DMD T665 Phone + MyRoute App?

[Adrian Avram]

Hello !
As far as I know Bart De Medts tested the DMD T665 Phone with MyRoute App and I was thinking to buy one to get rid of all the Android Auto issues and just use the app at its full potential on a DMD phone.
Has anyone else tried this device before ?
These are Barts opinions regarding this device, but it would be nice to have more, if someone else has used it.
https://info.myrouteapp.com/dmd-t665-nav-phone-test/

PS: I am a little concern of using my S24 Ultra on a QuadLock in the summer sun ...

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Adrian-Avram hi Adrian
The T665 is also a very good device. The recasons why I chose the T865X is the screen. T66t is 800 nits and the T865X +1300nits. Since you also use the chiquer device witch is even less than 800 nits you’ll be ok. Unless you have room on your bike for the T865X.
Have fun

[Arjan de Vries]

I have the t865x. Love it! Also with MRA.

[Guzzist]

I compared both because I wanted to get the smaller one at first. But the parallel test shows me very clear: with the bigger one, now finally I can read p.e. city names on map during the ride. Also in bright sunshine! Decision for T865-X was made quick!
MyRoute-App is running well on the device.
I only wait since a long time for integration of Remote-2 controller from DMD - to not any longer need to touch the screen during ride

[Ioan Dragulescu]

I just got the T665 and the way I've set it up is like this:

-set the app to Virtual Display, massively improves the smoothness/responsiveness of the app;
-from the android settings -> Display size and text, set the Display size to the middle option and the font size to the 2nd;

• from the app, leave tilt correction to -2 (for 0 sky/horizon) and zoom to 1.6 (it doesn't seem to zoom anymore above that)

(the two settings above are to make the map easily readable on the smaller screen of the T665)

-increase the size of the POI and the Position indicator (this is just personal choice)

And of course, it is a smaller device, so the screen real estate is limited, especially in landscape mode with the left menu up

[Guzzist]

@Ioan-Dragulescu ...in meantime, DMD released a 7" device, which is probably the best solution

[Ioan Dragulescu]

maybe, but it's a little too big for my taste. And also twice as much as the T665 I kept waiting before I got mine and hoping that there will be an upgrade to it, maybe some 6 inch tops with better hardware? But ... it didn't happen unfortunately, and with both Carpe Iter and DMD2 just releasing new devices it won't probably happen any time soon.

[Martin Wilcke]

@Adrian-Avram

I’ve been using the T665 for about two years now, and it works great with MRA.

After about a year, I had a problem with the PoGo pins (it stopped charging properly); I sent the device to Thork Racing, and they repaired it for free. The process was quick and hassle-free.

I also had a T865X, but I didn’t like it. The matte display was too blurry for me, and I couldn’t see it at all when the sun was behind me. I sold it. I know that many users prefer the larger device; that’s certainly helpful if you want to see a lot of the surroundings on the display. But for pure road trips, the T665 is absolutely big enough in my opinion.

There’s one thing I particularly love about the T665, and that’s the way the device attaches to the cradle. It’s a combination of a magnet that “pulls” the device into the cradle and a mechanical lock. Attaching and detaching takes seconds, and it stays rock-solid (at least while road riding).

All in all, a clear recommendation.