Need a Sat Nav with audio out and mute

Evilution · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 61

I did post a similar post in the Tomtom section but thought I would throw it open to a wider field.

Previous aging sat nav was wired into the car stereo so it muted and played through the car speakers, it was a nice touch. But now it is dead.

Being a Tomtom, the maps were out of date the second it emerged from the box 4 years ago so it's time to upgrade to a new model with widescreen and a better aerial.

I'm not bothered about playing mp3s, showing movies or pictures etc.

All I want is a more up to date sat nav, preferably with a wide screen with the ability of audio out and a mute to connect to my stereo. Not interested FM modulators etc but a bluetooth would be nice so I can route calls through it and through the stereo.

Can anyone recommend a sat nav with at least audio out and a mute?
If it has any of the other option, that would be a bonus.

Cheers.

Evilution · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 61

Anything

Cheers.

aj2052 · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:15 am Post subject:

I would be interested in the answer myself, but I think you may be dissapointed, The only units i know with audio output are perhaps PDAs, but then i have no experience of the hybrid satnavs, my a696 has a3.5 output socket and the mio 2.5 but i would have thought the muting would have to be function of the radio end and not possible on any satnav.
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Evilution · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 61

Yes, the muting is a function of the radio but it is controlled by the sat nav. A wire is connected between the 2 respective pins and just before the sat nav issues a command it grounds the wire causing the stereo to mute.

Considering that the TTG classic had a mute funtion and audio out on the pins, I am surprised it is not more prevalent on other sat nav systems. The Garmin C510 had mute and sound output too but that is a nasty little think with jerky voice commands.

I suspect that there are a few sat navs with mute, but like Tomtom, they don't tell anyone about it.

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject:

From one of my replies to your other post:

Evilution · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 61

Nice idea but it wouldn't work as it would pick up music from the speakers and continuously mute.

Oh well, looks like i'll have to get another TTG classic.

Evilution · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 61

OK, to answer my question in case anyone else needs the same info:

The Garmin nuvi 3xx ,6xx and 7xx or the Zumo all have mute pins and audio out pins.

philpugh · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

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