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Well, I saw the MAplins thing first on this forum, so I bimbled off and had a look first hand.
The blokey was happy for this to be demo'd and although the start up is a bit slower than my TOM TOM, this maybe because it has to choose vehicle specific roads, rather than any road bigger than a footpath.
The display was good, and I asked the machine to tell me the route that I had done that day.
Seaford - Ealing Studios. This is a complicated thing, although the main route is simple....M25-A40 and bits, the entry to the Industrial place the studios are in has 2 roads, a widgy one, and a big'un for trucks. The SAT NAV ignored the little road, and told me to go for the wider road. So, on first look it works well.
The Sony, according to a forum for truckers, may be a better option, as, Like my old Garmin Street pilot you can dictate which type of vehicle you have. But...with 2 gig flash memory, I was wondering how detailed the whole of Europe could be, including 7 digit post coding for the UK, plus POIs.
Still not sure, 200 quids alot of money to spend on a failed experiment.
Let you know later, as I found a dealer for the Sony and I is going to go try it later today.l
Adrian
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Ok, so, as requeted by our esteemed Moderator. I now give my conclusive and absolute report of the 2 sat navs.
Saw the HGV version from Maplins, and now have seen the Sony.
Still undecided. I have asked for information regarding the downloads of Europ for the Maplin one, and you can download maps for Europe. Just that they didnt know what avaialable. Sony however, seems to have a good sysytem, but the demo didnt seem to be able to alter the vehicle as promised.
Still non the wiser therefore, but am leaning in the direction of....
Using the Mpalin HGV Sat NAv in the UK, and using the TOmTom1 which I already have when in europe. I can almost plan where I am going when in Continenetal mode, as I travel on Motorways almost exclusively and seldom go through big towns as I have definite time scales and detinations ( mostly Event venues such as race tracks etc) so thats pretty much my opinion, there not a one size fits all unit.
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I bought a snooper with Truckmate software from a company called syrius.You can input your vehicle dimensions etc.It uses the Navteq mapping software.When I swap between motorhome and car,it certainly does what it says,ie avoids narrow lanes,low bridges etc.It isn't cheap but it does appear to do what it claims.
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From what I gather, the maps have most of the info needed to do truck routes etc. but people like tomtom don't use it, maybe to keep map sizes down.
Western Europe needs about 800mb on my tomtom classic, which strangely is less than when I first bought it, then the maps came on 6CD's and totalled well over 1gig.
Olley
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