Becker Map Pilot - Any good?
Discussion
I'm not the only one to have had problems with this system. Updating can be a nightmare, since the programme downloaded doesn't seem to connect with the unit. It isn't a plug and play GPS like Garmin or Tomtom. Also, if you have the radar warnings downloaded, it'll drive you mad in Europe on the motorways beeping at every one in two bridges, exits, breakdown exits, service stations etc.
Yes, go for it; they're fantastic. I got mine from a German ebayer, brand new and sealed for £200.
I went for the safety camera upload - it's OK but not as good as, say TomTom, but I won't be without it.
I've also had update issues, I have a little netbook that works, but no other computers in the house will work.
I went for the safety camera upload - it's OK but not as good as, say TomTom, but I won't be without it.
I've also had update issues, I have a little netbook that works, but no other computers in the house will work.
toby tucker said:
recommended and I'm very pleased with mine - negotiated it FOC dealership when car was new. My only criticism is it is difficult to change the volume of the sat nav and radio independently when both are on .
Took me ages to figure it out. Wait until the verbal diarrhoea starts from the satnav and press up or down on the volume control. That will then deal with the satnav volume without affecting the radio. It's the only way I have found to deal with it anyway.
nej606k said:
Remind me how much a TomTom with lifetime free map updates costs. About a third the price of a Becker.
What? About seventy quid for said TomTom? And it's all integrated with the car controls, voice activated, fades out/in the stereo blah blah? Don't get me wrong I like my TomTom (though it certainly wasn't £70) but I'd far rather have the Becker - even at full retail.
Voice command. Won't work for me.
Post codes. Three times instead of Maldon it took me to Munden, 10 miles away.
Dartford tunnel. It tries to take me off the M25 at every junction from a few miles out approaching from the south.
Updating. Anyone found it easy? Had to try three computers before it worked.
Radar warning. Beeps every few seconds around Paris and on motorways and drives me nuts. Anywhere and everywhere there might just possibly be a radar it beeps, like every breakdown truck and cop entrances on motorways.
Directions. I have now discovered a reliable source to find the correct route. It's called a map.
I think I'll put a Garmin where the screen is. It'll just fit. Or use a phone based system.
Post codes. Three times instead of Maldon it took me to Munden, 10 miles away.
Dartford tunnel. It tries to take me off the M25 at every junction from a few miles out approaching from the south.
Updating. Anyone found it easy? Had to try three computers before it worked.
Radar warning. Beeps every few seconds around Paris and on motorways and drives me nuts. Anywhere and everywhere there might just possibly be a radar it beeps, like every breakdown truck and cop entrances on motorways.
Directions. I have now discovered a reliable source to find the correct route. It's called a map.
I think I'll put a Garmin where the screen is. It'll just fit. Or use a phone based system.
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