Zenec ZE-NC2010

[G-rig]

That's just what i wanted to hear.
If other satnav's use IGO8 and run Aus maps then I should be able to get it on the Zenec.

Will still try to contact them and work out if they can be provided with the unit upon purchase.
Might have to stay up late or wake up early to get the phone call connected during their office hours.

All those Waywell units do (W6050 etc, which run win CE) and so does the Eclipse unit but that may have it's own OS but there are maps available.

Surely you can specify what country maps you want when placing the order if they aren't smart enough to determine it from your delivery address.

[plasmod3]

if i remember correctly on one of the golf forums, someone did ask zenec about the unit & ? australian maps & he was told by the company that they do not install australian maps on the unit. From memory it is a proprietary os rather than a win ce os like the others taht allow any nav software to be installed.. Have a look at the eclipse btw, seems to have good reviews except i think it's screen resolution is rather 'lowish'

Wrt all the chinese units, they seem to have one problem or the other with no backup support. In theory though if you have enough support that can become a great piece of software...look at www.xda-developers.com for example but no such things exist.

In fact it is surprising that no one has taken these nav units apart & reverse engineer it like the ppcs have been

Back to sat navs though, one other worthy unit to consider was the pioneer f10bt. It comes with good maps as well as speed cams etcetc & wait for it.....traffic info! Bad thing about it is it doesn;t do voice control ( the uk & us ones do but in the true spirit of Australian electronics pioneer decided that we don't need it!) Good luck trying to put australian maps on a uk unit as well...as far as i know...not possible....

[Silverstreak]

That's just what i wanted to hear.
If other satnav's use IGO8 and run Aus maps then I should be able to get it on the Zenec.

Will still try to contact them and work out if they can be provided with the unit upon purchase.
Might have to stay up late or wake up early to get the phone call connected during their office hours.

I sent an e-mail to Zenec about this and they sent me a link to NaviExtras who provide the maps for their units and unfortunately they don't seem to have maps for Australia.

[G-rig]

This unit isn't even cheap anyway, just get the RNS10.