Toilet-Duck, hi,

Forgive me, but this is a Hyundai Forum, not a Renault Forum....so whilst it is always welcome to have new members, I'm somewhat puzzled by why you have posted this question in the Hyundai i10 Forum?

I'm guessing your best source for information on this will be:

Renault Twingo Forum

Kind regards

 

Maybe his old tomtom guided him here!

 

I see that Toilet-Duck is asking if anyone on this forum knows if there is an aftermarket sat nav you can fit to the 2015 i10. which in itself is a valid question, does anyone know if you can?00000732

 

Ok, yes, I see that now. Couldn't see it in his/her post earlier as all I could see was 'Twingo' and thus the post is not at all clear in what the OP was attempting to achieve. His/her first paragraph seems though, to be quite explicit, quote "I've been wondering if anyone has found an aftermarket option for the Twingo 2015 model ?"

It would of course be incredibly helpful if the OP would update their User Profile to include their country of residence and exact vehicle driven as this will help all forum members give more specific advice.

 

I'm more familiar with the USA market, but essentially, there are typically three options for most any car.

- If Metra or similar makes a D-DIN kit, you can install a brand name aftermarket stereo (Pioneer, Alpine, Kenwood, JVC, Sony).

- E-bay often has Chinese Android or WinCE based head units that are plug and play for specific cars.

- If Hyundai or Renault offers higher-level navigation radios in the higher trim lines, it may be possible to install those in a lower-trim model.

 

As far as I'm aware, Hyundai don't offer a built in Satnav option for the i10, so yes, if there is some sort of Chinese retro fit available,then that would be the only option.

Personally, we just use a TomTom, a GO5000 and it's just fine, especially with the free map updates and live traffic. We took it with us on our recent trip to South Africa, yes, I had to buy the South Africa/Lesotho map for it, but it was absolutely the best thing we did, up to date mapping that really made our driving experience much more reliable and safer!

The problem with built in systems, is often updating them, especially if you have to pay for the updates. I ended up taking out the built in infotainment system in my Saab for precisely the reason that when the supplied DVD discs became horribly out of date, they were just too expensive to replace and now I can't even get updated discs for that system anyway. I replaced the entire system with a Kenwood DAB unit without satnav.

 

Can only speak as a UK Tom Tom owner, but due to a large number of SEAT, VW and AUDI cars having been broken into for their built in SatNav units, I'd recommend just having an up to date, but portable, Sat Nav unit that has free lifetime updates available.

I just keep my Tom Tom in the glove compartment until needed, and I recommend a fantastic, cheap rubber base that I recently bought from Amazon UK, which goes perfectly with the i10's flat dash.

It means you dont have to stick the Tom Tom on the windscreen and leave those circular tell tale signs that everyone hates wiping off.

It works wonderfully, and just gets put in the glove compaerment still attached to the Sat Nav, when finished

Best £4 I've spent for ages

 

I did similar, except I bought the dashmount disks which stick to the flat piece in the centre of the dashboard console, the suction mount of my 5100 sticks there perfectly, the 2nd disk has been used to create a mount for my Pure Highway 400 controller. Likewise only £5 for both.

 

I use a Garmin with the Garmin friction (bean bag) mount for the same reasons Frupi and tony4563 mentioned.

 

Same here except a Garmin friction mount (non bean bag). Was in a head on last year it never left the dash. I don't think it moved period.


Garmin Portable Friction Mount for Drive, 010-11280-00 B&H Photo

 

Ok, not sure whether we will see Toilet-Duck post again, but seeing as the thread has had useful contributions, I'll let it stand.

 

Thanks for the replies, sorry I should have said I'm located in the UK. Can anyone confirm if the i10 Hyundi and i10 Renault have the same type of interior accessories, I'm not sure where I've got Hyundi from although I'm kinda basic on cars sorry for any confusion!

 

Can anyone confirm if the i10 Hyundi and i10 Renault have the same type of interior accessories, I'm not sure where I've got Hyundi from although I'm kinda basic on cars sorry for any confusion!

You are sure confusing the members.

I don't think there is an i10 Renault.

A few cars have a standard D-DIN radio from the factory and you could install a Kenwood or similar in them. Neither the i10 nor the Twingo is one of them.

The i10 has a fairly standard radio and the Twingo has a smartphone touchscreen adapter or a 7-inch touchscreen as part of the tech package.

The only thing really common to them is you could add a Garmin or TomTom or similar to both with the dash mounts like we mentioned earlier.

 

Toilet-Duck, hi again,

Well, you've certainly got me completely confused! I'm hoping I've not missed something here? How have you come to the conclusion that the Twingo and the i10 have any sort of relationship? They are two completely different cars from two completely different manufacturers.

We'd all love to help here, we just need to understand where you're coming from......

 

Sadly, I think we've frightened Toilet-Duck off :frown:
I have to admit, I was just a tad confused about what he or she was trying to convey. In this case, a good aftermarket portable satnav is about the only real option. As I stated earlier, my wife uses a TomTom GO 5000 and it's perfect. Keep meaning to buy a beanbag for the dash, but it's just as easy for us to stick it in the window.

 

There are tons of options, but we need to know what Toilet-Duck is really trying to accomplish. Portable SatNav is the easiest, but it could get as involved as something like a Tablet mounted in the dash running Copilot or Sygic or Navigon outputting to the factory speakers ...

 

Stupid though it sounds, I just have a £80 TomTom Go (40?) which I bought new with my first car 9 months ago. It sits in the corner of the screen permanently and is small enough to not be intrusive, and then wound the cable down so as not to be able to see it

 

Doesn't sound stupid at all to me ...