I agree with Alan. I used one for a year+ until buying a Vertica Sports V2 earlier this year. The Aldi unit's screen could be brighter so I hope the new one is better, however there is a fix (and this works for all car type GPS units); make a hood for the screen from 2mm thick black craft foam and stick it to the unit with double sided tape. Works a treat.
FYI Graham White Gympie -----Original Message----- From: Alan Wilson [mailto:a...@ozemail.com.au] Sent: Friday, 22 August 2014 11:38 AM To: aus-soar...@lists.internode.on.net Cc: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] XCSoar ~ Aldi Car GPS, $60 thiis week If you have not yet got your XCSoar box for your glider, Aldi have a 4.3" car GPS on sale this week [in Australia] for $60. Go Cruise Catalogue Number 43719. [About the cost of an aerotow?] It comes with a car charger and windscreen mount etc, and it will convert to XCSoar on a TFT card [not included] in a matter of seconds. Portrait [I prefer] and Landscape mode works. I know most have XCSoar on an Android mobile phone, or can get a Nexux 7 for about $200, and Windows CE version of XCSoar is no longer supported. But it is a nice size and does the XCSoar job...... and the Australia car navigation looks user friendly also. FYI Alan Wilson Canberra. PS. A Great devotee of XCSoar. Now have 4 car GPS XCSoar capable, but this one was easiest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
