Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


TLD

TLD

902 posts

Ultimate Geek


#179089 25-Aug-2015 23:26
Send private message

I've owned my big Pajero for ten years now, but I still can't reverse into a parking space without leaving a three foot gap when I am convinced I am inches away from whatever is behind me.  I got as far as buying a reversing alarm kit from Repco once, before realizing I could exactly the same thing from TradeMe for less than half the price, so I returned it and got my money back, but then never got round to a TradeMe deal.  Yep.  Bloody hopeless, but that's blokes for you. embarassed

I also need to replace my ageing GPS.  It mainly only gets used for trips to the UK, but the maps are ten years out of date, the screen is cracked making it hard to select some letters, so for the price of new maps and a screen fix, I might as well get a new one.  So after looking at reversing cameras online this evening, it occurred to me that they must make vehicle GPS units that will take a camera input, but after further searching on TradeMe, I remain confused.  The ones I found are cheap looking OEM units with no means to research the GPS.

I am looking for a good quality GPS with a larger than average screen with NZ & Oz maps, but with an option to load UK and Ireland maps, and the ability to take a reversing camera.  Any direction would be greatly received.

BTW  I am loving my DOD dashcam bought from recommendations from this forum.




Trevor Dennis
Rapaura (near Blenheim)

Create new topic
gregmcc
2147 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1374329 26-Aug-2015 06:20
Send private message

bite the bullet and buy a separate unit for each, some pretty good reversing cameras that turn a section of the rear view mirror in to a screen.

As far as a GPS, buy a Garmin, heaps of world wide open source maps available for those overseas trips

Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15



Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.