M500 GPS Capabilities

[Guest Eatherz]

Hi All, please excuse my general lack of knowledge on thismatter,

I have been an spv user since the e200 , and have just got my M500 now ,

I am off to purtgual for a couple of weeks to do various things, and diving is one of them :).

But I need to get to specific places that I have not been to before, so I have noted in some other topics that people are saying you can use your M500 as a gps device, running software such as TOMTOM , so my questions are , and this will require nothing short of a long answer , so dont bother answering if you dont have the patience to do so in full, and please I have read the tom tom v m500 issue thread and is no use to me .

So questions are

1. Is the M500 GPS / Sat NAV Capable (standalone)

2. How do you go about doing this ,

3. What periphiral devices are required

4. General cost would you imagine this would incurr

5. Is there a good set by step anywhere to learn this from .

6. What is the best software to use (ie the best maps provider inc ISP thingy)

7. What are the costs of running the software on a phone (ie the connection per minute sort of thing)

thanks if anyone has the time to help on this , as I woudl be really thankfull, and may even send you a post card , and some on portugals finest tinned sardine spread for your toast in the morning.

thanks you in advance

Eatherz

[Guest psionandy]

I think you are going to have to buy, a BT GPS, some GPS software (inc maps) and a large enough SD card to store them on

[Guest chucky.egg]

So questions are

1. Is the M500 GPS / Sat NAV Capable (standalone)

No, you need a GPS receiver (the M500 doesn't have one built-in), but with a Bluetooth/Wired GPS it is capable of SatNav

2. How do you go about doing this ,

Choose a SatNav app, choose a GPS receiver, install (and get it working! :))

TomTom Navigator seems to be available without buying a GPS, which I hadn't realised. You can download Mapopolis (www.mapopolis.com) and get a free trial, but none of the others do trials AFAIK. Bear in ind that the Mapo maps of Portugal were rubbish last time I tried them

3. What periphiral devices are required

Just a GPS

4. General cost would you imagine this would incurr

£120 for Navigator, plus £40+ for a GPS receiver.

Mapo is cheaper (£80 plus GPS)

Not sure about the functionality in CoPilot, but the users seem to like it

5. Is there a good set by step anywhere to learn this from .

It depends on the software you go for, but there's loads of threads on this stuff here, so coms back and have a good, long read while you're thinking and after you've bought something

6. What is the best software to use (ie the best maps provider inc ISP thingy)

Personally I like TomTom, but I'm going to be trying Mapo out again because I already have a licence for their maps

7. What are the costs of running the software on a phone (ie the connection per minute sort of thing)

If the software has Traffic reports etc then there'll be a connection/usage cost involved, otherwise there is none.

I don't use the TomTom Traffic feature, so I don't know the quantity of data it uses or the frequency.

some of portugals finest tinned sardine spread for your toast in the morning.

Now you're talking!

thanks you in advance

Welcome. HTH

[Guest Chrimbow]

If you want to go the blutooth way you need something like:

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/...&product_id=351

[Guest Chrimbow]

jeez a thanks would have been nice for the effort the Egg put into that... :-(

[Guest kingnoddy]

jeez a thanks would have been nice for the effort the Egg put into that... :-(

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well I found it useful too :o

Thanks Chucky.egg

[Guest Eatherz]

well I found it useful too :o

Thanks Chucky.egg

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sugar, I am so sorry I have been out of the country and away from all things internetty , indeed , many thanks to all you guys who helped me with this problem,

Sorry for my delay

humbly your

eather

[Guest chucky.egg]

:o

Relax. it's all good.

FWIW i've tried Mapopolis again and after TomTom it's not easy to go back. I'm going to stick to TomTom