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| Brand: SATMAP
Category: Sports
List Price: £299.98
Buy New: £257.18
You Save: £42.80 (14%)
New (6) from £257.18
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 165
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.4 x 3.7
MPN: ACT10-V1BXD
EAN: 5060164270003
ASIN: B000W6YN82
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Easy to use, no computer needed, insert the map and go | | • | Clear Navigation, intelligent computer system makes finding your way simple | | • | Internet links, via USB cable, connect to the internet, download maps, share your favourite routes | | • | Electronic compass, works like a standard hand-held compass | | • | Guide book information, multi-media POI's bring your routes to life | | • | personalise by adding your favourite places, and data, all easily shared via the internet | | • | all-weather proof | | • | rapid pan and zoom ability | | • | all light conditions | | • | next generation GPS antenna | | • | long life battery | | • | robust shock-proof casing |
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Product Description
Complete Active 10 Sports GPS unit, including quick start user guide, standard carry case, lanyard, USB cable, set of 3 Energizer lithium AA batteries and all documentation. The unit comes pre-loaded with full UK OS MiniScale 1:1m (raster) road mapping, and full GB OS Meridian 2 (vector) road mapping.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Stick With It March 18, 2008
D. Green (UK)
43 out of 44 found this review helpful
I bought this piece of kit because I was impressed by the idea of a system based on an actual OS map. Also I wanted a GPS that a fifty two year old could see! I have had some problems with the unit but have found the staff at Satmap extremely helpful and courteous. Software version 1.15 sorts out most of the annoying little problems. I get a consistent satellite lock in anything from 30seconds to 3 minutes at the longest. I understand that speed of GPS lock is a trade off for having a screen much bigger than rival units.
Use of the power saving functions does extend battery life and I can recommend the rechargeable power pack. I also find that 2100mAh Ni-Mh(2) rechargeables work well. Rather than switching the unit off and on, try just switching the screen off. That way your route progress is updated.
I did encounter a problem with the 2 box data settings freezing the unit but Satmap have advised how this can be prevented and version 1.16 sorts that problem out (available imminently).
The accuracy of the unit is outstanding, the slightest deviation from the route seems to show up.The unit is rugged and the soft touch buttons and joystick practical. Whilst a comprehensive user guide is now available, when I bought just after Christmas, you were stuck with the very basic "Quick Start" guide. Fortunately, the unit is so easy to use that a route can be set up without guidance
I haven't used the "SatSync" software yet although I am looking into it. Anybody who thinks you can just plug the unit into your PC and create a route on-screen will be disappointed, although this may be a future option. If you have computer based mapping software that saves to .GPX or .MAP format, you can plan a route and save the waypoints to the Active 10. I know that Memory Map can do this and Anquet have just confirmed that their software will do the same. If I am successful, I will post a future review.
OK, you could argue that Satmap marketed the unit earlier than they should but the hardware is brilliant; with tweaks to the software it can only get better. There is a limit to the amount of testing you can do and sometimes you just have to market technology and rely on your customers identifying problems. I seem to recall that Bill Gates made a dollar or two with the same policy.
Finally, although the maps may appear expensive I understand that the mapping dep't will put map data up to 4Gb on an SD card for you. They will make any sort of custom map for you and can even put different areas of the UK on the same card. I always take a map and compass with me but would have no hesitation in recommending the SatMap
Excellent, easy to use and very accurate September 16, 2008
Dave (UK)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I've had my SatMap for a few weeks now and think it's an incredibly good device, though it has a few flaws and quirks.
It looks great, is of excellent quality and the buttons and joystick are easy to use. The screen is large and gives a clear image, though this can be negated by reflections from the screen cover. In bright sunlight you may need to press the backlight boost button for 100% brightness. For power saving you can configure the percentage brightness for when its not boosted.
One thing everyone comments on is the time taken to acquire satellites when it's switched on for the first time at a new location. It takes a few minutes but if you switch it on upon arrival it'll be ready by the time you're prepared to start your walk/cycle ride. It finds more satellites than my Garmin Etrex and hangs onto the signal much better than it when amongst trees (though the latest Extrex is said to better than the older ones).
I leave the SatMap's GPS switched on while I'm walking but set it so the screen switches off after 30sec. This saves on batteries and the display comes alive again at the press of any button. Leaving the GPS switched on means a continuous snail trail of your location is recorded, which you don't get otherwise.
The device is switched off (and on) with a single press of a button, which can be pressed by accident when you mean to press another one. If you switch it off by accident, the device will acquire the satellites quickly when switched on again and resume recording the trail. However, if the trail is later converted to a track and exported in GPX format to MemoryMap, the latter won't understand the way the track has been recorded in two sections. Luckily, that can easily be sorted by editing the GPX file - just remove the bit which splits the track segments, and any successive lines showing zero elevation or other funnies from when the device was restarting.
I've found the SatMap's accuracy to be very good. I placed the device on top of a trig point, and when I zoomed right in on the 1:25,000 map I found the reported position was right in the middle of the trig point symbol!
