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R26 230
i gotta navman 520, tis the tits, would suggest a aerial for extra £20 perfect reception
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jamesy
get yourself a garmin i3 chap you can pick em up now for 120 quid and have full postcode recognition 256mb sd memory with uk/eire and major european roads preloaded, also has a custom poi setting along with camera zones/blackspots etc but your most prob need the external antenna which is another 25 quid
R26 230
the aerial is just a little block and not too noticeable on ure roof few wires but can be tucked away
most aerial is seperate clio windscreen is crap for reception
most aerial is seperate clio windscreen is crap for reception
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jamesy
some units seem to work fine without the extra antenna some heated windscreens are a prob aswell as ones impregnated with iron oxide otherwise known as comfort windscreens
R26 230
dave that is SLICK!! which one is that u need new sunvisor? dunno maybe tom tom is but reception always better and easier to get with aerial
we do Garmins at work and i cant fault any of them
used a c310 and a Nuvi 300 recently and they are both brilliant units
dont get into the thing of spending tons on a sat nav, you dont need to, the more expensive ones usually just have more of europe on them and fancy features you will never use
used a c310 and a Nuvi 300 recently and they are both brilliant units
dont get into the thing of spending tons on a sat nav, you dont need to, the more expensive ones usually just have more of europe on them and fancy features you will never use
RB 182
I would get the TomTom One, I've already got TomTom for my PPC and it's great. The TomTom One uses a new chipset so it can get a signal through the reflective windscreen.
Cheapest I found it was at PC World for £229
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/058534
Cheapest I found it was at PC World for £229
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/058534
SG 200 Cup+F4R'd MK1
I have a tom tom 700. Its awesome. It has the maps of europe already in the device. It has a 2.5 GB harddrive and you can take calls from it using the bluetooth facility. It has a microphone and a loud speaker so you dont have to wear one of those gay ear pieces.
Takes you outside where you want to go. It has a postcode and house number facilty for really good accuracy.
If you are in the middle of a town/city you have never been to before and you dont know where anything is. Click "places of interest" and you can find petrol stations, fastfood restuarants, hotels. It really is awesome!
It also has a speed camera facilty. It tells you where speed cameras are well in advance and where the police like to hang out to catch you speeding. This is run from a database so you will have to update it to make sure you have them all stored on there.
I work at Currys. We never get Tom Toms back so Id say they were very reliable and they are by far the best system you can buy anyway.
Hope I helped! :boring:
Takes you outside where you want to go. It has a postcode and house number facilty for really good accuracy.
If you are in the middle of a town/city you have never been to before and you dont know where anything is. Click "places of interest" and you can find petrol stations, fastfood restuarants, hotels. It really is awesome!
It also has a speed camera facilty. It tells you where speed cameras are well in advance and where the police like to hang out to catch you speeding. This is run from a database so you will have to update it to make sure you have them all stored on there.
I work at Currys. We never get Tom Toms back so Id say they were very reliable and they are by far the best system you can buy anyway.
Hope I helped! :boring:
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Garmin are just as, if not more, reliable than Tom Toms, Tom Tom were on watchdog a few weeks back
they are basically just the hoover of the sat nav market, they got in first with all the advertising etc and now everyone just asks for tom tom
Garmin have been doing GPS systems for years, before tom tom was even thought of, mountain climbers etc dont use a tom tom, they use garmin, big tanker ships dont use tom tom, they use garmin, aeroplanes dont use tom tom, they use garmin, they know the most about the whole system and they are very reliable with excellent customer support
im sure tom toms are perfectly fine and more than likely very good, but dont overlook any of the garmin units as they are excellent sat navs and im sure in a year or 2 will be just as well known as tom tom
they are basically just the hoover of the sat nav market, they got in first with all the advertising etc and now everyone just asks for tom tom
Garmin have been doing GPS systems for years, before tom tom was even thought of, mountain climbers etc dont use a tom tom, they use garmin, big tanker ships dont use tom tom, they use garmin, aeroplanes dont use tom tom, they use garmin, they know the most about the whole system and they are very reliable with excellent customer support
im sure tom toms are perfectly fine and more than likely very good, but dont overlook any of the garmin units as they are excellent sat navs and im sure in a year or 2 will be just as well known as tom tom
Megane DCi 147bhp/350nwm
working at halfords on ripspeed brings me to kno tomtoms are best. the only problem you ever hsve is it may not turn on once in a while but all u do is shove a pin in the reset button and your away again. people forget they are basically little pc's and think they should never ever crash!
garmins..yeah not too bad. good value of money to say they basically compete with the tomtom rsnge on userability but then again half of the people that come to buy satnavs have never heard of them and usually go for navmans even though navmans are the most unreliable piece of crap in the world!
garmins..yeah not too bad. good value of money to say they basically compete with the tomtom rsnge on userability but then again half of the people that come to buy satnavs have never heard of them and usually go for navmans even though navmans are the most unreliable piece of crap in the world!
