Kenwood KNA-G421V Hide-Away Navigation Unit
February 5, 2010
Here is a hide-away navigation unit for you. For those who don’t now much about hide away navigation system; it is nothing but a satellite navigation device without a monitor. To elaborate, you can connect this system to a monitor and start your navigation. Kenwood KNA-G421V hide away GPS navigation unit is one such device. You need to connect to one Kenwood touchscreen monitor for operation. This GPS unit provides a high performance navigation, with its simple user interface.
KNA-G421V GPS Unit has a dimension of 120mm X30mm X 117mm, and weighs around 184grams. With a 12 channel GPS receiver, it is designed to provide a smooth navigation across 34 European countries. The maps of Western and Eastern Europe are pre-installed in it. More addition of maps is possible in it, with the help of an SD card slot. The maps can be viewed either in both 2D or 3D dimension in this Kenwood sat nav. Besides, they zoom in and out automatically.
The instructions are voice delivered in Kenwood KNA-G421V hide away sat nav. There is text-to-speech function employed for street names. These instructions can be set to be delivered in any of the 18 languages provided in it. Furthermore, there is a trip computer that can display the speed levels and time.
Overall, it is a medium-featured sat nav and is a considerable choice, if your requirements are low. But the necessity of a sat nav without a monitor is a thoughtful issue, when you can get one full stand alone for the same price.
Alpine NVE-M300P GPS Navigation System
February 1, 2010
While searching for a recently launched satellite navigation system in the market, I came across the new Alpine NVE-M300P GPS navigation system. Unlike the usual stand alone satellite navigation systems, Alpine NVE-M300P is designed to connect with an on-dash monitor or a media station. In other words, it is a GPS system with no monitor. You can connect it to any monitor, like the monitor of your music system in the car and then use it for navigation. If connected with the Alpine monitor, which is sold separately, you can use it with touch screen features. It provides a wide coverage across Europe, around 43 countries in Western and Eastern Europe. Besides a wide place coverage, it provides some handsome features as well.
Alpine NVE-M300P Sat Nav is a rectangular unit, with a dimension of 85mm x 25mm X 110mm and a weight of 265 grams. The CPU integrated into it is 600MHZ SiRF Titan processor and this makes the applications loaded faster. The GPS receiver too seems to receive signals faster, leaving no lag whilst calculating routes or re-routes. The system features a TMC tuner as well. Thus, you can have real-time traffic information, while on the move. Unfortunately, this service is not free in UK.
Alpine NVE-M300P guides you with turn-by-turn instructions and with street names spoken at each turn. The lane guidance ensures that you take the right turn every time. The maps can be viewed in both 2D as well as 3D perspective, and there is an option to zoom in and out for better visual. The destination search enabled in it is via the input of postal code. This GPS navigation system has a Track Log function, which tracks the roads you move. Safety camera database is loaded into it and the unit alerts you, when approaching one. You can import the data for points-of-interest, to guide you to near by hotels, theatres etcetera into this unit. The importing can be done to this GPS unit’s 4GB integrated flash memory via a USB.
Overall, Alpine NVE-M300P sat nav system comes with good features and equated performance. But the relevance of a GPS unit without a monitor is a thoughtful issue, especially when you need to purchase the company’s monitor to attach this.
Kenwood DNX8220BT GPS Navigation cum Multimedia System
December 21, 2009
Even though the independent satellite navigation systems such as portable and hand held sat navs rule the market, the integrated systems with GPS have not lost their glitz. In fact, the installation of an integrated sat nav in a car is a brilliant investment as it saves the cost of two devices. Kenwood has a wide range of such systems and one among them is Kenwood DNX8220BT Navigation cum Multimedia system. This double DIN system has a 6.95 inches wide screen TFT active matrix display with interactive touch screen controls.
Kenwood DNX8220BT Double DIN GPS Navigation System comes with a high performance GPS navigation computer with easy to use interface. The maps installed in it provide a wide coverage of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The maps could be viewed either in 2D or 3D perspective. There is an auto zoom function by which the users can have a closer look of the routes. The destination search could be done either by the input of address or by the input of postal code of the place. Besides, there is multi-destination search. The users can choose between the standard keyboard as well as QWERTY keyboard for the input.
The route calculation of Kenwood DNX8220BT Car Navigation System is excellent. This GPS Navigator delivers turn by turn instructions via its voice prompt. This text-to-speech voice guidance could be set to be delivered in any of the seven languages provided, which include English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. There are more language options for route voice guidance. This GPS system automatically re-routes you, if you take a wrong turn. Users can set preferences for the route selection such as the fastest route, the shortest route or off road. Certain advanced route settings allow you to avoid some routes like toll roads. There is a trip computer which calculates and exhibits the speed and the time of your drive.
To enhance the system’s GPS functionality further, users can add Points-of-interest and speed camera databases. The built-in bluetooth interface allows you to attend calls hands-free and allows you to transfer the files to the other bluetooth enabled devices. Other connectivities employed in this car sat nav include PC sync, USB port, cable inputs and remote control connection ports.
