I want sat nav!

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I know the sat-nav is a Trvel-Pilot system. It all came as standard fitment so I'm not 100% on costs. I think a similar headunit is approx £800. The screen is only black/yellowish, not colour but she does speak with a lovely voice.:D

1.4SE petrol in Merlot Red, Biege interior, 16" 5 spoke alloys, DIS, Open Sky, Elec rear windows.
 
Stu,

When you're checking out satnav systems be sure to take a look at teh systems from Becker. I have a Becker Mexico Pro radio and I'm very pleased with it. It has a nice minimalistic design (no galloping horses on the display) and functions excellent.
Becker is mostly sold with premium brands like Ferrari and as an OEM version in Mercedes.
Currently they have the Becker Traffic Pro which is a DIN based navigation system with no external monitor. The advantage is that Beckers has a cd with the whole of europe on it and that it offers a dynamic route calculation.
They also have the Becker Online Pro which is a combination of a radio, cd player, navigation system, cellphone and a wap browser.

That would mean that you actually will be able to check the a2oc site from within the a2 !!

Dennis de Held

Amulet Red 1.4 Tdi
 
Dave. I have just taken delivery of an Allroad which has the SatNav Plus system installed. What a toy! Great fun being told how to get home!

I have also been researching the ability for the system to use the TMC facility to give dynamic routing (to avoid traffic or problems). From what I understand, the TravelPilot CD must be coded to work with TMC, and so far they are not (for the UK). I don't know if this means that they will be updated and that the car will eventually be able to do this, or if work would need to be done by the dealer, or even if it won't ever be possible.

This is a bit annoying, as I rely on a Trafficmaster unit which I would rather not fit. basically, I would have to do the job myself, comparing traffic information with the nav instructions.

Any ideas or info??

Paul
1.4TDi, leather, Open Sky, BOSE, 6 CD, alu trim, cruise, DIS, etc. etc.
 
@Paul:

I had an allroad for a weekend last summer, the system is capable of using TMC, it may be that the UK CD has to be updated... here in Germany the TMC worked really well!

Bye, Frido.

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A2 1.2 TDI 2002 silver, CC, DIS, Apple iPod :)
 
Paul,

As you may know the TMC codes need to be on the navigation CD for the SatNav Plus system to provide dynamic navigation. All TravelPilot DX systems beyond a certain software version can cope with TMC, as long as its on the CD. Cars of 1 or 2 years old should be OK.

I asked Teleatlas last October (who supply the disks) about TMC codes on the UK disks and they said it would be available in the very near future. So hopefully it will be on the 2003 disk.

Its annoying when the signals are being broadcast and the unit is able to process them. Just itching to hit that Traffic button.

I too have a Trafficmaster Freeway device which is not ideal.



Dave

1.6SE
 
Dave - thank you very much. I'm sure that you are right about the ability for the TravelPilot DX to cope with TMC, as the handbook includes a lot of information about it.

This is good news. I'll just use the Trafficmaster temporarily then.

Paul
1.4TDi, leather, Open Sky, BOSE, 6 CD, alu trim, cruise, DIS, etc. etc.
 
Just received the Emtac Bluetooth receiver today. Mounted my PDA in the A2 on a vent-mount clip next to the steering wheel and drove home from the office. The GPS sat in the middle on top of the dashboard fairly well forward. Reception in the A2 was very good (between 6 and 7 Satellites) despite some very heavy snowfall outside. Used TomTom Navigator. Can't yet say more than that navigation fixes were dead on.
 
Did some driving with the bluetooth GPS and TomTomNavigator this weekend. This combination really rocks! Reroutings with TomTom were very quick and position accuracy down to a couple of meters.

Right now the GPS is sitting next to me in the living room (top floor of an appartment building) and tracking 4 satellites!!!

Drove around in the A2 today and tracked usually between 5 and 7 satellites (this was in mountain valleys).

Did a small test: Tracked 7 satellites and then relocated the GPS to the glove box of the A2. GPS kept on tracking all 7 satellites!!

......amazing

GPS receivers can't get much better than this.
 
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