Hema Navigator

Hi Tim,
there has been a lot of discussion on this, do a search on "Hema"in the threads. Here are some to start with. There are other alternatives to hemma, but there is some effort involved to set them up.
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hope you find what you are looking for.

Tim
I am very happy with my Hema. Have put in an 8gig card and have loaded the rooftop maps in. They work perfectly, just a bit to follow the menus to access some of the maps.
On High Country trips, the Hema maps of the High Country have worked very well.
Haven't used the street mapping much but seems to also work well.
The Hema keeps track of the satellites much better than my Gamin Quest even in Eastlink tunnels, over the Black Spur etc.

Mike

Hi

There is a forum specific got Hema users here

Hema Naviagator Forum

though level of usage seems low. May try asking a few questions there and see what happens.

There are a few HN users on Exploroz forum - but being easter and school holidays you may have timed your question at a bad time. As pointed out this quation has been asked before so maybe do a search - there should be more threads than that indicated above.

There is also frequent discussion on unlocking other HN similar devises so you can run OziExplorerCE here

Unlock your Mio thread - GPSAUSTRALIA

I run an unlocked Mio 720 (identical in many respects to HN) with OziexplorerCE - works a treat. I couldnt justify cost of HN (well maybe I could but saving $400/$500 on purchase price is difficult to walk away from).

I have a Mio 520 for sale in the exploroz trader section which you may wish to consider.

Cheers
Greg

Tim,

When I "created" my setup, nothing like the Hema Navigator was available.

When you consider what features it has for both city - voice based guidance and country travelling using OziExplorer and the Hema maps, the cost should be better justified.

If I added up the cost of my PDA, vehicle mount, blue tooth GPS, OziExplorer, NatMap Premium and CoPilot (for city Navigation) the cost difference is minimal.
There was a considerable learning curve before I got exactly what I wanted in the way of practical configuration. Then CoPilot became outdated due to no updates being available (just a complete upgrade) so I also bought a TomTom 720 for city navigation (great), which has regular free updates available via the website.

So although I don't have personal experience with Hema Navigator, I know what I would buy if I was in the market for a solution now.


Bill

Hi Tim,
I am very happy with my Hema, still coming to grips with some parts of it but overall great. Hema uses route 66 for around town which apparentley is not as good as the other system ( where is ? ) but I have had no trouble with it.
The cost is high but I did not think I had the ability to get the other systems up and running.
Choice has just done another article on gps systems and they rated it quite low, however I did not buy it for what they were testing it for.
The more I learn the happier I am with it.
Cheers

Doddgey

Hi Tim,
Iv'e had a HN for about 10 months and I'm very happy with it. The gps is easy enough to use, it's Oziexplorer ce on the HN and Oziexplore on your pc that takes some getting used to. This program seems to have endless fetures and every time I use it I find something new.
I can't comment on the Route 66 street naviagator because I don't use it much.
I use the HN mostly for Geocaching which gives me good accurate directions to way points and because the HN is basically a PDA I can upload all the directions for a Geocache onto it so I'm not carrying pages of instructions around with me.
I also have uploaded Google maps and Google earth images onto it after they have been cabalated with Oziexplorer. We like exploring along the miles of old logging tracks in our area and the Google maps are very detailed showing lots of small forestery tracks that no other maps seem to.
To load extra maps you have to upgrade the sd card. The cost of the HN is high but after the sd card upgrade there is nothing else to buy, unlike some other gps units where you buy the basic unit then you have to buy maps, accessories etc.
Steve

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Hi Tim , have a play with the HN first , i did just this weekend gone and I couldn't access the bottom toolbar with my FAT fingers.
The screen is too small and you will still need to spend many hunderds for maps for the areas you maninly visit

I have had over 12 GPSr in the last 9 years and my newest is a cheap 7" chinese brand with can run oziCe and Garmin XT mobile , this is truely the best I have have had and the way to go.

Only problem is the screen isn't as bright as the Nuvi on the dashbroad on a sunny day.

Cheers

Tim, I've had my HN since xmas when my wife gave it to me as a present. I have used GPS for years but only basic units with no mapping so this was a big eye opener for me. I had been looking for a few months before I got mine and I reckon the cost is justified when you look at he TOTAL cost of setting other units up with all the features and maps that the HN comes std with. I did upgrade my SD card to 8gb and I hav so far purchased additional maps worth $120. I must say that I only purchased these maps because I wanted more detail than whhat was provided with the std maps. I should also say that its amazing how many people willl share maps once you have some so that can cut the cost down a bit too. I have got FAT fingers and so I stuff up a bit but there is a stylus that makes it all too easy and the menus are pretty intuitive and easy to navigate after a short time. In short, if my HN got stolen or broken tomorrow I would not hestate to buy another one straight away. I'm still getting used to bits and pieces and only just started working with oziexplorer to set up routes and tracks, but I just love it.