When It Snows Take Your Sat Nav

 
When there is snow about take your sat nav. If your car sat nav has TMC Road reports or other live traffic reports like the TomTom GO LIVE it will help you avoid the worst of the traffic delays.
It was not a good day for driving in the south-east of England yesterday and today does [...]

More Car Sat Nav Tips

When you are thinking of the best car sat nav for you, one of the things to consider is whether your car has a heat reflective windscreen or fine mesh heating wires.  This is important because the screens make it difficult for the GPS unit to receive the satellite signals and can slow down or [...]

Sat Navs and Car Insurance

Permanently installed sat navs need to be declared to Insurers

If you have installed a car sat nav, then you need to declare it to your insurer as a “modification” if you want it covered; is the message from car insurance companies.
If you want to insure the value of expensive items installed in your car, such [...]

Becker Introduce Traffic Assist Pro Z250 Ferrari Edition

Ferrari have licensed Becker to produce a new car sat Navs called the Traffic Assist Pro Z250 Ferrari Edition.  Made with special soft touch materials, it is detailed in Ferrari’s distinctive Rosso Corsa red.  As you would expect with the car sat nav licensed by Ferrari, it comes with some special features such as customised [...]

Car Sat Navs: the Becker Traffic Assist Z201

For a mid range priced car sat nav, the Becker traffic assist Z201 includes a number of very useful features. The unit comes with a lifetime subscription to the Traffic Message Channel which provides up-to-date reports on traffic problems which, in itself, justifies more than paying for a basic unit.
It will also give you a [...]

TMC Traffic Receiver and GO LIVE

 
 

 

Amongst the most useful features of car sat navs are the TMC Traffic receiver and Tom-Tom’s GO LIVE systems. TMC system is used in units like the Garmin nuvi 765T and the Becker Traffic Assist Z201.  
 
 

 
This system will notify you of accidents, road works and other hold-ups in real time during your journey and, depending [...]

Car Sat Nav limitations

 
I get the impression that some people think that if they have a sat nav, they don’t need anything else.  Well, sat navs are very useful, but they don’t replace commonsense and a good map.
 
I was driving from south of Tunbridge Wells to Finsbury Park in north London the other day, and, of course, I [...]

Bluetooth in Car Sat Navs

 
Car sat navs come with all sorts of facilities these days, but one of the most useful that I have found, is the hands-free facility with Bluetooth. I use the Becker Traffic Assist 7928 TMC which allows you to download your address files from your mobile as well as save numbers directed to the unit. [...]

Becker Traffic Assist 7928 TMC

I was playing around with the Becker Traffic Assist 7928 TMC this weekend and have to say I was quite impressed with the unit.
The 4.8 inch TFT touch sensitive screen is very easy to read and the extra size allows for generous sized “buttons”.  The various controls are easy to see and to get at, [...]