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Parking a vehicle takes a lot of skill. The possibility of bumping into people, vehicles big and small, various types of curbs, pillars, walls, posts, barriers, fences, garage doors, and other parking accidents is highly likely. Now, you can relax. You have the Parking Dynamic PD1 parking Sensor that takes care of all your parking requirements. This revolutionary piece of equipment is truly unique. It can be fitted easily and does not require making any holes. This sensor is very reliable in any type of parking situations and weather conditions.

The device works on electromagnetic technology that makes parking safe and easy so no accidents, bumps and scrapes can occur. It is 100% accurate and reliable. Although a GPS like the TomTom Go 930 Traffic can also tell you your exact location, it does not know the location of the cars you parking next to and not prevent you from accidently scratching your automobile. The parking sensor, on the other hand, can. The Sensor can be fitted in any type of vehicle like 4×4s, cars, vans, SUVs, MPVs and even motor homes.

The adhesive antenna made of metal is unique and comes with the PD1 parking sensor. This can be mounted discreetly on your plastic bumper on the inside so your vehicle maintains its sleek look. The device is available in three options namely the Parking Dynamics PD1 vision rear, PD1 front and PD1 Rear. All of them work on the unique electromagnetic technology and different tones tell them apart from each other.

Drivers get all round protection for their vehicle through the Front and rear sensors, which work independently on separate circuits. The sensor has three audible tones that alert the driver of the proximity of an object. The entire bumper is well protected with a beeping sound that increases in volume. As you reverse your vehicle, the device constantly monitors its surroundings for any object and alerts you instantly.

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The new XL range from TomTom offers satellite navigators with a super sized high quality LCD touch screen of 4.3 inch. The design of the Tom Tom One XL is new and sleek. With a super sized LCD screen, drivers are guaranteed with a crystal clear view on their screens. Their journey on the roads is sure to be hassle and stress free and absolutely safe. The huge screen provides better view of the roads with detailed information about the streets.

The Tom Tom One XL provides drivers with traffic information through an RDS-TMC traffic receiver accessory that ensures drivers can stay away from congested roads. Navigation is a breeze for drivers as they use the TomTom One XL which provides the fastest routes through instant calculation and date maps using the free QuickGPSfix software.

As you drive, this satellite navigator provides real time traffic information and the latest weather reports along with updates on road conditions along the route you are taking. Users of the Tom Tom One XL have free access to TomTom Home, which is a free software application. The software application enables users to download, transfer and manage content from their computers to the satellite navigator device.

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This is one news that’s’ going to fascinate not just the car lovers but football lovers and everyone else. Steven Gerrard has decided to put his Range Rover on sale and not through some showroom or anything but simply on the internet. For his fans that is like an opportunity of a life time, if you have the requisite money, that is.

His 3.6 litre Range Rover Vogue GT is available at £ 52,990 for any one to buy. The Liverpool captain has only used this car for a year or so. Though he bought it for £ 61,000 only he has spent quite an amount on many extra features.

The V8 engine vehicle has impressive alloy wheels, a great DVD system, wool rugs and many other features. And interestingly Gerrard has sold many cars in past and through the internet as well. He had sold his Range Rover Sport last year through the same process. For any Liverpool fans, the souped up Vogue GT will make a much better collector’s item than Gerrard’s old Adidas Predator Absolute X TRX SG foot boots, in our opinion. As for the car itself, it has covered some 20,000 miles but is still in a very great shape. And in case you end up buying it you’ll join the esteemed company of John Terry, Jermaine Defoe and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

This is a going to be a collector’s item and any one would love to get his hands behind its wheel. What will make it more memorable is that you’ll always see the number 8 Gerrard has got etched on the armrests, a cool reminder of Liverpool skipper’s jersey number.

In case you are football fan then this is definitely not the time to let this great opportunity pass by just like that.

Navigating in unknown areas of any city can be a frustrating experience. Many a time, we end up not knowing the correct route and go in circles in our vehicles. The MyGuide 3100 Satellite navigator is a perfect piece of equipment that takes care of all your navigational requirements. It is an entry level GPS unit using a MyGuide navigator 6.1 software to navigate.

