Sentences with phrase «of satnav»

With its new set of satnav devices, TomTom has launched the latest range of Go models - the 400, 500 and 600 in their respective 4.3, 5 and 6 - inch screen sizes - with its most advanced navigation system yet.

The PID (basically a bespoke Garmin satnav) pokes out of the dash and allows control of the satnav, trip vehicle information, Bluetooth connectivity and a media player.

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They develop a love - hate relationship with their satnav («Katy») and suffer a series of misadventures — including a ferry ride and a brief encounter with a hedge — all of which are communicated to Plass via cryptic phone and text messages.

Initially she thought that forgetting things was merely part of getting old and sought to solve the problem of getting lost when driving to supposedly familiar places by purchasing a satnav.

Yet the symbolic threshold between «civilisation»; and «the forest» still holds fast — even in an age of CCTV, satnav, and satellite - tracking mobile phones.

The Birmingham MP Liam Byrne added that Jowell had one of the «best political satnavs in the business», adding: «She knew that if you hit a road block, you hadn't reached the end of the road, you just had to find your way round it.»

We now know that far from being the antithesis of rationality, emotions are actually evolution's satnav, directing us towards choices that have survival benefits.

DRIVING would be less of a cognitive burden if you could keep your eyes on the road, instead of looking down to check your speed, fuel gauge or satnav.

Switching on its satnav involves quantum physics again, plus Newton's laws of motion and gravity, which helped launch the geopositioning satellites and set their orbits.

Despite the closeness of the frequencies, satnav receivers have so far operated without any interference problems.

Based on lab simulations of the new transmissions, Scott Burgett and Bronson Hokuf, engineers with satnav manufacturer Garmin International in Olathe, Kansas, say this will seriously damage GPS reception.

It turned out that there were major spikes in the activity of both the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex when the participants encountered giant roundabouts similar to London's Seven Dials or the Magic Roundabout of Swindon, but those parts of the brain didn't fire up when the satnav fed them instructions.

Without the achievements of those bold pioneers we would today have to do without satellites and numerous other revolutionary applications such as mobile phones, GPS services and satnav systems.

Again, the suppleness of the ride is a real boon, the satnav is superb and the ordinary - looking seats are actually supremely comfortable on a long haul.

As well as the revised suspension, the # 35K GT Edition also bundles together a range of kit including darkened 19in alloys, side stripes, satnav and a rear parking camera.

This particular car, kindly loaned to us by evo reader Steve Davies, is a Lux model, which adds satnav, more leather, xenon headlights, cruise, and a set of distinctive 19in Alpina Dynamic alloy wheels to the Roadster S inventory.

Automatic lights and wipers, dual - zone climate control, a hands free keycard, parking sensors, a more powerful 4x35W sound system, R - Link multimedia and satnav, heated leather seats, tinted rear windows and an electronically adjustable driver's seat are all added to its spec list, meaning in total, the Nav receives # 1700 of options as standard.

More than half of UK - bound Mustangs will feature the Custom Pack — which adds satnav, a 12 - speaker audio system, heated and cooled front seats, a rear - view camera, Luster Nickel silver alloys and added chrome details on Fastback models.

As well as the touch and voice commands already mentioned - the latter of which will adjust everything from temperature to satnav destinations by using the command «Hey Mercedes» and conversational terms like «I'm cold» or «I'm hungry» - it also features intelligent learning.

Inside, this C55 benefits from the later design of seats, trimmed in nappa leather with Alcantara inserts, plus a 2007 model - year satnav, which has a usefully bigger screen.

As the miles slipped by, the only flies that landed in the ointment were the spurious traffic info being picked up by the satnav and the lack of height adjustment for the driver's seatbelt, which bugged Mrs Ev until we found a makeshift solution.

A DAB digital radio is standard fit, while if you pick the optional satnav and the visual effects of the Mini's infamously large, «dinner plate» speedo are minimised.

A leather - wrapped roll - cage confirms the car's high - speed intentions, but the addition of air conditioning, an Alpine in - car entertainment system and optional satnav are welcome luxuries.

But then it isn't really an Exige at all, more a sort of Exige / Evora mash - up that forgets all that nonsense about habitability and touchscreen satnav and instead concentrates on raw excitement, handling accuracy and astonishing performance.

Optional satnav comes as part of a touchscreen infotainment display, while another popular option will likely be a two - part panoramic sunroof (it comes as standard on the SZ5).

But upon popping up the satnav's TMC (Traffic Message Channel) map the following Monday morning, I noticed that it was no longer overlaid with the usual rash of triangular symbols indicating where that morning's A14 accidents were.

