Sorry to ask but.........
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Any Garmin unit (New 660 is pretty fine) IMHO, however the volume on their units is not the loudest. Ease of use, quality of build and great software along with support from their website make them top of the pile, along with a reasonable cost.
Here is a good link to a company that sell pretty well ever major brand of Sat Nav.
www.thenavigationcompany.com/products.php?category=1§ion=3
Here is a good link to a company that sell pretty well ever major brand of Sat Nav.
www.thenavigationcompany.com/products.php?category=1§ion=3
Edited by Belleair302 on Sunday 28th January 11:41
nickwilcock said:
Definitely the Garmin nüvi 660!
I have a 660 which I chose over the TT One for the bigger screen, and over the TT 910 because it is much less bulky to carry in your pocket if you don't want to leave it in the car. It is very good. While the speaker may be less good than the bulky TT's it is fine for navigating or handsfree phone use (I had no problems using it in a very noisy Land Rover Defender).
The screen bracket is good, and attaching the device to the bracket also connects the power supply. The unit turns on and off with the power supply. These are significant advantages of the Garmin units.
I don't know how you are on French pronunciation. To avoid listening to French road and town names mangled into an English prununciation I had to change the 'voice' to French.
One downside for my use is not being able to create routes with multiple via points (max of one allowed) and not being able to create a route on a PC and transfer it to the unit.
You should hear it mangling German names!
Import of an externally-produced multiple waypoint route might be difficult. How can one be sure that the 2 maps were identical? Also there might be problems with file formats.
One solution would be for Garmin to make available on-line mapping software which would identify whether your system mapping software was up to date or whether a new map was needed. (Business opportunity for Garmin, of course). But once the 2 maps were identical editions, surely it should be possible to define a route on-line, than transfer it to the GPS as a 'user route'?
I'd sooner haver such functionality than MP3 and picture viewer rubbish cluttering up the Garmin hard drive!
Import of an externally-produced multiple waypoint route might be difficult. How can one be sure that the 2 maps were identical? Also there might be problems with file formats.
One solution would be for Garmin to make available on-line mapping software which would identify whether your system mapping software was up to date or whether a new map was needed. (Business opportunity for Garmin, of course). But once the 2 maps were identical editions, surely it should be possible to define a route on-line, than transfer it to the GPS as a 'user route'?
I'd sooner haver such functionality than MP3 and picture viewer rubbish cluttering up the Garmin hard drive!
waremark said:
nickwilcock said:
Definitely the Garmin nüvi 660!
I have a 660 which I chose over the TT One for the bigger screen, and over the TT 910 because it is much less bulky to carry in your pocket if you don't want to leave it in the car........
One downside for my use is not being able to create routes with multiple via points (max of one allowed) and not being able to create a route on a PC and transfer it to the unit.
Are you saying you can't do this on a Garmin 660? My old Garmin Quest allows precisely this, the plotting of routes with multiple waypoints and transferring them across from my PC is the main reason I bought a garmin unit. I'd be amazed if a high spec garmin unit didn't have this functionality.
Edited by dazren on Monday 29th January 20:56
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