Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $249.99
You Save: $399.01 (61%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  212 reviews
Sales Rank: 650
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
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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| Features:
| • | Precise turn-by-turn directions, including spoken road names via text-to-speech | | • | Lane assistant recommends the best lane for you to be in relative to the proposed route | | • | Photo-realistic 3D images of junctions, complete with actual sign text and exit ramp guidance | | • | Free real-time traffic information via the integrated traffic receiver | | • | High-contrast, wide-format 4.3-inch, full-color touch-screen display; unit measures 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
In the U.S., German-based Navigon may be the biggest name in gps you've never heard. Navigon has long been a major provider of navigation software to automotive manufacturers for in-dash gps navigation devices, but only recently did they introduce portable navigation devices under their own name. What they offer up, however, demonstrates immediately that this is a company that knows navigation inside and out.
Navigon...James Navigon
The first thing you notice about the Navigon 7100 GPS Navigator is, well, the Navigon 7100 GPS Navigator. It's beautiful. It's the kind of device you'd expect an international spy to have in their rocket car. It's less than an inch thick, and its shiny black casing will go well with just about any car interior. Paying the same attention to every detail, Navigon's included car mount raises the bar even higher, with a design that is not only easy to use, but echoes the 7100's in a way that makes device and accessory become one, adding a touch of style and elegance to any vehicle's interior.
The Navigon 7100 offers a premium navigation experience in a sleek package. View larger. | 
Intuitive, animated menus offer predictive text input, helping you select your destination quickly. View larger. | 
The lane assistant provides guidance to the optimal lane for your route. View larger. | 
The reality view guides you with photo-realistic 3D images of junctions. View larger. |
Packed with Features
When you stop ogling the outside and really start using the 7100, what you notice is that Navigon has decided to avoid media support and instead has focused on navigation-based features. This means the 7100 is packed, offering an array of features that are, at the time of this writing, unmatched at this price point. It provides you with turn-by-turn directions, including actual road names via text-to-speech. It includes built-in Bluetooth technology that enables hands-free mobile phone integration, which not only increases driver safety, but is fast becoming a necessity as states pass laws against talking on a cell phone hand set while driving. It warns you when you are exceeding the speed limit. It offers 2D and 3D map views with incredibly precise road visualizations (more on that below). Its Navteq data contains millions Points of Interest (POIs) such as restaurants, hotels, golf courses, gas stations, banks, etc.
Reality View and Lane Assistant
The 7100 has two features that are a great help in negotiating unfamiliar or complicated road systems. Lane Assistant recommends the best lane for you to be in relative to the proposed route, so you won't find yourself trying to move over three lanes when the freeway splits.
Reality view guides you with photo-realistic 3D images of junctions, complete with actual sign text and exit ramp guidance. This makes translating what the navigator is telling you to what you see on the road instantaneous. Free Traffic for Life
This is a biggie. The Navigon 7100 comes is the first GPS device to offer subscription-free, real-time traffic information via the integrated traffic receiver with no additional fees or setup for the life of the product. Be advised on traffic flow and incidents, as well as the best alternate routes. The traffic info starts working as soon as you get the 7100 out of the box.
Zagat Ratings and Branded Icons for POIs
All of Navigon's gps navigators offer Zagat ratings and reviews for their POIs, so while this device may not get you a beer, it can tell you where to find the best one. Branded icons displayed on your map make it easier to navigate to a familiar location of your choice. Superior Software and Hardware
The features and functions of the Navigon 7100 are controlled via intuitive, easy-to-use animated menus that use predictive text input to quickly and easily select your city, state and address. Maps and menus appear on its extra-large and elegant, high-contrast 4.3-inch, full-color touch-screen display with an easy-to-read 16:9 aspect ratio for an exceptional view of the road. The Navigon 7100 includes a powerful Samsung 400 MHz processor, a fully integrated SiRF Star III GPS chip, 64 MBs of both RAM and ROM built in, and a rechargeable 1,200 mAh lithium ion battery that is rated for 4.5 hours of continuous use. All this is housed in an ultra-thin, sleek piano black housing that weighs only seven ounces, and measures just 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D). The Navigon 7100 even comes pre-loaded with complete maps of the U.S. and Canada, providing you with superbly accurate, seamless door-to-door directions wherever your vehicular travels might take you. Note that the 7100 runs on the Microsoft Windows CD Net 5.0 operating system. A PC is required to use additional map data, and in such cases users require Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher, as well as a CD ROM drive and a USB port. An SD/MMC card reader is recommended as the 7100 not only uses SD cards, but also comes with a 2 GB SD card in the package. What's in the Box
The Navigon 7100 preloaded with North American maps, 2 GB SD card, car charger, wall charger, car mount, USB cable, CD and user manual on DVD, quick installation guide, and warranty information.
