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#61 Guinness

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Posted 10 June 2006 - 06:00 am

bought a tomtom rider last week in a Essec shop.
EUR599.00 with 3 mountingkits, bluetooth reciever and 2 earpieces included

1 earpiece for inhelmet setup
1 earpiece for "walking" or in car, looks like a regular MP3 earpiece

promotion: EUR50.00 for Western europe (door to door) on 5 CDs and a 1Gb SDcard (can fit it all on there).
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Posted 10 June 2006 - 01:43 pm

QUOTE(Guinness @ Sat 10th Jun 2006, 06:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
bought a tomtom rider last week in a Essec shop.
EUR599.00 with 3 mountingkits, bluetooth reciever and 2 earpieces included

1 earpiece for inhelmet setup
1 earpiece for "walking" or in car, looks like a regular MP3 earpiece

promotion: EUR50.00 for Western europe (door to door) on 5 CDs and a 1Gb SDcard (can fit it all on there).
Western europe being portugal, spain, france, benelux, germany, UK, austria, switserland and southern norway/finland/sweden




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Posted 10 June 2006 - 02:02 pm

QUOTE(Guinness @ Sat 10th Jun 2006, 06:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
bought a tomtom rider last week in a Essec shop.
EUR599.00 with 3 mountingkits, bluetooth reciever and 2 earpieces included

1 earpiece for inhelmet setup
1 earpiece for "walking" or in car, looks like a regular MP3 earpiece

promotion: EUR50.00 for Western europe (door to door) on 5 CDs and a 1Gb SDcard (can fit it all on there).
Western europe being portugal, spain, france, benelux, germany, UK, austria, switserland and southern norway/finland/sweden


You got a bargin with the Western Europe maps Guiness, I paid £153 for the Western Europe card sad.gif

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#64 TonyDevil

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Posted 13 June 2006 - 12:07 pm

my Da got an email from the website saying they had somewhat of a backlog and the order is delayed.
something to do with the offer being advertised on a biker website......

maybe we should of set up a referer link

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Posted 14 June 2006 - 04:42 pm

Got an e-mail today, mine is in the post, woo hoo.
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 09:28 pm

Right so its here and the software wont load, even using the link to the updated version.

all I get is

_is1D2.tmp has encoutnered a problem and needs to close.

when I try to run the exe file for navigator version 7

any ideas from those who have had more success.

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 09:38 pm

this is how it worked for me


follow the installation instructions using the install disc with your unit, then when you have loaded all the maps (three discs) you will get to the unlock map page where you put in the numbers given on the yellow sheet. after you do this your PC will throw up an error notice and ask you to copy it into a mail and send it to Garmin, (dont bother). press OK and then go to the link

http://www.garmin.com/sup port/download_details.jsp ?id=209

on the garmin support page, run the program and follow the instructions.

This link file will unlock your installed maps

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#68 ringting

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 05:36 pm

Thanks very much dave

unfortunatley my problems occur as soon as I try to use disk 1 of city navigator it just won't run setup. I shall have to check my configuration type stuff.


Thanks alot though.

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Update: I have fixed it all now or rather the latest update to zone alarms has fixed it. Thanks for your help.

Edited by ringting, 17 June 2006 - 05:03 pm.

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 06:08 pm

well!
its all gone very quiet on the Garmin thread? i thaught there would have been at least a few questions? but no, you must all be very happy with yer sat-navs then.
i used mine for the 2 weeks i was working in Sweden, i dumped the UK and loaded Sweden, its a good job i did, i would have been lost without it fer sure.

somebody asked if Version 8 software is worth the expense........
if you want version 8 you can contact garmin on the web site and they send the disk for free, a fee may be payable to unlock the disk, i cannot believe some idiots are paying upto £30 for the disk without unlock key off ebay........... its free off Garmin!!!!

well if your running version 7 i wouldnt bother for now. you can only load about half the UK (ver. 8) onto the standard 128meg card if you do a full upload with auto-routing, so i have invested in a 256meg data card for mine (£65 of ebay) which i had intended doing anyway.

oh another thing! i bought a new computer recently and didnt spot the "deliberate mistake" it hasnt got an RS232 serial port interface (your sat-nav connects to a 15pin D type) my new puter is ALL usb so had to buy yet another flippin cable!

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Posted 26 June 2006 - 07:47 pm

You're absolutely right ninja. Software by Garmin is free (as in beer), the only thing you should ever pay for are the hardware and the unlock keys supplied by Garmin itself.

Also I tend to agree that it is usually safe to skip a version of city navigator. If you're currently on version 7, there's normally no need to upgrade until version 9 is released. And that's also what any serious and honest dealer will tell you.

