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by **Roger Red Hat** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:34 pm

I'm currently using a Tomtom 500 system on an Ipaq1710. Now when it works it really good but first the cradle/holder packed up (£20 for a new one) and then the ipaq needed completely resetting/formatting and all the software putting back on, the yesterday I was heading from Dorset to Liverpool and the receiver light is stuck on solid. Now it should be flashing to tell me it can see a satelite but it aint and now I have no sat nav. So I figured i'd just sell the ipaq and buy a dedicated sat nav system but there is a few to choose from. Does anyone have any ideas what I should go for?

Tomtom
Navman
Michelin

or some other?

by **Woollyback** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:05 pm

i've got a sony navu and it's pretty good so far, no probs with it other than it needs re-setting every couple of days (by poking this little button with a pin or whatever) and you can't do a full 7-digit postcode search

apart from that it's spot on

by **metalhead** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:10 pm

I have Navigation system which is located in my brain

We don't have these type of technology in lebanon because the country is too small and you can memorize the streets in a day

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:22 pm

Lee J wrote:I'm currently using a Tomtom 500 system on an Ipaq1710. Now when it works it really good but first the cradle/holder packed up (£20 for a new one) and then the ipaq needed completely resetting/formatting and all the software putting back on, the yesterday I was heading from Dorset to Liverpool and the receiver light is stuck on solid. Now it should be flashing to tell me it can see a satelite but it aint and now I have no sat nav. So I figured i'd just sell the ipaq and buy a dedicated sat nav system but there is a few to choose from. Does anyone have any ideas what I should go for?

Tomtom
Navman
Michelin

or some other?

I USE AN A-Z , NEVER FAILS

I wonder how some of you guys find your way home at night . :laugh:

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:30 pm

SERIOUSLY .

With yer CD player , yer Mobile Phone , Sat Nav and other in car entertainment,I can't help wondering how come you're allowed to drive a car in the first place :angry:

ps . CAR = the thing you're sitting in , that funny round shaped object that you rest your hands on (when not busy changing a cd,answering the phone or playing with your sat nav ) is in fact a wheel by which you can steer the car , you should try it sometime , it's fun .

by **Woollyback** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:28 pm

woof you forgot about looking at flange

that's why i need satnav - so i can go on flange patrol whilst some foxy cyber-bird directs me in her dulcet tones to the nearest petrol station :pirate

i'm a typical bloke anyway, whatever the satnav bird tells me i tell her b0llocks i know a shortcut and we're going MY way

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:07 pm

Woollyback wrote:woof you forgot about looking at flange

I think you'll find I did mention "other in car entertainment"

Sat Nav is for wimps , whats wrong with finding yourself up a cul de sac ?

by **Woollyback** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:18 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
Woollyback wrote:woof you forgot about looking at flange

I think you'll find I did mention "other in car entertainment"

Sat Nav is for wimps , whats wrong with finding yourself up a cul de sac ?

it depends WHOSE cul de sac

being serious though woofster i've used a-z's for donkeys years and they're great for getting where you want to go but when your job involves finding places you've never been before in a hurry then satnav wins every time. i've only had it a few months and it really is brilliant

when it comes to going somewhere a bit more interesting than some suburban street though it's map time every time :nod

can't beat planning a long-distance drive with a road atlas and finding out the scenic route. as for motorways, real men instinctively know EVEYRYTHING about britain's motorway network. anyone who doesn't is either gay or a woman :laugh:

by **Dalglish** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:26 pm

woof woof ! wrote:[I USE AN A-Z , NEVER FAILS

I wonder how some of you guys find your way home at night .

I'm with Woof Woof on this one although to be fair , Woof Woof is a Dog and his natural navigation sytems give him an unfair advantage !

by **Woollyback** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:35 pm

i'm sure if i could smell my p1ss on every lampost between here and home i too could bin the satnav

oh wait a minute, i CAN :oh:

by **Dalglish** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:36 pm

by **Paul C** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:41 pm

I've got a Garmin Nuvi 300, it's mint and really easy (works straight out of the box), I know it's £280 but it's cheaper than the TomTom's and it's also thinner but also got a big screen, imo TomTom's are over priced although the software is pretty good :cool:

by **Dalglish** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:44 pm

Boys with Toys

by **woof woof !** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:10 am

Paul C wrote:I've got a Garmin Nuvi 300, it's mint and really easy (works straight out of the box), I know it's £280 but it's cheaper than the TomTom's and it's also thinner but also got a big screen,

LMFAO

HOW BIG ? , IF you can still see thru your windscreen and make out some of those road signs maybe it's not big enough .

by **Lando_Griffin** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:15 am

To answer your question, Lee J (Rather than join in the banter!

), I have a Navman, and it's f*cking brilliant. The only problem I find is you can only put so much of the postcode in, then have to search for the street you want afterwards. (e.g: instead of KS44 2QY, it'd be KS44 2).

You can put the exact house number in once you've found the street, though.

I highly recommend it, and at £160-odd, it's very cheap compared to the others.

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