sat nav

[jaky cakes]

Basically it's an OS map on your phone. It does some other neat tricks, which as a seasoned map and compass type walker, I find i never use them. I had to buy this software as memory map doesn't work with nokia mobiles.

[jotto]

Just to set things straight - i too own a Navman Pin 570 and have installed and used Tom Tom and mermory map - both work fine. I also bought an external plugy in gps receiver (far better and quicker at getting a fix)which I stick on the flat panel where the wiper arms protrude from.
Only problem with navman is the battery life - an hour or so when out walking using memory map.
Afew months ago I purchased View Ranger software (OS walkers series maps) for my Nokia N73 mobile, and a bluetooth GPS receiver. These give much better battery life - lasting a whole days getting lost in the lakes!!

So to answer johns question how do you do it??

[B16mts]

Well said Jotto,

there's been more tangents taken in this thread than an overactive spirograph!

[jaky cakes]

So to answer johns question how do you do it??

TomTom - loaded from PC to navmans memory card. Card inserted in navman and installed via settings etc.

memory map has to installed on PC first. The maps are loaded onto navman memorycard and installed. Then with a sync lead - connect navman to pc and send across the licence data - which activates the software on the navman.

If the above sounds a bit vague or "skipped over" then I'll write up the whole procedure if required. All the instructions are on the memorymap / TomTom inlay booklet.

The only problem I have found with the memory map is if you let the battery go flat - you have to re-install the licence from your pc. doesn't take long - just a bit of a pain.

[mud skipper]

thanks guys especially jotto and jaky cakes, as this went off topic i handed my navman over to a pc geek in my family to sort out coz im thick and impatient, where does he get memory map software and tom tom software from, i have a tomtom 500 but i guess the sd card only has the maps on it?

[jaky cakes]

I bought a copy of TomTom v5 from ebay for £5, and bought the original (but older versions) of memory map from ebay also - around £15 each (north west and north east - covering Wales/lake district - over to the Humber and up to berwick sort of region.
I say older version - published 2005 - still pretty current but not the latest up to date version that cost many times more. I figured that most footpaths and bridleways in the countryside don't change that much over the years.