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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #15 on: 14 December 2011, 23:08:59 »
I dont know much about road sats, used tom to for that, but prob wouldnt use anything less then navman for my boat chart plotter
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #16 on: 14 December 2011, 23:50:37 »
buy her a late model elite with a colour screen  :y
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #17 on: 15 December 2011, 00:23:24 »
my mates wife just paid 49pounds for a white case [sorry dont no make but id never heard the name before]one from halfords its very basic very simple to use and just took her from nottingham to newcastle with no proplems.
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #18 on: 15 December 2011, 05:04:19 »
 :y its already been said, but in my book there is only one that does what it says on the box and that is the leader of the pack - TomTom.
Even the basic is better than the pack but the top enders are magical to use and I am now at that stage and my 4th upgrade.
Go TomTom Go
Only slight problem is that you must not rely absolutely on it and still take heed of road signs even if you have the automatic update service I have! ;D
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #19 on: 15 December 2011, 08:53:44 »
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #20 on: 15 December 2011, 10:37:16 »
TomTom :y
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #21 on: 15 December 2011, 18:00:20 »
Have been using my tom tom pretty much every day for the last two years. It has been great, paid for itself several times over. Also used it to drive all over europe, with no problems.
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #22 on: 15 December 2011, 18:55:25 »
Quote from: freecall666 on 15 December 2011, 08:53:44
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)

They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #23 on: 15 December 2011, 19:35:33 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 December 2011, 18:55:25
Quote from: freecall666 on 15 December 2011, 08:53:44
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)

They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
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TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)

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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #24 on: 16 December 2011, 03:00:56 »
i dont know just came on screen updating route. with gps flashing in top corner. mate said that its helped him out alot with bizzy trafic. changed route, has 2 settings he left it on gps. but hay ho it works.
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #25 on: 16 December 2011, 05:26:37 »
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #26 on: 16 December 2011, 14:03:46 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 14 December 2011, 23:03:08
If you have a smartphone, see if there us nav software for it...?
There are quite a few free sat nav proggys for smartphones Chris, Google Navigation works for me on the odd occasions I need it.
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #27 on: 16 December 2011, 15:39:04 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 December 2011, 18:55:25
Quote from: freecall666 on 15 December 2011, 08:53:44
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)

They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)

Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #28 on: 16 December 2011, 18:36:26 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 16 December 2011, 15:39:04
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 December 2011, 18:55:25
Quote from: freecall666 on 15 December 2011, 08:53:44
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)

They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)

Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
What if they sprinkled it with fairy dust, would that help?
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Re: which sat nav?
« Reply #29 on: 16 December 2011, 20:40:26 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 16 December 2011, 18:36:26
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 16 December 2011, 15:39:04
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 December 2011, 18:55:25
Quote from: freecall666 on 15 December 2011, 08:53:44
roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)

They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)

Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
What if they sprinkled it with fairy dust, would that help?
Nope. ;)
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