BMW Navigation
Get there on time without tearing your dash apart for a sat nav retrofit
Prices correct as of time of publication in the magazine. For up-to-date prices and offers, please contact the supplier direct.
Clarion |  | In a first for portable sat-nav technology, Clarion nav units can now display buildings, landmarks and elevation changes in
full 3D just like the new generation of BMW's own Professional Navigation.
They're also chock full of nifty extras such as 4Gb of storage for videos and photos, and can stream music and display text messages from your mobile phone.
The MAP680 covers the UK and Ireland and costs £219.99 from Ray Smith In-Car Solutions, while you can travel Europe with the MAP780 for £269.99.
Not only do these Clarions have the 'wow' factor of 3D mapping but they also have some terrific in-car entertainment features to boot. Perfect if you're looking to spend a little more on road assistance. | | Contact Ray Smith In-Car Solutions 0845 166 7101 www.raysmith.co.uk |
| | Sony
|  | Need to chat while you drive? If you find more often than not you end up being in touch with people who aren't even travelling with you then the Sony NV-83 may just be the sat-nav for you.
The whole unit is one big hands-free kit allowing you to make and receive calls via Bluetooth connectivity without the usual ear-attachments. Other cool features include Gesture Command, which saves you trawling through countless menu screens by assigning specific destinations to fingerdrawn shapes (for example, triangle equals 'home').
This particular 4.8-inch, big-screen sat-nav from Sony retails for £149.99.
| Contact Sony www.sony.co.uk
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| | TomTom
|  | If you've not heard of TomTom then you must have spent the past ten years living on the dark-side of the moon.
As the big name in sat-navs this brand is recognised worldwide as the benchmark in how best to guide you through your journeys and with its latest series of sat-navs TomTom aims to raise the bar even higher.
The new TomTom Go X40 LIVE series will do absolutely everything in their power to make sure you're going in the right direction. In the event of traffic problems each unit will constantly seek the quickest way out by calling on thousands of databases which have catalogued the precise volume of vehicles on any road at any given time.
Sounds impressive right? We're sure it will be but you'll have to wait, this next generation of TomTom sat-navs hasn't hit the shelves yet but is expected to very soon. When it does expect prices to start from around £299.00.
| Contact TomTom www.tomtom.com
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| | Navsure
|  | Do you need your sat-nav not only to tell you where you’re going but also impress anyone else who happens to be in the car at the time? Then you’ll like this in-dash unit from Navsure.
With a huge 7 inch screen the N400i is far more than just a sat-nav: it’s equipped with CD and radio functions, plus an AV input so passengers can enjoy DVDs or even play on games consoles during the trip.
Exclusive to Halfords, the Navsure N400i is priced at just £399.99, around half the price of other, in-dash navs.
| Contact Halfords 0845 762 6625 www.halfords.com
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| | Blaupunkt
|  | Are you one of those people who avoid sat-navs because they do everything a road atlas does, but make it twice as complicated? The Blaupunkt TravelPilot 100 might just change your mind with its simple, 'no frills' approach to getting you from A to B.
Offering straightforward, uncomplicated route planning from a sat-nav which can quickly and reliably calculate journeys, the TravelPilot 100 unit can also switch automatically from day to night mode and warn of speed traps if so desired. It comes pre-installed with UK and Ireland mapping and costs £99.99 from Blue Spot Car Audio. | | Contact Blue Spot Car Audio 01993 811115 www.bluespot.co.uk |
| | | Prices correct as of time of publication in the magazine. For up-to-date prices and offers, please contact the supplier direct. |
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