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| Nortech Navigator 3.5" TouchScreen Car Mobile GPS System | 
 enlarge | Brand: Nortech
Category: CE
Buy New: $145.99
New (6) Used (1) from $99.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 22492
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 0.9 x 3.9
2.5 hr. battery option included:
MPN: E-GPS010
Model: E-GPS010
UPC: 824849065583
EAN: 0824849065583
ASIN: B000M8XV6A
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Nortech Service is Bad June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife bought this through Sam's Club and the car charger broke. Sam's says it was a closeout and doesn't sell cords and the ferros - the distributor says the GPS is no longer made. I have looked on the net for hours and been to Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City and the car charger insert is a unique size and cannot be matched.
Don't buy this one. I bought my son a GPS (garmin) for 1/2 the price and it works twice as well.
Nortech Navigator April 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Purchased from Sams club. Aftrer 2 months power cord broke could not find replacement. Looked on net for Web page for Nortech with no luck. I would not recommend this unit.
 Why didn't people figure out how to update this product? March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't figure out why no one knew how to update this product. The detonator update is on the bottom on the product itself, right under where it's manufactured!
I entered my code and my detonator software doesn't expire until 2102.
My device will die before then, lol.
The only problem people have had with this product is software that can't update, if they figured out this...
3.5 inches is perfect for a 28 year old. I dunno who people were buying this for, 80 year olds? If so, get off the street and stop kiling people, gramps.
 Good Price though Very Poor update function February 28, 2008
The price is good, but you will never get the maps updated.
The preloaded maps are in 2005, and I found several locations in the map are incorrect in the first month of using it. So I was trying to update the maps, but there is no driver/software for the GPS. I have to read the manual very carefully to find a link (printed as a tiny line), where I can find a software to connect the GPS to computer. But, it turns out that the software is just a general synchronization program for portable devices. Also, the website mentioned in the instruction for map downloads does not support the Nortech GPS.
I have to contact with the costumer service to ask about how to update the map (which took me quite a while to figure out which one is the real costumer service for the GPS). After one week, they mailed me a CD, containing the "latest" (in 2006, some in 2005) maps they have.
I thought I could finally update the maps, but I was wrong again. I was so wise that I didn't update the local map for my state immediately, instead, I tried to update a map for another state. The update failed, with the map file corrupted. The reason was that the memory space was not enough. However, when I tried to delete some map (the map in Alaska), some other error prompted out. So, that means I cannot delete, therefore cannot update maps without adding SD card.
I haven't tried to add additional SD cards, and I won't try anymore, since the update is EXTREMELY slow anyway (it took >3 hours before complaining disk full in a 140MB update). Also I am afraid to mess up the map files, since it has passed the 90-day warranty period. So I will just get used to the map with some errors.
 Good deal for the money November 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good basic unit and a reliaable GPS
The good points are:
auto-recalculates directions quickly
good size
easy to read display mountes on windshield
good battery life
can work in 'pedestrian mode' and carried in your hand
got satellite fix in a few seconds
good voice prompts as you approach a turn
You can select features to show on the map; ie. rest stop, gas station
Bad points:
seems to be no way to access the SD card from the unit - still working on it
not sure how to update maps from the Destinator web site?
if you delete a map it's gone No backup, no install disc
it includes a stylis but no place to store it
no way to disable the U turn fuction - it uses U turn sometimes to often if you go another way
no technical support and I still have not found a way to contact the company
also after several months the car charger broke and now I have to use a power converter and use the AC power adapter util I can find a replacement car adapter.
Over all it has been reliable and helpful and I consider it a good basic unit for the money
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