Toshiba E570 - how to make it a sat nav?

[PhilR]

I have considered the Pretec GPS LP Card however I was a little put of by the review (TIFF times) also the TIFF comparisons indicated that the Navmann 300 was worst, but the Pretec was over 4 minutes, is this a mistake( i.e the Pretec tested slower)

If I bought this and tomt tom city maps together with tom tom routemaster do I have a complete sat nav system?

I have CF I/II, do all CFI's work with this. I have a strong arm processor that suits some GPS systems (one reason I chose the above), how do I know what others will be OK (considered the Global sat 307 CF GPS).

I considered using the SD slot for storage, any idea what storage the above two software items will need, can they run together? My hanbook indicates that security function of the SD memory is not usuable, does this impact, if so how?

Any other proven solutions?

Thanks for any assitance

Phil

[Dave]

The quick and simple answer is no. Routeplanner gives you major road support, whilst CityMaps gives you street level maps and never the twain shall meet. Neither gives you full-on navigation with re-routing, voice navigation, road avoidance etc etc etc. For this you will need Navigator. This is the main reason why RoutePlanner and CityMaps is so cheap, it's a severely restricted version of what you'll see out on the market.

I would avoid the Pretec LP card. It is bad from a TTFF perspective, and all the people I know that did purchase the Pretec LP have since purchased another card. I did sit for about 45 mins outside in the freezing cold one morning trying to get a fix.

If you have a CF II slot, then all CF I and CF II cards will work in it. If you only have a CF I slot, then CF II cards will not work.

Most GPS cards are CF I, apart from the Haicom 303 range which I believe is Type II. Type II is basically 1.5 times thicker than a type I card.

SD stands for secure digital. Basically the storage card was originally called MMC (Multi Media Card), but DRM (Digital Rights Management) was built into the firmware of the cards to aid in stopping piracy for things like MP3 files. None of which I believe has been used. Most PPC's will read SD cards, but some will only read MMC cards.

The Toshiba e570 supports both CF Type II and SD cards, so you should be good to go hear (no limitations).

[PhilR]

Dave

many thanks for your advice. Following this, and loking at some other comments on this site I have decided to go for the Globalsat BC307 & Tom Tom navigator II.

Regards

Phil

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