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PhilipOH Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 04, 2004 Posts: 25
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject: Need a recommendation |
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Hi guys. About to take the jump and get an in-car GPS system. I have no idea what to get. I'll be using it in and around the Glasgow/West Central Scotland area - occasionally north of Scotland.
I'm thinking of TomTom Navigator 3 (wired) and an iPaq 4150. But now I see the TomTom Go, so I'm not sure anymore. I do want to be able to add speedcameras, postcodesn and other POIs.
Any advice or even other recommendations of other systems? |
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Privateer Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 30/12/2002 17:36:20 Posts: 4916 Location: Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Philip,
PhilipOH wrote: | I do want to be able to add speed cameras, postcodes and other POIs. |
You won’t get the above with the TomTom Go system. Your choice of TTNav3, a wired GPS receiver, and an iPAQ is a good one. Bluetooth is now gaining popularity, I’ve got one myself but I’m keeping my wired GPS receiver as a back-up as it has always been very reliable.
If you don’t need Wi-Fi, then the iPAQ H2210 might be another option as you get a CF card slot as well as the SD card slot. CF memory is cheaper than the equivalent SD memory.
Regards, _________________ Robert.
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PhilipOH Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the fast reply. I'd be happier with a wired system as I think they'd be more reliable than the BT - but maybe this has improved with the TT3?
I'm hoping to do a covert install - I can't stand wires all over the place. BT would have made this easier but reliability is important.
I'll be buying in the next week or so, so any other advice would be great.
Thanks again,
Philip |
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PhilipOH Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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So um... is BT generally ok?
If I go the wired route and the receiver can't get a signal, is there a way to add an external GPS arial? |
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HielandLad Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 24, 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Brodie, by Nairn
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I've been very impressed with my BT receiver. I also have a Garmin Streetpilot III, to which I had to add an external antennae and run outside the car due to coated and heated windscreen. No such problems with the BT receiver. I think that sensitivity must have come a long way in recent years.
Also, no great issue with BT connection - at least not any more than a hard wired solution. I have a 2210, and like any PC prog you sometimes get a crash, or something odd. For example, I had copilot crash when I tied to start without BT turned on ... why it didn't just recognise that I didn't have BT turned on I don't know. However, I think that this is a WM2003 issue.
The only issue with BT receiver is charging it. I have a Sysonchip which lasts around 7 hours. The only problem is that you get no warnjing that the battery is about to die. The good thing is that you can stretch a charger cable to get by when it happens.
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