The built-in electronic compass seems okay when stationary, giving a reasonably close reading to a standard magnetic compass. However, when I used the GPS-based pointer to navigate to a GoTo point, it wavered about from one side to the other of the actual direction. I ended up heading towards the middle position and that took me there okay, but it wasn't very inspiring.
Only a quick start guide is supplied with the device. A much more detailed user guide can be downloaded from the website. However, it concentrates on what each control does in isolation rather than telling you how to combine the features on a day out on the hills.
The supplied Lithium AA batteries lasted well, but would be expensive in the long term at 4 for a pack of 4 (the device takes 3 of them). I tried using 2500 mAh NiMh rechargeable AA batteries but after only a few minutes of using fully charged ones the battery level dropped from 4 bars to 3 then almost immediately to 1 bar, with a message that the system was shutting down in 30 seconds. In fact, the same quick change in battery level from 3 to 1 and shutdown happened with the Lithium batteries though at least I'd had a long period with 4 bars before that. I've now ordered the optional LiPol rechargeable battery which is reputed to be long lasting.
The Ordnance Survey maps, sold separately on SD cards, are available in 1:25,000 & 1:50:000 scale. I bought the 1:50,000 set for all the National Parks in Britain (which is good value), plus the combined 1:25,000 & 1:50:000 maps for the area where I spend most time walking. That gives me coverage of most places I'm likely to go walking, with more detail for the area I go to most frequently.
Despite some flaws, the SatMap is an excellent, easy to use and very accurate GPS with a full OS map capability, and I highly recommend it.
More than delighted August 27, 2008
Dr. R. W. Luke (Kent)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have had this product since it was first launched and will say that unless you have the latest software, 1.20, you may be disappointed with features like satellite lock. However, when first released it was one of the fastest on the market. I love the OS map features and have recently completed Snowdon in pouring rain and had absolutely no problems. It was superb and after 7 hours walking I still had 2/3 batter power left using their own rechargeable battery pack I set my unit to turn the display off after 20 secs of idleness. I have tried the Garmin Colorado and find its screen too small. This display is perfect and being weather proof a big bonus. I tend to carry it on a lanyard over my neck tucked into a chest pocket and have had problems losing satellite lock at all.
Absolutely Superb! January 30, 2008
Doug (York, England)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
Hi, I just wanted to update this review. I have had the Sat Map for about 4 months and have just installed the new update. I thought it was good before, but this is even better.
I cannot recommend this product highly enough.
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I have had this unit for several weeks now and can not get over how good it is.
From the obvious quality of the packaging through to the superb design of the unit this "toy" never fails to delight.
It is true that the initial gps lock took quite some time, but now it is fast and very reliable.
I am using the Lithium Ion batteries SatMap recommend and am yet to replace them after many hours of use.
The screen is exceptional, the mapping excellent, I am using 1:25 000 and 1:50 000, which can be easily zoomed to 1:25 000. (Though obvoiously this is just the same as popping a map on a copier and pressing zoom)
The route planning is easy, the controls are simplicity themselves and I love the fact that when the screen gets scrathed you just pop another cover on.
The controls are chunky and can be used with gloves on.
The after sales service from SatMap has been very good.
I have no hesitation of recommending this item without reserve.
Knowledge at a price June 1, 2008
R. Bell (manchester (UK))
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
With long trips planned with my cycle in next couple of years my thoughts turned to navigation.
My previous experience showed that I could spend some time each day either wondering
if I was where I thought I was and stoppiing to ask or figure it out, or worst still going down the wrong road
and thus wasting energy.
So I thought an investment in the Sapmap system would eventually pay off in saved time, energy and piece of mind.
TD my test runs prove it to be true. The Satmap has guided me over several routes through Cheshires back waters.
All the time I know exactly where I am and how far to go etc
There is however one drawback for me in all of this and that is the issue of power.
Unlike the traditional paper map this gadget needs a battery of one sort or another.
When camping, like I do, the opportunities to use a wall charger are probably zero so you have to carry what you need.
The Satmap either uses 3 AA batteries or a bespoke rechargable pack ( 30 each)
I find that when cycling I have been checking my position probably every 10mins for about a minute.
So overall usage with screen on was about 6 minutes an hour.
The battery pack I found lasted about 10 hours with this level of usage.
Note: The devise still uses power to keep the gps going when screen is off.
These battery packs are probably the best option at present.
I was informed when I rang Satmap that they may be developing a cycle dynamo with a USB output to the
Satmap so charging would take place as you go along. This would be great if the drag on the wheel by the
dynamo does not slow you down and maybe you could also power your lights with it.
Conclusion:
I find the cycle mount with its single point attachment could perhaps do with a re-design with maybe a dual point
attachment to give at least an impression of better stability.
I've got mine attached to my handlebar bag adaptor extender with the help of a bit of rubber radiator hose
-that also helps to give a little bit of shock absorbsion. This leaves my handlebars gadget free.
TD I have no regrets about this purcase although the cost could put some off
Remember after the devise itself you have to buy maps, cycle mount, powerpack and spare batteries.
I would trust this devise when walking/cycling etc but I would always take a paper map just in case of failure
or loss of power.
All told an excellent product and easy to use.
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