On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:31:38 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Sep 6, 6:20?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)

Probably not. Do you have a good looking sister?

Um...don't know how to answer this.

Ah - never mind.

Suffice to say that once upon a time...

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:23:26 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0700, Tim wrote:

On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.
Big brother is watching you........

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)

Not through a closed men's room door.

Nice.

Dork. :)

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:26:57 -0000, Tim wrote:

On Sep 6, 8:20 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0700, Tim wrote:
On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.

Big brother is watching you........

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)

Er, should I???

In some parts of the world, I would be considered "dangerous".

Because I'm KKRRAAZZYY....

I'd rather watch "1984" instead....

Which one - the German one done in '84 or the Merry Can one in '56?

On Sep 6, 9:37 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:52:41 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing





wrote:
I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

I got the wife the Garmin 330, which cost a bit more and does much the
same. She loves it.

3D is a female thing. I like the 2D also, but since it's her toy...- Hide quoted text -

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Er, What kind of toy is it she loves so much?

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:37:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I got the wife the Garmin 330, which cost a bit more and does much the
same. She loves it.

I thought about that model, but price difference for relatively the
same features although the Tomtom One can add on the features and you
can pick which ones you want.

3D is a female thing. I like the 2D also, but since it's her toy...

Maybe. I just prefer the 2D.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

Check out R-A-M for a dashboard mount. That's what I use for my Magellan.

It's a rubber covered, flexible, rather heavy contraption that can be
adjusted to conform to any dashboard contour.

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

Check out R-A-M for a dashboard mount. That's what I use for my Magellan.

It's a rubber covered, flexible, rather heavy contraption that can be
adjusted to conform to any dashboard contour.


Here's what I was referring to:

http://www.ram-mount.com/tomtom/ramb279to4_mounts.htm

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:56:05 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's what I was referring to:

http://www.ram-mount.com/tomtom/ramb279to4_mounts.htm

I knew about those - last resort kind of thing because they are ugly.

Thanks though. Appreciate it.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:56:05 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's what I was referring to:

http://www.ram-mount.com/tomtom/ramb279to4_mounts.htm

I knew about those - last resort kind of thing because they are ugly.

Thanks though. Appreciate it.

Functionality is not always beautiful. 80

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:59:39 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:56:05 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Here's what I was referring to:

http://www.ram-mount.com/tomtom/ramb279to4_mounts.htm

I knew about those - last resort kind of thing because they are ugly.

Thanks though. Appreciate it.

Functionality is not always beautiful. 80

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