, Tks for yr answer. All clear. However, if I export the route into bmw navigation 3 choices appear. 1 route with the amount of waypoints I made. 1 with the amount of waypoints the bmw navigator creates (a lot). 1 with the poi created. First and second one shows no poi. The last one shows only poi’s. Clearly I am doing something wrong

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@b0hd1, let's agree to disagree.

Yes, it saved me from an extra 60km detour. You can also specify the maximum speed in the settings. Very handy if you want to drive more relaxed than the maximum speed.

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@Edwin_M said: Tip: found this website,, that checks your gps on actual blockers on route: https://motormakkers.nl/mm-route-checker/ excellent tool this, just had play with a few of my routes, seems to work a treat

@Lynchy67 It is on the list for major maintenance of the website, just like being able to export multiple routes in one go. Please be patient.

@Garry-Davis exactly, that would have been my second advice, but you are one step ahead. You can choose your beloved app, to count a route to the petrolstation

Hi ! So, the bad news is that Transfagarasan is still closed for now, but it should be opened in the next two weeks. You can check the live cam from time to time: https://www.roxy-world.ro/webcam-transfagarasan Good news is that Transalpina was opened about 5 days ago, some of my friends went there already and confirmed this. Enjoy Romania !