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moltuae 24th February 2015 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by David's8 (Post 89717)
I tried it once and gave up due to the length of time to enter the co-ords into RNS_D. I looked at doing it for the last annual meet where some of the stops were at random points along the road but it was too much of a faff and I guessed that the forum members were there to enjoy a drive and not to discover their satnav functionality. :p

It takes maybe a minute longer (if that) to enter coordinates, than it does to enter a postcode or address, once you get used to doing it.

Granted, it may take maybe 2 or 3 minutes to find the location and get its coordinates from Google Maps/Earth, but you could easily lose more time than that trying to find a house number or address when you arrive at the general location provided by post code input.

Professor Peach 26th February 2015 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by moltuae (Post 89708)
Select map/compass view (which displays the map), then simply press the right-hand knob to toggle between map and compass.

Cool - tried it last night. Never seen that before! I'm not sure it's any use whatsoever, but it looks good (a bit like the wife:ROFL:).

Is there anything else in these cars I didn't know existed I wonder. Perhaps I should do the very un-blokey thing and read my owners handbook. :D

David's8 26th February 2015 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor Peach (Post 89804)
Cool - tried it last night. Never seen that before! I'm not sure it's any use whatsoever, but it looks good (a bit like the wife:ROFL:).

Is there anything else in these cars I didn't know existed I wonder. Perhaps I should do the very un-blokey thing and read my owners handbook. :D

I guess that Mrs Peach doesnt read this forum! ;)
Real men would have thrown the manual away but I have to admit to reading it cover to cover which is where i found out about lat/long entry but as I said earlier and was mentioned by others, faffing about with decimal degrees or degrees and decimal minutes or degrees/mins/secs makes it all a bit long winded. If you are into these things, there is an properly validated conversion tool which also deals with OSGB (eastings/northings) on the Ordnance Survey site.

Professor Peach 26th February 2015 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by David's8 (Post 89807)
I guess that Mrs Peach doesnt read this forum! ;)

No, not normally, but if she did would be flattered and not notice that I insulted her at the start of the sentence....... I hope.:love:


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