in car nav system

[th'engineer]

Anyone got one what works whats the cheapest way to do this

Suggestions please

[Florence]

Try looking at these

tomtom

handtech

globalpositioningsystems

easydevices

gpsw

I can perhaps get more but sure there will be a bargain in them.

Originally Posted by th'engineer

Anyone got one what works

Yes - I ordered it pre-installed in my current car (Zafira) and it works fine 99% of the time. It is generally very accurate and knows all the road names (more than I do ). I don't always agree with the routes it picks for long journeys and tend to overide it - but it is great at finding locations once you are in the general area.

Stormy weather can sometimes confuse it - I think the storms affect the GPS signal.

I have a XDA 1 running on Tom Tom, it's a cracking bit of kit it's never let me down in 18 months. Me being a cabbie it's a god send to me, been all over the country with mine London, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham it's the dogs dangly bits.

[ZrByte]

Are there any subscription costs/annual charges, for any of the methods suggested? I quite like the sound of the tom tom & XDA combo.
I'd like to do something similar you see for when I get my car due to my poor sense of direction, I can aford it if it is a one off expence, however if there is any subscription of any kind I wouldnt be able to afford it.
Except ofcourse line rental for the XDA, since im allready with o2 for my contract I could just use my current sim.

[crazybones]

One of the cheapest routes is using a PDA with GPS module. I would suggest that you visit www.pocketgps.co.uk.

An alternative "cheap" system is Tom Tom GO if you are going to use it incar at £444 incl VAT.

[ZrByte]

So I take it nobody knows if there is a subscription or anything? since nobody answered me previous post.

[altis]

£350 cheap enough?

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/p...with_Pocket_PC

[Ramrod]

T3 did a review of a few satnavs here this month. Peruse!

[altis]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

So I take it nobody knows if there is a subscription or anything? since nobody answered me previous post.

There's no subscription for GPS. It's run by the US DoD principaly for their own use. There's nothing to stop them pulling the plug at any time which is why Europe has decided to launch its own system called Galileo:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaNA/index.html

BTW, here's mine - it's great fun.

[Fred_Smith]

Have you had a look at this..... http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

[handyman]

They are free to use on most systems, those that also incoperate speed camera software or 'live updates' are normally yeraly subscriptions for the extra data you get.

Best one i have used is tom tom. The fav way to go is with a pda. you can use a xda 2 and then you have one less bit to carry about.

If you want the most flexible system get a xda 2 with tom tom software and a blue tooth gps reciever. Using a bluetooth reciever enables you to use extra mapping tools such as fugawi and memory map when your out and about walking.

There are copies of tom tom about if you look hard enough (p2p), if your not too concerned about new new roads then you may be able to pick up tom tom 2 cheap as 3 was released not long back.

Globalpositioningsystems.co.uk might look good but they dont give 2 hoots about the customer, they just want and take your money if the stuff is not in stock. (i used to work for them till they sacked me :-( )

If you need any further help then just email me, marklunn at ntlworld .

[ZrByte]

thanks a lot guys with my driving test just 6 weeks away now and with me having a pathetic sense of direction I am planning to get something along the lines of a PDA/XDA with tom tom, I had allready set my sites on tom tom though I couldnt find any info about subscriptions (Obviously now because there arnt any subscriptions) Ive got a bit of extra cash now since Ive stopped paying for my scooter (Typical just 6 weeks before I get rid of it ) think I might buy the pda or xda wichever I decide and the tom tom reciever and have a play around with it (Maybe use it with my bike) just so im used to it for when I get my car.

As for the choice between pda or xda, I currently have a mobile on contract, if I use my contract sim in an xda could I sell my current handset? This would go towards paying for the xda (Its a Sony Ericsson t610 with carphone warehouse, im about 7 months through my 12 month contract).

[greencreeper]

A girlfriend with a map maybe?

[Andy E]

I wanted a gps for my Landrover but couldnt find one with a big enough screen , so i decided to build my own .I rebuilt the center console between the seats making it slightly larger and incorporated a computer in it (athlon 1.2 , 80 gig hd, g-force 2 , 512 mb ram , dvd player, wireless network card, serial gps reciever). The computer bits I had anyway, the screen ( 10" touch ) bought off ebay for £70.. , the garmin gps 35 series came from maplins ,and the wi fi ariel is a d-link
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=56, For the gps tracking i use m$ autoroute 2002, which is good in larger cities but sadly lacking in detail in rural areas especially southern ireland. The whole set up is powered by a 800 watt invertor ( turns 12v into 240v) had a few teething problems at the start with power consumption but discovered that my split charging system (2 batteries)was faulty. With that fixed everything is running sweet, I got 30 gig of tunes stored on it (5.1 surround sound) a few of my fav dvds ,couple of games... net stumbler, etheral etc , a complete in car entertainment system, all i need is a pci fm radio reciever to complete it....

Attached is an image of the screen running auto route on a recent trip to Wicklow

Andy E
ntl pirate