THIS ? If you have: (1) Poor reception (2) Loose reception frequently (3) Have a heat reflective windscreen (4) You want to speed up the start up time of your GPS when first locking on to satellites Then this is the perfect product for you, this will increase the reception significantly removing any problems you may currently have with GPS reception . Ensures optimal GPS reception for your TomTom . Some specialised windscreens can block GPS signal reception inside the car. This magnetic, waterproof GPS External Antenna will overcome this limitation and ensure an optimal GPS reception. The waterproof antenna can be placed inside your car, next to your windscreen or at the back of your car. It also attaches magnetically to the outside of the car. Connect your GPS to the External Antenna and you're ready! 5 meter cable. Can boost signal by up to 400%
Advantages: Takes you to exactly where you want to go Disadvantages: None
...After working with a friend for the day who had a Tom Tom sat nav my husband decided that they were great to have and started looking around for a satellite navigation system.
The Tom Tom was a bit out of our price range so my husband and i decided upon the garminstreetpilot. I said it was his new toy but my husband says he really bought it for me as i am planning to go to my aunties later this year and i don't know my way.
Anyway back to the garminstreetpilot we have tested this a couple of times one to my mums and another to our new dentist where we weren't sure where that was and it was excellent the garminstreetpilot took us straight to the front door.
My husband bought this for £199.99 from Halfords and you can update the garminstreetpilot on the internet for free and it recharges in the cigareete lighter in the car as...
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Advantages: Clear navigation, easy to use Disadvantages: Camera alert noise gets on your nerves!
...a little difficult to spot, but once you know it's there you'll never need to look for it again! The settings menu though is very easy to use. It has large buttons with clear colour pictures on and easy to read wording. In the settings menu you can change to kilometres, choose the faster or shorter route, select avoidances etc.
There is a "toggle-type" button on the side to change the volume, it's a sort of wheel that you turn up an down. (Apologies for not knowing the correct term!).
The off button is also located at the side, which is easy to access.
Unlike many of its counterparts, the Garmin does not come attached to the suction pad. It depends on your view as to whether this is an advantage or not, but I personally feel that it is. The suction pad has a good hold on the device and because where the Sat-Nav fits on the back...
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Advantages: never get lost again, very portable. Disadvantages: you can't have your music up loud.
...I bought my Garminstreetpilot i3 because I got fed up of passengers map reading and getting me completly lost and then giving excuses like, "you're driving too fast", or "you should have turned left back there". And the best one at the start of a journey "are the blue lines rivers or motorways?" Anyway, the Streetpilot cost me £129 from Halfords who were very helpful and knowledgeable about all their GPS systems. Basically I bought the cheapest one because of the amount of use it gets - on average once a month. The first thing I noticed was that the streetpilot took a long time to find the satelites. I quieried this with Halfords and was told that some cars have a thermal element built into the windscreen which can block the signals to and from satelites. To get around the problem, you need to buy an exterior aerial for another £20...
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