- Jul 15, 2003
- 80,287
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- 136
Not great.
It has a big bright screen and the touch part works alright. Failed to find many points of interest in my immediate area.
Regularily gave poor directions while driving. Would ask me to stop short by about 1 block and make a U-turn, forcing me away long before I got to my goal.
Sometimes would ask me to go several blocks up and make a U-turn, forcing me long past my goal and wasting time.
Didnt give proper warnings. Sometimes way too early, sometimes way too late. Sometimes not at all. Seemed to be random.
Menus are difficult to navigate. You cant go back a screen. You have to shuffle through all 7 of them.
Loudspeaker works fine. Voice commands are easy to understand, though inaccurate.
Only comes with a kit to mount to the windshield, which may not be good for you depending on your vehicle make. Only comes with a car charger. As good as the battery is, it would be nice to charge the thing at home and use it cordless.
Difficult to find places, partly because of how you enter text, partly because the Points of Interest are out of place and not very thorough anyway. Very difficult to enter an address or business name.
PC software stinks. Wouldnt update the unit properly. I kept getting errors and never got any updates to actually apply to the unit. Software is difficult to use. Cant just hit one button for executing everything important. You have to dig through a bunch of crap. Most of the app seems geared towards making you spend more money, not giving value to what you already paid for.
Overall I give it a 5 out of 10, because it wasnt totally broken and the voices sounded nice. Touchscreen worked well, just wish the menus and main screen worked a little better. But it wont always find what you want and get you there reliably, which defeats the purpose of a navigation system.
It has a big bright screen and the touch part works alright. Failed to find many points of interest in my immediate area.
Regularily gave poor directions while driving. Would ask me to stop short by about 1 block and make a U-turn, forcing me away long before I got to my goal.
Sometimes would ask me to go several blocks up and make a U-turn, forcing me long past my goal and wasting time.
Didnt give proper warnings. Sometimes way too early, sometimes way too late. Sometimes not at all. Seemed to be random.
Menus are difficult to navigate. You cant go back a screen. You have to shuffle through all 7 of them.
Loudspeaker works fine. Voice commands are easy to understand, though inaccurate.
Only comes with a kit to mount to the windshield, which may not be good for you depending on your vehicle make. Only comes with a car charger. As good as the battery is, it would be nice to charge the thing at home and use it cordless.
Difficult to find places, partly because of how you enter text, partly because the Points of Interest are out of place and not very thorough anyway. Very difficult to enter an address or business name.
PC software stinks. Wouldnt update the unit properly. I kept getting errors and never got any updates to actually apply to the unit. Software is difficult to use. Cant just hit one button for executing everything important. You have to dig through a bunch of crap. Most of the app seems geared towards making you spend more money, not giving value to what you already paid for.
Overall I give it a 5 out of 10, because it wasnt totally broken and the voices sounded nice. Touchscreen worked well, just wish the menus and main screen worked a little better. But it wont always find what you want and get you there reliably, which defeats the purpose of a navigation system.
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