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Subject Topic: SatNav in NI? Post Reply Post New Topic
30/12/2006 at 1:06am
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Helloo,

I was wondering if any of you knew of a sat nav system which was actually useful for use in N.Ireland/Ireland?

I bought a NavMan F20 a couple of weeks ago as it stated on the box 'full uk and ireland maps and postcode search' turns out the maps it featured only covered 40% of N.Ireland/Ireland, whereas It Covered near 100% of the rest of the UK.
It didn't know half the streets in the city i live in or any area other than main towns in Northern Ireland. The Ireland coverage was even worse with the maps only covering major cities such as Galway and Dublin. I also researched upgrades which you can buy in a memory card form, but the Ireland maps were similar to those loaded on the device already.

So anyway..

Anyone know of a miracle device which would actually be useful where i live? or am i destined to be confined to the crumpled medieval maps?

(the reason i need satnav is because my job requires me to travel to many remote areas in Northern Ireland which i've never even heard of!)

Thanks in advance for your suggestions

dgolf.


30/12/2006 at 9:28am
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bought a garmin unit and it covers both north and south ireland in detail also came with a free europe disc  


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30/12/2006 at 12:58pm
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Thanks for the reply caravaningrus, what model of Garmin was it?


30/12/2006 at 5:34pm
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30/12/2006 at 9:18pm
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c510 deluxe bought in halfords. currys have the 510 cheaper but does not come with europe maps which are very expensive to buy check for the c510d 


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31/12/2006 at 3:09am
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Nice find caravaningrus.

Does it have good NI maps ?



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31/12/2006 at 11:17am
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yes good ni maps and no complaints yet


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I wasin halfords last month and had a salesman show me differfent models and the TomTom 1and 510 seamed to have a very detailed map of UK & NI.

it found many country lanes that a second unit the Navman 40i didnt cover garmin where good too.



01/1/2007 at 12:16am
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How much is the 510 ? Als.

 

 

 

Happy new year folks.

 

 

 



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01/1/2007 at 10:22am
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 £250


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you can get prices from £220 - £300 so its best to shop around.


01/1/2007 at 1:43pm
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Thanks for the advice, really helpful as it cuts down my shortlist a bit


05/1/2007 at 12:12pm
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Hello all, i bought a Garmin C510 Deluxe,just before Christmass from halfords as they were doing  a third off deal so got it for £ 200, have been using it for over a month now and am continually impressed by its accuracy and detail of the maps, it has many  interesting features including a points of interest one, to be honest i have been using it for this time and day and daily i am continually amazed to discover yet more features, the online support for this product for this item is very good also, many downloadable items from the garmin site, the one i bought also has a additional extractable 256mb SD card supplied as standard so is very handy to stick in the PC card reader and upgrade items / delete them.

all in all i would recommend it to anyone looking for a mid range priced sat nav system, but one that has top of the range features( it has so many good items on it so look it up here) http://techdigest.tv/2006/11/review_garmin_streetpilot_c510_deluxe.html / it has probably the best coverage for north and south Ireland.

ps happy new year all have a great one ( looks like great weather for the upcomming season  )

pps some pricing info from the web

http://uk.shopping.com/xPC-Garmin-GPS-navigator-StreetPilot-C510-Deluxe-Europe

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06/1/2007 at 1:50am
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Thanks for that Dee.

Never got what I wanted for xmas so still on the look out for one lol.



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