tlt
Member Since: 02 Sep 2006
Location: Austin, TX
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Any idea where to find the TMC option, and how you would enable it. It does not appear to be a free service in the US.
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 16th Dec 2006 2:00 am |
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jeff
Member Since: 18 Jun 2005
Location: Cornwall
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simon wrote:jeff wrote:what the heck is at that roundabout on the M40 at Warwick that my disco so desperately wants to see 
A big sign saying "April Fool" 
Thinking about it, its going past Longbridge and Solihull, I reckon there's a British Leyland homing pigeon powering the satnav!  D3 TDV6SE
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| 16th Dec 2006 11:18 am |
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Gurvan
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: Germany... Not far from both the US and Hard German rock...
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tlt wrote:Any idea where to find the TMC option, and how you would enable it. It does not appear to be a free service in the US.
It is not either in France and thus, as L.R FRance did not pay, we don't have it !  
I am quite upset by that ! Georgia On My Mind...
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| 16th Dec 2006 12:32 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Seems it's not just me then! I've previously used Smartnav which is brilliant 99% of the time. D3Matt kindly mailed me excellent fitting instructions for Smartnav as he has recently installed it. Problem is I might change my D3 in March, so I don't want to fit it until I know either way.
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| 16th Dec 2006 2:36 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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That it is the issue with smartnav. The D3 satnav is great in the final approaches but not for the whole journey and a nightmare when towing, it likes town centres Can smartnav be fitted in a way it is easily installed and removed? Does it now do speed cameras and what does it cost? Does D3Matt sell/install it? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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| 16th Dec 2006 7:53 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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TomTom likes town centres also... routes you to the M5 from my place via 2 very busy places in the morning. Always have to do a 'travel via' to get the best route there.
Mind you. If your sat nav was updated with traffic history for all the roads in Western Europe... it would need a rather large HD inside.
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| 16th Dec 2006 8:31 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Pelyma wrote:That it is the issue with smartnav. The D3 satnav is great in the final approaches but not for the whole journey and a nightmare when towing, it likes town centres Can smartnav be fitted in a way it is easily installed and removed? Does it now do speed cameras and what does it cost? Does D3Matt sell/install it?
Pelyma, I know you use your D3 for work & Smartnav is by far the best system for such use as it is uses realtime data. Therefore, if it's 2.00am it will be fine to drive through the centre of city, if that's the most direct route, but at 5.00pm it will divert you around the centre etc. Much better imo than the latest BMW system or anything else that I've used, although for a portable system TomTom was very impressive.
Smartnav does have an option for speed cameras, don't know how good it is though as everyone I know with Smartnav also uses a RoadAngel or similar.
Fitting it to my HSV took about 2.5 hours, had the local dealer fit it. Matt will hopefully read this & tell us how long it took to install in his D3.
I'd imagine the combination of the map on the screen in the D3 & Smartnav for directions would be fantastic.
Can't recall the costs, you'll need to check the website. Certainly wasn't cheap when compared to the portables, but it really is so much better. The facility to talk to an operator who will find the place you want even if you don't have the full address or postcode, or maybe just the nearest Natwest bank or whatever and then download the quickest route is so convenient. All at the press of one button.
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| 18th Dec 2006 12:56 am |
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