If I'm informed correctly there's also an option to test the new versions of the city navigator map materials by entering "demo" as unlock code. You should be able to check out the maps in mapsource but you can't load them into your GPS unit. I'm not 100% sure of this but my source is pretty reliable.
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Posted 27 June 2006 - 12:56 am

Also, if I read right, your first upgrade is free. I' waiting on version 9 coming out before I get my upgrade but I do also need a bigger memory stick. £65 sounds a bit expensive though for a 256mb card.
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Posted 27 June 2006 - 08:31 am

QUOTE(viper_biker @ Tue 27th Jun 2006, 02:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also, if I read right, your first upgrade is free.


actually, any updates released in the first year after you've registered with Garmin are free. So if you buy a GPS unit don't register the maps with Garmin immediately, wait until the next version of the maps are released, register and get your free unlock code. If you're lucky the next update will come within the year and you can get another free update banana.gif
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Posted 27 June 2006 - 06:12 pm

QUOTE(viper_biker @ Tue 27th Jun 2006, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
but I do also need a bigger memory stick. £65 sounds a bit expensive though for a 256mb card.


yeh i know, they have been £65+ quid for ages, i was hanging on till they dropped the price...... of course now i have bought one.......they will drop the price!!

its a "garmin" card by the way not a generic one like for your camera, as far as i know 256 is the biggest capacity your SP3 can cope with, Garmin make a 512meg card but dont list it as suitable for the SP3. the 256 will hold all the UK and Ireland plus a bit of France or wherever as well

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Posted 01 August 2006 - 02:10 pm

A bit late in the discussion, but after some shopping around last Chrstmas I decided the Quest is best for me. Here are the reasons:

New model.
Has a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery with many hours of power.
Waterproof.
Very fast calculation.
Small enough to fit in a pocket.
Comes with a car mount.
Only $20 for a bicycle mount that fits on the TDM.
Cost $300 (~150 pounds) new from Amazon.com at the time.

Bottom line: any GPS with autorouting at that price is worth it, and you will just regret not getting it sooner.

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Posted 01 August 2006 - 02:30 pm

QUOTE(Andy TDM850 @ Tue 1st Aug 2006, 03:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A bit late in the discussion, but after some shopping around last Chrstmas I decided the Quest is best for me. Here are the reasons:

New model.
Has a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery with many hours of power.
Waterproof.
Very fast calculation.
Small enough to fit in a pocket.
Comes with a car mount.
Only $20 for a bicycle mount that fits on the TDM.
Cost $300 (~150 pounds) new from Amazon.com at the time.

Bottom line: any GPS with autorouting at that price is worth it, and you will just regret not getting it sooner.

Andy



good choice. The Quest is an excellent piece of kit. However, DO MAKE SURE you get a Quest and not a Quest II!!!

They're just plain shite and a lot slower than the original Quest. Here in Belgium they were taken of the market after the continuing stream of complaints from users.
Consequently they are very easy to get second hand, but even if you get a Quest II free with a chocolat bar you'll be a lot happier without blink.gif
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Posted 08 August 2006 - 02:23 pm

QUOTE(GrahamI @ Thu 8th Jun 2006, 11:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So, anyone interested?
5 units for £17.75 each (inc postage)
10 units for £16.75 each (inc postage)
15+ units for £15.75 each (inc postage)

I quite fancy 1, and Tonski was interested, so 2 so far.....


So did anyone actually buy one of these peices of kit ?.....

if so, what do you think of it?

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Posted 24 August 2006 - 04:42 pm

QUOTE(big dave @ Tue 6th Jun 2006, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If anyone is having problems unlocking their software on their recenrtly delivered Garmin

Go to this link
http://www.garmin.co...ails.jsp?id=209

download and run the exe file.

Worked for me

Thanks to Richard on Ride-out.com website


Thanks BD I needed this too!

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Posted 29 August 2006 - 06:00 pm

Home made alternative Mounting for Garmin Street Pilot III - neater and cheaper IMHO


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I bought the Street Pilot III without a bike mounting kit and had to come up with something else. My unit had two mounting kits supplied with it. One was the bean bag mounting for the car, the other was a more permenant car mounting kit, consisting of a base plate that is stuck onto the facia, into which the garmin sat nav holder cradle clicks into place.


METHOD
I took the permenant car mount base, and found a bicycle lock frame mount. (this was bought from Halfords a while back - it consists of clamp to go around the down tube of bicycle, and a second peice that attaches to the lock, and can be clicked in and out of the holder. You need to find something similar (the whole lock and holder cost <£10)

I used just the frame mounted bit, and removed the bit that holds the lock. I disassembled the Garmin base (4 screws at the bottom), to leave just the very flat base part. I drilled and countersunk two holes in this, to match the bolt holes in the lock holder. I found a couple of countersunk set-screws and bolted the garmin base to the lock holder clamp.

Reassemble the Garmin base with the lock base attached. Then bolt to the TDM handlebars. I had to add some addtional packing in the clamp, as the diameter of a bike frame, and TDM bars is different (the lock came with packing peices anyway specifically for attaching to thinner race bike type frame tubes).

And Bob, as they say, is your uncle!









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Posted 29 August 2006 - 07:10 pm

very nice ET.
I got mine with the entire motorcycle mount kit so I wont be dissasembling the car kit, but it looks very tidy.
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Posted 29 August 2006 - 08:24 pm

QUOTE(viper_biker @ Tue 27th Jun 2006, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also, if I read right, your first upgrade is free. I' waiting on version 9 coming out before I get my upgrade but I do also need a bigger memory stick. £65 sounds a bit expensive though for a 256mb card.



Try one of these:-

Garmin 256 Memory Stick


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