[Mgs] GPS/Nav in a MG - blind and deaf

[Paul Osborne]

Max, I'm with you , never had one or do I need one!!

paul
On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Max Heim wrote:

> We don't need no stinkin' GPS!
>
> Seriously, I don't know how you hear it without using a headphone. In my
MG,
> I can't hear my phone's obnoxious ringtone even when it's in my cargo
> pocket. And the screen/sunlight issue seems hopeless.
>
> In the old days we recruited winsome young things, and gave them the title
> Navigator (whether they could read a map or not).
>
> Personally, I don't understand the need for GPS. I have never seen one do
> anything that 5 minutes of looking at a map before setting out wouldn't
have
> accomplished, and without the distraction of fiddling with a device while
> driving, or taking one's eyes off the road.
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
> on 7/5/13 3:28 PM, Bob Donahue at bobmgtd at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> I've been using an older model TomTom in my B and TD. With the top down on
a
>> sunny day on the highway, I can't hear the tiny built-in speaker nor see
the
>> washed-out screen. My solution was to plug an amplified speaker into the
>> headphone output. This has worked out very well, I still can't see the
screen,
>> but I can hear the spoken directions. I would like to get a new GPS, but
none
>> of the new models has a headphone output. (OK, there are a couple of
>> motorcycle models that still have a headphone output, but they are north
of
>> $800!)
>>
>> I'm wondering what other MG'ers are doing for GPS - in the sun, on the
>> highway, with the top down.
>>
>> BTW, my hearing and sight are normal, I was just being glib in the subject
>> line.
>>
>> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
>> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
>> Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
>>               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
>> Member:  NEMGTR #11470
>>               NAMGBR # 7-3336
>>               Hoosier MGB Club
>>               Olde Octagons of Indiana
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