TED 1972
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this sunday at aldi medion gps. Looks very good but does anybody know anything about it?
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this sunday at aldi medion gps. Looks very good but does anybody know anything about it?Deleted account W
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Crap when it rains 
madman
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Medion is quite a big name here in Europe. I have just ordered a Medion mio c320 for the car.
I was going to buy another Garmin as I have the SP3 on the bike, but with mapsource V5. I emailed Garmin asking them if I could used V9 on both GPS's if I bought another Garmin, but they said no. I have mapsource V9 on the PC but cannot download the maps to the SP3, it reverts to V5 when I try.
Bob
I was going to buy another Garmin as I have the SP3 on the bike, but with mapsource V5. I emailed Garmin asking them if I could used V9 on both GPS's if I bought another Garmin, but they said no. I have mapsource V9 on the PC but cannot download the maps to the SP3, it reverts to V5 when I try.
Bob
TED 1972
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are GARMIN gps waterproof then?
terayon
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Yes, garmin test them in 1 metre of water for 30mins to IPX7 standard on the 26** series
TED 1972
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really? 
Go on, Kev, show him the pic of your Quest in the fish tank 
Crap when it rains
is this a declaration of intent? an instruction? a suggestion? general advice?
and wossit got to do with the GPS?
The Zumo is also waterproof.
Waterproof: IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 min.)
(From Garmin's web-site)
i've had a medion for years.............she sits in me car and stops me gettin lost.......never used her on the bike or abroad....but she real easy to use and the hubby has called her janie.........cos she never shuts up.............lol
2sledge
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aldi gps
i use the aldi medium
just made a bracket to mount it to the clock panel
45 secs to mount and demount the braket and 10 secs to remove the gps
nice big screen
if it rains i just wrap it in a plastic food bag as the screen stops the rain getting at it
never had a problem in many miles in torrential rain
hope this helps someone
i use the aldi medium
just made a bracket to mount it to the clock panel
45 secs to mount and demount the braket and 10 secs to remove the gps
nice big screen
if it rains i just wrap it in a plastic food bag as the screen stops the rain getting at it
never had a problem in many miles in torrential rain
hope this helps someone
zerocool
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Medion do not make sat nav and in Europe they have added Mio which over here is called Navman.
They are one and the same although the unit they produce are slightly different.
The biggest downside to Medion is ease of use, there are easy to use systems. Also their returns guarantee is OBISMOL!!!
I cant comment on the exact unit your talking about but update-ability, map correctness, ease of use, GPS fix times, and external compaitibility with mobile phone, traffic systems and other systems like 3rd party camera databases could all be issues with ANY cheaper unit including Medion.
I know they usually advertise that the warranty is good, say 3 year, yet Medion are impossible to get to actually fix a satnav. Apparently this isnt the case with their PCs but I have personally had a bad experience with the medion build quality and their customer service so wouldnt recommend.
Save up some extra cash and get a waterproof unit from TomTom or Garmin. My recommendation is the TomTom, lots more value in the box and so easy to use!
They are one and the same although the unit they produce are slightly different.
The biggest downside to Medion is ease of use, there are easy to use systems. Also their returns guarantee is OBISMOL!!!
I cant comment on the exact unit your talking about but update-ability, map correctness, ease of use, GPS fix times, and external compaitibility with mobile phone, traffic systems and other systems like 3rd party camera databases could all be issues with ANY cheaper unit including Medion.
I know they usually advertise that the warranty is good, say 3 year, yet Medion are impossible to get to actually fix a satnav. Apparently this isnt the case with their PCs but I have personally had a bad experience with the medion build quality and their customer service so wouldnt recommend.
Save up some extra cash and get a waterproof unit from TomTom or Garmin. My recommendation is the TomTom, lots more value in the box and so easy to use!
For a bike I'd get a Garmin all day long.
For the car though those medions are brill. I had one from Aldi earlier in the year. It was £199 - can't speak of the cheaper ones but the one I had was amazing at directing you. By far and away the best spoken instructions I've heard from any satnav.
The display showed you exactly what was written on the road signs over the junctions you required etc.
Didn't appreciate how good it was until I used some other makes.
The down side was loading data onto it - everything on the disc was in German and a mare. I had to try and do this after loading some photos onto it which messed it up.
So just for a car and ignoring the photo view thing ace. For a bike I'd say no, get a proper one that you can route plan on via PC.
For the car though those medions are brill. I had one from Aldi earlier in the year. It was £199 - can't speak of the cheaper ones but the one I had was amazing at directing you. By far and away the best spoken instructions I've heard from any satnav.
The display showed you exactly what was written on the road signs over the junctions you required etc.
Didn't appreciate how good it was until I used some other makes.
The down side was loading data onto it - everything on the disc was in German and a mare. I had to try and do this after loading some photos onto it which messed it up.
So just for a car and ignoring the photo view thing ace. For a bike I'd say no, get a proper one that you can route plan on via PC.
andyclift
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I worry, maybe groundlessly, about some of the cheaper GPS packages and would like to be sure sure that map and software updates were easily available, POI files were of a well supported format, etc. Also of course, on a bike waterproofing is a sensible consideration (OK so you can put a plastic bag over it but I would prefer not to have to stop every time it rains).
I have a Tomtom Rider Mark 1, a Tomtom Rider Mark 2 and a Garmin 2720.
When the Rider 1 failed I bought the Garmin as I could not wait for Tomtom's awful repair service and I did not think much of it anyway. I now have a Mark 2 as well as Tomtom gave it to me as an apology after I complained that two months to replace the original Mark 1 was unacceptable.
The bottom line is that, although the Rider Mark 2 solves the mounting problems of the Mark 1, if I was buying again today it would be Garmin.
The Tomtom is OK for simple A to B and my wife is quite happy with the Rider 2 for that but has given up trying to understand their route with waypoint software, gets confused with its need to have a satnav fix to enter a route without having to go to a different menu option (Garmin manage without this), finds, as I do, the hit and miss method of zooming a map with the touch screen slider to fix a destination is a nightmare (Garmin have nice easy + and - buttons). The need to stop and change to night colours at sundown to reduce the glare is a nuisance (Garmins do it automatically). I can't say I agree that the software is "so easy to use" other than for the most basic tasks.
Garmins offer more "tweakability" for preferred road types for routes, screen data, etc.
Garmin's definition of Europe covers more countries than Tomtom's.
Garmin have Mapsource PC software which makes route planning on a PC easy with a one touch transfer of routes to the GPS. Tomtom have nothing to compete. Using "Tyre" software with Google maps is the nearest I have found but it's Mickey Mouse stuff compared with Mapsource and only works with a net connection.
Garmin's service is a revelation after experiencing Tomtom's eight weeks. When I broke my Garmin (my fault) it was replaced free of charge by return of post (and they sent a complete new retail boxed kit and I only sent back the satnav).
If value means cheaper then OK go Rider and it's OK for basic A to B. For a complete navigation package for bike and car I think Garmin win hands down.
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