Page 1 of Sony Sat Nav NV-U50 (with partial France/Belgium) & full postcode reduced to £99.99 at JS

Just saw this on another site, and went to buy one immediately.

Sold in John Lewis for £200, Amazon for £242 etc. Shows on J Sainsburys web site at reduced to £150, but in-store selling off at £99.99

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Very well built unit. I love the fact that it can navigate using full 8 digit postcodes, and has partial maps of France - ie Northern France (& Belgium by the looks of it) !

Selling out fast - and only a few stores in my area had them so worth ringing ahead and asking them to hold onto one. The customer service when you ring through to JS at each store I rang is very polite and helpful.

I was looking at this - doesn`t the product only support 6 digit postcodes? :/

Seems to get pretty good reviews, though not the latest sirf star 3 receiver (it`s 2) whatever difference that means.

Don`t know how it compares to Tom Tom 1 which is now about for £150, £50 cheaper than before Xmas.

Looks like they`ve sold out, locally at least anyway (West Midlands).

It was a good buy at that price.

It does support the full postcode - have tried it today and it works a treat. :)

I guess Sony have updated the software, since the reviews I saw.

Some you win, some you lose. :( :( :( although I`ve probably spent enough this Xmas (he says trying to console himself)

I`ll carry on with the book for the time being. :¦ :¦ :¦ Nothing like a good argument over map directions with the missus! :) :) :)

No good for safety cams apparently?

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No good for safety cams apparently?

In fact you can download the full list of speed cameras as POI`s on the NV-U50. :)

I haven`t done that yet though.... I`m still umming & erring about another feature it has which I really like the look of - TMC.... but as with all things there is :

The good : With TMC the sat nav will adjust your route automatically to steer you clear of heavy traffic build-up in real-time.... and

The not so good : from what I see to use the TMC feature you need a Sony NVA-CU3T Cradle which costs £££.

Oh well, life is full of choices. :/

This item was edited on Sunday, 31st December 2006, 21:48

Well worth it if your job involves travelling to different addresses each week. However, if you just go to work and the shops each day, etc and travel to the same places each week, do you really need one?

We only use our Tom Tom on average once a month when we go to a place we have not been before. Once you have been there once you know where it is!

thats why the ones with speed camera alerts are so much more useful....



why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive