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Lorax Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: basic question. |
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Hi,
first up, hello I'm new here.
Here's my basic question:
When driving somewere do you have to enter a destination into tom tom nav 3 (or 5) for it to tell me where i am?
I'm wondering if it is possible to just drive around and it shows me where i am and warns me of approching speed cameras.
I guess what i'm trying to say is that most of the time I know where I'm going but would still like to be warned of any speed cameras, or be able to see the name of the road i'm on.
Is that possible?
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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yes, you can use the products without having a route planned (in cruising mode, so to speak).
All this POI alerting stuff works independent from the route anyhow. _________________ Lutz
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Loobster Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 66
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed. I use it in this mode once I know where I am going, I especially keep it on at night to remond me when the curves are coming up on poorly lit roads.
And Checkpoint works whether or not you are navigating or not. In fact I have programmed one of the hot buttons to toggle navigation on/off.
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Lorax Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks chaps.
Now all i need to decide is... buy nav 3 now or wait for nav 5.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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When you buy v3 now you will be able to upgrade to v5 for 49 EUR (that's what they told us at CeBIT). Your call... _________________ Lutz
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Lorax Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm 49 eur. Havent a clue what that is in propper english money!
The thing is if i wait for v5 i wont have to pay the extra. But then will v5 be more expencive than v3?
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