About Navigon
NAVIGON has been a leader of GPS navigation since 1991, and has a long history of industry innovations. NAVIGON created the world's first dynamic personal GPS product in 1996, launched the industry's first navigation software for the Pocket PC in 2000, and unveiled the first Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) avoidance feature on mobile navigation product in 2002.
NAVIGON has helped revolutionize how consumers get from place to place with software products for practically any navigation-ready hardware. Personal navigation devices (PND), smartphones, and in-dash navigation systems directed by NAVIGON's award-winning MobileNavigator (MN) software delivers reliable information on millions of destinations in an intuitive, easy to use format. NAVIGON is a valued partner to the automotive industry, and in 2006 strengthened its category competency by acquiring NAVTEQ's navigation software business.
NAVIGON is a privately-held software company based in Hamburg, Germany, with NAVIGON USA headquarters in Chicago, IL.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 navigon 7100 October 6, 2008
This is an excellent system. My only problem is that the mounting arm is awkward and breaks easily.
 lost October 4, 2008
I recently replaced my Garmin C530 with a Navigon 7100. While I have yet to actually use it on a trip, practicing with it around town has been informative and fun. some of the likes and dislikes are:
Pros: A free software and map update right out of the box.
text to speech is good
Updates for the maps via fresh maps is inexpensive and has 3 years worth of updates for less than the price of one update for the Garmin.
The free traffic monitor is a great feature
Bluetooth is a plus except you have to pair it up everytime you turn the device on.
Cons:
Low volume, for us older users this can make it somewhat difficult
The hockey stick mount, Navigon may think it's pretty but it breaks easily and looks like a club. (Fortunately you can find conventional mounts on line fairly inexpensively.
Overall it is a good unit that I would purchase again. Amazon got it to me quickly without hassle.
 Navigon; not bad... but not great either September 29, 2008
The 7100 is not a bad GPS unit. Out of the many I ploughed through trying to find something that worked for me (Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan), this one gets the closest. I'll probably go to my grave looking for a perfect GPS, as every one seems to be lacking in this or that department. But the Navigon gets the closest, and there's a free lifetime subscription to TMC real-time traffic updates as well!
One thing I'd say is, definitely step up from the "hardcase" case that Navigon officially sactions; it's better than the cloth bag included with the unit, but you'll still probably end up like me with a crack in the corner of the screen, because the "hardcase" is not really rigid in the middle and won't put up any fight if the unit is jostled or subjected to any kind of pressure while in a knapsack or such thing.
The lane assist comes in handy a lot of times, and seems extremely accurate on highways. The routing can seem a bit wonky sometimes, but there is no other unit on the market that gives perfect routes all the time. There has been an update to the routing engine through a firmware update, but it still is well, wonky. To mitigate this though, you have a pretty robust scheme for adjusting the route manually if the provided path sends you astray. The firmware also adjusts the touch response of the screen, so you'll get less frustration trying to press buttons.
Bluetooth works pretty good, although you need to connect (not pair up with) to the phone when you power the unit up and want to use handsfree. This requires a couple of keystrokes in the UI of the unit.
