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22-12-2004, 11:03 PM
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Sat Nav?
Can anyone recommend a sensibly priced sat nav system?
(Told the mrs i need one for xmas!! so as i can find me way to the video night )
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23-12-2004, 01:38 AM
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The Doc
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I'm not ya regular technogeek, so my opinion probably doesnt count for tuppence.
However, I've got one of them Ipaq thingys and bought a bluetooth gps reciever off of ebay (£80). It has to have independent software which was costly....especially the world-wide one.
Should you go this route & you wanted, you could BORROW my BACKUP COPY of said software.....I'd be in no rush to get it back
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23-12-2004, 01:55 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat make: Phantom 28
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I have the Navman iCN510, it's excellent!
JK recently found them pretty cheap in the US, they're about 400 quid here.
here's a pic of it:
http://www.boatmadforum.co.uk/showth...ghlight=navman
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23-12-2004, 10:06 AM
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Chief C*nt!
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
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There was a guy selling them on Ebay for about $480 including shipping to the UK. You'd need to allow for duty and VAT though, and you would also need to get the UK mapping to go on it . . .
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23-12-2004, 10:08 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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Are you still intending to buy the US one John? then we can find out if my UK mapping will load straight on.
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23-12-2004, 11:01 AM
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Registered User
Country: Wales
Location: Southampton
Occupation: boat driver/Instructor
Interests: boats , laughing and music
Boat name: Dyna Mo Humm
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If this site was properly run (like Ribnet for example) then this navigation question would surely have been rerouted to Tekkernicckel Q & A section.
Merry Christmas all!
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23-12-2004, 11:35 AM
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numbskull
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Quote:
Originally posted by Borldscratcher
If this site was properly run (like Ribnet for example)
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Yes, I'm sorry about that, I can't apologise enough!
We will endeavour to raise our standards, and try not to be such a disappointment in the future.
JF
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23-12-2004, 11:52 AM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Reading
Occupation: Being a mummy
Interests: Cruising
Boat name: Blue Ice
Boat make: Scorpion 7.5m RIB
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jonny
Yes, I'm sorry about that, I can't appologise enough!
We will endeavour to raise our standards, and try not to be such a dissapointment in the future.
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Write it in your book - JF apologised!!!
And while we're on the topic of improvements, your spelling could do with a bit of work. Only one p in 'apologise' and one s but two p's in 'disappointment'. I can give you some lessons in the New Year. I charge a very reasonable £50 an hour.
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23-12-2004, 12:07 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: At home
Occupation: IT stuff
Interests: danger boat
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Engines: Just the one :-(
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Sat Nav
Oi let's get back on topic!
I'm also looking at SatNav stuff...
Does the Navman do live traffic updates?
What I want is something that does three functions:
1. Nav (obviously!)
2. Speed camera database
3. Live traffic info with route recalculation
So far I have only found that the PDA based solutions do all three - with a bluetooth connection to a GPRS enabled 'phone for the traffic updates. Anyone know of an alternative solution?
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23-12-2004, 12:08 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mrs Nobber
And while we're on the topic of improvements, your spelling could do with a bit of work.
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OH NO!
I'm getting Deja-vu
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23-12-2004, 12:10 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Re: Sat Nav
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Originally posted by Ice Kiddie
Oi let's get back on topic!
I'm also looking at SatNav stuff...
Does the Navman do live traffic updates?
What I want is something that does three functions:
1. Nav (obviously!)
2. Speed camera database
3. Live traffic info with route recalculation
So far I have only found that the PDA based solutions do all three - with a bluetooth connection to a GPRS enabled 'phone for the traffic updates. Anyone know of an alternative solution?
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Nav = yes
camera database = yes
live trafic info = no
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23-12-2004, 01:08 PM
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Registered User
Country: Afganistan
Location: Near Kaboul
Occupation: Fighter
Interests: bombs, guns, boats
Boat name: AL RAHMAN
Engines: supercharged
Cruising area: The Gulf
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Sat Nav?
Quote:
Originally posted by Gav71
Can anyone recommend a sensibly priced sat nav system?
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We got one of those 'of the back of a lorry'
if you are intersted at $150
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23-12-2004, 04:41 PM
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Thanks Guys for info!
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23-12-2004, 09:20 PM
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Registered User
Country: Job Centre
Location: In a box
Occupation: Chaos's gofer
Interests: Skiving
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Engines: 2 x Promax 225
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Re: Sat Nav
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Originally posted by Ice Kiddie
Anyone know of an alternative solution?
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Yeh, stay at home!
I've got a HP4150 PDA, with a Navman 4410 Bluetooth GPS engine, it's never failed to get me home!!!
The downside is that it's a PDA first, and a navigation tool second, so it's a bit long winded having to switch both units on, select navigation programme, obtain route, establish a bluetooth connection, etc etc, luckily I don't often go outside my usual area, so I don't need to use it very often.
The solitaire game is pretty cool though!
All purchased from www.totalpda.com
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23-12-2004, 09:31 PM
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decisions, decisions............
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23-12-2004, 10:23 PM
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The Doc
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My HP got me to trio mouldings and back with complete aplomb................unfortunetly I can t find the program "build boat" in the start menu.........so these things do have thier limits
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23-12-2004, 10:43 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
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If you don't particularly need a PDA, I'd go for the dedicated navigator (Tom Tom Go, Navman iCN 510, etc) as they just 'do it' without any complications.
IMHO
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23-12-2004, 10:46 PM
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yeah i think thats the better option, ease of use really.
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23-12-2004, 10:52 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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I is a bit fick, so I need fings nice n easy.
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23-12-2004, 10:55 PM
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The Doc
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I was originally given a satnav unit as a gift, but took it back as i thought i'd get more use from a PDA in the long-run.
It did cross my mind that a dedicated unit would be more "bird friendly".........but in truth, how many gizmos can the fairer sex opperate anyway...............thats why i was selfish!
and as i said before, I got my back-up software at a very reasonable price
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