Posted: 8/5/2006 8:55:30 AM EDT
Phonecall a short while ago from Mousegunner-UK out in Florida saying his GPS has gone tits up!  Solutions are in progress, but I have to admit I am now looking for backup systems / spares for my trip..... Eggs in baskets and all that.... Though myself and paper USA maps tend to part company at the rate of one every 1000 miles or so...  ... Suggestions on a post card? |
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GPSMap 60CS www.gpsw.co.uk/details/prod1911.html It's the one I use on my motorbike...have dropped the GPS unit many times, even into water. It's water and shockproof. |
Wasn't my call......sorry  There will be a next time, their laws permitting. They have some funny shit going on over there, but that's for another thread |
| PocketGPS update them monthly (subsciption download, but worth it) , with a lifetime membership going to whomever reports a new camera first..... |
£2 a month. Bloody bargain with the number of the frigging things sprouting like weeds. ANdy |
Get busy then, unless it's well hidden you'll find that 30 people have already reported it and only the first one gets the membership prize.... I reported one recently where the tarmac was still wet at its base and was beaten to it by a day.... Council workers must have blabbed...
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I useda PDA based system, Navman, on my Compaq Ipaq a few years ago, but upgraded to TomTom5 on my Nokia phone this year with bluetooth GPS....Its the dogs danglies !! The speed camera database is particularly useful when on my way back from Sennybridge when the mobile camera units are about..... |
Do you not find that the Nokia freezes up every 20 minutes or so? What phone are you running it on? I have tried 3 different N70's, and am N80 all with the same results... 
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I'm running TomTom on a Nokia 6600 (Symbian) and it runs fine, with no issues or lockups to date. I've heard of compatibility issues with the newer N series of nokias, probably best to check the GPS forums to see if theres a patch or fix ? Found this topic on here Upgrade the firmware to v5 generic. Disable POI. Don't pair the receiver with the phone, only through TomTom. It really is that simple! I can pretty much guarantee if you meet all three criteria above, it will work no problems. |