I bought one of these new devices at Halfords for £399 a few days ago and here's my experiences to date.
1 The first device they sold me had a German operating system. The staff at Halfords said that was normal. I couldn't operate it so I insisted on a replacement and the next one had an ... Read review
Advantages: Combines GPS navigation with Speed Camera and Traffic warnings Disadvantages: Software buggy, support slow to respond
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3 The AA Navigator website says that "you can avoid the unsightly ariel wire by routing it through your FM receiver", and unsightly it is. It's a metre long trailing cable with suckers to "stick it vertically to the screen 5" from the pillars". When I asked the suport team about the radio option I was told to plug the aerial into the PDA. Duh, I knew that! I want to know how to route it through the radio without ... ...4 After running Navigator on the supplied PDA you can only turn off the device by going through a complete reset cycle. This means turning it on, putting the stylus into a hole in the back of the device, waiting 30 seconds for it to boot up, and then turning it off. Dopey or what?
5 Finding destinations without knowing the postcode is nigh on impossible. I tried to find Virginia Street in Wapping, to no avail. It couldn't find it ... more
I bought one of these new devices at Halfords for £399 a few days ago and here's my experiences to date.
1 The first device they sold me had a German operating system. The staff at Halfords said that was normal. I couldn't operate it so I insisted on a replacement and the next one had an English operating system. Ignore their blurb "friendly staff can help you set it up". They can't, they're useless, they didn't have a clue.
2 There is a helpline number in the manual, it charges £1 a minute, and when I finally got through to their switchboard they said someone would call me back. They did 24 hours later, by which time I had it working.
3 The AA Navigator website says that "you can avoid the unsightly ariel wire by routing it through your FM receiver", and unsightly it is. It's a metre long trailing cable with suckers to "stick it vertically to the screen 5" from the pillars". When I asked the suport team about the radio option I was told to plug the aerial into the PDA. Duh, I knew that! I want to know how to route it through the radio without the wire being on the windscreen.
4 After running Navigator on the supplied PDA you can only turn off the device by going through a complete reset cycle. This means turning it on, putting the stylus into a hole in the back of the device, waiting 30 seconds for it to boot up, and then turning it off. Dopey or what?
5 Finding destinations without knowing the postcode is nigh on impossible. I tried to find Virginia Street in Wapping, to no avail. It couldn't find it in Wapping or London. I tried Churchdale Road, Sheffield and Smalldale Road Sheffield, again no luck.
However when you can get it working, and if you do know the postcode it's quite a reasonable device and combines speedtrap GPS, traffic condition warning and sat nav well.
It is slow to recalculate when you go off route..
It's a great pity that the package has flawed and buggy software combined with a slow to respond support team.
