Great 'Sat Nav' Hunt (merged)

stanly

Dont know if this site can help.
http://uk.nextag.com/car-nav-sat/zzukzB1z0--search-html

inmypocketnottheirs

David_Balme wrote:

We go top France often on holiday. Can anyone tell me are the maps for europe any good as I note they are not street level as they are in the UK.

The Tom To 5 bundle includes street level mapping of Europe. I have used in Holland and Belgium perfectly, without any problems. The difference is 'main roads' and 'street level'. Hope this helps.

inmypocketnottheirs

alyandmegs wrote:

How do you get your ipaq to see and use your road angel gps?

I use a cable that connects powers the Road Angel via cigar socket. It connects to the data connector on the back of the Road Angel. A spur then comes off and plugs into the Ipaq to transfer the GPS signal. The Ipaq is also powered through this. You have to program the Road Angel to output the GPS signal via the onscreen menu. This is all in the instructions. Data cable available from holux, https://www.holux-uk.com.

glen1

can you get a program for hgv for example displaying low bridges sat navs.

MJONES_4

Hi,

I noticed some comments about Road-angel and PDA’s.

I have a ‘New Road Angel’ which is possibly what has noted and an IPAQ hx2100.

I have ordered TomTom5 software and was about to order a GPS receiver but if my Road Angel can receive the GPS signals that would be much better and tidier.

Looking at the road-angel website it says I just need a serial cable to connect, do you know what else I would need to connect or where to get the cable from ?

The cable on the Blackspot website shows a serial cable but how do you connect that to the PDA?

:rotfl:

drahcir_2

MJONES wrote:

Hi,

I noticed some comments about Road-angel and PDA’s.

I have a ‘New Road Angel’ which is possibly what has noted and an IPAQ hx2100.

I have ordered TomTom5 software and was about to order a GPS receiver but if my Road Angel can receive the GPS signals that would be much better and tidier.

Looking at the road-angel website it says I just need a serial cable to connect, do you know what else I would need to connect or where to get the cable from ?

The cable on the Blackspot website shows a serial cable but how do you connect that to the PDA?

:rotfl:

different versions of road angels need different cables, you can but them here and they are helpfull for advice of what you need on the phone.
https://www1.securesiteserver.co.uk/holux/catalogue/

drahcir_2

glen1 wrote:

can you get a program for hgv for example displaying low bridges sat navs.

not seen one but maybe it would be possible to get the positions of low bridges and show them on sat nav prog as points of interest which would then show on your route?

Sun

How do you get **updates** for Garmin StreetPilot GPS ??

Do you have to buy it?

mirpur786

if you go to https://www.maplin.co.uk and go to the streetpilot i3, u can download the streetpilot poi uploader for free which uploads all the data onto the spi3, or go to the garmin website and get it for free from there

CannyGirl_3

kingshir wrote:

Would like to buy a satnav for my hubby for Xmas, whilst cost is important what is most vital is that it is easy to set up and operate

I bought a TomTom Go last Christmas, based on the recommendations of an earlier incarnation of this board. I wanted an all in one system without having to worry about setting up/compatibility issues etc and I would say that I found it really simple - you more or less get it out of the box, push the supplied memory card into the slot & you are off. I found the instruction book pretty clear too with pictures of the screen etc to make it really obvious what you had to do.

TomTom have released newer models since then but I would imagine they are similarly straightforward.

I would thoroughly recommend it, saved all sorts of "discussions" between myself and husband, we just leave it to "Tom" to tell us the route. It has also got a really good database of useful things (Points of Interest) like petrol stations, rail stations, shopping centres etc. I travel on business quite a lot & I find it really handy for finding the nearest shops! We also used Tom in France this summer - only the main roads are included but that got us to within a couple of hundred yards of the campsite we were after, and was a lot easier than following French road signs. It also reminds you which way to go round roundabouts!