Using an iPad for navigation in an NV200 campervan. 

Oh My Goodness.. Thank YOU so much for this video. This is EXACTLY what I need for using my iPad Mini screen!!!! I just have to find way to mount it so it can stay in put. Wow.. such a helpful video… I have wanted a larger screen in my car for so long… wheels are turning as to how to make it happen. All The Best!

Thank you both for another interesting and informative video. Happy travels

Great info 👍👍 Looking forward to seeing your adventures around the IOM 👍 Thanks

Simply brilliant! Thanks so much. Found that really useful.

A very comprehensive answer to my question, thank you very much. Regards AJ

Helpful video, thanks. You could use sticky-backed velcro to attach the iPad firmly to the dashboard. Using the sticky back, attach one part of the velcro to the tablet and the other to the matching part of the dashboard, then attach the two together to get a firm attachment that can be taken apart any time you want. Sticky-backed velcro is wonderful stuff, almost as good as magnets in allowing you to attach things in places in a way that you could remove cleanly later if you wanted.

As ever….”kiss”. Great little system, and simple to use, bet you had a very quiet night at Sulby, and beautiful view next morning 👍🇮🇲

Great vlog thanks for sharing.

Brilliant video as usual Both found it very informative

Really good video. I had the same issue with the lack of gps antenna on my iPad 11 pro until I buy a Garmin glo 2 wich connects via Bluetooth to the iPad and add a gps antenna to it. It works amazingly

Excellent video Ken. We tried our non sim iPad and you are absolutely right it did not keep up at all. However we had a non sim Samsung tablet and tried that. It worked perfectly so must just be a thing with apple products. Never thought of using a tablet and now like you can clearly see the navigation again with our older eyes. Thank you.

Smart refit with the navigation space, if there is no wobbling problem, the iPad will be the best tour companion. Thanks for the bonus video.

Very informative once again, thanks! I use osmand for offline navigation which is completely free. I'm also a big fan of RAM mount system so I might check whether they make a tablet mount. Hope you are enjoying the trip

Hi Ken, Thanks again, very interesting l asked you what you used a few weeks ago when my old garmin gave up the ghost, like you l have started using iPhone and google maps, works fantastic. Same age and vision issues but as l don’t do that much map driving fine with the phone at the moment. Thanks again David.

Props to thinking outside the box for your creativity.

Great info Ken

Glasses are the vain of my life as well Ken I am forever putting them down & can't find then, but I have now got use to my Varifocals which is great as I don't need two pairs of glasses. Plus the use of a lanyard has help me not to keep losing then. Could not get on with Bifocal lenses, found the line in them very annoying. A bigger screen is always better. 👍😁

Ken - you are a genius!

First time I have viewed your channel. Very nicely done. In case you didn't know, you can preload the google maps so they will still work while without cellular data. Your gps module that is within the cellular iPad will then track your travels on the preloaded map as if you have cellular service. As for the non-cellular ipads, you are correct that the non-cellular ipads do not have gps modules. However, if you are using your cell phone to tether to the ipad to provide the cellular signal, it should also obtain the gps information as well. Well done. I am sure I will enjoy your other videos as well. Cheers.

I tested mine and used my phone’s hotspot. it worked well, the challenge is that it did go to sleep.. LOL. Thank you again.

Ken, I don't know how you do it, but all my life, you have always impressed me with more gravitas than anyone I have ever known. And then these vids! I might not have mentioned it to you before, but even before I got knocked off the bike, and certainly then, you impressed more gravitas in your person than anyone has done. You and Carol are brilliant. (But it makes me laugh you're so soft in these vids!)

I use a Garmin Drive 50. Not an expensive sat nav but very reliable.as I swap it between the Camper, motorhome and smart car I bought two extra mounts.

Thank you… very helpful!!!

Hi Carol & Ken, just watched the iPad for navigation & you mention if low on data whilst using google maps/needing a signal, you can down load google maps data for off line use before hand, keeps things smooth and no issues with signal, details on RU-vid. Ps my wife and I love your channel, best wishes.

