I had a 1997 R reg Vauxhall Omega Elite and that had a Philips VDO Dayton unit in the boot with a CD-ROM and a small 3" black and white screen in the dash. I believe it also had seperate rotary-push controls dedicated mounted on the centre console. It was very good for the time, it had voice guidance, POIs, navigation symbols (turn arrows, roundabouts etc...), as today, what was missing was colour, speed limits maps, junction layout and live traffic (TMC was an option) or. I remember if it was even in a multistory carpark or garage it used to take 10 minutes to know where it was again which is daft - why didn't it just remember where it was last time the ignition was on.
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