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Finding a friend’s house for a weekend BBQ in the city was never easier for me with the NAV730 GPS System. The first thing I noticed when I took the unit out of the box was that it was extremely lightweight and not cumbersome at all. After afixing the unit to my front window right below my rear view mirror via the suction cup provided, I noticed that it did not move at all, as if it was cemented to the window. This had not been the case with previous GPS systems I had reviewed. The unit also comes packaged with a gooseneck which allows the user to move the unit in the cradle to the perfect position and sports a 3.5” touchscreen, not too big, not too small. The unit comes complete with an SD memory card for storing trip history and map databases.
Although it took a few minutes for the unit to acquire a GPS signal every time I turned it on, even on an open road with no buildings, when I did get a signal the main menu was fairly user-friendly and enabled me to navigate through the screens in no time at all. There are pre-loaded maps included and also DVD map loader software and backup maps provided (TeleAtlas – United States and Canada). Unfortunately, although there are an abundance of pre-loaded Points-of-Interest (11 million), I had a difficult time finding a nearby Target or Wal-mart. The POIs are limited to mostly restaurants, hotels, gas stations (I stopped for gas at the nearest station on the way to the party as well, but with the gas prices the way they are now, I wasn’t traveling very far to find the best price as I’ve done in the past), entertainment and certain electronics stores. However, turn-by-turn and text-to-speech capabilities never missed a beat. When the verbal instructions told me to turn right in 400 yards onto a certain street, I was turning in exactly 400 yards onto that certain street. I really enjoyed this feature, because, unlike other GPS systems, the NAV730 not only told you the distance to your next turn, but told you the street name as well.
Finally, the built-in multimedia player supports most audio, video and photo formats. The picture quality was outstanding for the size of the screen.
At an inexpensive $199 I would recommend the NAV730 to anyone frequently getting lost and on a budget at the same time. Fortunately, for me, I made it to the BBQ in time before someone snatched up the last hot dog. yy
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