What's not: plasticky satnav screen sticking out of the dashboard, soft suspension, power output.

Our car also benefited from the optional (# 1250) CD 70 audio / satnav system — a fine bit of kit, both in terms of its sound quality and its direction - giving capabilities.

So it was a No to all of the above, thanks, and out with paddleshift gearchanges, out with ceramic brakes, out with satnav, and in with good old consistent and progressive steel brakes, and in with a proper gearshift complete with a third pedal.

The Premium Plus has all of that, as well as a Burmester surround sound system and Comand Online with an 8.4 - inch colour display and 3D satnav graphics.

The significant options are the «Tech Pack» (# 2495), which adds satnav, Bluetooth, cruise control and parking sensors, the «Premium Pack» (another # 2495), which covers most of the interior in leather and gets you a chrome «Evora» badge for the facia, and the «Sport Pack» (# 950), which gets you a «Sport» button.

There is, Audi says, over # 10K's worth of kit on the V10 that's optional on the V8, including satnav, premium hi - fi and magnetic ride damping.

After a quick blast down the A1 to Piacenza, we jab Bobbio into the satnav as we head towards Genoa and the north - west coast of Italy.

For # 600 more there's the SE Nav featuring, you've guessed it, satnav - with European mapping and three years of updates included.

And much though the higher trim levels are pleasing, we'd skip the satnav (it's not one of the better ones available and it'll be out of date soon enough) and opt for Feel trim, which nets some funky alloy wheels and aircon.

Inside the cockpit there's luxurious new trim and the arrival of a touchscreen satnav system with Google mapping.

The basic price was # 40,020, and we added # 5320 - worth of Bluetooth, BMW Assist (an «online portal» including Google local search), DAB radio, Harman / Kardon surround - sound, USB audio interface, satnav, voice control, heated seats with adjustable lumbar support, metallic Valencia Orange paint, tinted glass and folding mirrors.

A DAB digital radio - equipped touchscreen media system is standard fit, and can be upgraded to include voice - activated satnav and a 30 GB hard drive (# 1505), while a 400W Fender stereo with eight speakers (some of them ambient lit!)

By the time the satnav tells me to leave the M5 and hit the last 30 miles of country roads to Lynton, it's pitch black and a bit drizzly.

The infotainment is simple and easy to use, too: switching between the radio and satnav — a task you might frequently undertake — requires the press of just one button.

CDX trim level provides heated front seats, leather seats, cruise control, rear park sensors, and electric windows / mirrors together with a satnav (this was fitted as an accessory later)- providing plenty of toys in a spacious vehicle with seven seat option.

You can specify higher power versions of both engines in the Zetec Edition too, and it's a popular spec with Ford SYNC 3 and satnav on an 8 - inch touchscreen, cruise control, 16 - inch alloy wheels and power windows and mirrors all featuring.

The satnav can gin up a split - screen view, with micro and macro perspectives of the car's location.

The price of our 3.0 GT started at about $ 29,000 and topped out at $ 35,145 with the $ 6,100 GT Touring Package: a satnav system on a seven - inch touch screen, Bluetooth, a pushbutton tilt - and - slide sun roof, roof rails, leather seats and a power - operated liftgate, along with the features mentioned earlier — plus a Rockford Fosgate stereo with a big subwoofer and nine speakers that can push out 710 watts of sound.

The entry - level is called the Jeep Cherokee Longitude Plus and features a wealth of kit including 17 - inch alloys, 8.4 - inch touchscreen infotainment with DAB, Bluetooth, satnav and voice command, a 9 - speaker Alpine sound system, rear parking sensors, powered seats, auto headlamps and wipers, stop start, dual zone climate and cruise controls, power tailgate and part - time Active Drive 4x4.

Although you miss out on the leather seats, there are still loads of goodies including dual - zone air and satnav.

In terms of standard equipment, included is this generation is satnav, a seven - inch colour touch - screen infotainment system, automatic locking doors and boot, cruise control with speed limiter, speed - sensitive power steering, rear parking sensors, power windows and power / folding / heated mirrors.

This car — a Beetle Convertible TDI, Toffee Brown Metallic over Beige Leatherette, $ 29,790 without satnav — is a rolling bundle of contradictions.

The satnav is appalling: its notion of 800 yards ahead might last for two miles or more, its turn directions came too late and its traffic camera feature didn't work at all, despite my having paid for regular updates.

It has sporty looking bits all over, and a bit carved out of the dash to accommodate a small Garmin satnav system, which stows easily in the glovebox when not in use.