satellite navigation systems

[Lorrie1]

I'd like to buy my husband a sat nav system. He missed the turning off the M25 today and ended miles out of his way with caravan on the back. He is hopeless driving on his own. What do people recomend? What should we avoid? Any hints welcome.

It has to speak clearly.

 

[Louis_5040937]

I'd recommend the TomTom Go 300 - around

 

[Tina3]

Hi Larayne

Are you sure he wont ignore it and say he knows best !make sure you get one with a male voice for this purpose!

 

[DeliDave]

Weve got a Garmin Street Pilot its very good but it tries to go accross country rather than sticking to the main roads so i do a rout for the caravan on paper and then pick the waypoints where we want to go else it can try and take you down little roads you might want to miss with the van on the back.

 

[Matthew_5040954]

There are many different SatNav systems out there and are all very much the same, 99% of them use the same mapping database. If you want some real advice from serious users try www.pocketgps.co.uk, they have a forum where you can ask questions.

On a personal note I like Tomtom, I have the navigator version which requires a PDA (small handheld computer) the reason like this setup is because at between

 

[Maurice_707665]

Do any of the sat nav systems have an earpiece for those of us with hearing difficulties. I had a demo of a Navman in Halfords today and could hardly hear it at about a foot in the relative quiet of the shop at maximum volume.

Maurice.

 

[Matthew_5040954]

Hi Maurice

I know the one using PDA's can as they all have headphone sockets, not sure about the others

 

[Mike_5041089]

Do any of the sat nav systems have an earpiece for those of us with hearing difficulties. I had a demo of a Navman in Halfords today and could hardly hear it at about a foot in the relative quiet of the shop at maximum volume.

Maurice.

Maurice - most in car systems have a volume control where you can turn up the levels to the loudness to suit you. Failing that, get yourself a good quality digital hearing aid system. For discreet In The Ear instruments you'll have to go to a private provider - the NHS only do the ugly Behind The Ear ones and there's along wait in most areas of 1-2 years+. I know because I'm a Hearing Aid Audiologist.

 

[Tucson]

Maurice I use a Tom Tom Go Classic and both me and my wife have quite sever hearing loss. We find the Tom Tom is perfectly loud enough for us even at motorway speeds.

Hope that helps.

 

[Icemaker]

the tom tom go is indeed plenty loud enough for most people, however some may find it difficult with road noice etc. what tom tom have now done is released a in car cradle that allows you to link the unit to your cars stereo sytem, it will lower the music volume automatically and give its directions via the car speakers so you can have it as loud as the stereo will allow. i think you need to upgrade your tom tom go to the latest version five software for it to work but this is really easy to do via the tom tom web site. i got my download about 2 month ago for free but the site now appears to want to charge. this upgrade is really worth while just for the better graphics and display and you also get a compass display on the front screen, better still it allows you to use all the points of interest software with no problems unlike the 4.2 version and last but by no means least you set the volume for town driving and as you speed up the volume automatically increases to overcome road noise. if any one is intersted in the software but can not find it for free, leave a post on the forum and i will try to find where i stored it and send it by e-mail to you.

 

[Lorrie1]

Thanks for all the replies. We are going out at the weekend to do some research in the shops. Have looked up websites, but want to actually handle one and then can compare prices etc. Have seen deals for tomtom online with currys.

 

[Lol1]

Thanks for all the replies. We are going out at the weekend to do some research in the shops. Have looked up websites, but want to actually handle one and then can compare prices etc. Have seen deals for tomtom online with currys.

Try ebay, there is a wide range and some cheap prices. If you have a pda or xda type phone already you could be up and running for less than

 

[shane_5069494]

i use the navman icn635 its a first class unit with a large screen and plenty of detail.it as stored POI and i have set mine up to detect speed cameras. you get a UK road and street map and have the options to obtain more maps of western Europe.

http://www.navman.com/for more details.

 

[Moley1]

Hi

Before you buy from the High Street chains and pay through the nose, with minimal advice it would be worth your while looking at the following.

www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk

or

08453 454245

They are a specialist and can offer much better advice.

Dave Williams

 

[Dennis_5073854]

Do any of the sat nav systems have an earpiece for those of us with hearing difficulties. I had a demo of a Navman in Halfords today and could hardly hear it at about a foot in the relative quiet of the shop at maximum volume.

Maurice.

Try the MioMap Pocket PC it is one of the loudest around, and cheapest .I bought as I very hard of hearing