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| Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $324.93
You Save: $324.07 (50%)
New (5) Used (5) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  221 reviews
Sales Rank: 2850
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 4
MPN: 10000140
Model: 10000140
UPC: 898110001051
EAN: 0898110001051
ASIN: B000S11K5U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Get something else July 20, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Do not waste your time on this unit is my best advice. I purchased it from not from Amazon, but a club store (it was on sale). I was intrigued with free lifetime traffic support but it was not worth it. Here are my impressions:
1) The traffic support; although free; was poorly implemented as it would show you traffic alerts for areas that were not on your route. Sometimes they would be 50 to 60 miles in the opposite direction from where you were traveling.
2) The 'interchange' display (which is what is typically shown in the product image for the unit) is a Great idea. But, it holds onto that interchange for far too long. At one point on my way to work I pass 2 interchanges that are about 2 miles apart. I had driven past the second exchange and it was still telling me where I needed to be for the first exchange. If I was supposed to transition to the second exchange I would have missed it.
3) Its voice pronunciation of street names also leaves much to be desired. In some cases the name it pronounced was so strange sounding that I would not have known it was the street I needed unless I was already familiar with the area.
4) The most important thing was its poor navigation engine. Even though I checked the no U-turn button it would constantly (at every off ramp) want me to make a U-turn to take its directions even though I knew that traffic was much more congested the way it wished me to go. The final straw was I give it an address 3 miles directly ahead of me. Instead of having me go straight for 3 miles, I was directed to make a left turn, go 1 1/2 miles down to the next main street, turn right drive 3 miles to the freeway, enter the freeway and drive 1 1/2 miles exiting on the same street I was already on.
I ended up taking it back and getting a Garmin Nuvi 760.
Great features, but unreliable July 16, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased a 7100 7 months ago. It has been plagued with software problems. Fortunately their tech support is readily available and helpful. I have over 50 hrs. into troubleshooting on my own and with their help. They replaced the unit twice and the SD card twice. The earlier problems have not resurfaced, but the third unit locks up during route calculation/recalculation. That really messes me up when in heavy Seattle or Portland traffic.
Even though they cannot fix it, they absolutely refuse to refund my money. Don't buy it.
If they had the bugs worked out it would be a great GPS. The features are fantastic. I have not experienced the functional problems that others have reported.
 Cool, yet frustrating! July 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We purchased our first GPS unit, the Navigon 7100, a couple of weeks ago and there's a few things I'd like to share.
1) It's not a user-friendly, out-of-the-box-and-start-using-it unit. You can't be lazy -- you really have to read the user guide. Unlike other units we tried in the store, such as the Garmin -- it's not intuitive. The user guide/instructions, which are on an accompanying cd (I would rather that it was printed) also doesn't really cover everything (like the problem I have with its Bluetooth capabilities actually working with my iPhone).
2) The keyboard buttons are TOO SMALL. Frequently, I am frustrated to find my finger on a "J" and it types "O". Sometimes, it doesn't even register my tap at all and I have to tap over and over and over again. Very very frustrating when you just want it to type where you want to go and not have it take about 30 minutes to do it!
3) Like another review, the pronunciation of the street names are off, but that's okay.
4) I like the widescreen very much, it's very easy and clear to read and the volume is loud enough for me to hear, even when I have the air conditioning and the radio on.
5) It takes a little long to load or "recalculate" routes. I guess this is due to the maps being on the SD card and not pre-loaded.
6) It's already frozen on us once in the few short weeks we've had it.
7) I like that it has the Zagat ratings -- that is very helpful when you have no idea where to go or what's good.
8) We were in San Francisco and where we wanted to go was on Post Street. We were already on Post Street about 8 blocks down, and it kept telling us to make a right off of Post Street. It's taken us the "very long way" to our destinations. I'm not overly concerned about it as long as it just gets us there, period.
So, I have never had another GPS unit, so I can't really compare, but I have to say that at certain points, I've wanted to throw this out of the window. Maybe it just takes some getting used to, and I hope that Navigon works on the major issues.
Ahhh- Its ok,But not Great.... July 6, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The mount sucks, its wobbly and no adjustment to tighten it. Can not buy anything as far as a gravity mount or anything of the sort because of the unconditional way it attaches to the unit. Nav itself is ok, but again not great, cant type in a directory by name, and have it search.
You can only scroll thru what is in the unit itself, which kinda sucks.
All in all, wish i would of bought something else, oh and by the way, dont buy from RCS Experience, unless you want to wait 2 weeks to recieve your product, and have rude comments sent to you, if you ask about the 3-5 day shipping estimate........
 NAVIGON 7100-EXCELLENT VERY SATISFIED July 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very satisfied with the purchase, I love my new Navigon 7100. However the only thing which is questioning my decision to purchase this item is the fact that iphone and many other cell phones have assisted gps applications. However I am still keeping it because it is accurate, easy to use, and in my opinion the best GPS you can buy on the market.
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