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  • Sat Nav Buyer's Guide

    Sat Nav Buyer's Guide

    A sat nav or GPS device will direct you from A to B, but it can also provide a wide range of features to make driving easier. Check out our guide to the top features to look out for when choosing a sat nav or GPS device.

  • Sports GPS Buyer's Guide

    Sports GPS Buyer's Guide

    GPS has a wide range of uses in sport, and is becoming a popular way for people to track their performance when training. Find out more about the world of sports GPS with this guide from Halfords.

  • GPS Watches Buyer's Guide

    GPS Watches Buyer's Guide

    A GPS watch can provide you with all sorts of useful information when running, to help you track your progress and improve your fitness. Find out more about these brilliant training tools with our GPS watches buyer's guide.

  • How to Update a Sat Nav

    How to Update a Sat Nav

    Roads change by up to 15% each year, so having the latest maps and services available on your sat nav can be important. Find out how to update a sat nav with this guide from Halfords.

  • Why Buy a Sat Nav with Live Traffic Updates?

    Why Buy a Sat Nav with Live Traffic Updates?

    Sitting in traffic is one of the major downsides of driving, but a sat nav with live traffic updates can help you to avoid this.

Buyers Guide Sat Nav & GPS Buyers Guides

  • A sat nav or GPS device will direct you from A to B, but it can also provide a wide range of features to make driving easier. Check out our guide to the top features to look out for when choosing a sat nav or GPS device.
     
    Sat Nav Buyer's Guide
  • GPS has a wide range of uses in sport, and is becoming a popular way for people to track their performance when training. Find out more about the world of sports GPS with this guide from Halfords.
     
    Sports GPS Buyer's Guide
  • A GPS watch can provide you with all sorts of useful information when running, to help you track your progress and improve your fitness. Find out more about these brilliant training tools with our GPS watches buyer's guide.
     
    GPS Watches Buyer's Guide

How To Guide Sat Nav & GPS "How To" Guides

  • Roads change by up to 15% each year, so having the latest maps and services available on your sat nav can be important. Find out how to update a sat nav with this guide from Halfords.

     
    How to Update a Sat Nav

Featured Article Latest Sat Nav & GPS Articles

  • Sitting in traffic is one of the major downsides of driving, but a sat nav with live traffic updates can help you to avoid this.
     
    Why Buy a Sat Nav with Live Traffic Updates?
  • Sat navs are often called GPS systems because they use the Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) that orbit the earth. Find out more about what GPS is with this guide from Halfords.
     
    What Is GPS?
  • Since July 2007, the UK's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations requires that all producers of electrical equipment are now obliged to pay for recycling of household electrical goods.
     
    WEEE Regulations

FAQs Sat Nav & GPS FAQ's

  • This depends on your vehicle, where you travel and what extra features you require.

    » Do you need a portable sat nav that can be transferred between vehicles?
    » Do you need a widescreen sat nav or a smaller compact one?
    » Do you need European or USA mapping or do you only travel within the UK?
    » Do you require features such as a built-in MP3 player, built-in Bluetooth hands-free calling, safety camera database, points of interest locator and traffic updates?

    Also consider the size of the screen, the touch screen variations, the voice navigation and how often you will use it before you decide which model to buy.

     

  • Sat Nav or GPS systems use the Global Positioning Satellite which orbits the earth.

    The GPS locks into the Sat Nav receiver in your unit and locates its position on the surface of the earth. Calculating longitude, latitude and altitude, the position is laid over a standard road map which accurately reveals the driver's position to within ten metres.

    Built-in Sat Nav software can also work out the easiest route between any two points on the map and can combine average road speeds and other data, if necessary, to advise you on arrival times and road conditions on route.

     

  • Generally, yes.

    Most Sat Navs work straight from the box and just need to be fixed to your windscreen or dashboard on a mount and can be plugged into your cigarette lighter. Sat Navs also have an easy-to-use touch-screen with menus and options to help you find the features you need with no fuss.

    However, if you do feel you need some help, Halfords offer a FREE set-up and demo service to help get you started, showing you exactly how to use your Sat Nav and how to get the best from it.

     
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