Uniden GPS105 - any one know anything about these?
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:09
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chump_boy
We are looking for a
UHF radio, and stumbled accross these GPS105's.
Are they any good, or more of a gimmick? For about $460, delivered, with the aerials, they don't seem too bad.
From what I can see, it would be a basic GPS unit, giving coordinates, average speed, etc.., but it would first and foremost be a
UHF radio.
I tend to like my paper maps and compass, but this may be a good backup.
Cheers,
Chump
Reply By: John L G - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:53
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:53
Chump
My son purchased one for his cruiser earlier this year and it seems fine. Has alarms for stop light cameras, overspeed warnings etc and seems a winner.
A bit less clutter around the car. I'm not to sure why Uniden don't market them more aggressively because we literally stumbled over it at a radio coms
shop in
Perth. Also received a hand held included in the price for same dollars.
No negatives from this
seat.
John G
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Follow Up By: chump_boy - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:11
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:11
You don't know if there is a way to update the data in them, do you?
I couldn't see anything in the manual....
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Follow Up By: gramps - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:36
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:36
chump_boy,
I'm looking at one of these as
well. I downloaded the manual to get some idea of its features. Try page 19 Add/Delete Safety alert.
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Follow Up By: John L G - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:42
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 12:42
Chump
Not to sure about updating data but it has a few useful features, one being that it will find other uniden solid mounted or handheld units and provide a cross track bearing so the person on foot or another vehicle can locate each other.
Nifty
John G
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Follow Up By: chump_boy - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:05
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:05
Gramps,
I saw that, but would rather use a PC or something to do a mass update. It would take ages working from a list off the internet or something.....
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Follow Up By: gramps - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:10
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:10
Yeah, I know. It does'nt seem to have any way of achieving a bulk update so that's a big drawback from my point of view.
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Follow Up By: rolande- Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 20:59
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 20:59
G'Day Guys,
Updates for these units can only be performed at an "authorised Uniden service centre"
Hope this helps
I have one of the hand held units, good for what they are
Regards
Rolande
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:42
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 13:42
Never been a fan of the 2/3 in one thingos eg stereao with dvd player and the list goes on. Main reason if 1 stops working or it no longer suits your needs (you may decide you want an upgraded radio/gps) it makes things hard
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Reply By: Willb - Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 20:40
Thursday, Sep 08, 2005 at 20:40
I have one and the radio side of things work
well, the gps side of things are a bit basic I think, but does the job for what I need.
There does not appear to be any way to update the unit as it only has the gps arial and the antenae connections.
Like I said does all I need it to do.
Will
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