Zumo 660 released in dribs and drabs

The eagerly awaited Garmin Zumo 660 sat nav for motorbikes, is only being delivered in small, sporadic numbers.  One supplier had only half the units on order delivered last week (which went straight out the door) and hopes to have the rest later this week.  In the mean time, they are taking orders to put [...]

GPS satellite Navigation System at risk

The US Government Accountability Office is forecasting a 20% chance of failure of some part of the Global Positioning System between 2011 and 2012 due to the age of it s satellites.
While there are a number of other Satellite Navigation systems, including the European “Galileo” system, planned to be operational by that time, unless the [...]

Reading Festival or Rocking at Glastonbury –Garmin will get you there

The Park Position Recall function is standard on the nuvi 865T

Garmin have come out with a free download for the 2009 festival season.  This is available as  an additional Points of Interest (POI) from the Garmin website and has the festival listings up to the end of September.  And it will also help you  to  [...]

Garmin Nuvi 865T on Promotion

If you order before the 22nd of May, you can save £100 on a Garmin nuvi 865T, a hefty 25% saving! This sat nav has all the features you would expect from top line unit, including Lane Assist, voice controlled sat nav and phone functions, Bluetooth, FM transmitter, Safety camera warning and real time traffic [...]

BBNav – designed for Blue Badge Holders

There is now a car sat nav designed for use by blue badge holders and their carers.  In addition to the usual sat nav features, the BBNav has had specific information added that includes the location of disabled parking bays, car parks with disabled access and the parking concessions [...]

Common Sense and Car Sat Navs

Another oxymoron , using a car sat nav with common sense?  Like the classics “military inelligence” or “safe explosives”?  Oh well, if you really think that nearly driving a car over a cliff can be excused by the old tale “my car sat nav told me to”, I guess the oxymoron is proved.
Anyway, it appears [...]

TomTom GO: Free Map Updates for 2 Years

TomTom are currently offering 2 years free map updates with their GO range of car sat navs.  Worth £69.95, this offer is worth exploring as they say that 15% of the road network changes each year.  If you have to drive in London, you will know that the one way system is constantly changing!
While this [...]

More Sat Nav Tips: Driving on the Continent

Having dealt with France in February, I thought some more tips for using car sat navs on the Continent might be useful.  It would appear that the general rule of thumb is that the use of Radar detectors is prohibited with a range of fines/ confiscation.  This is certainly the case in Austria, Belgium, Italy, [...]

Save Fuel With The Garmin Ecoroute Option

Garmin Nuvi 205WT

If you have a Garmin Nuvi car sat nav, you can down load a new function called “Ecoroute”.  This will provide units like the Garmin Nuvi 205WT with a new “less fuel” route option in addition to the “shorter distance” and “faster time” options.
 
The Ecoroute function can also monitor your fuel usage and [...]

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 [...]