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[Dusty]

Do all aftermarket systems use the post code for accurate directions.

Do all systems have voice command.

As you can tell ,I am not an authority on sat nav systems.

[feeutfo]

Do all aftermarket systems use the post code for accurate directions.

Do all systems have voice command.

As you can tell ,I am not an authority on sat nav systems.

Not tried them all, but i would think they would not sell otherwise. Most have numerous voices to choose from. Post codes come with the map, so yes.

[Vamps]

£9.99 should get you a really good map, learn to read it and is more reliable than any sat nav,   Keep reminding myself that every time the Halfords Add comes on the TC.............

[Taxi_Driver]

Personally i would go for tomtom.....i have a 510....think its be superseeded now with 520.....but i like the tomtoms.....mind you i havent tried others....so a bit biased.
My Merc Viano has a built in one.......tho i dont use it.....its a £2k option to have it when new   The DVD for it is 4 years old......so outa date......from merc dealer new DVD are around £800   Tho i have searched the net and could get one for around £200, but whats the point......when i have my tomtom and map updates for that are usually around £30 mark......when tomtom puts them on offer  

[Taxi_Driver]

Do all aftermarket systems use the post code for accurate directions.

Do all systems have voice command.

As you can tell ,I am not an authority on sat nav systems.

Nope and nope  

Entering street and house no......is usually more acurate than postcode....

Not all sat nav systems are voice command......
Mate of mine tried to show me his sat nav voice command.....it couldnt understand his irish accent  

[Lazydocker]

Tom Tom is by far the best of the many different units I have tried... As for Postcode... With Tom Tom you can input full 7 figure postcodes and house number... I find that it's normally accurate to about 20 meters max

[philhoward]

Check that it does full 7 digit post code - not all of them do (TomTom does) but at TD says, full address is usually better.

With all SatNavs the maps are always out of date as they take about 2 years to compile...I've been using TomTom for about 5 years now and have learnt its little "quirks" (they all have them).  Use a little common sense with them and you'll be fine.  Don't follow them as if you were blind (no offence to anyone partially sighted) and remember that when it calculates a route, it's following a set of internal rules (a lot of which you can change).  If it thinks going through a town centre or overgrown lane is 30 seconds quicker, then it will suggest that route.
When you ask it to figure out a route you can always look at it first and see if it includes the infamous "Un-named Road"...

If you choose to ignore its instructions, it will relent and recalculate another route - just might take a mile or so before it stops saying "turn around where possible" (usually down a single track road..).

Best bet is to use it on familiar routes first to see what it does...you'll get to understand it when the time comes!

Forgot to add - my dad's house apparently doesn't exist yet its been there for over 30 years (the house numbers don't go that high according to all the SatNavs i've tried so far)

[gwa]

You pays yer money and takes yer chances......

http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/sat-navs?

HTH  

[Danny]

the key with sat nav is to never take them as a solidly accurate instruction!!

use some initiative, look at the map on screen and if you dont think you can get a certain way, see if you can approach your location from another street down so to speak

you're more likely to get lost when you're just a few hundred metres away from where you want to be!!

my sat nav says that where a side street meets my street as a T junction, its as if its not there, and there's just dead ends from each side of the junctions, but its never been like that in the 23 years i've lived here!

[Baron Von Spongebob]

I use my Tom Tom all over the UK and Europe and it rarely fails to take me to the door..It did not find an address in Madrid last week but i was only 100 yards a way...

This was not the fault of the satnav as it took me to the street but the company decided to build a complex at the bottom of a lane and it didnt look as if anything was down there...

I have a very cheap navigo for UK use and put Tom Tom on it and its never failed anywhere in the uk yet..

How i found some of the places in Europe with a map before still baffles me..Best thing i ever bought was my satnavs..

[stuart30]

Ive recently been given a Binatone carrera a350 which i must say is superb,came with 12 months speed camera alerts,car charger and usb charger and windowscreen mount.

Ok its not a TomTom but then the price reflects that (believe it was £80 ish new)...ive used the supplied software which as far as im concerned is great.

But the good thing is as it has a SD card slot you can load any sat nav software you like...TomTom or Route66...

Oh and its a slim one...not sure if all modern sat nav"s are...sure mates TomTom is like a box.

Its going on Ebay if anyone is interested as i dont go anywhere too need it really.

[kris9128]

i got a navman sat nav system last year also got the traffic master module aswell. tells you if theres a jam up front and automatically re-plots your route for you. only paid about £130 iirc.

also has camera, poi, and speed camera alerts.

[TheBoy]

Of the portables, TomTom seems to be pretty good, better and easier than Navman and Garmin's I've used.

Factory fit will be better normally, though TomTom does have the useful speed camera warnings.

All portables suffer the same problem of being screwed if no/poor gps signal (cities, woods etc), which factory fit overcome.  Many portables can take a while to get a sat fix as well, which is annoying.  Worst of all, the thieves look for the telltale round marks on windscreen, then smash the windows to check your glovebox.  These issues have made me revert from my trusty tomtom back to factory fit.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

£9.99 should get you a really good map, learn to read it and is more reliable than any sat nav,   Keep reminding myself that every time the Halfords Add comes on the TC.............

Couldn't agree more Mike, having done a million miles without the aid of anything else than my maps, brain and sixth sense that has always got me quickly to were I had to go around the country. 8-) 8-)

Still I'm old fashioned in some ways, and it will take me a little while longer before I adopt the new technology......probably in time for my first zimmer frame!!

[LaserLance]

£9.99 should get you a really good map, learn to read it and is more reliable than any sat nav,   Keep reminding myself that every time the Halfords Add comes on the TC.............

Couldn't agree more Mike, having done a million miles without the aid of anything else than my maps, brain and sixth sense that has always got me quickly to were I had to go around the country. 8-) 8-)

Still I'm old fashioned in some ways, and it will take me a little while longer before I adopt the new technology......probably in time for my first zimmer frame!!

I was going to write a sacastic comment ,but thought better of it,as its the time of year of goodwill to all men and women ;DBut then i also thought if I ever met lizzie she might bash the living daylights out of me with her handbag