garmin 860

n4ewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2005 Posts: 13

would you buy it, is there anything better out there? not cheap at £400 so wanna get it right

n4ewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2005 Posts: 13

garmin 860 voice recognition

ferret79 · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: Re: garmin 860

n4ewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2005 Posts: 13

does the voice recognition work? sounds like it would be a big advantage

ferret79 · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

abercomp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 24

can you tell it what you are driving ie car bike lorry i am asking as i am interesting in using for towing also are the msn direct or similer available in the uk on the 860
thanks

The Rudd · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: Garmin 86o

Hi there

I have just had a look at my 860 this morning and yes you can change the mode to car, pedestrain or bike. I have attached the link for the 860t on Garmin, you can get all the specs and also view the demos etc which is what I did before I brought mine.

Re the MSN that is only for the 880 which is only available in the US

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134&pID=9650

Jerry aka the Rudd

n4ewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2005 Posts: 13

halfords have got a special price on at the moment bought mine yesterday for 379 and so far very impressed, looks like just a small speed camera database preloaded and how do you hang up the handfree when making a call?

philpugh · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:40 am Post subject:

Subscribe to this site and use the camera database - it is excellent thanks to all members here who have contributed to it. If you manage to be the first to log a subsequently validated site - you get free life-time membership. In any event - the annual subscription is less than the GARMIN UK fee and you get "worldwide" coverage.

Re the phone - if it is like other nuvis; you should be able to touch the handset symbol that will be showing over the map. This will give you the option to drop the call. Or you can wait for the other party to drop the call!
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abercomp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 24

The Rudd · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Garmin 86o

Hi Abercomp

I don't think that there is a lorry option for the nuvi, the only one that may be suitable is the Nuvi 5000 which is the USA version.

Perhaps a trip tp google and look at Sirrius sat navs

Jerry

n4ewt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2005 Posts: 13

the configuration for external speaker is n't quite clear, gonna have a look at it today. set at 92.1 on both radio and 860 it works but what happens if you want to listen to 98.1 when it is set for 92.1 on the 860? looks like you can only pick the 1 radio station to listen to and have the sat nav also working on the same frequency?

philpugh · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

That's how the FM system on it (and other similar devices) work. You set the Radio and the nuvi to the same frequency. You need to pick an unused frequency so you don't get interference. You can't listen to another radio station and the nuvi at the same time - always been the problem with these devices (iPod et al). Manufacturer's of satnavs need to look at putting a socket on the device that drives the car radio's mute circuits. Earlier GARMIN models did this apparently - it wouldn't add a lot to the cost.

Of course you could load an SD card full of MP3s and listen to those via the nuvi.
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ferret79 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:38 am Post subject:

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