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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: nick v6 on 03 March 2009, 18:55:21
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are they any good
how do they fit
how do they work
never saw one in a mig
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Which one? Phillips Carin or Siemens Navteq?
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Long story, but both my Omegas have the Carin and the Siemens VDO ones fitted. Siemens is by far the better system, but the Carin does the job well, if a bit tedious entering addresses.
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i take it there not touch screen
how do you in put address / post codes
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Not touch screen.
Addresses only.
No postcode function.
Also, unlike TomTom and similar, no POI - Points Of Interest - function addition is available. The preloaded banks/garages etc are all you get.
It is, however, much quicker on pickup compared to TT and, POI apart, is quite good and I like it.
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i take it there not touch screen
how do you in put address / post codes
Carin has a control button near handbrake, Siemens has similar button on radio (but can us steering wheel controls with Siemens).
Both have broadly similar capabilities, and both lack postcode entry.
Siemens uses the computer display, carin has its one display near radio. Siemens has option of full colour display which offers a little bit more functionality.
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ive looked at my dash and i can see where it goes next to my radio just a case of popping the blanks out and fitting it there :y
just gotta get one now
which is best one to get
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ive looked at my dash and i can see where it goes next to my radio just a case of popping the blanks out and fitting it there :y
just gotta get one now
which is best one to get
Not quite as simple as that i'm afraid. :'(
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ive looked at my dash and i can see where it goes next to my radio just a case of popping the blanks out and fitting it there :y
just gotta get one now
which is best one to get
Not quite as simple as that i'm afraid. :'(
ive spoke to loo-knee and he gave me a qick run on how to fit them
my main concern was the dash
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
In the bin :y
Doug
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
In the bin :y
Doug
yep i don't use it
well depends if some boy racer wannabe pulls up at the side of me ;D
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.
there is a vauxhall breakers near me i can try there for a switch
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.
Are they soft or hard touch ones?
May have a couple of the hard touch ones from my heaps of Vectra spares.
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift
yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
:y
Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.
Are they soft or hard touch ones?
May have a couple of the hard touch ones from my heaps of Vectra spares.
all of my switchs are hard touch type switches
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No postcode function.........
My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :( :y
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No postcode function.........
My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :( :y
Mine is a genuine 2007/8 disc and does not have postcode functions (or I cant find them.... ) :-?
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No postcode function.........
My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :( :y
Mine is a genuine 2007/8 disc and does not have postcode functions (or I cant find them.... ) :-?
enter post code where you'd initially enter city/road/junction.
It only allows you to enter AB11 2 though and mine has then often not been able to find my street in the area the post code covers.
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The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.
The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.
I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..
So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly .. :)
(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!! Thanks Andy :) )
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The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.
The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.
I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..
So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly .. :)
(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!! Thanks Andy :) )
Mine's a PRE face lift Nigel ... still on Carin in the boot! :y
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The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.
The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.
I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..
So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly .. :)
(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!! Thanks Andy :) )
Mine's a PRE face lift Nigel ... still on Carin in the boot! :y
OKies .. :) Still gonna try it anyway .. be interesting to see what happens ... its got a 2007/2008 Siemens disk in it .. :)
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ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
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ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
Perhaps an unfair advantage, but got my genuine latest disc from ebay.de for less than a tenner, plus delivery.... Worth a trawl and wait.... :y
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ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
Perhaps an unfair advantage, but got my genuine latest disc from ebay.de for less than a tenner, plus delivery.... Worth a trawl and wait.... :y
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350154139108
thats the one
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350154139108
thats the one
Mmm! It'd be handy finding that fuse carrier for when it freezes up & refuses to play. ;) :y
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do you think its still over priced
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do you think its still over priced
For that money I think I would prefer a Tomtom.
Been using my Satnav in the Elite today, it's ok and does the job, but would certainly benefit from postcode access.
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ok i got £75 to spend on a sat nav
any recomendations
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMrLknUNnB0[/media]
not sure if anyone has seen it before
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMrLknUNnB0[/media]
not sure if anyone has seen it before
8-) 8-) ;D ;D :y :y :y
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i love the island bit
take the 15th exit on a 4 exit round about
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faster faster
faster bang
you have reach your destination
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that was brilliant
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Brilliant.
Last weekend the baby was in the back of the car (she's 21 months) and sounded like she was repeating
faster, faster, die
over and over like some wierd Chuckie doll. :o