satellite navigation system. Sleek and compact, the nav-u system easily mounts within an arm's reach in virtually any vehicle. Featuring a brilliant display with intuitive touch screen, graphic interface, and a wide range of additional features, a navigation system is the perfect companion for either a long trip or short ride across town. High contrast touch-screen display and easy installation let you clearly see your position and route. Measuring less than 1" thick, the nav-u portable satellite navigation system is an elegant, slim device that matches style with ease-of-use so you can find what you need and get there efficiently. The nav-u portable satellite navigation system's wide-screen display features an anti-flare and anti-fingerprint coating. The display has an 80-degree viewing angle, so you can clearly see the information you need from virtually any driving position. Meanwhile, an intelligent brightness control system even senses the amount of light around the unit and automatically adjusts both the brightness level and map color scheme for daytime or nighttime driving. An intuitive interface provides clear visual and spoken directions. Whether typing in your destination using the on-screen keyboard or searching by name or category, the nav-u portable satellite navigation system's graphic interface uses simple icons and touch-screen buttons that make navigation incredibly easy. If you miss an exit or take a wrong turn, intelligent rerouting instantly recalculates your route. The NV-U83T includes text-to-speech capability for spoken commands that are always in sync with your location. The nav-u portable satellite navigation system contains a state-of-the-art GPS receiver for superb satellite reception. Step away from standard GPS mapping and towards a more complete navigation solution. Real-time traffic information radio r
technology for hands free phone calls, a large, 4.8 touch-panel wide screen display and real-time traffic reports. The nav-u portable satellite navigation system lets you pair your compatible mobile phone for safe and convenient hands free calling.
Advantages: Large bright screen, loud voice, superior suction mount, good navigation Disadvantages: Slow calculating routes
...Overall I'm pleased with this unit. While no GPS is perfect, Sony has done a pretty good job with this one. The 4.8" screen is crisp and bright, touch screen responds well, bluetooth works the best of any other unit I tried. Routing is decent, POI icons are branded, not generic which is really nice. You can also select the size of fonts and icons. The mount is absolutely the best. Power and TMC connect to it so the unit can be removed quickly. The suction cup actually sticks to the padded dashboard without the use of a disk, and when removed leaves no tell tale circle to alert thieves. Very smart design on Sony's part. Early models seemed to have some issues that Sony claims to have fixed with a firmware update. One of them is the route calculation and recalculation times. IMO this is the major flaw with the unit. While not unbearable...
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4/30/2008