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which sat nav do you have?
« on: 13 February 2008, 11:57:01 »
wife bought me a garmin nuvi 200 for xmas
covers uk and ireland
will also take sd card for updates and also warns of speed cameras either static or mobile hot spots
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #1 on: 13 February 2008, 13:09:44 »
TomTom on Windows phone.
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #2 on: 13 February 2008, 13:16:03 »
Tom Tom on my Ipaq with the speed camera database  ;)

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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2008, 13:23:43 »
These ;D

Yes I do use them - very useful
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2008, 14:02:04 »
Mio C510E. Best £199 I spent (bought it Xmas 2006). :)

Full UK mapping and full Europe on DVD ready to be transferred to SD card.

Great mapping software and excellent instructions. Full speed camera locations included automatically.

Ok it gets things wrong occasionally (they all do) but it is better than anything else I have used (especially Tomtoms).
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2008, 15:39:30 »
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These ;D

Yes I do use them - very useful

Where do you put the postcode?  :-/

Does it warn me of speed cameras? (which i need now with a 3.0 under me toe)
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #6 on: 13 February 2008, 16:22:11 »
I currently use the following Sat Navs

Blaupunkt DX-V in my VW Sharan
VDO MS-5500 in my Beach Buggy
Becker BE-6100 in my Ferrari
Garmin Quest II on my Honda Deauville

Blaupunkt is the most awkward as far as user interfaces, but the most reliable and accurate for actually getting you there.

The VDO is just plain awfull, and we have stopped selling them - its only because we couldn`t give the last one away that it ended up in my Buggy.

The Becker is OK, but as only a basic pictogram and voice, its difficult to compare to the colour maps of the others.

The Garmin on the Bike is OK, and the easiest to input data, but I wouldn`t trust that the roads it send me down around this part of the country would be suitable to drive down in a car.

I`m always interested to hear feedback on other systems, as we have been selling these now since they were first introduced around 12 years ago, and remember fondly the Alpine that only covered within the M25 and sold for a tad over 8 grand !!

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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #7 on: 13 February 2008, 16:30:06 »
A Panasonic DV2300N in Mello Yello. (Both for Sale) :D

and now a CARIN in the Omega. BTW I love the simplicity of this unit, yes it's slow, but the way it delivers the driving instructions compared to TomToms is so minimal. It only talks to you when absolutely neccessary and doesn't repeat itself 50 times.

and the wife has a Navsure thingy.
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #8 on: 13 February 2008, 16:59:37 »
Igo (mio software) on a windows smartphone
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #9 on: 13 February 2008, 18:13:23 »
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These ;D

Yes I do use them - very useful

Where do you put the postcode?  :-/

Does it warn me of speed cameras? (which i need now with a 3.0 under me toe)


I can map read fine, don't need post code - just use grid reference

They are visible
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #10 on: 13 February 2008, 18:25:36 »
Hi, I use the TomTom Go 520, up to now it has performed very well.
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #11 on: 14 February 2008, 18:43:29 »
TomTom one carnt fault it at all ! got speed cameras database on it too and funny vocies !!! :y
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #12 on: 14 February 2008, 21:18:01 »
viamichelin. havent used any other, so cant make comparison
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #13 on: 14 February 2008, 21:23:54 »
Ive had the TomTom Go for a while now and I would be lost without it :D
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Re: which sat nav do you have?
« Reply #14 on: 14 February 2008, 21:31:15 »
Original TT700  :)

And it beats the built-in Nav hands down ... tried to use that today and it wouldn't even find the street I wanted to go, let alone the house number ... (2007 map as well !!)

TT took me right there .. "you have reached your destination" to within 20ft   :)
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