Very interesting and informative video 😘👍🌺💞

Hi Ken and Carol, I have done the same and works brilliantly, I have also Bluetoothed it to a good quality bt speaker because the the speakers in my brand new MH are poor quality. Also using my phone to tether data, I can then listen to “BBC sounds” for radio and ITV hub and BBC iPlayer. I have also downloaded an app “launcher” which you can change the front page to suit your vehicle ie Fiat, VW ….

Good explanation Ken and you're spot on. There's a lag with a wifi only device on the move. It's not built for mobile comms. Thus unless your not going very fast ( I mean like a slow jog ) the buffering that you wouldn't have with a phone or sim enabled tablet can't keep up. Early Satnav systems had the same problems. It took forever for the system to get a location if it wasn't running all the time because the last stored position was out of sync with the current location. Used to drive you blokes and the Ambulance and emergency services absolutely bloody potty. We got a chap called Wasserman over from the Canadian Police for advice when we started putting digital stuff in the vehicles because they and the States were a few years ahead of us and we were only experimenting with a sort of telex system that used the old heat sensitive paper printouts. That's when the Home Office in their wisdom decided to give all the contracts to Motorola. That's sort of why I use Android kit and not Apple. Motorola left a nasty taste in my mouth as they say. Typical American organisations. You don't tell them what you want, they tell you what you'll get.

Great creativ thinking 🤔👍

Great info 👍😎

I still like my faithful old map book,I like to see the bigger picture and see my whole route on the page. I also have the Aldi special AA map which lists all the Aldi shops in the country.

I have a Pioneer system in my motorhome and have to say it’s hopeless. For navigation I rely on my cellphone and the Waze app which I find to be excellent. I might give my iPad a try as my eyes are not too good either (old age)

Thinking of iPad for our (towing) van. We are using the Tom Tom app (iPhone). You can now input vehicle dimensions and sync routes from pc (Mac). It also operates offline.

Very interesting

Thank you!!! 🙏

Thanks for the info Ken, useful as usual. Whats the weather like there? plenty of the wet stuff here just now! The only way to sort the eye thing is with laser treatment I have the same problem, need them to see what I'm eating now. Glasses are a pain but I'd be lost without them. Enjoy the rest of your stay, look forward to the next. Andy.

I use an iPad 8 in a VW Amarok, with cellular bought unused from eBay for £299 - only 32gb (why more for this application?) Bluetooth to existing system for sound - mounted on a very similar bracket in the CD slot - Solid virtually still, on all but the very very bumpiest road. Has its own sim - Siri working great for BBC sounds, Apple Music, Audible etc etc obviously Google maps but Waze and Apple maps work great too - would never go back - and at the price it’s crazy good value - good luck - thanks for vid.

I would like to see you do an overnight trip using only a good old fashioned paper map ….pick a destination Somewhere you haven’t been and it’s map only till you return home .not allowed to check anything on any device I.E for parking ,restaurants ..public toilets 🤣 etc then no iPad or phones at night to watch social media or downloading a film ….. take a pack of cards or a game or books to read I am if I may laying down the gauntlet …..I’m loving your channel ,slowly getting through it x

I like my iPad mini with WiFi & cellular. I then use Waze for online maps which is great and also Navmii as this is a complete download so no data used once the map is on your HDD.

Hi Ken… Just a couple of quick suggestions… Have you thought about using three and self-adhesive Velcro put the Ruffside on the car and on the small side on the fluffy side on the iPad will peel off because it’s 3 am and you then have a really sturdy fixing

good vid

Hi Ken and carol, loving your videos and trips in your nv200. Can I ask what is the width of your seat/bed, thinking it might be too small for us . Also can you have a bed in the pop top thinking that might be another option if it will take a adult. Many thanks

I have a Pioneer system in my car and it works very well with CarPlay and TomTom Go Navigation

very interesting, thanks for sharing. GPS / satnav is great but I still have/use a paper map to double-check. What about your reversing camera?

So creative finding a solution to a problem that is a necessity. When hubby n I travel I’m the “nag-avator” 😏 but I get us there ! Your lash up was clever! Mary

I had 2 of these -one broke on the corner but they sent a free replacement - They are otherwise excellent ;)

Dear Ken ''n" Carol, I just love it! You're my kinda discovers. Love Chris, (over the road)..

Presumably, the CD slot phone holder prevents use of the CD player? I can highly recommend multi-focal contact lenses to resolve age-related sight issues!

