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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #15 on: 03 March 2009, 20:40:14 »
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift

yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
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Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.

Are they soft or hard touch ones?
May have a couple of the hard touch ones from my heaps of Vectra spares.

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« Reply #16 on: 03 March 2009, 20:41:22 »
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on a pre 98.5 car, there is a really shitty job of wiring the carin loom to car. will also need the simple job of moving tc switch, but you;ll struggle to get a matching TC switch if yours is pre minifacelift

yeah my tc switch is at the side of the radio but i will find some where to put that
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Easy enough to move to switch bank above radio, but a matching button is harder to find.

Are they soft or hard touch ones?
May have a couple of the hard touch ones from my heaps of Vectra spares.


all of my switchs are hard touch type switches
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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #17 on: 03 March 2009, 22:16:12 »
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No postcode function.........

My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from  ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :(  :y
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« Reply #18 on: 03 March 2009, 22:43:32 »
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No postcode function.........

My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from  ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :(  :y

Mine is a genuine 2007/8 disc and does not have postcode functions (or I cant find them....  )     :-?
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« Reply #19 on: 03 March 2009, 22:48:41 »
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No postcode function.........

My later disc (can't now remember what year & I'd be breaking OOF rules if i said where it came from  ::)) has partial post codes .... but it's not too good! :(  :y

Mine is a genuine 2007/8 disc and does not have postcode functions (or I cant find them....  )     :-?

enter post code where you'd initially enter city/road/junction.
It only allows you to enter AB11 2    though and mine has then often not been able to find my street in the area the post code covers.
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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #20 on: 03 March 2009, 22:55:16 »
The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.

The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.

I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..

So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly  .. :)

(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!!  Thanks Andy  :) )
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« Reply #21 on: 03 March 2009, 22:57:32 »
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The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.

The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.

I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..

So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly  .. :)

(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!!  Thanks Andy  :) )

Mine's a PRE face lift Nigel ... still on Carin in the boot!  :y
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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #22 on: 03 March 2009, 22:59:29 »
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The picture/speed of response/zoom in to junctions and the routeing algorithm all make the Seimens Sat-Nav great.

The awkwardness of entering data/inability to reroute by ommitting a portion of route/lack of POI's(especially speedcameras)/no postcodes/UK only make it poor.

I do use it, but have a tomtom with the latest software/maps/POI's as well. TT routing algorithm is poor .. it'll send you 30 miles to save 1 minute ... but is more accurate on local roads / addresses ..

So between the two I get where I want .. sensibly  .. :)

(I'l be trying the post code thing tomorrow !!!  Thanks Andy  :) )

Mine's a PRE face lift Nigel ... still on Carin in the boot!  :y


OKies .. :)  Still gonna try it anyway .. be interesting to see what happens ... its got a 2007/2008 Siemens disk in it .. :)
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« Reply #23 on: 03 March 2009, 23:26:58 »
ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
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« Reply #24 on: 03 March 2009, 23:30:41 »
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ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
Perhaps an unfair advantage, but got my genuine latest disc from ebay.de for less than a tenner, plus delivery....  Worth a trawl and wait....      :y
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« Reply #25 on: 03 March 2009, 23:31:58 »
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ive got a chap on ebay he has dropped the price frpm £99 to £74 plus a tenner postage
is that still over priced what do you think
Perhaps an unfair advantage, but got my genuine latest disc from ebay.de for less than a tenner, plus delivery....  Worth a trawl and wait....      :y

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350154139108
thats the one
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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #26 on: 03 March 2009, 23:34:54 »
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350154139108
thats the one

Mmm! It'd be handy finding that fuse carrier for when it freezes up & refuses to play.  ;) :y
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« Reply #27 on: 03 March 2009, 23:38:33 »
do you think its still over priced
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Re: miggy sat nav
« Reply #28 on: 04 March 2009, 00:04:07 »
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do you think its still over priced


For that money I think I would prefer a Tomtom.

Been using my Satnav in the Elite today, it's ok and does the job, but would certainly benefit from postcode access.
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« Reply #29 on: 04 March 2009, 00:06:06 »
ok i got £75 to spend on a sat nav
any recomendations
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