Buying a Sat Nav

[matty88]

Is there any portable (by that I mean transferable between cars) satellite navigation systems that can hook up to a reversing camera? I'd imagine it would be a RCA jack so that we can remove it for security reasons.

[Hairy Eater]

i'm sure you can buy hand held ones .... not much bigger than a mobile phone ...

[matty88]

Got a Navman N60i, it rules! Even got a camera in it, picked it up for $750

[Pretender]

I have never seen one that wasn't transferable between cars.
As for camera use I have no idea.
I am looking at buying one within a fortnight so I'll ask this question and post the answer including models I find that suit.

[minux]

Check with VDO, i have a VDO sat nav system which allows me to check speed i was doing anywhere int he world, allows me to watch my car 24/7, it also has helped get me out of a speeding fine where i knew i was not speeding. It all incorporates into my alarm, so is even better

[Reaper]

I have a tomtom 910. I have found it to be an excellent unit and there is a ton of info on the internet to upgrade it's poi's, speed camera locations and maps etc. I don't think it connects to a reversing camera though.

When I was looking into them it was a toss up between it and the Navman. I liked the interface of the tomtom better and I thought it was an overall better unit. Current prices for the 910 is around $1,000 but you should be able to bargain them down to the low $900's (I paid $925). There are some cheaper versions with less features (910 has a 20gig hdd).

Cheers,
Reaper

[klaw81]

Is there any portable (by that I mean transferable between cars) satellite navigation systems that can hook up to a reversing camera?

To my knowledge, there are no dedicated GPS devices availabe with video inputs. All of the Tomtom / Navman / Garmin etc units are portable and come with a suction-cup windscreen mount.

If you want a reversing camera, you need a hard-mounted screen of some description - the screen can be in or on the dash, mounted to the roof or a replacement rear-view mirror with a screen built in. If you want GPS and reversing camera to be incorporated into one device, you need something like the head-unit based VDO units that have a screen with Aux video inputs - not a very economincal solution really.

[Pretender]

I went to Strathfield, Retravision, Repco, Dick Smiths, Super Cheap, Auto 1, Auto Pro, Progressive Audio and Harvey Norman's and none had heard of a unit with video inputs.

So which is better:
Navman
TomTom
Garmin
Shinco (Iknow already it's not good)?

[VicCop]

Around melb at the moment Strathfield are offloading the Navman icn330 (probably about to be discontinued) for less than $400. I grabbed one and find it quite good. I got it mostly for work and find it very helpful.

[matty88]

Is it illegal to install it on the left hand side next to the rear view mirror? Also, I've searched the net for Navman Voices so we can have say a celebrity talking instead of that UK woman, but found nothing. TomTom allow that

[Reaper]

I went to Strathfield, Retravision, Repco, Dick Smiths, Super Cheap, Auto 1, Auto Pro, Progressive Audio and Harvey Norman's and none had heard of a unit with video inputs.

So which is better:
Navman
TomTom
Garmin
Shinco (Iknow already it's not good)?

TomTom for reasons I have already stated.

Reaper

[Pretender]

Cheers Reaper

TomTom One for $549 is the unit I'm considering.