Ken, google will let you download a map for use when you have no cell service. Don't know if you can navigate off line. Also only sim ipads have gps its all the same chip. Very interesting video.

I do the same with a samsung tablet with cellular. you can use Google maps offline too by the way and download the maps

Are there Sat-navs specifically for campers? They would show water taps - height restrictions - camp sites - waste disposal places.

Hi Ken, thanks for the video. I've been wondering about why your system was struggling even using CarPlay. CarPlay is coming from the phone itself and merely being replicated on the car screen so it should be using the same GPS antenna as the phone?

An iPad with a SIM card slot also has a gps chip.

I had the same problem with the gps, so I bought a Bluetooth GPS receiver (Garmin GLO 2) and it works a treat, ps if you want to try it out and in Lancashire let me know

You can connect a external GPS unit to a iPad if it's not a cellphone model, i do that with succes, its normal to do that in airplanes to. You need to use your iPhone as data modem.

Always use it in portrait mode, because you can see more of the map.

There is an update to this video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ofrChLp7p4s.html Update If your pad does not track position well like I mention in the video then the Garmin Glow 2 will fix that. I bought one and it has made my ipad pro 12.9 (non sim version) track my position even better than our old sim version ipad. Check our Amazon link in the description for details. 👍 Yoki makes a good comment below which I will summarise and pin. The method of fixing shown in this video would not survive a serious accident or very aggressive acceleration. The ipad would come loose. If your driving style is sporty then also consider the g force in bends. In little red my driving style is sedate as it rolls like a boat. Pay special attention to the location of any air bags to avoid having the ipad thrown at you. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

I down loaded Co pilot sat nav £24 app no internet needed 2013 on a I pad one drove the whole of Europe in a large truck it was a brilliant even in Romania and Bulgaria can recommend it enough

That’s the Manx roads for you, loads of adverse cambers.

which ipad model did you use? which year model ?

Ken the iPad is paired via Bluetooth to you radio, not your mobile phone?

Have you tried varifocal glasses

What do you do when you have no service with the I phone , ?

Today 2024 there are strong magnetic holders available online 👍

Have you tried velcro command strips

Sorry to say , but Google maps is far superior to Apple maps. Great video. 🙂

You can download map areas to use offline in Google Maps…

I've been using an Android Tablet for years now, works really well with my phone as a hotspot but I'm with you liking the Tesla giant screen and am considering just using a phone with a big Portable touchscreen monitor. As for tablet mounts there's load on Amazon

1) Have you thought about just using a map and compass ?

Hi Ken Good video. I have been using a similar setup with my ipad for a cupol of years now and it works fin with googel maps and other map system to. Ive experienced a problem that the ipad gets realy hot after some hours in navigating. I do not no if this is a comon problem when using the ipad conected to the sat nav and charging the unit at the same time or it might bee that my batterie are no god any more. Ipad is 3 years old now. I do not experience this problem loking at yotube or streamin video and not having the ipad connected for charging. Neather is the ipa getting hot at normal charging with the screen in off mode. How is your experiancc for this? Stay safe and helthy.

You can download a map of Europe and use offline as normal

My Garmin is more than adequate, and I get free map updates

You could use some Velcro tape to stop it moving at all, stick a bit higher up on the dash (black Velcro tape)

That was interesting Ken. Pocket Earth is new to me. Can I ask, do you find Pocket Earth sufficient or is it Pocket Earth Pro you use. Cheers, Sue.

What are the data costs? Over here too much.

Why not put the Tom Tom app on the iPad? No need for cellular connection, or Wi-fi. I'm using the old Tom Tom app that's free and it works great om my 2017 iPad Pro. Also is easier to see than on a Tom Tom unit. If you install the new app there's a monthly subscription but it might still be cheaper than cellular data charges.

Hi Ken, Great video as ever. When I saw the lengths you had gone to, to secure your iPad with board and tape, I thought maybe I can help by making a bracket for you, as I have a 3D printer. All you would need to do is send me a sketch and some dimensions and I’ll make you one. As a thank you for your videos. No worries if you are happy with what you have. Happy travels Sarah

didnt know you were 62 :O you look about 49 ish :)

Just use Waze. Best sat nav ever!!!

Very interesting