G P S on Nexus 7

david1949 · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:45 am Post subject: G P S on Nexus 7

I hope i have put this in the right forum i bought the Android Nexus 7 about 3 weeks ago after reading all the good reviews on the web. To-day we were going out in the car i setup my garmin and left the house the garmin packed up 3 miles from the house so went back home and got my Nexus 7 set it up in the car for my destination . how disappointed it was the sound was on high but still to low to hear in the car my wife had to use the head phones and then tell me when to turn we got there in the end but i do not understand how anyone can use the Nexus 7 as a sat nav the sound is far to low to hear. So before i replace my 8 year old Garmin with a new Garmin is there any way i can use the Nexus 7 as a sat nav in the car hoping someone can give me some advice on how to set it up as a in car sat nav thank,s

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:11 am Post subject:

Use an external Bluetooth speaker.
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david1949 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:20 am Post subject:

Thank you for your help but i am going to go for a new Garmin the Nexus 7
would be to hard to setup as a car Sat Nav and i have read that Nexus 7 is having trouble with there Bluetooth software also trying to download speed camer software could be hard also just play it safe and buy a mew Garmin

253 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:24 am Post subject:

Just a quick thought, have you checked the individual sound settings within the 'Settings' tab for sound - if you see what I mean.

There are usually different settings for media, notifications, system etc.
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david1949 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject:

Thank,s i have checked the sound settings as the last post said you need a blue tooth speaker and to try and download camera updates could be a nightmare to . But i wont be buying my new Garmin till after Christmas so if anyone is using there Nexus 7 as a sat nav in there car could they let me know how to get it all up and running and how to download the camera updates onto it thank,s.

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

I'm using a Nexus 7 and find the speaker is loud enough to hear easily in-car.
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david1949 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:04 pm Post subject:

Hi Darren i have check the settings again the sound is low you need ear phones or a bluetooth speaker. How do fine using the Nexus 7 as a Sat Nav Darren and what mapping do you use also how hard is it to download the camera up dates every month thank,s

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject:

The speaker isn't loud by any any means but it's loud enough. It's no worse than any other smartphone device. But for those who have Bluetooth audio in the car hi-fi it's a non-issue.

I'm using CoPilot at the moment but TomTom will be an option by then end of this week too.

Updating the Camera database is easy enough, the Nexus 7 has WiFi so you can connect to a home wireless network to update each week.
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david1949 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks Darren i will buy a small blue tooth speaker and use it to increase the sound and thank you for telling me about Tom Tom i will wait for that mapping to come out. One last thing could you tell me is there a file on Pocket g p s that i can look at that would walk me through the download procedure for downloading the cameras onto my Nexus 7 again thank,s for your help

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject:

You'd use our CamerAlert app. Database updates are done in the app.

See http://www.cameralert.com
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david1949 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject:

Again thank,s for your help Darren i have downloaded the app onto my Nexus 7 so this app must update automatically every month as long as you subscribe to pocket world or do you download from it the way i download from the main site for my Garmin.

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject:

Can I suggest you read the guide: http://www.cameralert.com/android-manual/
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david1949 · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject:

Darren i have read the guide as you suggested and downloaded the cameralert app got the
armchair setup got the latest camera download . Went out in the car this morning using my google mapping but no camera on the mapping went back to the guide but could not get a answer as to why i had no camera on the google mapping. I went back to the armchair map but cant navigate with that so what am i doing wrong. If i buy Copilot or Tom Tom mapping will the app download to that i have checked through all the setting in the
armchair screen and cant find anything to transfer the cameras to other mapping i give up so some help thank you.

Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:09 pm Post subject:

The CamerAlert app cannot display the speed cameras on another app.

And, unless your Nexus 7 has a SIM card then the maps in CamerAlert, or Google maps app, won't work as they require data access.

However it will still sound alerts and display visual warning and can run alongside another app. If you had CoPilot running in the foreground then CamerAlert would still sound audio alerts and pop up a warning banner at the top of the screen.
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david1949 · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject:

Thank,s Darren it,s all to completed for me i not into all this tacky stuff
just something you download and it works that me i'm 65. So i will wait till the new year and buy a new Garmin that is simple for me to work. But i will look around the web and see if i can pick up more information thank,s for all your help

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