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bj
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 Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject: navman 520 or navman 570 |
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hi
can anyone please help, i am looking to buy either the navman 520 or 570. I have enquired at numerous outlets and keep getting different answers.
what i want to know does either of these models enable you to get to a destination by entering the postcode.
also when I have downloaded the safety camera database, do i need to programme a route into the unit before it will give me any sort of indication that I am approaching a camera or is there a facitilty on the unit to just pick up cameras when approaching with no route programmed in as in my job i am in and out the car on numerous occasions during the day and find it would be a pain having to keep typing in destinations.
many thanks
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shughie
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi bj
I have a 520 and yes you can plan a route using a post code, the first four figures anyway, it will take you to the area you can then select street and house number. I have downloaded the speed cams and set alert on and I get an alert at wahtever distance I have set the alert for.
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Tim Buxton
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:58 am Post subject: |
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A slight correction from the above post. SmartST2005 will accept upto five postcode characters.
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shughie
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you are absolutely correct Tim, sorry, I can only plead insanity, it runs in my family you know..  |
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bj
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Hi
to you both many thanks for your quick responce as you can see it is my first post and I am very greatfull for your help thanks again
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Tim Buxton
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| shughie wrote: | | you are absolutely correct Tim, sorry, I can only plead insanity, it runs in my family you know.. |
That's OK, I often plead stupidity. :D I do hope that Navman are working on full 7 character postcodes, though. I had a complaint via email once, as I'd pointed out before the 'upto five characters' thing. The complainant said I was wrong as he couldn't put in something like B1 2JP!
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shughie
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Tim,
Bearing in mind my insanity, isn`t B1 2JP six figures?? the space counting as one figure!
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Tim Buxton
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No, for SmartST purposes, it is only five, just as RH10 1RS is seven.
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I bought software of ebay that has converted my 520 to seven digits, works great and only cost £1.99.
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