Being a multimedia system, DNX8220BT comes with good entertainment features as well. There is a DVD player that plays back files in various formats. The sound quality of this system is excellent. Besides, there is a radio with RDS application for tuning into your favourite stations while on the move. The iPods could be played back on connection with the necessary cables. Overall, this Kenwood system is an able performer in both entertainment as well as navigation functionality.
Have a pleasant drive with Carminat TomTom in your Renault this Christmas
December 11, 2009
Once again Christmas has poked its merry head into our lives. Crunching the chocolates and sipping the creamy soufflé, it is high time for you to break your head for a pleasant Christmas trip. Granny, Grand Dad, Pepper, little Rose…It is really hard to think of a long trip. Why not the country side? Has not John said about the new museum came up there? Your new Renault can take you safe too. But, don’t you want a new satnav for a safe drive? TomTom has it for you.
Dubbed as Carminat TomTom in-built Satnav, it is co-developed with Renault and made exclusive for Renault car users. No doubt on its features. Like most of the TomTom gps, it comes with IQ Route technology that can show you the fastest route based on your average speed. This saves your money, fuel and time. Carminat automatically receives real time traffic information and lets you know what lies ahead using its built-in TMC connection. Fast accurate positioning is guaranteed with its high sensitivity gps receiver and gps QuickFix service. Re-route calculation is also done much faster, if you deviate from a planned route.
Carminat TomTom’s advanced lane guidance can never miss turnings. The realistic 3D representations of the junctions can show the lanes easily for you. For the best view of these 3D representations, it has a 5.8 inches display. TomTom’s exclusive Map share technology is integrated as well. If you find any new alterations on the road, just update it directly on to your Carminat. You too can benefit from the changes made by other TomTom satnav users. There is a bluetooth remote control to deal with the device.
The text-to-speech facility of Carminat gps navigation system allows you to concentrate more on the road as it provides spoken instructions. The instructions could be set to be delivered in any of the eight languages including Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, UK and US English. These are delivered via car speakers and hence, are clear and comprehensive. This satnav can give you alert when you approach a safety camera or when you exceed the legal speed limit. Additionally, safety alerts in front of schools, worship places, etcetera are provided as well.
Updating Carminat TomTom Renault in-built Satnav is much easier using TomTom Home. You can download new maps, get new software and access free contents from TomTom community. You can even subscribe to the services. Moreover, the maps could be downloaded for free of charges within the 60 days of its release. Above all, Carminat TomTom is an affordable gps navigation system and worth your money with these many features.
Kenwood DNX5240 Multimedia System with in-built Satellite Navigation
November 6, 2009
The major asset with Kenwood satellite navigation systems is that they do not come as just navigational devices. Instead, their navigational systems comes integrated with the multimedia systems for the cars. Hence, buying a Kenwood navigation system benefits two purposes: a multimedia system for the car, and a satellite navigation for travelling. Kenwood DNX5240 Navigation System is one such double DIN multimedia system that comes with an in-built satellite navigation. It features 6.1 inches touch screen control display of resolution 480 X 234 pixels with full GUI (Graphic user Interface).
The navigation system of Kenwood DNX5240 6.1” Touch Screen Display Navigational System is found to be much easy-to-use. There is a built-in TMC tuner that provides real time information on the traffic incidents across the country. Accordingly, it re-routes the way, if found be congested. The user can set this device to prioritise the routes by avoiding certain routes like high ways or toll roads. The instructions are delivered through voice, and this allows the user to focus more on the road. The distance countdown will be exhibited on the display as you drive, so that users can have an idea of how much more to cover. The destination search in this Kenwood navigation device is by the input of address or postal code.
Users can store their favourite or most frequently visited place and its address in Kenwood DNX5240 TMC Service Provider. An extensive list of Points-of-interest are stored in this device. Another asset in this device is its auto-zoom feature that zooms the features when required. The maps could be displayed both in 2D or 3D as per users’ choice. Its pre-loaded maps could be upgraded as the latest version is available via internet or a DVD/CD-ROM. Moreover, the whole navigational operations of the device could be operated using a remote control. This is an optional choice for the user.
The display of Kenwood DNX5240 could be customized by setting desired colour for the route, by settings desired display background and by setting your favourite colour for the text. There is a trip computer integrated into it that will record the details of your journey such as your average speed, maximum speed, time moving et cetera. Speed camera database could be loaded into this device for providing speed camera warning. This is also an optional choice for the users. There is wide language support for this device. The voice instructions could be set to hear in one language from the 18 languages provided. The language for screen text is even more wider. It can be set to be displayed in one of the 21 languages given. An extensive full coverage of 31 countries’ map are provided by this device. The included GPS antenna provides faster reception of GPS signals.
Being a multimedia device, Kenwood DNX5240 has the provision to play back a wide range of video formats including DVD video, DivX, MPEG 4 and JPEG. The audio formats it supports are AAC, WMA and MP3. The iPod and iPhone’s video and audio controls could be controlled directly via their supportive cables. There are two RCA pre outs for connecting external amplifiers. The blue tooth technology allows the user to attend calls hands free. Above all, the device could be easily installed and no separate box is needed for its installation. Kenwood DNX5240 comes with a 12 months manufacturer warranty.
