Recommend a Sat Nav System

Tiesto

Im hoping someone could recommend one for my car.. I know very little about these things... Only the basic functionality..
Im not wanting to spend a large amount either but i want one with decent maps... Possibly with the speed limit... etc
thank u

XDA

I bought the Airis T920EF on pixmania.com a week ago, cost about 250 euro delivered. Fantastic maps of Ireland, with all streets, townlands, villages etc. Great unit, with car charger and in car holder included.


512MB SD card included. Highly recommend this unit.

Regards

XDA

hansov

XDA: What about revisions to, new versions of, maps - are these easily obtained?

neacy69

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054986177&referrerid=&highlight=airis

huge thread on the airis here quite a few boardsie's seem to have it sounds good

Chancer3456

If you dont want/need a pda then the best unit for a car is the Toomtom One V2 with Europe map.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055023685&page=2

mcaul

I was in halfords Liffey valley yeterday and got a excellent sales guy who was very blatant about the sat nav's.

Route 66 - "****e - When they come back faulty we put a hammer through them and bin them"

Navman - "poor"

Garmin - 510 - good price but bulky.

Garmin 310 best of the lot Tom-Tom also V good.

and quote - "don't be arsed with anything other than Garmin or Tom Tom"


So armed with tis info - I'm buying through the web. Cheapest good garmin is the 310 and cheapest site I can find is www.handtec.co.uk The barmin 310 with euro maps is £189 + vat (halfords = €499) Garmin 300 is £149 + VAT (halfords = €429) - if you can buy through a vat registered company vat is excluded.

sharkman

mcaul wrote:

I was in halfords Liffey valley yeterday and got a excellent sales guy who was very blatant about the sat nav's.

Route 66 - "****e - When they come back faulty we put a hammer through them and bin them"

Navman - "poor"

Garmin - 510 - good price but bulky.

Garmin 310 best of the lot Tom-Tom also V good.

and quote - "don't be arsed with anything other than Garmin or Tom Tom"


So armed with tis info - I'm buying through the web. Cheapest good garmin is the 310 and cheapest site I can find is www.handtec.co.uk The barmin 310 with euro maps is £189 + vat (halfords = €499) Garmin 300 is £149 + VAT (halfords = €429) - if you can buy through a vat registered company vat is excluded.

I would recommend the TomTom One V2 with Europe maps.

On the subject of Halfords , their supposed GPS specialist in the Coolock store doed not have a clue , I hve experience of quite a few systems and spent 25 minutes while this chap tried his best to sell me the most expensive unit in the shop . He even told me that the unit I use does Not have any maps of Ireland on it .When I told him he was wron he called me an arsehole and walked off , The matter has been passed to Halfords in the UK , It was a nice co-incidence that I met with one of their upper management about two weeks later and passed this gem on to him.

ovrin

mcaul wrote:

I was in halfords Liffey valley yeterday and got a excellent sales guy who was very blatant about the sat nav's.

Route 66 - "****e - When they come back faulty we put a hammer through them and bin them"

Navman - "poor"

Garmin - 510 - good price but bulky.

Garmin 310 best of the lot Tom-Tom also V good.

and quote - "don't be arsed with anything other than Garmin or Tom Tom"


So armed with tis info - I'm buying through the web. Cheapest good garmin is the 310 and cheapest site I can find is www.handtec.co.uk The barmin 310 with euro maps is £189 + vat (halfords = €499) Garmin 300 is £149 + VAT (halfords = €429) - if you can buy through a vat registered company vat is excluded.

hi there,im new to posting on this site.i have just bought a garmin 310delux from handtec and i have to say the service is great and it got to me in 2 days,saved about 150euro,only thing is its not what i expected.firstly i drive a taxi and there being about 1000 pubs in dublin and hotels on every corner ,i decided to get satnav.i tried it last night and i was shocked to see that no matter what pub i typed in the same message came up, no matches found. same with hotels,schools,most hospitals including temple st.when i type in local shops it directs me to county down?same with most pubs,local police stations? wait for this police service of northern ireland... it will take me to houses ok.but most people know where they live.oh have i just wasted good money?

sharkman

Ovrin , which version of maps are loaded on it and wher are you based ?

ovrin

hi sharkman, the uk/ireland preloaded detailed maps. im based in blanchardstown,dublin.is this the norm with sat navs,if i bought it in ireland would it be any different,not even an industrial est.its practically useless to me.

sharkman

I mean are you using version 7 8 or 9 of the maps !

sohappy

can anyone confirm if garmin with version 9 software has pubs and industrial estates listed on it? woulden't be much use to a delivery driver in dublin without it.......

ovrin

hi sharkman and so happy,i have version9 or europe v9 as it says on the box.it says 1.3 million pois in ireland and europe.im trying to download nnow but the file wont come up on my pc screen.im having problems with the "set up"part to access the files.it says (example:"d;/setup").........?sorry if i seem thick but this isnt v user friendly and im a bit of a technophobe.

sharkman

You need to use an additional piece of S/W on the disc called "POILoader" .

This page should explain all , If not Shout out !

http://www.gpsinformation.org/penrod/poiloader/poiloader.html

ovrin

hi sharkman,sorry about delay in getting back,was out working.ive done what u said.but to no avail.found the site, done what it said,i think the problem is with transferring the info from my pc to my sat nav unit. im sure this is easy if youve done it before its just so much bloody hassle for something that should have been done at the factory or at least comes with proper instructions..........any body out there that has had similar problem.thanks

ovrin

can anybody help me,my garmin nuvi 310 delux came with no SD card is this normal.maybe it would sort out the probs im having if i had one.thanks

robinph

I don't know about the nuvi range but my Garmin has to store any additional maps/ poi/ waypoints/ tracks to the SD card. They can be picked up for very cheap now from the likes of ebay.