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  1. 15th October 2009, 04:45 PM #1
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    Good GPS units for under $500?

    Hi all...
    Looking for a good GPS unit for under $500.....must have good off road applications and a GPS for dummies manual...What have you got?
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  2. 15th October 2009, 04:48 PM #2
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    sorry...forgot to say looking for new not secondhand and need opinions on the one you have...
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  3. 15th October 2009, 06:28 PM #3
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    I'm going to try one of the cheap 7" screen HD ones off ebay for about $269. Big screen, voice guided street maps (overseas maps as well in price) and will run Oziexplorer CE for reading the Hema maps. Also play songs, movies and connect to phone with bluetooth. Thats a lot of gear for cheap price, especially when I already have Hema and Ozi on my laptop.

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  4. 17th October 2009, 10:23 AM #4
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    Havent had the chance to try it off road yet but I recently bought a Tom Tom. Why cause you can hook it up to the internet to download update and new voices.

    Having John Cleese telling me where to go makes it worth it.
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  5. 17th October 2009, 11:06 AM #5
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    I have Tom Tom on my old pda/phone and I liked it a lot. I also preferred John Cleese . My son got the maps for Europe and we have used it all over here and over there. However, it doesn't work off the tarmac very well, it only covers the roads you would see on a decent road/street map. Off road all you get is your tracking arrow on a grey background. If you have Captain Picard talking he keeps telling you "You have entered the Delta Quadrant" which is a laugh.
    Thats why you need a unit that will also run something like the Hema maps, as they have all the tracks and info etc. Ozi Explorer CE works very well for that but without voice guidance. It requires Windows CE which many pda's and some gps units run on. I've used it all over the centre and its great, even had tom tom and ozi sitting side by side. Tom tom kills it on real roads, ozi kills it off road.

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