sat nav and camera combo now with 3d ----GARMIN NUVI 2565

[euphonius]

Paul, you'd know if there was an offset. China has been doing this to foreign GPS maps for a long time -- forcing an offset of a couple hundred meters, presumably to prevent enemies from targeting things. If your English map were offset, you'd notice it.

sounds like you got a good setup with Garmin. What was the total cost out the door with the device and extra ram and various maps?

cheers!

[TB-Racing]

you'd know if there was an offset. China has been doing this to foreign GPS maps for a long time -- forcing an offset of a couple hundred meters, presumably to prevent enemies from targeting things. If your English map were offset, you'd notice it.

Mate just had his Garmin Zumo660 recalibrated by a Garmin technician in Beijing and works fine now, no offset.
Quite funny as we got both our Garmin GPS at the same time (1x Garmin Zumo220 Australia / 1x Garmin660 Germany) and mine (Z220) was always spot on and his showed an offset roughly 450-600m. We swapped the Garmin micro map cards and my Z220 worked spot on with both map cards....

Word of advice, the Nuvi GPS units are not waterproof and gasoline splashes leave sometimes marks on the plastic, mate destroyed his Garmin Nuvi just going through one light rain shower.

[PaulTheDevil]

i tried the kin map things but i like the garmin advantage of all in one.. video with time date speed logged on and the fact that it doesn't use all my phone space up. plus the map update on iPhone is poor as is all the other sat nav features.' horses for courses '. also with the blu tooth feature you can use your phone on sat nav. so no taking gloves on and off to dial or answer and its on speaker phone. so all around can listen to how important we are when doing the ''internazionalll bizneuuuusman'' bit hahahahaha

the total cost was around 1550 yuan. the maps and data were all free. i have them with with 'gimgunlocker' to unlock them for all sat nvgs.. not that i wold consider offering them to anyone. as thats illegal you know....hmmm hmmm hmm
extras
1. cigy adapter - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=14258048614
2. waterproof bag - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=14258048614
3. connector - http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=3759617568

if you MUST use or add your iPhone i use this too...great fixing and great usable case
1. iphone - http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=...&cm_id=&pm_id=

[PaulTheDevil]

yeah i read loads about this offset stuff and pre downloaded all the maps and software to cure it. but honestly with my sat nav at 50ft i am spot on.on both maps.
maybe cos its bought in china or whatever i don't know . but i walk with it and drive and its fine...

[euphonius]

Great price too! My zumo 660 set me back more than $700 when I bought it in the US a couple of years ago. I did get non-offset maps here in Shanghai, but it took a lot of toothpulling with the Garmin agents...

[PaulTheDevil]

other software is
1. garmin base camp..this allows you to pre log routes in all formats,walk,bus,car,cycle. etc etc nd upload them
2.GDR pc tool. too upload video and pictures and play about n stuff
3. comunicator plugin. to let your sat make friends win yr pc. no sex allowed
4. travel guide.. free ebook and poi for gamins
other pointless features like eco route n calculator to see how much fine or bribe you need to pay and converter oh and clock

[PaulTheDevil]

haha i know the feeling euphonius, i always thought it was ''who you know not what you know''.. but now i recon its ''who you take not what you say'' with makes the difference.

pm me if my maps diff to yours, if you know what i been okok
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