Navigation is simple and easy with this unit as all that is required is for the user to plug it in the vehicle and start driving. Everything else is automatic. The satellite navigator is light and weighs approximately 185 grams. It also has an internally built antenna, which is integrated with a Centrality Atlas 11 along and a 20-channel GPS receiver

The unit comes equipped with the maps of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, with over 1.8 million places of interest. With so many interesting places pre-marked in the navigator, locating destinations in these two nations will be hassle free. If you are travelling in both these countries, then locating hotels, restaurants and hospitals will be a cake walk.

Users will obtain exact and precise navigational information, so reaching their destinations will not be difficult. Vehicle owners can plan the route they want to take to reach their destination in advance and can even avoid accident routes and road congestions with the help of this navigator. The MyGuide 3100 UK sat nav provides voice instructions in 24 languages. The voice instructions allow drivers to navigate the roads without taking their eyes off the road.

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Travelling on motorways and in unknown routes can be really maddening if you do not have the proper road maps with you. Road maps are not very helpful either and you could end up making circles or even getting lost. The Magellan Roadmate 1215 satellite navigator is here to rescue lost road users. If you are looking for an uncomplicated light satellite navigator to help you on your road travels then equip your vehicle with the Magellan RoadMate 1215.

The In car satellite navigator has a 3.5 inch LCD touch screen with a screen resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and 64000 colours. The dimensions of this wonderful sat navigator are 8.4 x 9.2 x 1.8 cm and it comes with a weight of 140grams. Equipped with a rechargeable lithium ion battery to power it, the Magellan RoadMate 1215 sat nav will work for three hours before a recharge is required. The GPS unit is WAAS and EGNOS compatible so all the navigational data that comes to you is very accurate. An in- built camera and a highly sensitive GPS receiver have been integrated with the GPS system.

The Magellan Road mate 1215 portable satellite navigational device is equipped with maps of 24 nations belonging to Europe. Details like nearest petrol pumps, hotels, airports and restaurants are available through the unit. The Magellan GPS unit has a Quick Spell function that immediately corrects wrong spellings of any word and its voice function reads out road names and junctions as you drive through. This is an entry-level device, easy to carry around in your pocket as you leave your vehicle. It is compatible with Bluetooth, FM transmitter and music payer.

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Did you know that it takes just 45 minutes to have the Alpine CHAS-634 6-Disc CD Changer installed by a professional? The Alpine is “Ai-NET” compatible, which means that the unit can convert Ai-Net signals into Acura/Honda vehicle stereo signals. These signals use the CD controls which come with the vehicle and can play directly through the audio system provided by the factory. This eliminates the need to use the FM Channel to play. The Alpine product is wireless as it plays through the car stereo.

All the existing controls of the car work very well once you have installed the Alphine CHAS-634 6-Disc CD Changer in your vehicle. On this device, you can fast forward, repeat music tracks or even skip. The Alphine CD Changer will allow you to play all the CDs you want. You can change tracks and play CDs using a combination of CD controls on the unit.

The Alphine CD changer provides easy access to folders on an MP3 CD and loading and removing CDs is no more a hassle. The CD trays on the unit are separable and the entire tray assembly can be taken apart too. So you need to be careful when handling the trays. The Alpine CHA-S634 is able to track and find disks easily in MP3 and regular CDs. The Alphine unit comes with an anti-skip buffer though this is not listed in the brochure. With the Alphine CHAS-634 6-Disc CD Changer installed in your vehicle, driving will be a pleasure as you have the best entertainment system on board.

With the new hands free driving legislation in the UK taking effect, many vehicle owners are looking for a good Bluetooth car kit that can be installed in their vehicle. Installing the Parrot CK3000 Blue Tooth car kit means you can have endless minutes of hands free conversations on your mobile. It allows you to make incoming and outgoing calls with ease without you having to release your hands from the steering wheel.

On purchase of the Parrot CK3000 Bluetooth car kit, you will be provided with an instruction booklet that helps you to install the device in your car easily. The installation process is easy and quick, requiring no professional help. The radio head unit requires to be connected to the bluetooth through cables. The bluetooth device is placed between the speakers and battery and it is all set to function. Unfortunately, the CK3000 does not come with and LCD screen like the Parrot CK3100 LCD kit. Of course, the CK3000 does have the advantage of being easy to place. Simply find a convenient location to place your microphone and keypad and then you are all set to enjoy a hassle free drive.

