VDO GPS

Submitted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 16:20

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Hi,

Does anyone have the VDO Dayton MS2010 gps unit that Strathfield & JB hifi have for sale, and if so could you please give me some feedback on the unit.

Cheers.

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Reply By: Mal and Di - Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 20:28

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 20:28

I bought one at the Adelaide Cara/Camping show a few weeks ago and paid a lot more than they are currently advertised by Strathfields!
However, am happy with it for my limited understanding of it's usage.
I find that I know a better route around town than it doe's but if am going to a new address I just follow it and "believe".
I have had to suppress the voice instructions as my wife has threatened to kill me for "talking to that infernal machine".
I am looking forward as well to the responses of others as I am still in the dark about "way points" and if it is suitable for this application.
I have found that the battery is very lazy and will not stay charged for too long.
It will also take a long time to find the satellites, up to 3/4 Ks from home before they cut in.
M.

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Follow Up By: rest needed - Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 09:32

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 09:32

Hi M,

Thanks for the info mate i brought one yesterday, the main reason i choose this unit is because you can manually select waypoints ie: longitude and latitude co- ordinants.
When we go on trips my camping books all have gps co-ordinants so i was looking for this feature and this unit was the only one other that true handheld gps's that does this.

Cheers mate.

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Follow Up By: Member - Glenn D (NSW) - Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 17:43

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 17:43

Hows it going Rest Needed,

I have been looking at navigation options for a while after just having a basic GPS reciever . I ended up getting a HP PDA for a good price , it has inbuilt GPS and runs TOMTOM software normally , Lat and Long input is one option of the TOMTOM software ,so I guess whatever unit that is using TOMTOM has this option.

It also has the option of running other mapping software with maps for offroad use.

Glenn.

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Follow Up By: rest needed - Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 18:09

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 18:09

Oh Crap,

There was a TOMTOM i was looking at too, but the salesman couldn't show me any features because you need to register it first.

I ended up buying the VDO unit because it had this feature, but would have brought the TOMTOM had i have been able to see it operate and search its features.

Anyway mate do you know how to go about getting offroad maps that can be uploaded to gps.

Cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 20:57

Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 20:57

rest needed
You should have had a look at one of these , it does all you want and more ,
www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_quest_1.html

A bit late now but have a look at the specs , it also will record over 4000klm of track , every corner,bend,intersection,speeds,altitude,times,dates,Co-Ords,and guide you back the same track ,