Sat Nav won't work in New York

[Adrian_uk]

A friend of mine has purchased a Dell Axim X50v and also bought the bluetooth and Navteq sat nav maps for Europe and the USA with it.

I have seen it work and it works fine in the UK.

He has gone on holiday and I loaded the USA maps for him before he left. I got a call saying it doesn't work over there.

He went to a mobile shop to get a USA sim card and a guy behind the counter said that the Navteq would not work in America because 'aparently' you have to subscribe to have the PDA pick up the satalites. That sounds like a load of bull to me.

Can anyone confirm why his PDA will not pick up satalites in New York?

Thank you in advance





Adrian

[Pc-Mobile]

[Adrian_uk]

Hi. thanks for the speedy reply.

He told me that he left it on for 15 mins.

I told him to make sure he left his bluetooth in a totally open area (somewhere like Central Park) for about 30 mins.

I haven't heard back from him yet. I'll post a reply to this when I do though.

Meanwhile, here is a problem I have......................... Please can you help me. I have also posted this in the Navteq section on this webs forum but if I post it here as well someone might be able to help.





Hi everyone.

I am a total beginer with GPS and Sat Navs. If you have the answer to the following questions please do explain it to me as you would a 2 year old!!!!!

I have a Dell Axim X50v and I have Navteq installed on my PDA for the route planner/navigator.

What I would like to do is to add some points of interests (particularly some POI's from the list I've seen in the other section of this webs forum - Asda's Ikea's etc)

I would also like to add some sort of speed camera detector - or more to the point, something that will tell me that in 300 yards there is a camera.

Is this possible using Navteq?

I am using version A02 3667UK if that is any help!!!!!!




Cheers

[lbendlin]

Guys, Navteq is a map provider. What you are talking about is Netropa.

And no, it is not possible to record or use custom POIs with Netropa.

As for the GPS receiver - areas like New York City mandate a SiRF III receiver - everything else will not work due to the excessive urban canyons.
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