Newbie giving ICN 510 props...

Scorppro · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: Newbie giving ICN 510 props...

I purchased my ICN 510 four days ago and then went on a nice weekend vacation. I live in a very rural area of central Mississippi and could NOT believe that it found my address!

I travelled about 675 miles over the weekend and the ICN 510 was dead on! Back roads, Dirt roads, Interstate, Highways, and Parking lots. It showed me going down the wrong way of the interstate once but, after 6 seconds it reloaded to the right lane.

I am very pleased so far with my ICN 510. I will take another 3 states journey this weekend and see if it can keep up with me.

This forum was a VERY BIG HELP on my purchase of the Navman ICN 510.

Thanks SO much for the information everyone has posted here.

djmek · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 23, 2004 Posts: 126

I was happy to read your report on your journey, When you said you got help from the forum, did you use some of the info on setting up preferences and settings or did you have a practice first?

When I first got mine I was a bit confused at times until I read the manual, practised, and messed about with the settings until I had what i would have expected from a unit of that price range.
It did take about 3 weeks of off & on practice though.
THEN I found this forum and included safety cameras and was shown new links for all sorts of POI's, the help in here is undoubtably great.

I read so many reports of people buying them and sending them back so soon (granted some were faulty, it does put you off) but i do think that was a little to do with technophobia, or to put it nicely lack of experience with "Gadgetry".
It is a machine you have to "mess" about with.

So it was nice seeing a positive report again.

DJM.

Let us know how your next trip goes as soon as you can.
_________________
2 x ICN-510 units now, 1 USA Unit and 1 UK Unit. Both working great and set up to perfection.
..............Route Type
Quickest.......Maximum Left.
Preference for Motorways & Freeways...More Often......Maximum Right.
Preference for Urban Roads

Scorppro · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

Settings are yours. I was looking at the garmin 2610 until I did a google on gps and found this forum.

Even though the Navman has the Microsoft CE locked, I only needed the navigation program. I have 2 Laptop PCs I use on the road. I wanted a small unit for not alot of money and the Navman was just the thing.

My vehicle has a hands-free mobile phone kit that is not used and I plugged the Navman into it for voice guidance. When the female voice tells you "Prepare to turn right" thru 4 twelve inch woofers, 4 six and a half inch mids, and 4 tweeters, YOU PREPARE TO TURN RIGHT! :D

Forums are the BEST way to find out about a product. It has people that USE the items.

Again, THANKS for all the information everyone has posted here.

LaterZ,
Todd

mcewena

Scorppro · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject:

Sure. I'd be glad to try it on my Navman.

Just shot me an email if you like.

LaterZ,
Todd

mcewena · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:

You've got mail...

Scorppro

I took my 3 state trip yesterday (12 hours, 620 miles round trip). Mississippi to Georgia. Navman NEVER let me down.

My company bought a van to do DJ and Sound Reinforcment out of. The van was in Georgia. I knew the way from my hometown to Georgia but decided to let the Navman figure out my route. Saved me about an hour and a half travel time!

When I took the Navman out of the Blazer and put it into the Van, I had to restart it because it wasn't finding the center point of the road. No big deal. Took only 6 or 7 seconds out of my travel.

I am VERY pleased with the Navman. I'm only a bigginer but, I fill that the Navman will be the ONLY in-car navigation tool I will ever need.

Thanks,
Todd

	PocketGPS
	Web