Re: Sat Nav Device for Caravanners ?
- From: "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:09:56 +0100
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
malcolm <malcolm.brooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Dave D" <parNOSPAMmiter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%qVei.1587$vA3.231@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have just got back from a tour across Germany to the PolishAbsolutly brilliant,
border, up to Berlin, The Netherlands, Belgium, and, sigh of relief
- France. Marvellous trip. We managed to stay at nine sites that
were new to us, and as I am the driver I have had about eighteen
nervous breakdowns getting to and from each one. The main roads
are easy. It is the last couple of miles that cause the problems.
Our fifty year marriage managed to weather this stress but I am
beginning to consider a Satellite Navigation device, of which I know
little. I could post this to a specialised gps. newsgroup but I
think I know a lot of the people here and wonder if any of you have
any recommendations. The device must be capable of operating in
Western Europe. Regards.
Dave.
Buy a Tom Tom 910
I use one all day in this country (TNT driver) and used in france for
caravaning again flawless.
I also have sat nav on my audi A4 avante but I preferr the Tom Tom
for ease of use and also hands free blue tooth phone ( again its
excellent ) the 910 as speed camera warnings and a 20 gig hard
drive for your photos or music
Regards
Malcolm
Virtually any current TomTom device will do what you want - just make sure
that you buy one which comes bundled with maps of all the countries of
interest. [You can buy extra maps later, but they then invariably cost a lot
more than bundled maps].
The 910 (top of the range) is, I think, the only one which speaks road
*names*, but it probably has a lot of other gizmos which you don't need. A
cheaper one may be perfectly adequate for your needs - they *all* have
spoken directions like "turn left in 200 yards" or "take the third exit of
the roundabout".
They all have a few quirks where the spoken instruction doesn't quite match
reality - like they might get the exit number on a roundabout wrong[1], or
not understand the road priority at a particular junction [2] - so it's
always useful to glance at the map on the screen when entering a junction
because that gives an accurate picture of which direction to take. Because
of this, it's very important to get used to using it on a familiar route.
This will help you to understand much better what's it's telling you when
navigating an unfamiliar route. It goes without saying that you don't switch
off normal vigilence and common sense when using a GPS - as those people who
have ended up in fields or rivers or on railway lines appear to have done!
If you're anywhere near Warwick, you're very welcome to come and look at my
GPS - it's not the latest model by a long chalk - but it does the same job
(expect for the mobile phone related gizmos which have little to do with
navigation per se.)
[1] e.g. If a roundabout has an exit into (say) a factory, my TT Go is not
always sure whether to count it or not.
[2] e.g. If you're on a main road which turns sharp left, and there's
another road going straight on which you need to take (effectively making it
a right turn) my TTG doesn't always give a spoken command, but the map shows
where you need to go. Likewise, on the return journey, it may not make it
obvious that you are joining a major road where you need to be prepared to
give way.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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