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Topic: TT and Garmin Traffic |
Brickie64
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:46 pm Subject: TT and Garmin Traffic |
There's a very good technical description of the two systems here:
http://www.tomtom.com/lib/doc/download/HDT_White_Paper.pdf
Wow, that's a pretty technical overview. Interesting to see that t ... |
Topic: TT and Garmin Traffic |
Brickie64
Replies: 11
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:30 pm Subject: TT and Garmin Traffic |
Seeing as this topic concerns Garmin and TomTom traffic, does anyone know what data sources are used by both these manufacturers for their traffic information?
Presumably some of the government infra ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:43 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
My 3598 actually says its a 3597 according to the label on the back. I think they just enable something on the 3597 to enable the additional traffic features that you get with the 3598 and presumably ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:50 pm Subject: Re: Garmin 3597 |
Thank you. I did not notice this! Will check it out tomorrow. Is it worth buying the 3598 for the screen resolution and the digital traffic?
The screen is the same on the 3597 and 3598 from what ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:58 am Subject: Re: Garmin 3597 |
Remember that you get to view a choice of upto 3 routes on the 3598 before you start navigation. I've been happy with the routing on mine so far but I'm afraid it's had little chance to be put to seri ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:10 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Remember that you get to view a choice of upto 3 routes on the 3598 before you start navigation. I've been happy with the routing on mine so far but I'm afraid it's had little chance to be put to seri ... |
Topic: TomTom and Google Maps |
Brickie64
Replies: 17
Views: 10072
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:31 pm Subject: TomTom and Google Maps |
I've been creating Google map locations for some years now and using a GMAPtoGPX web link to rip the co-ordinates from the Google Map into a KML file. The KML file can open automatically in POI Edit p ... |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:39 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Thanks for the pointer. I'm bookmarking it for future reference. |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:32 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
P.S. How do you do the "Hard Reset" on the Garmin? |
Topic: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Brickie64
Replies: 322
Views: 172116
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:31 pm Subject: Nuvi 3598-D First impressions / Latest firmware (4.80) |
Got my shiny new 3598 on Saturday.. Certainly a thing of beauty with excellent build quality. Also invested in the "bean bag" official mount which puts the device more readily in reach from the driver ... |
Topic: Navman ICN520 |
Brickie64
Replies: 3
Views: 7694
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Forum: Mio Navman Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:20 pm Subject: Navman ICN520 |
Sounds like it's time to recycle the complete unit then..
I had one as my main device for a few years but I fell out of love with it after it failed to get a fix in a number of rental cars with coate ... |
Topic: Navman ICN520 |
Brickie64
Replies: 3
Views: 7694
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Forum: Mio Navman Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:03 pm Subject: Navman ICN520 |
Did the battery come pre-charged in any way? You could measure the voltage of the cell to check with your meter. I'm guessing that you've got the polarity of the battery correct (not sure if it has a ... |
Topic: Garmin nuvi 3597LMT speed camera database installation |
Brickie64
Replies: 6
Views: 7336
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:48 pm Subject: Garmin nuvi 3597LMT speed camera database installation |
Thanks kindly. Although I'm reluctant to move on from TomTom I think it might be time for a change. Biggest issue is getting familiar with the display so it's not too much of a distraction whilst driv ... |
Topic: Garmin nuvi 3597LMT speed camera database installation |
Brickie64
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:04 pm Subject: Garmin nuvi 3597LMT speed camera database installation |
I have the 3598 LMT - D Halfords exclusive version (digital traffic is the only difference). I have the PGPSW speed cameras working on my Nuvi using Ash's Camera Manager program and Sox.exe to activat ... |
Topic: 1005 Constantly rebooting after live services expired |
Brickie64
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Views: 2090
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:11 pm Subject: 1005 Constantly rebooting after live services expired |
Well... I've decided to connect to the PC and update the Live 1005 wih thelatest software. Hopefully I should see some improvement now. Took some time to get it connected as it was constantly rebootin ... |
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