If you want to have street names as well as turns you have to go with the voice of Australian Jill or the Aussie Bloke as if you go with a different voice they only tell you to turn and not the street name.

Where do I get a book of maps that show road works and road changes? Navigators are certainly not for the thinking impaired.

I have a Tom Tom that is part of an HP PDA. Was visiting Europe in September and wanted to buy some maps, e-mailed Tom Tom, got the auto acknowledgement but never any follow up, they lost a sale.

Simon, our TomTom, has a lovely neutral BBC English voice and tells us streetnames.

It's a lot easier to listen to a TomTom as you drive than it is to read a mapbook. We don't have many dirt tracks in inner city Sydney but it does fall down re. all the "No Right Turn" signs.

We just updated a month ago off Garmin and the UK voice defo doesn't give us street names but the Aussie does.

Ha ha just noticed you said Tom Tom... what about other Garmin users?

you might try here

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to get you out of the place

tom tom xl is the newer version, not the older version.

They are good, but do have their flaws.

Lee

We've been in Australia for over two years and we've had a SatNav since we got here. Won't leave the house without it, well worth it's money I haven't got an all singing all dancing one, just a basic cheap one and it's worked perfectly for me - except for the odd upgraded road that isn't on it (but I know where they all are so it's not a problem )

Just pay attention and don't end up like these guys: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/a...just-year.html

Have to agree about limitations in the country. My Navman has serious map issues with the Atherton Tablelands, missing towns, non-existant roads, faulty directions.

Has good poser value tho

WW

The latest Tom Toms do the road updates too. When ever I connect mine it updates any changes that people have submitted....my older one doesn't do that.

Yeah they have their limitations, but I still wouldn't be without mine.

Have a look at this bloke's page, gives a lot of helpful info.

http://www.doug-and-dusty.id.au/gps.htm

Cheers,
Dennis

While I understand what you are saying, be warned that as per a previous post, there is a good chance the maps will NOT work on your device or, if they do, you will probably not be able to use TT Home and the update service, or indeed items such as Quick GPS fix. It's like Microsoft in some respects - TT Home will look for an official registered copy of a map and if it does not find one, has the power to stop you using it.

And while everything that is broken can be fixed, with software, it may well be beyond the average user out there.

For me, I have a TT 720 that has legitimate maps that I can update when I want to - and when we go to Aus, I'll buy the map, stick it on an SD card and use it from there. Thus I'll have UK/Europe maps when back here and Aus maps in Aus.

Buying an old unit would be fine, but better to get a 7xx or 9xx series that have both a hard disk and SD card slot - some of the older ones do not have the expansion thus you will have to take off the existing maps to put the new maps on.

What I cannot say is how good the TT Aus maps are.

However, like others have said, while a sat nav can direct you down an incorrect road, so can a map reader in the car. And the sat nav does not drive the car for you, so common sense is still very relevant...

The Garmin Nuvi 250 can be picked up for around $200 at JB Hifi.

It's not worth buying the maps IIRC, because they cost nearly as much or more than a new unit.

Thanks

Thanks for that!