Best sat nav system?

luckat

What's the best sat nav system at the best price?

Friends have two cars, a Volvo and a Megane. The Volvo's sat nav is spectacularly better.

I'd like to buy a system and put it in my ancient rustbucket if possible, but what's good?

Big Nelly

This comes up every 2-3 weeks on here....quick search should give you the info

luckat

Hmm. I searched Google and site:boards.ie before posting and didn't find any helpful info. Could you direct me to one of the threads that answers my question?

If it does come up that often, though, perhaps it might be possible to make a sticky?

Eoin

luckat wrote:

Hmm. I searched Google and site:boards.ie before posting and didn't find any helpful info. Could you direct me to one of the threads that answers my question?

Don't know if the searches are saved, but try this link:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/search.php?searchid=1722677
Otherwise, just click on the "search" link and enter "sat nav", you will get a ton of results.

luckat wrote:

If it does come up that often, though, perhaps it might be possible to make a sticky?

Not before we get the usual Alfa debate stickied

eorpach

Luckat,

Check out the following thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054905248

Regards,

eorpach

luckat

Thanks, eorpach, the Garmin StreetPilot looks interesting, though they don't say whether it talks you through the journey...?

Eoin_S, that link didn't work for me, though thanks for trying.

Pataman

Search for gps on boards.ie

drdre

Pataman wrote:

Search for gps on boards.ie

eorpach

Luckat,

Yes, the Garmin i3 instructs you verbally at every turn in the journey (as well as providing a textual explanation of the road you are currently travelling on along the top of the screen).

You can choose between several European languages. The English option even gives a choice between listening to an American Female voice (quite annoying!) or a British Female voice (not as bad!) It would be nice to see an Irish Female voice being provided by Garmin in a future firmware upgrade though!!!

If you decide not to input a route then the unit will show you a map of the road you're on and show your direction and speed (in miles or kph) in the lower corner of the screen. Speed is tracked by the satellite so I've noticed that it tends to show you as travelling a few kilometres per hour slower than you actually are - quite a handy feature though for helping to keep you within lower kph speed limits in built up areas

jimmycrackcorm

Whats a good satnav software for running ona laptop?

Tony

http://www.rte.ie/motors/2006/0328/satnav.html

luckat

That article recommends navteq as the very best software - but others seem to say Garmin is the best navvy. Can a Garmin take Navteq software?

Eoin

luckat wrote:

That article recommends navteq as the very best software - but others seem to say Garmin is the best navvy. Can a Garmin take Navteq software?

Is Garmin not the just the make of the hardware, which runs the NavTeq software?

testicle

garmin make the hardware, navteq make the maps.

luckat

Ah, wasn't sure, because some of the navvies I looked at boasted of using NavTeq ware, and Garmin wasn't one of them, I think.

Do Garmin navvies route you around traffic jams? My friends' Volvo's navvy does that, but the Megane's one doesn't.