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[XIIVVX]

When I bought the Jagdeo I was a bit miffed that it didn't have the factory fit Satnav (Big screen on the centre console)

I bought a Garmin Nuvi off E-Bay, European maps and 'traffic'

I've had it for about nine months and had written off the traffic thing as being of no relevance to me.

Sunday, headed for N Wales I suddenly noticed that the 'ETA' read out had gone to just dashes.

That's annoying.. no chance of a warranty fix for a second user unit.

Then after some fiddling I noticed a red triangle in the corner.

I hit it, and it told me that the A5 was closed ahead.

So I selected 'detour'

It routed me around (Via Ellesmere) at the cost of about six minutes journey time.

I turned on the radio, and within about ten minutes (plenty of time for me to have reached the A5) there was news that it was completely shut due to a vehicle fire.

Not a feature on the inbuilt satnav.

Garmin beats Jaguar any time

 

[Dal]

Cool. Always good to find features that are not only useful but you didn't know you had!

 

[DradusContact]

Inbuilt sat navs tend to be naff, but they look the part. Aftermarket stuff looks a bit tacked on i think, but they tend to work better.

 

[Anonymous]

The inbuilt sat nav's on all Ford derived cars at present are somewhat unreliable. Most of the managers here dont bother having them now as they just dont work.

 

[red]

I'd half agree. The ShatNav in mums x-type is far worse than the in-built SatNav in her old Laguna.

 

[Dal]

Cue one of my favourite gif files...

 

[PumaKa]

Lol, that was one of my B3TA entries from a few months ago... thanks! :-D 8)

 

[DradusContact]

I was looking at a kenwood all in one touch screen dvd gps unit, £1400... very nice though!