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Nick-St Member Since: 23 Apr 2013 Location: Surrey Posts: 267 |
Looks neat - but I don't think it's worth the potential aggravation without the double DIN conversion...
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8th Jun 2013 10:36am |
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BigWheels Member Since: 21 Mar 2010 Location: Somerset Posts: 1405 |
Interesting about dab not fm. May partly account for its high price. I bought a case for £10. Also a sun shield. Be interested in your choice & set up for rear view camera. Land Rover Defenders. 67 years heritage, minimal appearance changes, still going strong all over the world. Not a fashion vehicle, but fashionable to own. Made for the needy, not the greedy. Ta ta Defender |
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8th Jun 2013 2:37pm |
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bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 |
update for dezl760 - the "helpful" software updater is busy, this checks garmin's website and tells me if there is a new version available... so far I have run 2x 5.3gb European map downloads plus a firmware upgrade, thankfully their updating process is smoother than parrots !
Overall, still pleased with the unit, this week I used it in "that London", I like the congestion charge and environment zone warnings. also when you get close to your arrival point, it flags up car parks ... how good is that I have tested the parking camera but not had time to do much else with it ... lots of work going on at "casa BP" at the moment. |
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20th Jul 2013 7:27am |
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LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 |
As my trusty TomTom Go 910 has finally given up the ghost and won't charge anymore, and I'm going on holiday at the end of the week, I've bought myself a new toy in the shape of this TomTom Start 25M:
Click image to enlarge It has a nice big 5 inch screen, covers all of western Europe and includes free maps for life for only £100 from Halfords. Very pleased When I get around to it, I plan to fit a socket behind the dash and route the cable up through the ash tray for a more semi-permanent install, but that'll have to wait until after hols. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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12th Aug 2013 1:32pm |
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BigWheels Member Since: 21 Mar 2010 Location: Somerset Posts: 1405 |
I've found that, unlike my 1440, house names keyboard stays ABC, though all others go QWERTY. Also, & more annoyingly, the space button stays deactivated until all the listed places in its memory have been offered & rejected. I'm unsure as to whether this is a fault, or Garmin trying to be more user-friendly. The more auto-dumbed-down software gets, the harder it is to enter anything without the "how about these first" hurdles to jump. Land Rover Defenders. 67 years heritage, minimal appearance changes, still going strong all over the world. Not a fashion vehicle, but fashionable to own. Made for the needy, not the greedy. Ta ta Defender |
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18th Aug 2013 11:39am |
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jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8025 |
Steve - you still happy with the Garman unit, where do you have it mounted? any pics? Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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24th Oct 2013 6:40pm |
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bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 |
Yes, very happy with it, the free traffic is very useful
I'll bring it along to the Exmoor day you can have a play with it |
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24th Oct 2013 7:54pm |
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jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8025 |
that would be good cheers Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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24th Oct 2013 10:44pm |
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RustyM Member Since: 28 Oct 2013 Location: Africa/The Med Posts: 222 |
I use a Nexus 7 with navigator app (free) works well and no data connection required!
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28th Oct 2013 11:05pm |
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bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 |
last week I purchased a garmin garage for my satnav, on amazon for about £60, on garmin website for about £100.
it plugs into the obd2 port and then connects via bluetooth to the satnav (dezl760). it then gives you a bunch of extras on the satnav including temperature, boost pressure, mpg.. probably about 20 additional things. I've tried it on my 07 puma and my beemer 123d, works fine. it also traces and resets any fault codes recorded and generates excel files with trip info, speed, distance, start/stop times, mpg etc. Great if you drive for a living and do monthly expenses. |
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2nd Nov 2013 9:05am |
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termohe Member Since: 23 Jul 2012 Location: De Pinte Posts: 15 |
Have a look at Oziexplorer. You can find all maps of Europe online |
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4th Nov 2013 12:18pm |
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bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 |
ran an update onto the dezl today, worked ok but whilst loading I had a browse around the garmin website, the "basecamp" application is now installed on my spectre laptop, it allows me to share maps from the satnav and process gpx files etc.
I'll be doing some route planning in a couple of weeks for the summer, this will come in handy |
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16th Jan 2014 7:47pm |
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