garmin sat navs where yours working today????
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I left avon park yesterday and my garmin sat nav started to lose it's signal from up above. today i was in bolton and it still won't pick up a signal to the saterlite. so has mine gone tits up now after many happy a year of trouble free motoring. Or is there a bigger problem above????

Has your garmin sat navs if you've been driving up north, working all ok today??

as it's hard fining places with just the postcodes now lol.

Edited by Miniwilliams on 7th May, 2009.

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Hasnt been any problems with any of them at work afaik and no complaints about them...hmmm wierd

cheers Stefaz, prob just mine, Nic has just informed me to hit the reset button, so i'll give that a go in morning, falling that, better get the wallet out

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Mines worked ok all day today even though i was gonna chuck it out of the window as it was taking me the stupidist longest route all the time.

nope, the speed camera thing on it kept going nuts at me even tho i wasnt speeding

mine does that ALL the time - really irritating

My Nuvi 310 was working fine.

As they all listen to government satellites...I doubt any problems would be specific to any brand ??

It would have to be down to an individual unit ?


On another note...

What do people reccomend as the best Sat Nav, for route planning with multiple destinations ?
Preferably with a decent sized screen ( My Nuvi310 is very small )

Edited by stevieturbo on 9th May, 2009.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Matt,

firstly, try the garmin website,

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/uk/s...t/searchsupport

the FAQ section on there is the best I have ever seen, if you can think of a question, i can almost guarantee it will already have been answered! if not, ask it and it will be in 24 hrs

their customer service is awesome too, if its a problem internally, even outside warrantee i doubt youll get billed.

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Cheers Guys, and thanks Stevie, that makes good sense, I didn't know what satellites they used. I might need to also no what your asking Stevie

thanks Joey, now looking on there, i'll let you know how i get on.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Matt have you reset it yet? Try this first.

Right just done the reset, not changed, and now just done a fully reinstall of the software, still no joy, thinking it's _ucked lol

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Sounds like a fair assumption lol


I know we used a friends Tom Tom when we went to Denmark...and certainly the images displayed on screen, were much better than my Nuvi 310. Although it did also have a widescreen.

Id'still like something a little bigger.

And something with cheap or free map upgrades. The Garmin's seem quite expensive ??

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Want to buy a fully working Nuvi 310 Matt ? lol



I just ordered http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1436/...nuvi-765t---765

Seems to be very good...does full route planning, as well as watching for traffic etc.
That's the cheapest I could find it.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Thanks for the offer Stevie not sure where to go with this now, just email garmin like joey said about, so will await and see first.

I just liked my free traffic up dates on the garmin, was handy at times.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

just seen what you have just bought, looks mad, with real roads ont he screen not just lines lol. let me know how you get on mate.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Just to add...the Nuew Garmin I bought is working very well...very easy to use etc etc.

A friend also recently bought a Tom Tom for a trip to England. Classic XL or something from Tesco, £146.

I only used it briefly, and all I can say....what a total nightmare. The user interface is nowhere near as easy as the Garmin.
And he's already been on teh phone complaining that it isnt finding some easy addresses in England. It keps trying to go elsewhere when he types the postcode.
Apparently the right info is in there....it just doesnt go directly to it.

Guess I'll never buy a Tom Tom !

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Cheers for up date Stevie. Just got my new Garmin and yes seems very good. And has the free, like your traffic data, which is a help.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Any one esle hear that all sat navs will stop working from next year? I missed the report. Any one know what that was all about?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technolog...ty_Office_Warns

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

yes o bugger i heard about that to.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

If it did happen, given the heavy reliance on such systems....The Sat Nav companies themselves would have to develop some sort of alternative.

Perhaps a positioning system using the traffic FM signals or something. Or something using the mobile network.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

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Denis O'Brien.

The phone network can be pinged to give a good location.,

One time I had to use the AA, they asked permission to use my mobile signal to locate what road I was on...even when I had already expleined to the bummy on the phone where I was.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

i cant see that the GPS system will fail! Think how much the armed forces rely on it...just cant see it happening.