Audi TT Satellie Navigation
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
"Uk Photographer" <photographyou@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Hairy One Kenobi" <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> > "Andy Turner" <andyt@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:33:35 GMT, "Hairy One Kenobi"
> > > <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >"UK Photographer" <photographyou@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> Is the system fitted in the UK 2004 1.8 TT worth paying the extra
for?
> > > >> I wasn't very impressed with the system fitted in my last car
(Peugeot
> > > >> 206) as the dispay was difficult to read whilst moving.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any comments or happy users?
<snip>
> Thanks for that advice,
>
> In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
> aftermarket.
>
> Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>
>
> Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
> your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
> use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>
> I could always buy an A to Z
Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
Let's see.. a *very* reliable map covering the whole of Europe, large(-ish!)
colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. Oh, and it auto-routes for you as well..
About the only downside (apart from the cost!) is that the supplied card
only covers a couple of countries.. there's a more expensive model that
replaces this with a microdrive covering the entire continent.
Oh yeah, and you can upload & download routes from a PC as well..
HTH
H1K
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> "Hairy One Kenobi" <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> > "Andy Turner" <andyt@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:fmhgk05hjbuk05dhl0f3c0409td387s7d6@4ax.com...
> > > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:33:35 GMT, "Hairy One Kenobi"
> > > <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >"UK Photographer" <photographyou@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > >news:ci2c56$mmk@odah37.prod.google.com...
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> Is the system fitted in the UK 2004 1.8 TT worth paying the extra
for?
> > > >> I wasn't very impressed with the system fitted in my last car
(Peugeot
> > > >> 206) as the dispay was difficult to read whilst moving.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any comments or happy users?
<snip>
> Thanks for that advice,
>
> In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
> aftermarket.
>
> Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>
>
> Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
> your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
> use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>
> I could always buy an A to Z
Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
Let's see.. a *very* reliable map covering the whole of Europe, large(-ish!)
colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. Oh, and it auto-routes for you as well..
About the only downside (apart from the cost!) is that the supplied card
only covers a couple of countries.. there's a more expensive model that
replaces this with a microdrive covering the entire continent.
Oh yeah, and you can upload & download routes from a PC as well..
HTH
H1K
#12
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
I bought a HP palm computer and CoPilot nav system all for about £650
Benefits are:
Take it from car to car - even give it to my wife when she needs it! and its
going to Australia with me for a tour later this year
Address or postcode entry
Accurate to the house number on a street
European mapping on one flash card
Colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. auto-routing around problems.
upload & download routes from a PC
No personel tax as its not added to the value of the car
No wiring as the 12 channel antenna is built in - even works well in high
rises areas
Oh and I also get full Internet connection at 57.7kbs so ideal for travel
info
Full e-mail/Word/Excel
Paying 2K or whatever it is now for a built in system is a complete waste of
money nowadays. Always hated palm computers but this is where they come into
their own. My advice would be not to get a built in system or a 'built-on'
system like the Garmin as it's still only does one job.
Happy travelling!
Rich
Benefits are:
Take it from car to car - even give it to my wife when she needs it! and its
going to Australia with me for a tour later this year
Address or postcode entry
Accurate to the house number on a street
European mapping on one flash card
Colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. auto-routing around problems.
upload & download routes from a PC
No personel tax as its not added to the value of the car
No wiring as the 12 channel antenna is built in - even works well in high
rises areas
Oh and I also get full Internet connection at 57.7kbs so ideal for travel
info
Full e-mail/Word/Excel
Paying 2K or whatever it is now for a built in system is a complete waste of
money nowadays. Always hated palm computers but this is where they come into
their own. My advice would be not to get a built in system or a 'built-on'
system like the Garmin as it's still only does one job.
Happy travelling!
Rich
#13
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
I bought a HP palm computer and CoPilot nav system all for about £650
Benefits are:
Take it from car to car - even give it to my wife when she needs it! and its
going to Australia with me for a tour later this year
Address or postcode entry
Accurate to the house number on a street
European mapping on one flash card
Colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. auto-routing around problems.
upload & download routes from a PC
No personel tax as its not added to the value of the car
No wiring as the 12 channel antenna is built in - even works well in high
rises areas
Oh and I also get full Internet connection at 57.7kbs so ideal for travel
info
Full e-mail/Word/Excel
Paying 2K or whatever it is now for a built in system is a complete waste of
money nowadays. Always hated palm computers but this is where they come into
their own. My advice would be not to get a built in system or a 'built-on'
system like the Garmin as it's still only does one job.
Happy travelling!
Rich
Benefits are:
Take it from car to car - even give it to my wife when she needs it! and its
going to Australia with me for a tour later this year
Address or postcode entry
Accurate to the house number on a street
European mapping on one flash card
Colour rolling map with automatic zoom, touch-screen control, and voice
prompting. auto-routing around problems.
upload & download routes from a PC
No personel tax as its not added to the value of the car
No wiring as the 12 channel antenna is built in - even works well in high
rises areas
Oh and I also get full Internet connection at 57.7kbs so ideal for travel
info
Full e-mail/Word/Excel
Paying 2K or whatever it is now for a built in system is a complete waste of
money nowadays. Always hated palm computers but this is where they come into
their own. My advice would be not to get a built in system or a 'built-on'
system like the Garmin as it's still only does one job.
Happy travelling!
Rich
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
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Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
>>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
>>aftermarket.
>>
>>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>>
>>
>>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
>>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
>>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>>
>>I could always buy an A to Z
>
>
> Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>
> http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
considering one of these instead:
http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
>>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
>>aftermarket.
