How reliable is your IN-CAR NAVIGATOR ?

Sound like my wife !

Daza
What make is it, is a little one with a screen or does it have 2 legs,
What I notice with many units I've looked at belonging to tourists is that they buy them and stick them on the windscreen without doing any settings ie like setting it to show the most map detail , the default setting there seems to be the normal setting and they wonder why the track they are driving along is shown ...oh yes and they have it zoomed out that far that they can see half the state, don't be affraid to tell me it's not a Garmin, and see if it has the settings I mentioned ,

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Thats why mine has been named CYBIL !!

after Basil Fawlty's famous comment - I'm doing it now Cybil !!

My particular favourite from Cybil - When you stop to look at something and she
says - Do a U-Turn !! ..... Hmmmm

I can still manage to get lost with or without either Navigiators ( SWMBO and Cybil )...

But its all good fun isnt it ?

Yeehah 26 days to go .... and counting ..

Rgds

Steve

One of the problems with the long-legged version of navigator is needing to learn to interpret instructions disguised as comments.

i.e. "Oh there is a tea room at that lavender farm"

actually means


"Hit the skids and chuck a U turn, I think I would like to check out if they have a good range of crafts and stuff that I can buy for unusual and different gifts."


Cheesh! 38 years, and a bloke is still on a learning curve.

cheers

Simple fix

Been there n done that - you need to upgrade your navigator software!

I uninstalled "Wife Version 1.2effinglong" and uploaded "Girlfriends 2,3 & 4.0 with the free big hooters supplemental upgrade" and we haven't had a problem with getting lost at all - sometimes the navigator will get us lost deliberately so they can all make it up to me, while we are stopped!

Life's good since wife version 1.2effinglong, was permanently uninstalled.

Afterward I regretted why i had waited so damn long to fixwhat was obviously a long overdue upgrade.

There are a few tricky parts of uninstalling "Wife version 1.2effinglong" tho, once it gets in there its like a damn worm virus to dig it out for good.

The secret password phrase you need to unlock the embedded "wedding ring dongle" lock to achieve a complete & proper uninstall is this - remember it and you should have no further problems.

"If I'm gonna get nagged to bloody death by a navigator - It might as well be bye one that's a whole lot younger & better looking than you!

Caution tho - maintenance costs for the newer software "Girfriends 1,2 & 3.0" can be considerably higher BUT the output of the newer software makes the extra expense well & truly worthwhile.

Occasionally you will come across one of the older versions of Wife Version 1.0 software that particularly stubborn to remove due, to being totally outdated/outmoded for loading on any other navigator system and hence totally useless - sometimes the contract exit fees from these early versions can be horribly expensive (bit still worth it when you consider the upgrade output potential!

You will need a new set of batteries to run the new software version to its full capacity and if you get a particularly fast copy - a spare set of backup batteries might be advisable if you wish to maintain the speed of service.

Good luck with your upgrade!

Like all new software it can in the beginning become tedious punching in all the new commands to personalize it to how you want it to operate on command.

For those who have bee thru this once it will all come back to you, once you make the jump and get started!

Cheers!

G'day Dazza,

Our Navman tells us to go straight ahead where the East West arterial road meets Sandgate Road near the Toombul shopping centre. Now if we did that I reckon a lot of people in that park might be in strife.

Have noticed a few other spots but generally it is fairly reliable. They do get confused on initial startup as they see you as a point but they don't always get your initial direction right hey?

Cheers

Brian

You must have bumped the Mute button - I cant find the button on mine so would be greatly appreciative if you could point out where it is :)

Boc