Recommendations for sat nav
17 February 2004, 05:32 PM
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Recommendations for sat nav
I'm really looking with a view for my new car in a couple of months time. It looks like I'm going to be doing a fair bit of travelling in my job, so I've been considering some kind of sat nav installation.
My choices at the moment are:
Use a Palm Tungsten with TomTom software. Details here
Go for something like Mapopolis which also uses a Palm, but gets it GPS feed from Road Angel (making it a cheaper setup)
or look at normal in-car systems that replace the stereo (I nearly fell off my chair browsing through the Subaru accessories catalogue and saw the price of the Alpine system!).
What are people using, or what would you recommend? Some idea of pricing and links to good sites would be appreciated.
Cheers
Chris
My choices at the moment are:
Use a Palm Tungsten with TomTom software. Details here
Go for something like Mapopolis which also uses a Palm, but gets it GPS feed from Road Angel (making it a cheaper setup)
or look at normal in-car systems that replace the stereo (I nearly fell off my chair browsing through the Subaru accessories catalogue and saw the price of the Alpine system!).
What are people using, or what would you recommend? Some idea of pricing and links to good sites would be appreciated.
Cheers
Chris
17 February 2004, 06:04 PM
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my 540 has a widescreen TV that plays satnav...compared to my mates ipaq he has stuck on the dash its far better. cant see how you navigate via a dinky screen like that?
if i had no satnav i'd get the biggest car version i could.
if i had no satnav i'd get the biggest car version i could.
17 February 2004, 07:12 PM
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Clarion do the NSV613 which is a single DIN unit with 6 inch fold out screen(I think you saw it at the last Meet we went to). Cost was 860 Quid
http://www.clarion-eu.com/uk/Car_Nav...13eb6c7.4.html
For the wife's Forester i've gone and bought a pioneer DVD system AVIC800 DVD and Head unit DVD AVH-P6500DVD ( http://www.pioneer.co.uk/eur/product...nomy_id=25-112 and http://www.pioneer.co.uk/eur/product...nomy_id=25-109 ) Cost was £1800 from MCS direct
If you are on a budget and just need a satnav, then the Clarion is a winner IMHO. If you can go for the pioneer then get that as you get such goodies as DVD and MP3 players plus a more comprehensive satnav directory(Europe instead of just UK)
Clarion do the NSV613 which is a single DIN unit with 6 inch fold out screen(I think you saw it at the last Meet we went to). Cost was 860 Quid
http://www.clarion-eu.com/uk/Car_Nav...13eb6c7.4.html
For the wife's Forester i've gone and bought a pioneer DVD system AVIC800 DVD and Head unit DVD AVH-P6500DVD ( http://www.pioneer.co.uk/eur/product...nomy_id=25-112 and http://www.pioneer.co.uk/eur/product...nomy_id=25-109 ) Cost was £1800 from MCS direct
If you are on a budget and just need a satnav, then the Clarion is a winner IMHO. If you can go for the pioneer then get that as you get such goodies as DVD and MP3 players plus a more comprehensive satnav directory(Europe instead of just UK)
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17 February 2004, 07:45 PM
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Cheers Neil - I'd forgotten about that!
Tiggs - I know what you mean - that has bugged me as well. Although I guess clear speech would overcome this to a certain extent.
Chris
Tiggs - I know what you mean - that has bugged me as well. Although I guess clear speech would overcome this to a certain extent.
Chris
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Personally I like the PDA approach, which I use as I use the PDA for work. This way I get more use out of the PDA without a huge outlay and it is easy to take with you and so is less of a target for people with light fingers
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Had my Garmin Streetpilot III for nearly a year now and I love it. I got this rather than a built in unit as I drive quite a few different cars in the course of a year and this one is very easy to swap from car to car.
I got mine from http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/ A good site, with some good reviews of the various systems available.
I got mine from http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/ A good site, with some good reviews of the various systems available.
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