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Binatone Carrera Satellite Navigation System €110

neacy69 · 2007-10-03 11:38:11

From Viking Direct: Says it has full uk/irl mapping but I can't find out what maps are used so I don't know how good the maps are: http://www.vikingdirect.ie/catalog/catalogSku.do;jsessionid=0000r7RPK_4FbJQRuIO3X4IJuWI:11e77q7bo?id=BINAX350&PR=Q81 # Free UK Safety camera locations included. # Full UK 7 digit postcode…

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03-10-2007 12:38pm

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From Viking Direct:

Says it has full uk/irl mapping but I can't find out what maps are used so I don't know how good the maps are:

http://www.vikingdirect.ie/catalog/catalogSku.do;jsessionid=0000r7RPK_4FbJQRuIO3X4IJuWI:11e77q7bo?id=BINAX350&PR=Q81

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Free UK Safety camera locations included.
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Full UK 7 digit postcode search.
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Clear turn-by-turn voice guidance (male/female).
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Super bright anti-reflective 3.5" touch-screen LCD.
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Thousands of pr-installed Points of Interest.
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Amazing 2D/3D navigation view.
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TMC input

From amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Binatone-Carrera-X350-Satellite-Navigation/dp/tech-data/B000UX4KS0/ref=de_a_smtd/203-4042319-6145519

Product Features

* 3.5 inch anti-reflective touch screen LCD
* Free Safety Cameras locations included
* Full UK 7 digit postcode search
* 2D/3D navigation
* Clear turn-by-turn voice guidance (male/fermale)
* User friendly menu system
* Thousands of Points of Interest (POIs) such as parking, hotels, restaurants, petrol stations and many more!
* Picture and Document viewer via SD expansion slot
* UK/ROI maps
* Integrated rechargeable battery

Technical Details

3.5 inch colour screen LCD
Atlas II GPS Chipset
324 MHz Processor
Microsoft WinCE.NET 5.0 Core Version
64 MB SDRAM built-in memory
SD expansion slot
built-in 1.0 W loud speaker
built-in antenna
3.5 Mini Jack headphone
USB Client for ActiveSync
Rechargeable li-polymeres battery (1300mAH)
usage time: up to 3.5 hours
2D/3D navigation view
day and night view modes
full UK 7 digit postcode search
Multi-language(6): English, French, German,Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
Maps(2): United Kingdom and Eire (Republic of Ireland)
dimensions(LxHxW):99.9mmx84.5mmx20mm
weight:0.160kg
colour: Black/Silver

Anyone know anyting more about this?
Is it any good for Ireland?

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#2 03-10-2007 12:38pm
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Free delivery on Viking for orders over €60!!!

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#3 03-10-2007 12:56pm
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Just ordered, in the market for one of these but cant break the bank

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#4 03-10-2007 2:17pm
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Seems it uses Navteq maps, these any use?

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#5 03-10-2007 3:09pm
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Navteq is as good as it gets in ireland, which is very good. Try the gps forum to see has anyone any experience with this model.

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#6 03-10-2007 3:55pm
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Ordered one...

Forgot about the VAT of course - that ups the price to €133... but still seems like a deal.

Another review here.

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#7 04-10-2007 6:42pm
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so did you get it delivered yet? is it any good?

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#8 04-10-2007 6:51pm
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Running WinCE....just hack it to run TomTom

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#9 05-10-2007 10:58am
Dades

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neacy69 wrote:

so did you get it delivered yet? is it any good?

Yup - got it yesterday. Smaller and lighter than I thought - which is great.

Took it out on the DART home from town yesterday - straight out of the box tracked myself a few a stops. I'd no idea these things were so simple to use. Charged it up fully last night (off a PC vis USB) so will give the voice command system a go in the car over the weekend.

Fingers crossed seems like a good deal indeed. Thanks for the heads-up.

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#10 05-10-2007 11:08am
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this does cover most of europe as well as ireland & uk!?

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#11 05-10-2007 11:27am
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spongbob wrote:

this does cover most of europe as well as ireland & uk!?

no it says in the description that only maps for uk and eire are incluuded

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#12 05-10-2007 11:35am
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How can I hack this GPS to run Tom Tom?

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#13 05-10-2007 12:16pm
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Anyone manage to hack it to TomTom and has anyone tried a long journey?
According to one of the reviews it can takes forever to compute some journeys and refuses to do others.

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#14 05-10-2007 1:05pm
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Looks like a great price, but if the reviews are correct about route calculation, then it doesn't seem like great value after all.
Is there anyway to increase the unit memory to address this?
AFAIK it only has 64mb...:rolleyes:

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#15 05-10-2007 1:21pm
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Cmar-Ireland wrote:

AFAIK it only has 64mb...:rolleyes:

There's an SD card slot (with adaptor for the two sizes).

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#16 08-10-2007 11:08am
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Hi The Atheist,

Just wondering if you took this out on the road and what are the maps like. I purchased one at the weekend and would like to know how good it is.

Thanks

Bazual

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#17 08-10-2007 11:33am
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Hey bazual,

Never got a chance to test it proper over the weekend. Need to get the cradle set up first. I will post back when I've given it a real try.

CHEERS.

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#18 08-10-2007 11:41am
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When I see the name Binatone, all I can think of is this

and this

It was the Sat Nav of it's time :cool:

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#19 08-10-2007 12:42pm
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The Atheist wrote:

There's an SD card slot (with adaptor for the two sizes).

But it is the system memory that is used to calculate journeys and reroutes. I don't think this can be upgraded?
The SD slot is just for loading maps.

Edit:
I'm not slagging off the system, I'd love to buy one at this price. But there is not much point if it cannot calculate journeys effectively

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#20 08-10-2007 2:26pm
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Jeez I don't know tbh. I've never used one of these things before, and have no time to play at the moment.

My gut feeling is that if you are serious about your Sat Nav then maybe look elsewhere. I just like gadgets and that price tickled my fancy. That said it may turn out to be everything it should be...

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#21 08-10-2007 2:28pm
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I picked one up, seems ok so far. If nothing else its handy to have a detailed map for ireland the uk in such a small box. havent taken it out on the road properly yet

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#22 08-10-2007 2:39pm
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I'm really curious to hear how this works for a long distance journey. I would love to pick one up at this price. It's more of a novelty than a necessity, so a system costing 1/3 of the regular one would do nicely

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#23 08-10-2007 3:02pm
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Its definatly slow, i mean scrolling on the map isnt instant. can take a second or two. The processing of journeys can take a minute or so but thats not too bad at all.

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#24 08-10-2007 3:48pm
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What if you input a route and then divert off course, will it recalculate quickly?

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#25 10-10-2007 10:10pm
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Hi Folks just a follow up.

This arrived yesterday and tried it out last night it did not seem to have any issue calculating routes but I was going only a small distance. It has 2007 navteq maps which are pretty detailed and it has the placename where I am from in Kilkenny. Only problem I found with it is that is was difficult to find places by typing them in, it had towns and villages that exist in Kilkenny being shown as waterford.
Not sure if a few Waterford people paid the Navteq people to do this with the whole city border thing going on.

To summarise, for €133 its a pretty good Sat Nav and will do the basics for ya.

Bazual

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