Garmin GPS users come in

[Gabriel]

muz pay ah...

eh...me refering to the area along PSA ...there is one overhead and one on ground level...

GPS is unable to detect which one u are on...

and me upsize tyre by a little..from 165/70/R14 to 185/70/R14...but the diff between speed is great...

my max speed is onli 100km/h on speedo...but um...136km/h on my Nuvi 300

any idea why there is such a big diff ?

[Kklee]

IIRC, GPS has data for altitude. Perhaps it is the limitation of the map software.

Edited November 24, 2007 by Kklee

[Gabriel]

hmmm dat is wad me is thinking too ....

btw wad does ...IIRC stand for

[Adrian]

was that a real question? IIRC = if I remember correctly

 

btw,is malsingmaps down? haven't been able to access for a while..

[Gabriel]

yupz..me dunnoe wad me IIRC means b4 this mah

not sure bout malsingmaps...hafen been there for a while..

but there is a new forum..webbie if not wrong...

or are u still on the old forum ??

[Sgnick]

http://www.malsingmaps.com/forums/index.php

[Gabriel]

...this is the webbie me go...not sure bout the other bro though

[Adrian]

its dead for me.. you mean you can access?

[Sgnick]

Yep, no problem accessing it

[Route88]

Your upsize tyre sala liao....its 28mm or 4.8% taller

Spin 4.8% faster than odo

[Curahee]

Sorry everyone, i dunno anything abt garmin GPS. But juz wanna know which model recommanded for a budget of $500.

[Gabriel]

...no wonder the speed on Nuvi300 and speed on speedo is diff bout 5km/h....

so anyway to rectify this ....but one more thing...my top speed is onli 100km/h...how come can show 136km/h on Nuvi300...dat one is way way off le ...anyone can advise

[Route88]

Nuvi 300 should suffice.

[Route88]

Keep to speed limit minus the diff of ur bigger tyres

[macrosszero]

Difference between local Garmin models are simply:

 

Basic routing model vs. Models with more functions = MP3 player/picture viewer

Generic turn instructions (eg "turn left in 200m") vs. Text To Speech (which reads out road names)

Small screen size vs. Big screen size

Bluetooth vs. Non-Bluetooth (useful for handsfree for mobile phones - my favourite feature)

Built-in maps vs. no built-in maps (ie, Malsingmaps)

Grey vs. Warranteed models

[Redstorm]

anyone has any idea why does my nuvi 310 takes super long to log on. i can start the thing and after awhile it will ask today's date, have u travelled hundreds or miles/km, are u indoors?.... and 5mins later den it logs on.

 

but if within an hr i switch on again no prob leh. it usually happenes after over night parking.

 

hmm maybe. but i start drive off, 5mins den start tracking. damn long i feel. sometime u start alr jus wanna key in the location and drive off den cant.

 

btw i side track abit. the malsingmaps downloads are locked. wat if. WAT IF ppl share login id and password, all can tap upon 1 contributors and start downloading right?

 

my is the latest free version

 

There is this thing called cold start and hot start. Just like your car where it needs to take a while for the engine to warm up before u drive off the first time in the morning, your GPS also takes a longer time to log onto the satellites if u have not been using it for quite some time eg. after a day. This is called cold start. After u have been using it all day long, a hot start is where u drive ur car off without having to wait for the engine to warm up. Likewise, your GPS log onto the satellite faster.

 

Even if u use someone else's login id and password and start downloading the locked map for your Nuvi, it's no use as your set will not be able to unlock the map. You need to have an unlock code. If you have made sufficient contributions, you have to give your GPS set's ID to the mapper when requesting for unlock code for the latest map. This unlock code, which is tied to your GPS set's ID, is able to unlock the map only in your GPS set. If u give the unlock code to someone else, he will not be able to unlock the map in his GSP set as his ID is different from yours.

[Mrericlee]

Hi Guys,

 

I am also looking to buy a Garmin with a larger screen. Price I can bargain...

 

But question is should I buy with or without maps?

 

Heard that MalSingMaps no longer free.. Please help.

 

Regards,

Eric Lee

[Redstorm]

U can go to Perfect Watch at the ground floor of SLS. They have a range of Garmin GPS for your selection but I doubt u can bargain because it's controlled price. Malsingmap's still have a free map for first timer user of the Garmin GPS. The June 07 version is an open map and can be downloaded FOC by anyone. Afterwhich, if u want subsequent release of map (they release new map every month!!!), you gotta contribute towards error and/or new POIs in order to earn the unlock code for the latest map.