Great 'Sat Nav' Hunt (merged)

MyUserNamesTaken

Tony, I just plugged the garmin in and uploaded the updated software to it. It worked fine. I didn't stick it in simulator mode. To stick it in simulator mode, you just switch the gps off.


Settings

System

GPS mode

GPS Off.

Do the above and you're in simulator mode.

saver_sam

Halfords have a Garmin Foretrex 101 GPS Personal Navigator for £149.99 at the moment.

RedOnRed

The Garmin Streetpilot i3 apparently has a diagonal screen size of only 1.7 inches. I don't know about anyone else, but that seems a little on the small size for any sort of display.

By the way, 1.7 inches is about half the size of my index finger! Or about 2.5 standard postage stamps wide!

Has anyone found the screen size of this product to be an issue?

fbrj

saver_sam wrote:

Halfords have a Garmin Foretrex 101 GPS Personal Navigator for £149.99 at the moment.

Is that the same one as this at Amazon @ £107.99 incl postage?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000255I8W/kelkoo-2004-ce-21/ref%3Dnosim/026-4965737-6227664

MyUserNamesTaken

RedOnRed wrote:

The Garmin Streetpilot i3 apparently has a diagonal screen size of only 1.7 inches. I don't know about anyone else, but that seems a little on the small size for any sort of display.

By the way, 1.7 inches is about half the size of my index finger! Or about 2.5 standard postage stamps wide!

Has anyone found the screen size of this product to be an issue?

I haven't had any issues with the screen size. If anything, it makes it easier to position the unit so that I don't have to avert my eyes from the road. I have mine on the windscreen directly in front of my steering wheel, just above the dash. It doesn't obscure my view of the road and is easy to look at as I'm driving along.

bob_a_builder

I'm thinking that an extra £32 for an Acer N35 PDA/GPS

I was considering that one too for a while.
One minor hassle has come to light with it though, if you forget to switch it on before charging it looses all its settings
lots more user feedback HERE

QVC were selling this unit at £360 yesterday :rotfl:

MyUserNamesTaken

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/viewprod.php?flt=search&search=city+maps&vt=list&mfg=Garmin&hp=Garmin%2Cmfg%3DGarmin&product_id=1009&max_cat_id=-1&vt=list

You can buy maps for the whole of europe using the above link. (Garmin)

RedOnRed

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

I haven't had any issues with the screen size. If anything, it makes it easier to position the unit so that I don't have to avert my eyes from the road. I have mine on the windscreen directly in front of my steering wheel, just above the dash. It doesn't obscure my view of the road and is easy to look at as I'm driving along.

Is it really only an unbelieveable 1.7 inches though?

Cuppa

Just bought a second one from Comet for my other car.

Top unit, size is it's greatest asset for me, means I can position it pretty much anywhere (which I couldn't with the bigger units).

Tony.B_8

Downloaded (it Says) 4 updates
Unzipped em
Went to Garmin in my all programmes list
Looked for Updater...NOTHING...so how can I press the OK button ?????????????