RE: Speed trap detection

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Graham

Up until I changed my Merc to one with Sat Nav built in I was using TomTom
v2 with a Holux GPS Mouse on an Ipaq. I have to say that TomTom is
excellen=
t
and quite possibly better than the Merc system (Although that is still very
good.)
A few comments:
The whole affair is rather 'Heath Robinson' with leads trailing for power
etc. You also have to dismantle the entire thing every time you park and
leave the car! (I'm lazy ;-))
In central London and built up cities I often found that I had to put the
gps mouse on the roof of the car (It was magnetic) otherwise it would loose
its lock sat on the dashboard. Usually at the most critical moment!!!=20
If I was going to do it again I would find a decent fitted in-car kit for
the hand held you are buying. I guess they must exist, but I never got
roun=
d
to looking.
The only other issue I faced was that I tend to like to listen to music
whilst driving and at a fairly high volume :-) Then you cant here the voice
commands or warnings! The merc system neatly fades the music down, speaks
the command and fades the music back up, neat! Perhaps there is also a car
kit that will connect to the radio mute as with some phone kits?
All in all TomTom is hugely capable as a software package, just need to get
the hardware ergonomics right :-)

My 2p worth!

Many thanks
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Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 24 June 2004 07:57
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Speed trap detection

Due to an unfortunate points situation, I find myself in urgent need of
buying something to warn me of the presence of speed cameras. I have been
looking at the Road Angel products which use GPS and an annual subscription
but the it was suggested that the same can be done with iPaq and a GPS.

As I don't have an iPAQ or any SatNav, I thought I could kill several birds
with one stone by going down that route. So what I am looking for is a
recommendation on the components I need to provide PDA, SatNav and camera
detection/warning.

>From eBuyer I have seen the following:
TOMTOM Navigator 3 - Bluetooth Gps + Map Of Great Britain (060211)
=A3139.3=
2
TOMTOM Holder - For Ipaq 38xx/39xx/4150/5xxx (060971) =A333.89
HP iPAQ Pocket PC H2210 Intel XScale 400MHz 64M 3.8"TFT Bluetooth
Pocket PC
2003 (050344) =A3186.37

So that is a total of =A3359.58 + VAT and then I would need the 'Camera
Location' software on top (not sure where I get this).

Does anyone have this sort of set up, how reliable is the SatNav (and
camer=
a
detection if you have it)? Does the camera detection software require a
regular subscription? How easy is it to set it all up and to move it from
one car to another? Anything else I should consider?=20





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