RDS 510 anybody got 1??

[ifti]

Yup, thats the one Hurdy has I think

[AlanD]

pus it plays divx files! bloody hell, I should have gotten one of these beauties! Tho it doesn't have a hard disk.

I wouldn't worry too much about hard discs. My single din Apline HU with play MP3 DVDs. 4.7GB worth of MP3s per DVD = winner.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Ive seen videos of the sat nav in the RNS510, and dont like the map interface TBH, since its more an ariel view. I prefer the Tom Tom interface where its showing you the route turn by turn 'from the ground', rather then a more ariel view - or does the RNS510 also have this view?

Virtually all modern OEM factory fit Sat Navs now have 2D (looking down directly from above) and 3D (actually 'pseudo 3D') (looking slightly above, and from the rear).  They also have split screen funtions too, and are infinately better than any freestanding sat nav, such as a TomTom, due to their 'dead reckoning' functions.

But, as they say, ETTO.   

[AlanD]

My TomTom has dead reckoning . . . . .

[bobotheclown]

Ive seen videos of the sat nav in the RNS510, and dont like the map interface TBH, since its more an ariel view. I prefer the Tom Tom interface where its showing you the route turn by turn 'from the ground', rather then a more ariel view - or does the RNS510 also have this view?

The RNS-510 (MFD3) you can zoom in and out. The maximum zoom is a view going as far as 25 yards. I haven't checked how far you can zoom out as I find zooming out so that you can see 1 mile down the road is useless. When at maximum zoom you have as much detail as that of a tomtom.

[jphealy]

What's dead reckoning?

[AlanD]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning

[Teutonic_Tamer]

My TomTom has dead reckoning . . . . .

Unless it is actually hard-wired into the cars CAN-BUS, and utilises wheel speed sensor data, steering angle sensor data, and gyro sensor data - then it definately will not have 'dead reckoning'.   

[ifti]

Ive seen videos of the sat nav in the RNS510, and dont like the map interface TBH, since its more an ariel view. I prefer the Tom Tom interface where its showing you the route turn by turn 'from the ground', rather then a more ariel view - or does the RNS510 also have this view?

The RNS-510 (MFD3) you can zoom in and out. The maximum zoom is a view going as far as 25 yards. I haven't checked how far you can zoom out as I find zooming out so that you can see 1 mile down the road is useless. When at maximum zoom you have as much detail as that of a tomtom.

Ah cool, thanks for clearing that up

[Teutonic_Tamer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning

Sorry, but that does NOT address dead reckoning in automotive navigation systems.  More cr@p from arse-pedia! 

In automotive SatNavs, dead reckoning is when the unit still continues to function even when the GPS signal is completely lost.  Which is why the vast majority of free standing SatNavs do NOT have dead reckoning.  To guarantee navigation dead reckoning, then you either need a genuine OEM sat nav system, or a complete integrated replacement head unit (which is connected to the CAN-BUS and utilises a minimum of wheel speed sensor and steering angle sensor info).