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anarchyuk Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 50
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: Which sat nav - baffled |
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Hi people
Im new to the sat nav thing & on here but reading upon different comments on the different sat nav systems there seems to be pros and cons with everyone of them.
Im consdering on buying the following as a top 3
Tom Tom 510
Garmin NUVI 310d/350/360
Mio C710
Any ideas on which one to go for, basically i want a good solid unit that gets me from A to B, simple to use, additional benefits like TMC would be nice. One thing is (and i dont know if this works with these units) i have a MP3 CD player in my car & would like that to either MUTE or tone down the MP3 that is playing so i can hear the voice guidance, is this possible on any of these 3 units. |
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anarchyuk Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 50
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject: which sat nav |
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hmm yet again so many views yet people cant respond to my query, is it really that difficult? |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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out of the 3 id go for the c710 and the or the nuvi 310. non of the units will mute the radio as far i know this hasnt been implimented on any units _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
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anarchyuk Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks alix for the reply, appreciate it i just got one back from Sallyann on here too and it sounds as though the Mio C710 is the one to go for like. The reason im asking is where i work we sell the Tom Tom's and the NUVI range & the deal is i could buy a NUVI 310 (not NUVI 310d version) with windscreen mount and ac charger for like 300 quid but then i could spend a little more n get the C710, hmmm |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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There is an option to "Mute Car Radio" on the Go-910 and Go-510 devices. but I cannot see any way to bring the signal out of the unit to use this setting. Short of dismantling the mount and getting the soldering iron out! unless TomTom/ third party suppliers have plans to bring out a different mount that can use the functionality that is built in to the software - Mike |
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peterc10 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Aug 21, 2005 Posts: 1761 Location: Kent, England
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: which sat nav |
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anarchyuk wrote: | hmm yet again so many views yet people cant respond to my query, is it really that difficult? |
It has been up for less than 3 hours on a hot sunny Sunday. We don't hang about waiting for you on the off chance you know. Patience is a virtue.
Your question is very difficult to answer because we don't know what you want to use your sat nav for. There might be one killer "must have" that you want but we can't mind read.
In reality they are all good units and will all do most of what most people want. You will find people on this forum that will swear by any one of them and tell you the other two are rubbish.
The only way I know to mute the car radio is to have a PDA phone based unit like my Ipaq and combine it with a Parrot CK3300 or 3400 combined car kit and sat nav receiver. Then all the sat nav instructions come through the car audio. _________________ Peter
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