A couple of final points: the onscreen text; it has been slightly tweaked with the update but still I find it's pretty small, both on the map itself as well as some points in the menu system. And speaking of the menu, searching for POIs is pretty counter-intuitive. The categories don't make a lot of sense and doing broad searches across categories doesn't seem to work right and leads to a lot of major franchises not turning up in results.
Like I said, no GPS is perfect, and the Navi still needs some tweaking. But none of my complaints change the fact that it is a very serviceable GPS with good routing, a valuable lane assist scheme, great looking screen and lifetime traffic.
A Life-Saver September 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
First a disclaimer: I have never previously owned or used a GPS system, so I have nothing with which to compare the Navigon 7100 and can only offer my own observations of this unit.
In general I agree with Michael's review, so I won't repeat all those points, but will describe some of my experiences.
First, when I received the unit and started to learn how to use it, I would have appreciated a paper user's manual. Old-fashioned, I guess.
Fortunately, I had three days from the time of its arrival before our trip to North Carolina. As I tried the various features, I noticed that a point of interest displayed was a pharmacy that was sold several years ago and no longer exists. Then, I noticed that the exit numbers on an Ohio Interstate were different from those on an atlas. Those numbers were changed quite some time ago, so I deduced that the map data were old and not dependable. This on a brand-new unit!
Being somewhat computer savvy, I went to the Navigon Web site and tried to download updated data to the 7100. However, try as I might, all I could get was a "device not recognized" response. After several tries, I called Navigon and talked to a helpful young lady who told me that I could not download the revised data until I installed the "new program."
What? I don't see any mention in the enclosed materials of a new program -- nor on the initial Web site.
Anyway, following instructions I was able to download and install the new program (operating system?) and then the new data.
So, with the unit firmly attached to the windshield, we set off from Indiana to North Carolina. The way we wanted to go was not the choice of the 7100, so I looked on the atlas for Route 9 in Kentucky. Not knowing how to use the route number as an intermediate waypoint, I picked a town that looked like it was on Route 9.
The unit took us flawlessly across Indiana, around Cincinnati, and onto Route 9. However, it turned out that the town I chose is not exactly on the highway; it is slightly to the East. Thereafter, at every junction for 30 or 35 miles, she (female voice) tried to get us to turn around and go to that town. Very irritating.
On the other hand, when we got to Winston-Salem, we were to change highways. Unfortunately, the exit ramp we were to take was filled with police cars, fire engines, ambulances and, of course, an accident. As soon as we passed that exit, she immediately told us to take the next exit into the city and, in five minutes and two or three turns later we were on our correct highway going in the right direction.
Fantastic! I felt that the unit had paid for itself right then.
We stayed in Raleigh for over a week and had to make numerous trips to various places in this city, which was strange to us. The 7100 reliably took us to every address we had to visit, though the routes were sometimes a little weird.
And pronunciations of street names and places were often strange: Statesville became "stat-ess-veal" and Kettlebrook drive became "kett-lee-brok.
As we traveled from Raleigh to Asheville on Interstate 40, we got insistent commands to take the exit to the right in a place there was no exit for miles.
On the way to Asheville, we stopped at a friend's house in the town of Mocksville. The 7100 took us straight through the middle of town on a state highway -- except that there was no highway there. We did find our friends' house, and it turns out that the highway used to go through the town but now bypasses it. Our friends say that change was made before they moved there eight years ago.
Finally, heading home, as we approached Indianapolis, the unit tried to get us to turn right off I-65 onto I-465 instead of left. Had we not known better we'd have been headed east rather than west, though I suppose it would then have wanted us to make a U-turn.
My conclusion: Overall the unit performed very well, seeming almost magically accurate at times. It never failed to get us to our destination.
Incidentally, it is almost impossible not to anthropomorphize the thing; we call her Bertha.
I think we'll keep her.
Navigon 7100 September 24, 2008
Good piece of equipment for a very reasonable price. A bit cumbersome and more tideous than its counterpart, the Garmin Nuvi series. Free traffic monitor is a plus. The system is not always give you the best detour routes. I enjoy it however.
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