The device comes with a compact keypad that has three buttons. The red is for hanging up a call and the green for answering one. A dial controls volume and there are select buttons to help you customize the settings. The audio is very clear and the unit springs into action instantly as you turn on the ignition. The Parrot CK3000 Blue Tooth Car kit is great value for money. Have it installed in your car so you can enjoy making hands free calls whilst you are driving.

Garmin, the company renowned for its sat navs, has come up with another product called the Street pilot C550 Navigator. The features of this navigator include twelve channel receivers, built-in antenna, Bluetooth and many custom points of interest. The navigator enables you to view the map in both 2D and 3D format. It also has an MP3 player, dual built-in speakers and built-in microphone. It is loaded with the maps of North America and Europe. The MapSource MetroGuide GPS software, MapSource City Select and the MapSource City Navigator are features compatible with this navigator.

The Garmin Street pilot C550 navigator calculates and gives you the next best route to your destination, incase of any traffic congestion. Besides this, the Garmin Streetpilot C550 sat nav also gives you the shortest and quickest route suggestion, toll roads, one-ways and trip distance and so on. They also give you updates on speed limits, which have to be followed at certain places. The Bluetooth facility offers hands-free calling. The navigator comes with twelve channel receiver and a LCD screen measuring 2.8 x 2.1 inches. The text-to-speech facility helps you to concentrate on the road rather than looking at the system. The instructions given by the system are very clear.

All your favourite songs can be stored into the system’s memory and can be played on the MP3 player. The memory of the system can be expanded using the SD card. The system receives traffic updates from the Total Traffic network software. The battery has a life of 8 hours, which is an interesting feature. So try Garmin Streetpilot and enjoy the difference.

One of the interesting automotive GPS navigation devices with an attractive new interface is the Magellan Maestro M4040. This navigator comes with a touch screen, colour monitor measuring 4.3 inch. The sat nav device also offers Bluetooth technology which helps user with the convenient hands-free navigation. The SayWhere voice based routing and preloaded mapping software covers the entire European, US and Puerto Rican Atlases from NAVTEQ and ensures that you never get lost.

In order to select the shortest and quickest route you can use the EGNOS/WAAS enabled –SiRFstarIII receiver which has about 20 channels on offer providing an accuracy of 3 to 5 meters. As the name indicates, the Portable Maestro M4040, is truly portable with its 4.5 million preloaded points of interest (POI). You can also create your own POI and store them in the address book for future travels. You can access the POI via the upgraded interface, which is more user-friendly and attractive than the one used in earlier models like the Magellan Maestro 4200. Moreover, the Maestro M4040 includes a clear voice guiding you with the name of the street at every turn and alerts you in case of a wrong turn so that you need not keep your eyes glued on to the road looking for locations.

There is also the QuickSpell feature which ensures that the correct spelling of the location has been entered. More than minimizing spelling errors this feature helps you to spell out new places without much difficulty. While on tour to exotic locales, you could use the AAA TourBook that gives directions to the best AAA hotels and restaurants. It also has features such as AAA Roadside Assistance details and alerts about the special discounts offered by the AAA Show Your Card & Save program.

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Installing a satellite navigator in your vehicle gives you hassle free driving. How many times we would have taken a wrong turn in the unknown roads of another country and find that we are going around in circles. With the satellite navigator in place, you will never have to face a situation like that anymore. The satellite navigator guides you through all the roads. Arm yourself with the Medion Go Pal S2310 and you are all set to cruise any of the roads across Europe. It is waterproof, shock proof with a tough sturdy design suitable for outdoors.

The accessories that come along with the satellite navigator include a USB Cable, AC charger, car power adaptor, stereo headphones, Bluetooth headset and a vehicle mount. Losing yourself in the maze of roads in any country across Europe will be outdated when you have the Medion Go Pal S2310. You will have all the routes charted out for you in a simple way along with your own loaded customized Points of Interest (POI) other than the preloaded POI. The Medion GoPal GPS has a voice based alert system that helps guide you through the roads without your having to take your eyes off the roads.

It is a portable navigator so ensure that you carry it with you when you leave your car, as you do not want it stolen. The system has a 2 GB memory where you can load the maps of Europe and much more. With built in speakers and Bluetooth facility hands free calling and easy connectivity to a mobile phone is possible.