roadangel navigator

[BRAIN DEAD]

Just had a couple of days using road angel navigator. Glad I didnt buy cos its useless. If battery runs down it takes 45 mins to find new satellites(according to manual-but mine took couple of hours), screen buttons very small, many other niggles. I guess Im spoilt with satnav in Lexus which is superb. and lastly unit is too big to find a decent mounting location which wont obscure windscreen but still work. think will probably go for some sort of pda phone type of nav.

[agent006]

The 45 minute lock on is a standard GPS thing.

[bigdods]

45 mins ? really ? Never had that with my tomtom bluetooth GPS. Fresh out the box it took about 4 mins to lock on. If the battery goes totally flat which has happened more than once (this morning being the latest) when I forget to switch it off it usually locks on within 60 seconds. Maybe it has some kind of back up battery so it remembers where it is, but I didnt see any mention of this in the documentation.

Hmmm.

[NormanD]

I have a NavMan 510, logs onto GPS quickly, also goes into standby after a few minutes of none use to save battery

[mole]

Just purchased a Road Angel Navigator, and although the manual says it takes 45 mins initially to log onto a satellite, mine was much quicker.

From then on it is a matter of minutes. The display is simple and clear, and the touch screen much easier than using say a 'pen ' as with the Navman.

[Phil Dicky]

bigdods said:

45 mins ? really ? Never had that with my tomtom bluetooth GPS. Fresh out the box it took about 4 mins to lock on. If the battery goes totally flat which has happened more than once (this morning being the latest) when I forget to switch it off it usually locks on within 60 seconds. Maybe it has some kind of back up battery so it remembers where it is, but I didnt see any mention of this in the documentation. Hmmm.

My Tom Tom Go is the sme locks on almost straight away, with out fail.

Phil