nedkellylives Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Does anyone know a shop that sells GPS navigation system for vehicles portable if possible and approximate cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagallim Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Not sure if it's still there, but I bought a Garmin Nuvi (very good) from a place next to the Canon shop on the 1st floor of Central a few years ago. It was a high spec version, about 17 or 18,000 baht if memory serves me correctly. An alternative of course is to use a 'smart phone' with 3G connection (using a 12v car charger to maintain battery life). Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) Se-ed books sell Garmin products. There's a branch at Homepro Chalong. I bought the bottom of the range Nuvi 40 a couple of years back and I'm happy with it. Currently using it in England after simply inserting a UK map SD card. Cost under 4,000 baht Edited July 11, 2014 by madmitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Thanks for the replies, dont have or want a smart phone, leave that to the wife I will check out prices at home pro, probably cheaper now like most electronic products always expensive when they first come on the market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Bought a garmin 3592 lm it came with thai instructions only, does anyone know of a place that can tell me how to install and operate They told me in shop that the instructions were in Thai and english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) Ned, Try this from the Garmin site: The Quick Start Manual: http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_35xx_QSM_EN.pdf The Full Manual (88 pages): http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_3500_OM_EN.pdf Yours is a 3500 series and the different digits represent different regional maps and power cord plug-in types. Cheers Edited July 12, 2014 by ClutchClark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Ned, Try this from the Garmin site: The Quick Start Manual: http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_35xx_QSM_EN.pdf The Full Manual (88 pages): http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_3500_OM_EN.pdf Yours is a 3500 series and the different digits represent different regional maps and power cord plug-in types. Cheers Thanks for that mate, its currenty in Thai and i do not even know how to change it to english Easier to pay someone to set it up for me if someone knows how Happy to go anywhere in phuket to have it done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Ned, Try this from the Garmin site: The Quick Start Manual: http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_35xx_QSM_EN.pdf The Full Manual (88 pages): http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac//nuvi_3500_OM_EN.pdf Yours is a 3500 series and the different digits represent different regional maps and power cord plug-in types. Cheers Its in Thai at present and i do not even know how to change it to english Happy to pay someone to set it up for me and happy to travel to have it done anywhere in Phuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Maybe you can find more info here, http://www.garmin.com.sg/m/buzz/sg/minisite/nuvi3592lm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 If it's similar to the Nuvi 40, there's a language selection in the settings. Get a Thai person to find that, change it to English and you'll be fine. But, it is possible that you have the Thai map installed as well. Not all are dual language. There are ways of changing this but I took the simple option as I was going to Bangkok and had it changed free of charge at the Garmin offices near Silom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Maybe you can find more info here, http://www.garmin.com.sg/m/buzz/sg/minisite/nuvi3592lm/ No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Maybe you can find more info here, http://www.garmin.com.sg/m/buzz/sg/minisite/nuvi3592lm/ No Thanks for making the effort and coming up with a link of potential interest, but no thanks, it does not help me any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 If it's similar to the Nuvi 40, there's a language selection in the settings. Get a Thai person to find that, change it to English and you'll be fine. But, it is possible that you have the Thai map installed as well. Not all are dual language. There are ways of changing this but I took the simple option as I was going to Bangkok and had it changed free of charge at the Garmin offices near Silom. Managed after playing around to change it to english have not worked out how to set it to travel to required destination Once it finishes charging i will go bavck to the shop and ask them how to do it dont like my luck but worth a try, maybe Banana IT know how to set and operate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nedkellylives Posted July 12, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2014 Maybe you can find more info here, http://www.garmin.com.sg/m/buzz/sg/minisite/nuvi3592lm/ No Thanks for making the effort and coming up with a link of potential interest, but no thanks, it does not help me any further. Thanks for making the effort but i have already checked that web site and other sites as well and no it does not help 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuket43 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 The official Weller in Thailand is eaglegps. Write to them [email protected] or Sent from my GT-P5110 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuket43 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 They also have a nice website thai/eng and ship everywhere in Thailand. Sent from my GT-P5110 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 If it's similar to the Nuvi 40, there's a language selection in the settings. Get a Thai person to find that, change it to English and you'll be fine. But, it is possible that you have the Thai map installed as well. Not all are dual language. There are ways of changing this but I took the simple option as I was going to Bangkok and had it changed free of charge at the Garmin offices near Silom. Managed after playing around to change it to englishhave not worked out how to set it to travel to required destination Once it finishes charging i will go bavck to the shop and ask them how to do it dont like my luck but worth a try, maybe Banana IT know how to set and operate it Need to know how to set enter and search for a destination? Quick Start Guide page 5: http://static.garmin...35xx_QSM_EN.