Garmin StreetPilot i3

London_i3_Newbie · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 65

ALso has anyone put batteries in it (turned the sound off) and walked around london with it to find somewhere does it work well? does it have any 'on foot modes? :D or would u make urself look a bit of a nutter strolling around with it Laughing

would the tall buildings confuse it??

JeffG · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject:

kevinbev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 22

The i3 is now £179.99 at Argos. Can it get any cheaper!

zogman · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:48 am Post subject:

now that is cheap !!!!
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BigR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 16

zogman · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:15 am Post subject:

welcome bigr...while you are waiting for your bargain have a read of all the posts on this forum , you'll find them very informative....
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Vortex-Steve · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 2

Saw the price for Argos on here this morning and have just been out to buy one. Stuck it in and told it to take me home, got about a mile down the road and it locked up. Have come home and updated it to 2.5 which I hear is a lot better so I'll go give it another test later today. As long as it doesn't crash it seems brilliant. I've used a Tom Tom before so this was a bit different but for £180 it's a bargain!

kevinbev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 22

After having taken my i3 back to PCW last week for it locking up, and the doubt over the updated mapping, system I couldnt resist the price from Argos so went down and got another one. Also feelling happy again after reading that we will get a mapping update (hopefully) when it becomes available. Strange that I got a cd with this one (only usb v4 drivers). Now on with doing the poi`s.

BigR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 16

MaFt · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:45 am Post subject:

BigR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 16

MikeB · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

The information that Garmin passed to me indicated that all i3 owners would get the upgrade to the maps, not just the early adopters.
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nickatina · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 21, 2005 Posts: 7

kevinbev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 22

I believe that version 2.4 tends to freeze up on occasions whilst v2.5 is more stable. V2.5 tends also to be more stable than v2.6 but if you are using it in the UK then there appears to be no need to update to the latter.
Thanks MikeB, thats what I thought about the mapping upgrade. It would get even more confusing upgrading i3 owners who had purchased before a certain date and not those after it. [/quote]

GaryBlanchard · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: Map updates

Does anybody know when the update are going to be available?

There is a major traffic light junction half a mile from me which is not recognized as traffic light controlled such, even tho it has been there for many years... i3 simply instructs to keep left instead of turn left.

Yet going the opposite direction the i3 recognizes a new traffic light junction with the appropiate 'right or left turn' voice prompts.
Gary

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