Navman

Submitted: Thursday, Oct 20, 2005 at 21:34

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Member - Ray (SA)

G'day, I was wondering if anyone in this forum uses a Navman GPS?

I am looking at getting either a ICN 520 or 610 and was wondering if anyone can tell me where I might find one for the cheapest price.

So far, I think Prestige Communications is the best bet (ICN 520 - $864, ICN 610 - 829) but was just wondering if anyone knows of anywhere else which may be cheaper?

In addition, does anyone know what the actual difference between the two models are?

Cheers,
Ray

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Reply By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:14

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:14

Ray I dont want to put a dampner on the navman but we had 2 away with us this year and both failed.
the problem is they couldnt handle the off road stuff.
In my opinion they are more suited for on road stuff and only a little of road.

All the best
Eric

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Follow Up By: Member - Ray (SA) - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:46

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:46

Thanks Eric,

I am in the process of researching some sort of In-car navigation system as I move fairly regularly. Saves on having to have a number of street directories.

I am trying to decide on a dedicated GPS unit like the Navman or go a PDA/GPS combination.

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Follow Up By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:54

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:54

i have a garmin Quest it is a bit more expensive and has all the maps in it and you can get most 4wd tracks down loaded I am only new to the gps world.
I bought mine through GPSOZ just type this into your google.
I rang the number and bought it over the phone
The people realy are very helpfull

All the best
Eric

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Reply By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 08:57

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 08:57

Am I wrong, or is the Navman unable to function as a "normal" GPS - i.e. you are unable to upload topo maps to it, etc. ??

I was under the impression that it was meant to be pretty useless in the bush as the thing is only designed to be a city direction finder and that's all....

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Follow Up By: Member - Ray (SA) - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 15:19

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 15:19

I'm only after a street direction finder.

The reason is that I'm a member of the defence force and keep getting posted around. It's getting to the point where I'm starting to accumulate too many street directories and figure something like the navman would suit my purposes.

I usually run a Garmin eTrek when 4WDing.

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Reply By: glenn_c - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 11:46

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 11:46

You can buy a second hand PDA on Ebay with Destinator preloaded and you can install Oziexplorer CE for the bush. You can get holders with built in amplifier, speaker, charger and com port for ps2 mouse gps. I went this way all up under $500.00 been on a few 4wd trips with some hard options (Janowen Hills 4wd park) and no porblems to date.
Regards Glenn

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Reply By: Member - Ray (SA) - Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 15:27

Friday, Oct 21, 2005 at 15:27

Been searching on the net.

Any thoughts on the Acer N35 PDA/GPS bundle?

There's a store in WA selling them for $770.

http://www.itcentral.com.au/specials/details.jsp?name=specialWeb-a-4

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Reply By: Chris from Holden 4wd Club Of Western Australia - Saturday, Oct 22, 2005 at 17:15

Saturday, Oct 22, 2005 at 17:15

Hi Ray
I use a 3450 sleeve with my Ipaq and have not had any problems, use the Navman software weekdays and OziEplorer on the weekends, off road and what have you.
These are on special on navmans site at the moment for $299.00 you will need a ipaq to use it though.
Cheers
Chris

http://www.navman-store.com/aus

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