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDM0712 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Got a Garmin in Tesco nr Kathu a few years ago, couldn't do my job without it now. It's the Thai version but I just changed the language to English, something the chap said in the shop couldn't be done. But the map and search index is in Thai, which is not a problem for me as I use the raw coordinates. Cost about 4000 baht. SDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 If it's similar to the Nuvi 40, there's a language selection in the settings. Get a Thai person to find that, change it to English and you'll be fine. But, it is possible that you have the Thai map installed as well. Not all are dual language. There are ways of changing this but I took the simple option as I was going to Bangkok and had it changed free of charge at the Garmin offices near Silom. Managed after playing around to change it to englishhave not worked out how to set it to travel to required destination Once it finishes charging i will go bavck to the shop and ask them how to do it dont like my luck but worth a try, maybe Banana IT know how to set and operate it Need to know how to set enter and search for a destination? Quick Start Guide page 5: http://static.garmin...35xx_QSM_EN.pdf thanks, i have tried to find Khao Lak but i cannot find it garmin has a different name for the place i think New toy i will work it out eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDM0712 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) thanks, i have tried to find Khao Lak but i cannot find it garmin has a different name for the place i think New toy i will work it out eventually I have the Garmin, the Thai version. In practice this has meant that although I can change the spoken language to English and the system menus to English, the map database remains in Thai. This makes it very hard to select a place name as we would on a system with an English map database. For me because I travel around Phuket I have to take the GPS co ordinates of each of our properties anyway so it's easy to program the unit up with raw GPS co ordinates and save the location in favourights. If your system has the Thai map the only way around this is to replace the map with an English version. However if you can't be bothered all you need to do is to find where you want to go using something like Google Earth, take down the GPS co ordinates (two sets of numbers, for Phuket they normally start 07.xxxxxx and 98.xxxx). Once you have this you can program the device to go to that location. Incidentally on the device set up there are three formats of GPS co ordinates , from memory it's the top format you want. The first set you enter is 07.xxxxx, but the lower number for this part of the world anyway. If this solves your problem PM me and I will give you specific point by point instructions of how to set the device up and how to find and enter a location using GPS co ordinates. SDM PS I have looked up Khao Lak and it's North 08.64987, East 98.25233 PPS if you run these coordinates in Google Map or other software don't bother the the East and North, but the Garmin will want them Edited July 13, 2014 by SDM0712 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 thanks, i have tried to find Khao Lak but i cannot find it garmin has a different name for the place i think New toy i will work it out eventually I have the Garmin, the Thai version. In practice this has meant that although I can change the spoken language to English and the system menus to English, the map database remains in Thai. This makes it very hard to select a place name as we would on a system with an English map database. For me because I travel around Phuket I have to take the GPS co ordinates of each of our properties anyway so it's easy to program the unit up with raw GPS co ordinates and save the location in favourights. If your system has the Thai map the only way around this is to replace the map with an English version. However if you can't be bothered all you need to do is to find where you want to go using something like Google Earth, take down the GPS co ordinates (two sets of numbers, for Phuket they normally start 07.xxxxxx and 98.xxxx). Once you have this you can program the device to go to that location. Incidentally on the device set up there are three formats of GPS co ordinates , from memory it's the top format you want. The first set you enter is 07.xxxxx, but the lower number for this part of the world anyway. If this solves your problem PM me and I will give you specific point by point instructions of how to set the device up and how to find and enter a location using GPS co ordinates. SDM PS I have looked up Khao Lak and it's North 08.64987, East 98.25233 PPS if you run these coordinates in Google Map or other software don't bother the the East and North, but the Garmin will want them Thanks for that information, we drove to Khao Lak today and as we travelled new destinations were available on the unit as we changed areas as we got closer to Khao lak all the local listings were available Just a test run, we will be heading up to Cha Am in a few days and I want to find the Thai Bamboo guesthouse/resort which is pet friendly but a bit out of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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