Rasher

which one for about £350???
cheers in advance

scoobygez

tom tom go.

tim's wrx

the best in my opinion with most of europe covered too except east areas:-

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/104918

pimmo2000

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£399.96 inc VAT

I'd say the Tom Tom 700 its dropped in price now and mine has funny voices

cookstar

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Tom Tom 700, excellent bit of kit

Rasher

so the consensus is the Tom Tom700, can you get the speed camera location on that one???

LiamWR1(2)

Mine came with free speed camera download, just chimes when camera in range and displays location and speed limit... doesn't display type of camera (ie gatso..) and no voice prompt....

Liam

sienar33

Yes you can, and Optimax stations.
UKpocketgps (or something) has a database you can download for £19 per year (unlimited updates)
The Optimax stations are added via "poi's" (points of interest) if you do a Google search, you can find lots of different types!
Check out the German ones


http://www.xbox-deals.co.uk/

Check out the above link, there is a tomtom price check thing (but also check Froogle and kelkoo etc)

Had mine few months now, once you understand the way it "thinks", it is very good.

Maz

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Also traffic light location, excellent pieceof kit.

sienar33

I don't have any affiliation with ukpocketgps!

They offer the locations with different icons, mobile, Gatso, traffic light etc, and with the last known speed limit of that location, which I find helpful.

I did some searching around for location databases after getting TS10 last year.

Wonder if you can get a speeding fine going through red light?

LiamWR1(2)

Sounds interesting! The TomTom download, although OK (as is anything for free) could be better, so I'll have to check out the ukpocketgps site as a possible alternative.

I guess the 'traffic light' may be one of those older style cameras set-up to catch people jumping the lights at certain junctions?

Liam

Maz

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One of the lads at work got a FPN for going through a red light, however speed was not recorded.

Rasher

right thanks for the input the TOM TOM 700 it is

GariYaRally

Got my 700 for £299. Check Halfords online........

Dave1980

completley agree the 700 is the way to go, the bluetooth handsfree bit is good

V5-APS

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Can you download other country maps to the 700...i.e. if i wanted to use it in Australia or the States??

Rasher

just bought one

LiamWR1(2)

Hours of fun..................................

Dave1980

yeah you can download them, you can either get them from tomtom or download them off a file share programme.

i think they are usually on 2-3cd,s. the one i got the for the us was on 6 cds!.

goto www.tomtom.com and go to accessories.

turboDean

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I've just bought a bluetooth GPS system for my mobile phone, put it on your dash board (about the size of a pack of 10 ****) links to your mobile phone (only certian ones) or PDA or laptop. Then uses TOM TOM software for the Sat Nav and also Speed Camera alert.

Works with Nokia smart phones (6630,6680,N70,N80,N90 etc) and probably otheres.

I paid £41 inc p&p for a 32 channel GPS box off ebay, getting the software free off a mate which takes about 130mb on your memory card, cost me £22 for a 1GB mini sd card so got Sat Nav for £63.

You can these systems with the software for about £180.

scoobytravis

If you are not bothered about the European maps been included, how about the Tom tom one. Just bought one recently for £239. Its smaller (thinner) than other Tom Toms and can fit in your jacket pocket easily when away from the car. UK map included on 128MB SD card. Though suggest a larger SD card (had one anyway 256MB) for downloads of other voices, speed cameras and other POI`s (points of interest - hundreds available free). It charges via the cig lighter or you can buy a home charger extra.
Sucker mount included but optional alternative mounts aviaalbe (air vent/dash mounting plate)
Has 2 hour battery life away from charger, so you can use it anywhere. The portability did it for me.(and price)
Been using it for a few weeks, signal 100% reliable so far, no problems.

Just seen you have bought a sat nav... still idea still stands for others

Graham

SinghSuperStud

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Hi - easiest option and cheapest is to grab a Nokia 66 series phone or the new N70 and install TomTom mobile and get yourself a Bluetooth GPS receiver - can't go wrong !!

I've got loads of receivers so feel free to drop me a PM. Can also help further if required.

cheers

HOWY

Basic technology, why not get the MIO A701 phone/pda which has GPS built in and load tot tom v5

Rasher

managed to get this far with installing the safety cameras but I cant get further than this, any ideas??

Please connect the power supply to your TomTom GO and switch ON your TomTom GO. Next, make sure your TomTom GO is connected to your computer, that a Storage Card is inserted, and then press the "OK" button. Press the "Cancel" button to return to the Setup menu.

LiamWR1(2)

I am assuming you have already registered the 700 with Tom Tom? On my screen the activation box, and have also read the help?

Promotion codes are printed on a voucher (included in the box of your product) or distributed by our partners.

Product codes, usernames, passwords, etc are not valid promotion codes.

Please login to your TomTom account first. That will allow us to link your promotion to your account.

Please note: Make sure you have entered your device and device code in the 'Select my device' pages (this will allow us to prepare the services for your device).

Hope this helps!

Liam

Rasher

the 700 doesnt have a storage card so I click on the arrow as requested and nothing?????

Rasher

think it is sortd now

Rasher

tried the safety camera and drove straight past one without it registering????
A closer look on the installation it says that installation is complete, but it still isnt registering???

sienar33

Have you been into the POI section, selected safety cameras (or whatever they call them) then choose warning distance and alert sound?

There is also a tick box along the lines of "only alert if on route"
If you are going north and the camera is facing south, it won't alert you.

I haven't used the Tomtom supplied scamera db for some time now, but double check it differentiates (spelling?) between spot and average speed cams.
Do some prt_sc's if you are still having trouble and post on here.
I'll help if I can.

GazTheHat

I thought you could buy a PDA and install TomTom on it. Is that the case? I'd prefer to do that, as i can use a PDA for other things.

Anyone done that? How much would that be compared to a dedicated TT700?