Hi,

 

I would like to buy my lovely lady wife a full-feature SatNav. Requirements, other than UK/ROI/EU mapping & speed camera features, are:

 

TMC (free traffic updates via fm/rds)

Lane assist (shows which lane to be in at complicated junctions/islands, etc)

Bluetooth (hands-free calling)

Text-to-speech (ie, turn left into Elm Road 500 yards ahead)

 

I don't want to buy a TomTom as I've had nothing but problems with the one I'm using. Got it narrowed down to the following two units:

 

1. Garmin Nuvi 765T

2. Navigon 4350Max

 

Question to you, my esteemed fellow ZX owners, is: do any of you have either of these units? If so, what's to like and what not? And are there any other units I should be considering? The budget is up to £230.

 

I know that Garmin is the market leader and should be the obvious choice BUT the Navigon (which I'd never heard of before dropping into my local Halfrauds this morning) is nearly £60 cheaper and seems to do the same things ... Oh, dilemas, dilemas!

 

Many thanks for your feedback!

 

Regards,

 

Dan

Which TomTom have you got and what problems.....

 

And have a look at http://www.handtec.co.uk for the best prices....

 

I've got a TomTom 940 Live and just got a completely new one under warranty, that's why I'm interested in what problems you've had.

 

On the 940 Live the Live traffic is superb .... It really does give dynamic rerouting round traffic problems. I'm sticking with mine

 

Check out the 740 Live by typing that into the search bar

 

Tony

Edited August 4, 200916 yr by TonyB

Thanks Tony! Will look into that.

 

Problem I'm having is that my TomTom One V4 is constantly loosing its fix on the satellites and it takes ages for it to re-connect (as it were). I also use TomTom software on my PDA and that hasn't been as problematic (although it does freeze from time to time).

 

Regards,

 

Dan

Thanks Tony! Will look into that.

 

Problem I'm having is that my TomTom One V4 is constantly loosing its fix on the satellites and it takes ages for it to re-connect (as it were). I also use TomTom software on my PDA and that hasn't been as problematic (although it does freeze from time to time).

 

Regards,

 

Dan

 

I had problems when I got a new car a few years ago - turned out that the climate control coating on the windscreen also blocks the signal ... enough to knock it out from time to time - there are external antenna available if that's your problem...

If you connect your tomtom to the net via tomtom home they are constantly updating their GPS locating software....

 

Have you tried using that ?

 

Very small download but quite effective and I've never had that problem on either my original 910 or my 940

 

If your budget stretches to it I'd definitely get Live services....

 

Tony