Garmin StreetPilot i3

swampmonster · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 10

A full days usage and no hangups. Version 2.4 does seems to work.
I say well done Garmin for picking up on the problem so early and fixing it. ....... now watch someone spoil it with a 2.4 hangup :D

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:41 am Post subject:

i parked on the bottom floor of a multistory car park and my i3 hung..can you tell me whats wrong! .......(NOT)

seems like v2.4 works well ..i also have had no hangups ...but you are right swampmonster someone will spoil it.......i

chic · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 19, 2005 Posts: 21

where is the best place to mount this unit, i have tried various places on the windscreen and i cant decide where best to put it, at the moment i have it directly in front of me about 30 cms up from the bottom of the windscreen, i have a clear view of the road, could the police tell me to move it to the corner of the screen or is it ok so long as i have a clear view of the road ahead

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

best place chic is where you dont have to move your head whilst driving only your eyes..the lower part of the windscreen is the most logical place...dont forget you can use the 'sticky pad' to place the i3 on the top of the dash..

MaFt · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject:

i have mine on the opposite side to the tax disc but the same place (that make sense?!) basically, lower right hand side of window. easy to reach to adjust (but not while driving ;) ) and easy to see too.

MaFt

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

be careful MaFt cos thats an easy place for someone to reach in and swipe it..

MaFt · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject:

GeckoGirl · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject:

I have to put mine higher up than that, otherwise I have to catch it when it falls off Rolling Eyes

probably not very safe!

I think the slope on my windscreen is too steep for it (have a Honda Jazz) but it sits quite happily on the top third of the screen, and it's quite easy to look at it when driving. Haven't tried it in my camper van yet, but the windscreen on that doesn't slope much at all, so will probably behave better.

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

gg...the sucker on the i3 seems to very good so dont worry about it falling off....i'm lucky i've got a compartment on top of the dash with a lid so i stuck the sticky pad supllied into the compartment and then put the suction mount onto that and now i can clip the i3 on and off when needed....

GeckoGirl · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject:

zogman - it doesn't stay stuck on the lower part of my screen - i thought i hadn't attached it properly the first time it fell off - but it did again the next day as well. since it's been attached to the top - less steep - part it's stayed attached quite happily.

i may try the dash mount though - hadn't thought of that - hadn't even noticed it actually - i was too excited about the unit to worry too much what else was in the box!!

GeckoGirl · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject: CitySelect Europe & i3

I have had another reply from Garmin about the i3's compatibility with CitySelect Europe.

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

gg..i've got mg usa v4.01 which i could autoroute with when i was in the states....do you want me to send you copies so you can load it onto a card and see if it auturoutes correctly on the i3.i would be very interested to see if it works and it would save you a bunch of cash...

GeckoGirl · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject:

what's mg usa? does it cover europe too (sorry to sound thick) as that's where i'm going....

thanks for the offer - happy to try that - presumably the mg software isn't licenced to your gps tho?

zogman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject:

gg..metroguide usa is the last autoroutable software garmin produced before they went to non-routable software ie mg v5 and v6 (all mg's did not need an unlock code so you could copy them ) ....then they brought out the city selects which autoroute but are very expensive and you need an unlock code....unfortunetly all the mg europes did not autoroute...i used mg usa v4.01 with a garmin 60c on a trip to the states in april and and it worked brilliantly telling us how to get to any place selected... if you are going to europe have another look at the i3 cos i'm sure i saw some foriegn address's (belguim,france) in there whilst looking for something else...

blackrat62 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 08, 2005 Posts: 47

The European 'base map' that is on the i3 is VERY basic. Sad

Try finding Paris or Tolouse in France - not listed but some obscure parts of France etc are. Question

Also Garmin Tech Support tell me you cannot route plan on the base map - only follow where you are.

Still a great buy for £199 though, especially now the software is improved (and easy to install). :D

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