>>
>>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>>
>>
>>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
>>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
>>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>>
>>I could always buy an A to Z
>
>
> Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>
> http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
considering one of these instead:
http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
X-no-archive: yes
Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
>>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
>>aftermarket.
>>
>>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>>
>>
>>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
>>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
>>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>>
>>I could always buy an A to Z
>
>
> Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>
> http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
considering one of these instead:
http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
>>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
>>aftermarket.
>>
>>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
>>
>>
>>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
>>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
>>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
>>
>>I could always buy an A to Z
>
>
> Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>
> http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
considering one of these instead:
http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
Have a look @ www.ebay.co.uk do a search on "navigation" There are plenty
of aftermarket navigation options available!
of aftermarket navigation options available!
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
Have a look @ www.ebay.co.uk do a search on "navigation" There are plenty
of aftermarket navigation options available!
of aftermarket navigation options available!
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
> >>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
> >>aftermarket.
> >>
> >>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
> >>
> >>
> >>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
> >>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
> >>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
> >>
> >>I could always buy an A to Z
> >
> >
> > Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
> >
> > http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
>
> I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
> considering one of these instead:
>
> http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
It looks interesting, but you should make sure that you take into account
the "extras" you /might/ want - additional countries cost, as does the
all-Europe software (EUR 200 for a rather chunky 4 CD-ROMs).
It's apparently being sold through the Dixons Group, so it might be an idea
to look at it in the flesh (the pictures make it look fairly small, judging
by the relative size of the mini-USB)
The feature set looks excellent, though. If you don't mind losing the
voice-prompting and the automatic route recalculation (the GO looks to be
manual only), then you'll be saving a few hundred quid.
The same shops sells the 2610 for £840; can't remember what I paid, but it
was lower than that. Feature-wise (and touch screen aside), it looks to be
more comparable with the StreetPilot III which (by a strange coincidence) is
around the same price.
HTH
H1K
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
> >>In that case I think I will save the £1300 and buy something
> >>aftermarket.
> >>
> >>Has anyone used the system at www.smartnav.com ?
> >>
> >>
> >>Seems like a nice idea, apart from having to ring the call centre with
> >>your destination. But, no map display again. The bonus being you can
> >>use it as a Tracker too if someone nicks your car.
> >>
> >>I could always buy an A to Z
> >
> >
> > Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
> >
> > http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
>
> I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
> considering one of these instead:
>
> http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
It looks interesting, but you should make sure that you take into account
the "extras" you /might/ want - additional countries cost, as does the
all-Europe software (EUR 200 for a rather chunky 4 CD-ROMs).
It's apparently being sold through the Dixons Group, so it might be an idea
to look at it in the flesh (the pictures make it look fairly small, judging
by the relative size of the mini-USB)
The feature set looks excellent, though. If you don't mind losing the
voice-prompting and the automatic route recalculation (the GO looks to be
manual only), then you'll be saving a few hundred quid.
The same shops sells the 2610 for £840; can't remember what I paid, but it
was lower than that. Feature-wise (and touch screen aside), it looks to be
more comparable with the StreetPilot III which (by a strange coincidence) is
around the same price.
HTH
H1K
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Re: Audi TT Satellie Navigation
Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
> "Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2qu436F10je8uU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>>>
>>>http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
>>
>>I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
>>considering one of these instead:
>>
>>http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
>
>
> It looks interesting, but you should make sure that you take into account
> the "extras" you /might/ want - additional countries cost, as does the
> all-Europe software (EUR 200 for a rather chunky 4 CD-ROMs).
I would be interested if there was a US option or potentially a Spain
option. Other than that, UK only would do for 99.9% of the time.
> It's apparently being sold through the Dixons Group, so it might be an idea
> to look at it in the flesh (the pictures make it look fairly small, judging
> by the relative size of the mini-USB)
I was going to do just that, much easier to see. Although I hear that
the Garmin devices are also stocked by Makro.
>
> The feature set looks excellent, though. If you don't mind losing the
> voice-prompting and the automatic route recalculation (the GO looks to be
> manual only), then you'll be saving a few hundred quid.
The Tom Tom does have voice guidance though, thats one feature I
wouldn't want to lose. The route recalc would be handy I'll admit and
the touch screen on the Tom Tom is a bonus.
> "Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2qu436F10je8uU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>Haven't used it myself - I have one of these:
>>>
>>>http://www.garmin.com/products/sp2660/
>>
>>I've been looking at that one, but the price is too high. I'm
>>considering one of these instead:
>>
>>http://www.motorsportpromotion.com/tomtomgo.shtml
>
>
> It looks interesting, but you should make sure that you take into account
> the "extras" you /might/ want - additional countries cost, as does the
> all-Europe software (EUR 200 for a rather chunky 4 CD-ROMs).
I would be interested if there was a US option or potentially a Spain
option. Other than that, UK only would do for 99.9% of the time.
> It's apparently being sold through the Dixons Group, so it might be an idea
> to look at it in the flesh (the pictures make it look fairly small, judging
> by the relative size of the mini-USB)
I was going to do just that, much easier to see. Although I hear that
the Garmin devices are also stocked by Makro.
>
> The feature set looks excellent, though. If you don't mind losing the
> voice-prompting and the automatic route recalculation (the GO looks to be
> manual only), then you'll be saving a few hundred quid.
The Tom Tom does have voice guidance though, thats one feature I
wouldn't want to lose. The route recalc would be handy I'll admit and
the touch screen on the Tom Tom is a bonus.