SATMAP active 10

michael100 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: A - 10 " One Touch "

A few references to One Touch in the latest posts. How do you access it and what does it do ??

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

merroarc · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: Night riding + battery

Hi PloddinPedro,
I agree it will be great to have the website up and running to plot routes etc.
I ride off road in the dark using a Lupine Wilma (only £450 !). The beam is terrific, actually too bright for the road, I have to use the dimmed setting for roadwork. Interestingly, the bag battery is good for 4 hours + and the fixing (velcro wrap) is great for under stem or under crossbar.
The A10 is superb at night at around 40%. I have yet to try it in bright sunlight and agree 4 hours is probably beyond the current battery configuration. I'm not sure when Satmap are launching their own rechargeable unit ? It might be what we need.
Have you tried using the one touch feature together with power saving ? I know its not ideal to have the screen off, but there are usually plenty of stretches where you don't have to have it on.
So maybe Satmap's own rechargeable unit or a light bag battery such as the lupine.
Cheers,
merroarc

maultby · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:05 pm Post subject: MTB use

Hi All
Thanks for the replies to my questions regarding use on MTB. Very very helpful.
Some more questions I'm afraid...
1) If you're speeding down a track with a high frequency of turnings left and right and one of them is the one you want, does the device update your location on the display frequently enough for you to not have gone past the turning before the display refreshes?
2) Perhaps you current users might describe how you use the device - do you tend to look at it before a new "section" and mentally note "about 400 yards turn left" (like using a map) or do you ride on regardless and glance at the device to see whether you should have changed direction?
3) Reading back through the messages there are conflicting messages on battery life with one user reporting days of use and others reporting a few hours. Can anyone clarify this please?
Thanks again.

merroarc · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject: battery life etc

Hi Maultby,
I've found the device keeps your position centred within a constantly moving circle. I have no problem seeing whats coming up in detail. If you know there are quite a few turns in close proximity, just zoom in. I think its accurate to within a metre from what I can see.
I've even found tracks in the dark that I had'nt realised were there in daylight !
I find I look at the A10 as I need to. You get used to the zoom scale you are viewing, it seems to be quite intuitive after a while.
Remember, this is all using my 1:50,000 half GB map. I can't wait for the 1:25,000 !
I still think you'll be lucky with 4 hours battery time unless you play around with backlight and power off/ screen save settings. It just seems that a 3.5" colour screen sucks power if you use it full on.
I find Satmap extremely helpful, just ask them about settings v battery type and your predicted use.
Cheers,
merroarc

robs1972 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

Well I don't ride offroad but some Cornish roads are very similar, so I use my Active 10 to show me what's coming up anywhere up to the next kilometre or 1.5 kilometres (depending on N-S or W-E direction I'm riding) and where to turn and for that it's quite simple just like following a map while walking....I don't have to zoom in or spend ages with my eyes off the road to do that....it's not like I have to go round an exact tree in the middle of a forest...I can't imagine a MTBer having to do that either surely they will be following marked tracks or riding 'off piste' and finding their own way whilst the A10 shows them where they are in the lump of green. I do draw the line at panning around the map whilst riding fast though!! Laughing

Question 2.....if I was planning to use it in the way you described first I would've saved myself £424 and used screencaps of Memory Map uploaded to my camera as I have for the last couple of years.

I ride and glance at the screen as I ride and see the road coming up on the screen, see it in real life and turn....even in a network of unsignposted yellow roads that I've never been to before....somebody following mwe would think I know tyhe place like the back of my hand. As I pass a castley looking thing on a hill to the side of me I look at the screen and see what it's name is....as I go over a river or past some woods or through a hamlet I see what the name of it as I ride etc etc
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lucevans · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: screen scratches

I've got two really distracting gouges on my A10 screen underneath the screen protector Crying or Very sad

I'm not sure how I got them, having only ever taken the protector off once to blow dust away using a photo blower brush. They're quite wide and deep and run parallel to each other approx. 45-degrees to the bottom edge of the screen - I'm wondering whether the act of removing and replacing the protector might be risking gouging the screen underneath with any bits of grit that are trapped in between? Does anyone have any advice for removing or reducing the appearance of such marks? At this rate, my screen's going to look pretty nasty before long...

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robs1972 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: Re: screen scratches

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maultby · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject: MTB usage

Thanks to all for the excellent answers on usage.

I have received an email from Lewis Noble at Satmap about the screens.
He has stated that the actual display screen is made of glass and should'nt get scratched, however if it did they can offer a screen replacement service at a small cost.
He also stated that they are now starting to produce the screen covers out of a harder material.
He also stated that the Sat-Sync software would be available for download end of next week.

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

robs1972 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: MTB usage

maultby · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: MTB usage

I'm beginning to feel like a customer service rep for SatMap and I don't even have a unit (yet!)
Lewis Noble's email reply:
The actual screen is glass, but on top of the glass is a separate acrylic layer. Then obviously on top of that, there is the removable screen cover. Scratching can be caused to the acrylic layer by constantly removing the screen cover. So like mentioned before, if you were to damage the glass screen, acrylic layer or protective screen cover, they can be easily replaced for a small cost.

Sounds ideal to me.

robs1972 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: MTB usage

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