I have always wanted the Kenwood DNX9960 or DNX6960, because they are supported by Garmin.
The cost has so far prevented me from going that route.
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Christo's post made me look at the cheaper Chinese models:
CASKA (not much cheaper than Kenwood ):
No name brand (from StopShop.co.za):
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To make sure that I can in fact use these units with garmap's Topo & Rec maps, I sent an e-mail to Garmap, who re-directed me to Planet Electronics. who duly quoted on SA Streetmaps:
I then asked about SA Topo & Rec, and got this reply:The price of the Garmap software (on an SD Card) is R 2499. This price includes VAT.
You can purchase this SD Card through us.
Where are you based? Depending on your area, a small delivery fee will apply.
If you’d like to purchase the SD card then I will email you a formal quote with our banking details on it. As soon as we receive proof of payment we will be able to send the SD Card to you.
Please note that this SD Card is only compatible with units that run on Windows CE 5 or CE 6.
Regarding updates: there will be small free updates which are available for free download. Approximately once a year there will be a big update that will be available for download on our website as well as on http://www.garmapdrive.co.za This big update will cost approximately R 300 to R 400, and will only happen about once a year. This is done via the SD card that slots into the radio.
The Garmap navigation is Garmap Southern Africa Streetmaps 2010. The included countries are: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The maps cover all routable tar and gravel roads in Southern Africa.
This does not make sense, and if true, I don't want it.Unfortunately we do not have any such mapping available.
Unfortunately there are no Topo & Rec maps available for WinCE systems.
I am sorry about that.
If one Garmap mapset works on the system, surely any Garmap mapset will?
I use only SA Topo & Rec and T4A.
Anybody with experience of this?