sat navs

Hager
answer to yor questions
Yes, Sony has all of it and you could even download more language from site (There are 37 langauage preloaded at the moment)

dowtchaboy, i agree 250w is one of the best and actually it was my choice also and i could not found a negative thing in it and thats why i bought it, though when i saw SONY, i just fell in love with the shape and overall features. The blue tooth features and calling directly from the map was the best (For example, you find a garage on map, you can dial it directly)
Also, Sony has 5 settings for route (Standard car, Truck, long car, foot, bike) so it will tell you the desired route.
the maps as you have already mentioned are already 1 year old and that is understandable. For example, my map does not recognise the new bridge in front of ardboyne hotel in Navan :-)So i think both set are OKAY and its upto an individual to buy as per the need,
I would recommend both 250W and Sony U93
but my recommendation, Please see both hand to hand in Argos or Peats before buy,,,must se before buy...

I have tested mine and all harsh Europe conditions and very happy with it, i actually checked it in Venice Ferry also and it worked for water ways too :-)

For radar i have got a TMC wire and 1 year free updates, i have not touched it yet, will check it tomorrow and let you know. Also i have not used anything from box yet, all was pre-loaded and i just went Europe with it.

ASTRACLUB wrote: »

I have tested mine and all harsh Europe conditions and very happy with it, i actually checked it in Venice Ferry also and it worked for water ways too :-)

Cool! Wonder how they mapped the Venice waterways, and did they set a wide/non-aggressive "rubberband" for them?
On the subject of water - one possible avenue I am exploring is to see if marine navaids can be "obtained" from somewhere and downloaded to nuvi's - this would make them even more useful to me (and other impoverished ummmm... sailing folk - not "yachties" - they already have every GPS goodie known to Man).
db.