Thread: AULRO Subscriber Offer - cheap on-road/off-road GPS units

Originally Posted by weeds

funny thing was i had it sitting on the dash of the defender with out the cradle fitted, went around a corner and the gps unit fell through the window, thank god its charging/power cable saved it.....

Hmmm - lost a handheld UHf the same way on the Madigan line last year, except I didn't realise it was gone until later, and I wasn't going back for it.


Martyn

Originally Posted by vnx205

While I learn to use my new toy, I have been trying to find out what it is capable of doing and how well it does it.

I have noticed that if I deliberately take a wrong turn, it takes 3 seconds to announce that it is recalculating the route and another 3 seconds to offer a new route. That strikes me as pretty quick.

Is that what I can normally expect or is it just that I have only tested it near home and that navigation around Tuross Head is not very difficult?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

thats a bit slow on the pickup..

mine only takes a few meters past the turn (even at 100) to hit the recalculating screen and redirecting takes a couple of seconds to several minutes depending on what settings and where I am.

Might not be as quick as the missus to note that you have taken the wrong turn but I'll bet it is probably quicker than her to recalculate.

Cheers
Jlo

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

To the credit of DealExtreme, I recieved a refund on 6-Nov after I requested and update on delivery and advised them that if they had none in stock I wanted a refund.

No arguments, they just refunded it. My main disappointment is that there was no indication on their website that they had no stock when I ordered the 2 units in early October.

I'd order again if I know that they have the kit in stock.

I've decided to stick with it for now. I ordered (and paid for) mine on 17th October. I'll post here if anything changes.
Funny, I'm not known for my optimism.

I bought mine soon after RANGA started this thread (THANKS) and it arrived in around 10 days. Maybe AULROians and their associates have bought out the available stock of the "proven" model ? Possibly technology has moved on and a new model has superceeded the one that started this thread. Has anyone found an alternative unit that does all that is required on and off road for around the $120 mark?

Originally Posted by gazk

I bought mine soon after RANGA started this thread (THANKS) and it arrived in around 10 days. Maybe AULROians and their associates have bought out the available stock of the "proven" model ? Possibly technology has moved on and a new model has superceeded the one that started this thread. Has anyone found an alternative unit that does all that is required on and off road for around the $120 mark?

You could use any of the 480 x 272 pixel units on the DX website. They all come from the YF GPS factory, run Win CE 4.2 or higher. There are other apps menus out there, MioPocket is an absolute masterpiece of freeware that works on the DX (YF) units with minor tweaks. GpsPasSion Forums - MioPocket 2.0 (Unlock for Mios and other PNAs)

Cheers
JLo

I ordered one of these in late October. Anyone had contact with deal extreme and been given an estimate on delivery time? The tracking function doesn't tell me much.

Last time I looked at the tracking it said waiting for supplier now is says packing so I can only assume they have more stock in now.


Mrs ho har

Hi Ranga ... Did you get my PM?

EDIT ... Yep, you did ... Ta for that ...

Mike