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nuttynurse · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject:

Having used the satnav again today I got a better idea of what it was doing. It did recalculate very quickly on several occasions when I had turned in the wrong direction, deliberately but whilst still being in a position where it could easily turn me back in the right direction. However, it I headed away from the route it had calculated for me then it would repeatedly ask me to 'turn around when possible'. At this point I would press the screen and hit the menu for recalculate this in nearly all instances then put me on a new heading for home. At one point I had quite a weird experience. Having stopped on route from A to B I had turned off the pogo and when I restarted it I set A as the start point again although by this time I was some distance away from A. The calculation started up as if from A, restarting the journey at this point and it never caught up with me either giving a reading of a road I was not on or heading entirely in the wrong direction. I don't know who was more confused poor Pogo or me. Its my intention to head towards Cornwall tonight I only hope I don't find myself ending up in Scotland..

I have installed a Pulse Master on the Golf GTI to use with the DS unit as the pogo hasn't got Mobile Sites so should give me a little extra alround protection, I hope. Whilst I know the voice on the DS smart was not of the the nicest quality, getting use to beeps rather than a voice telling you 'speed to fast' I find I'm missing it.

My brother hasn't turned up yet, its now just turned 5.00pm and he was going to be here at lunchtime neither have I heard from him. I say this because I was intending to try and download the Pocketgps database onto his Garmin i3. Not having done this before I'm not sure actually how to do it. Talking about downloads I see Drivesmart has been added to the list of devices the database can be downloaded for. Don't know if this means they have done anything to overcome the difficulties some of use were having whilst attempting to do this recently. It simply crashed the DS loader when trying to install it as an extra database. Anyway when attempting to download the Garmin file I end up with file of 137kb which doesn't seem to want to unzip. Anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? I would like to try and get it on the i3 if my brother turns up in time if not 'what the heck'.

nuttynurse · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:24 am Post subject:

Well not a good start to the holiday. My brother still hasn't shown. I had to drive a sixty mile journey to his house only to find it all closed up. And would you blooming believe it the pogo won't navigate. It just shows and error code 8, whatever that is, the alert side of things appears to still work so I will now have to revert to the map for my holiday. This problem started last night and has done the same repeatedly this morning. DS is going well though. Lets hope the week brings better news. See you guys in a week all being well.

BBQKing · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

NN, have you taken the SD card out, put it in again then hit reset button on back??

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westewoo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2007 Posts: 29

hi gang. its been very good reading this thread. i have been a customer of origin (b2 owner) for 4 years. their camera database is excelent, and i tested it 2 years ago with some new spec cameras that were installed on the m42 near the n.e.c., and it took them less than 36 hous to get the cameras on their database.
my b2 has now died after about 400,000 miles, so i phone origin up and they will knock £100 of a pogo drive or £75 of an alert, if i send my knackered b2 back to them.
as already mentioned in the post the pogo drive doesnt have a laser sensor, but the alert will, but its removeable, as its going through the houses of commons at the minuite to ban radar/laser dectectors, so i really dont know what to do, go for the drive with its nice large screen, or wait for the alert with the laser detector. 8O 8O

BBQKing · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject:

Hi westewoo

If you can get £100 off a PogoDrive, that brings in down to the same RRP price of a non-discounted PogoAlert! For that money I would err on the side of the PogoDrive. The bigger screen would win me over (PogoDrive not as deep either by the looks of). Also, if the Road Safety bill goes through banning radar/laser detectors, then part of the Alert has been made redundant overnight.

Of course the final decision is always down to the purchaser!! :D

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craigpenton · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 11, 2007 Posts: 27

westewoo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2007 Posts: 29

hi bbqking. i now were your coming from but the laser part of the b2 has saved my bacon a load of times, but as were all aware that if they point the gun directly at you, your reaction speed has to match that of a fighter pilot or your nicked.
i honestly thing that when the laser detector ban goes through, you wont be able to move for laser guns. Twisted Evil

as for the discount off origin, im still in subscription until october, so i rang them and told them my b2 had died, and they offered me a new b2 and cradle for £175 or a pogo alert for the same money, or £100 off the pogo drive, providing i send them my old b2 and there was no hagling or argy-bargy needed. :D

BBQKing · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Well what do you know, Darren has now given us a Drivesmart section under Speed Camera Detection Systems, in the Index - right HERE 8)

Trust Jaskel to find it first. Embarassed

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mikealder · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject:

GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Ooop's, sorry Mike, it was the excitement. Embarassed

Have altered it on other posts. 8)
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craigpenton · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 11, 2007 Posts: 27

rushkins · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

GRAIGPENTON

So they dont accept black empty boxes then. What is the world coming to. Laughing

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craigpenton · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 11, 2007 Posts: 27

westewoo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2007 Posts: 29

hi craig. i havnt bought one yet, as i dont know if i can live without a laser dectector, so i mighnt wait for the alert. i now they trying to make laser dectectors illegal, but tecnically, so is 31 in a 30. as for the amount of discount on the machine, i may be wrong about the £100 discount, and im sorry if i misslead anyone Embarassed

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