Cubit Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Well the garmin is reserved and waiting to be picked up today. Await a load of questions cubit ! As said have only had tom tom since they came out many years ago. Hope they similar in the way they operate. Get yourself a memory card for it (8GB will suffice). You'll be busy upgrading the maps, firmware etc tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sounds like I'm buying Texecom panel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 What type does it take ? Ultra micro or just micro ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 What type does it take ? Ultra micro or just micro ? micro sd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Thanks. Can get one for free as Argos giving me £10 voucher for spending over £100 and they got an 8gb card for £9.99. Result ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I've had Alpine Navigation for years, Just cant beat it..... Not the cheapest, But the best in my opinion   I have these in my vans Loads of good features, built in Traffic Master, Accident re-routing, Speed Cameras, Overspeed warning & full journey tracking    Ive got an Alpine unit in the car and Im not having the same positive response as you.  In fact mines *****, GPS keeps dropping off, bluetooth the same,and can only see a handfull of files on a memory stick. As a SN its unusable, hence still having the Tomtom in the boot. Many other owners reporting the same issues. Quote Originally said by Charles Babbage On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSE Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Change your USB drive I had lots of issues with my new sat nav unit, upon testing with Alpine, the cause was nasty cheap Chinese copy flash drives I use 2x Sandisk in my head unit for MP3 and Navi tracking, never misses a beat Classic symptoms are GPS unobtainable or lost Edited August 11, 2014 by PSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Have picked up garmin and first impressions are good. Screen is crystal clear and traffic connects quickly. The power cable is very thick and non standard so will need to purchase an additional one for other car Here comes first question cubit ... Can you import your own car icon as have always had pic of works car as icon and it seems odd without it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Its an Alpine head unit I have in my van. Like I said ok unit. But, the maps are never the latest, only updated once a year....and at a cost of £100 a time. Them update costs mount up, making the Garmins a cheaper option. The traffic and accident updates, whilst helpful aren't anywhere near as good as the garmins realtime either. Garmin always been one if the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Change your USB drive I had lots of issues with my new sat nav unit, upon testing with Alpine, the cause was nasty cheap Chinese copy flash drives I use 2x Sandisk in my head unit for MP3 and Navi tracking, never misses a beat Classic symptoms are GPS unobtainable or lost  Mine has the removeable nav module, I think the issue is down to overheating. It seems to be a bit more reliable with the screen open a bit.  The USBs all work on PCs and in a Sony ICE unit I had but tbh I can live with it not able to read them 100% Quote Originally said by Charles Babbage On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Have picked up garmin and first impressions are good. Screen is crystal clear and traffic connects quickly. The power cable is very thick and non standard so will need to purchase an additional one for other car Here comes first question cubit ... Can you import your own car icon as have always had pic of works car as icon and it seems odd without it ! Honest answer?No idea, never tried. Blue triangle does me just fine. Might be worth having a snoop here though. http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=index Edited August 11, 2014 by Cubit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Useless !! Hehe. Looking on web it ain't easily done. As you said it had 7 updates waiting for it and all done. Now for an evening of being a geek and trying to customise it to my needs. Am a subscriber to there. Have downloaded their camera database as worked well with the Tom tom. Yet to test it on garmin. Can't see a way of adding audio to camera poi. Will see what device does tomorrow when I drive past one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 The camera alerts that come with the garmin seem pretty spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Must admit, I thought the sat nav built into my Lumia was an afterthought but its bang on, and have never bothered to fit the 'pro' Blaupunkt I have to the van. As others updates are once a year and silly money for the blau. Edited August 11, 2014 by datadiffusion Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Garmin sat navs are pretty good but I have a built in one in my picasso maps are about 10 year old like the car so a bit useless or I had a tom tom one before it was nicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 So, nobody using local knowledge and a small stack of AtoZ's in the glovebox any more then... No chance! Quote www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 No space in your glove box, full of copies of 'Leather Joy Boys'? Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Norms nightly activity... http://bit.ly/1t1WPog Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Never seen the fascination with leather, rubber pvc etc. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 That's what your wife told me... Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 My in car nav is pretty good, maps are on a sd card and it also has the speed camera locations on which is handy, cost about €15 to update the locations and I do it approx once a year. Only downside is it only takes part of the postcode but the poi db is great. That's what your wife told me...you feasting on bArrons cold porridge? Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 My biggest hate and why I just use the lumia, foreign designed systems that don't know how good the UK postcode system is and don't bother to fully support it.  I don't think any other country has a similar system down to a single or small group of houses.  And of course, they never will, its not needed now with OCR. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Yes it's French but in the 3 or so years I've had the car I reckon only less than 6 times its let me down (used the mobile) Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 you feasting on bArrons cold porridge?  No no, I took one look and decided I was one of those who 'just wanted to talk'... Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 He said you gargled more than you talked. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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