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14/05/2008, 13:51 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,479 Re: Sat Nav  Keith CHANNING wrote: They are all fine provided you remember one thing. The SatNav is your servant, NOT your master Wise words indeed. Remember the story recently of the UK coach driver who got off the ferry and told his Sat Nav to go to Lille. Unfortunately he wanted Lille France but ended up in Lille Belgium. You'd think it would be pretty hard for a professional driver to make such a brainless mistake but many have done similar. I have a Garmin Nuvi 360 and it's been great but like many other things, if it's your first one, then sometimes there are facilities or functions which you didn't know that you needed until you found you hadn't got them. For me with the Garmin that missing function is multiple waypoints. The Garmin only allows 1 which means, other than reprogramming en route, you can only journey from A to C via B not A to G via B, C, D, E & F. Practical example: Cahors to Calais. The Garmin will only allow you to tell it that you want to go via Rouen say in which case it will take you all the way to Paris and then turn you left to Rouen whereas what you wanted to do was come off at Orleans then go Chartres - Dreux - Evreux etc. etc. If you could enter those as way waypoints in the first place it would take you that way without further intervention. As it is now when planning a journey I have to first find all the places I know I want to go through and put them in as favourites then, when I get to point C tell it to go to point E via point D and so on. I've learnt to live with it but if I were replacing it with another then multiple waypoints would definately be top on my list of must have facilities. Personally I have no need of Bluetooth or media players etc. they are a pointless distraction from what a Sat Nav is supposed to do but then it's the same for me with mobile phones, all I ask of them is to be able to make or receive phone calls ! One final thing, and I don't know what the answer is to this one nor is it exclusively a Garmin issue, because of the system of departments in France when you enter a destination you are frequently presented with a choice of identically named communes with a department number, great if you know where you're going, if not it's out with the map  My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

14/05/2008, 14:13 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,804 Re: Sat Nav You can change the route with Tom Tom, so I guess thats a plus, for example to actually go to the funeral I programmed in something like via M40  Banbury,  (or something similar) and recalculated. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

14/05/2008, 14:45 suzy Joined on 02/06/2006 west midlands Posts 58 Re: Sat Nav We have Navman which my OH uses all the time (much to my irritation, when we know the way !) However he now has it set to French, ready he says, for our move next year ! Sue    Report

14/05/2008, 15:24 powerdesal Joined on 07/01/2006 Sharjah U.A.E Posts 2,173 Re: Sat Nav  ErnieY wrote: mobile phones, all I ask of them is to be able to make or receive phone calls ! How very very true. I was "criticised" (sort of) for not learning all the functions of my Nokia N72, its a phone for heavens sake, not a toy, its a tool. It rings I answer it, I need to call someone I dial. Everything else is gimmickry (I do use the camera function on occasions). Steve Sharjah (but not for long ) + 50 (in France) ........................................................................... 7 days Ins'Allah (1 with the packers, 2 for the week end, 4 for work)( or maybe 8, or 9, or 10 or 11 or....)    Report

14/05/2008, 15:55 Nickel Joined on 02/10/2007 Lot Posts 177 Re: Sat Nav Many thanks for all the replies - now if I can just find my way to the shop......................... It's not dark yet ......but it's getting there.    Report

14/05/2008, 16:11 Keith CHANNING Joined on 22/11/2007 northern Puy-de-Dôme Posts 52 Re: Sat Nav Isn't there a function on your mobile phone to help you with that? If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan http://www.beaugut.com    Report

14/05/2008, 16:26 Baz Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 1,001 Re: Sat Nav Like  Chezstevens I bought a Garmin Nuvi 760 late last year and it is an superb Satnav with the very latest European mapping. Unlike the earlier models, you can put in up to 10 waypoints for each journey and the most important feature which is included with no ongoing charges in your chosen country is the integrated FM TMC traffic receiver. No Satnav should be without this, if you want to avoid traffic delays or accidents, it even tells you the estimated delay if you do not want to avoid the incident. There are so many excellent features some you may not need but with the price down to £215 in the UK it must be a best buy. Baz    Report

14/05/2008, 17:24 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,479 Re: Sat Nav  Keith CHANNING wrote: Isn't there a function on your mobile phone to help you with that? Use your Sat Nav, oh, hang on a minute................. My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

14/05/2008, 18:28 Richard T Joined on 26/02/2008 Posts 92 Re: Sat Nav  ErnieY wrote: Personally I have no need of Bluetooth or media players etc. they are a pointless distraction from what a Sat Nav is supposed to do but then it's the same for me with mobile phones, all I ask of them is to be able to make or receive phone calls ! Don't be too hasty to dismiss Bluetooth. I use it with my TomTom to download traffic information via my phone which, although not always too accurate, is useful on the M6 on a Friday night as TomTom will look for routes that avoid the traffic jams. Obvioulsy not quite such a benefit in France except perhaps during the last weekend in July! Richard T    Report

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