.....that will do anything it can to get free. And some products you just can't return. I'm definitely going to buy this book! http://www.tom-holt.com/maycontaintracesofmagic.htm

Hi, newbie here. I recently bought a NavMan F40 as I'm going to drive in France for a week, 1st week of August. However, it's just died on me! When it's not got the charger attached, it is dead. When the charger is attached, it shows a static battery symbol but still doesn't turn on. I really really need this to be working by the 31st July when I leave! Can any genius help...

Dear, I use Gosmore app on VDO Dayton MS2000 I would like to know which device for the GPS: Which port: COM0 ... COM9 baudrate: 4800 38400 ...

My tomtom ONE seems slower than when I first bought it. I am now using a 2GB SD card. Can anyone tell me if a faster card would make much practical difference.

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:11:43 +0100,Lobster wrote: I'm about to go Florida on holiday; as we'll have a hire car I thought it would be useful to take my TomTom 910 along. However, I find it will cost me 35 GBP to buy the necessary map, which I'd want to use for a few drives over a total of less than two weeks, then I'd delete it. At that price, I'll not bother thanks, I'll just rely...

Anti-Spam wrote: Got my first SatNav recently, which I am pleased with. I do a lot of driving in areas I am not familiar with, so the speed check / speed camera facilities are really welcomed. I wish now to hardwire it into the dash of my van. I bought a cheap cigarette lighter lead off ebay (so I dont have to destroy my original TomTom one) which I intend to...

Apologies in advanced if this has been asked before! Having always thought SatNavs were just for people who couldn't read maps I have now come back down to earth and realised that I need one. The choice has left me bewildered. Can anyone recommend any decent and unbiased online reviews or comparisons that would help me make my choice? I do not want to subscribe to any subscription services as I...

"Anti-Spam" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:37:49 +0100, Peter wrote: Anti-Spam wrote: Got my first SatNav recently, which I am pleased with. I do a lot of driving in areas I am not familiar with, so the speed check / speed camera facilities are really welcomed.

I have such a receiver, but the led doesn't start flashing / doesn't go on, when I insert it in a ps/2 to usb cable or I insert it in a PS/2 socket of a computer. Is that normal?? -- -- 700+ Radio Stations on SW http://swstations.tk/

Just curious - last week on Tuesday my Garmin 765T went deaf for satellites while in the middle of a journey. Powered it down at the end of the journey, left it a few hours and it was ok for the return trip. Curiously, later that evening I discovered that it had flattened its battery. Charged it up and copied the current.gpx to my laptop. The next day, it went deaf again shortly after starting...

Good morning all. I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help. Bryan (...

I am struggling to decide on a sat nav for a truck here in the UK. I believe some Tom Tom units (930?) can have truck hazard software installed, but this: http://www.snooperuk.com/products/s7000_truckmate/index.html is due out this week, and the 7 inch screen appeals. Would those in the know critique it from the info available please, and maybe tell me why I should or shouldn't consider it? I...

Is US reconfiguring GPS in these days? I have many GPS devices and some can't fix (Mstar chipset ones). Massimo

Does anyone have a Rockwell/Navman Jupiter GPS module they would like to sell? Please reply to the group initially. Nick

I have a Nuvi 765T and was wondering whether it is possible to tailor the typical road speeds it uses when working out routes and ETAs. Or even just to assign preference weights to certain types of road. I do find that it is often quite optimistic about ETAs early in the journey, having to re-adjust them later on, particularly if the traffic is slower than the speed limit. It appears to expect...

I've just bought one and I think it's great. Have a look at www.a-trip.com to see what you can do with it. They also give away free software for Windows mobile devicses to do the same sort of thing using the mobile device's inbuilt GPS or a separate GPS receiver.

Does anyone have one of these? What's it like? What do you think of it? Do you get the same battery life as they claim? Is there any way of putting your own mapping on it such as from openstreetmap? Chris -- Chris Eilbeck

I have a 12 hour plus track of our cruise through the Panama Canal. Some of the individual positions, particularly while in the various locks, where the movement horizontally was 0, while there was a vertical movement, show up as zigs and zags over dry land. My suspicion is that over the course of the time the ship was going up or down the connnection to the satellites was changing, as one moved...

I have gps and google maps on my mobile phone but when I use it it shows my position several yards from the road. Is this usual?

My three year old navman has expired and I am looking for a replacement. Now you can get traffic news and speed camera warnings but the info available is scarce when it comes to the cost of these extras. Anyone found out from experience? Also what is the cost of updating maps. I am looking at Tom Tom; Garmin and navmans, the last with caution as 3yrs is a bit short lived but navman do some...