CoPilot tablet satnav

Apologies, I see now that it is "Active Traffic" that is on 12 month subscription.

Surely I can't be the only person to make this mistake, it needs to be made clearer.  

I am thinking of buying the Co-pilot Caravan app. I was going to download the app onto a Fire HD7 tablet, but from checking the specs I don't think this tablet has GPS recognition.

Could you tell me which 7" tablet are you using with this app?

I use mine on an mini iPad 3.

You are quite correct that whatever tablet you use you have to have one that can pick up the GPS signals. 

I use a Samsung 7 inch Android tablet.

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One annoying thing I find with Co-Pilot is the pronunciation of places, street names, and road numbers and it is why I use the display to also check directions.

Has anyone found  a better voice than the standard offering?

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We use the 'Emily' voice on Co-Pilot and she doesn't give any place names or road numbers: neither do the other installed voices as far as we've tried. We did download the samsung galaxy voice which gives road names and places, but it can't cope with 'foreign'. "You have arrived at les bollocks" it said when we drew up at 'Les Bolleaux' in Beaune!

Thanks Chasncath, I hadn't realised the default voice was generated by Samsung. I downloaded some voices from Co-Pilot and changed it to Henry which sounds much better. Only a foreign trip will really test it.

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You can’t add SD cards (extra memory) to Apple devices so you need to make sure that you have enough in your basic tablet/phone. As mentioned above, you will need a USB power supply and some sort of holder to attach to the dash or windscreen.

You can get a free Satnav "maps.me” which will get you out if trouble anywhere in the world if you download the country/region on WiFi before you go. A bit basic but it works.

I have been using copilot caravan europe for about a year now and initially thought it was good, it has a really nice GUI with clear turn indicator etc.  Unfortunately, I have found the basic navigation is not very good or reliable as a motorhome or caravan sat nav and the dimension input seems to make little difference. 

On several occasions now it has taken me down narrow single lane tracks, regardless of any dimensions I enter.  The first time was in Shropshire on our way to Green Caravan Park in Wentnor, where i obtained some scrapes to the windows from overhanging bushes.  Google maps suggests a far more suitable road than the copilot caravan app.  (I even tried re-running the navigatioin using the maximum allowable width input of 8ft 6in - it still suggested the same route - I doubt the single lane track was even this wide at it's maximum).

More recently  in Bourton on the water in the Cotswolds, we were taken down single lane country roads with overhanging trees that were little more than dirt tracks; it was night time and foggy and I couldn't see the overhanging branches that put a dent into our new motorhome from one of these narrow tracks it sent us down; it even tried to send us down a road marked as "unsuitable for motor vehicles" - luckily my wife spotted the sign before I made the turn (maybe I accidentally selected it's hidden rallying mode?)  Needless to say I am a lot less impressed with this than I used to be.

That is not my experience with the truck version MR and I have been using it for the past 3 years both in the UK and on the Continent. In fact it is quite the opposite, it just does not like navigating in zones where truck bans are in force which does cause me some grief when I want to get to a site in these areas. I am currently trying the caravan version ( only had it a few months) and so far have not had your problems but I will see how it goes over the summer.

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