Navman S70 3D Satellite Navigation Unit With European Mapping

Navman S70 3D - Got one today and it works fine.It s not perfect, but if you aint got a clue where to go it can save you a lot of manual navigating.The one bit it didn t appear to have was a multi-drop route calculation.So if you had to deliver 4 pizzas kind of thing it won t try and calculate the best route, it just follows the waypoints dumbly in the order you enter them.Will be off to the Irish Republic for a week soon so it ll be interesting to see how it does.It only took me 10 mins to enter the stranraer ferry point, belfast ferry point, and Dungarvan as favourites, and I ve never used a gps unit before in my life, so it s saved me the headache of route mapping to the bottom of Ireland already.The verbal commands seem adequate, so you can ignore the screen if you want to.Will

How disappointing! - I bought this (my first sat nav) largely on the strength of the reviews and also some of the features listed. For the money, it seemed an absolute bargain.The screen is excellent, the interface is well designed - and simple to use. Access to key functions during a journey are brilliant. Best of all, is the ability to set-up 50 favourite destinations. The Bluetooth feature also works very well when hooked up to a mobile.The day/night modes are fantastic - you don t have the glare of a bright screen at night time so it s a lot easier on the eye when driving. Also the trip planner is very, very good, add multiple destinations, reorder them - it s brilliant.However ...Within a couple of days I had a slight problem in that the arrow showing my position onscreen, instead of remaining in the same place, IT travelled up the road to a roundabout and the proceeded to disappear off the screen. I checked with Navman support ,-) and of course they said to return it. Within 2 days I had a replacement.I was delighted when it was delivered so promptly - quickly opened the box and got started again, but quickly discovered another flaw. The onscreen keyboard - although it worked fine on the first one - didn t work properly. I would press one key and another letter 2-3 keys away would appear!! Very frustrating ... and it would get stuck (hang) every now and then (not too often though).So that one is going back too after less than a week!!So all in all, I m REALLY disappointed! I absolutely love this satnav - it s got so many fantastic features and the screen and way the maps are presented are SO good. Do I try it a third time??? May be I m just unlucky ... may be it s a problem with the satnav ... :-(

Early Failure - Navman S70 3D Satellite Navigation Unit With European Mapping I purchased this for a holiday/house hunting visit to France. We had 2 weeks trouble free navigation in the UK before going to France. I set all the French post codes into the device prior to leaving and it direced me to the hotel without any wrong turns. This was a great experience as we did not have to look at a map and avoided the usual bickering with the navigator. The device was some 3.5 weeks old when the holiday started. However, mid holiday when we had planned to visit some houses it exprienced a fatal error to the application software which could not be reset. We had to revert to the strain of conventional map reading for the remainder of the holiday. It was just over a month old when we returned to the UK and too late fo a direct replacement from Amazon. It is presently away fo repair and I am advised this will take at least 10 days. Most purchasers expect more than a months service from a new device. It would be nice to know whether this is a common fault with this model or just a one off. If you buy one remember to always have your maps with you just in case. Can t wait to get this back for a durability run.

Good but not perfect - Just taken delivery of the S70 and used it over a long weekend on the Isle of Wight. Mapping is clear and directions are absolutely spot on. Instructions are also clear and there is a helpful and quite thorough manual that can be downloaded from the Navman website. Safety camera data is the weakness, I set mine to warn me of safety cameras at 0.6 mile distant but although it picked them up visually on the screen there was no audible alert despite it being set to give one. A phone call to Navman established that you have to be doing 8% more than the speed limit on the approach before you get an audible warning. Fine, but the maunal could have said this otherwise you think it simply does not work. That said, my S70 does not seem to give an audible warning unless you are at least 1.2 mile out from a camera. So, in summary the safety camera data is useful but far from perfect, can be annoying and should not be relied on - there is obviously no substitute for keeping your eyes on the road! Similarly you can set it to warn of excess speed. I tested mine to warn me of speed in excess of 60 mph but I actually just exceeded 70 mph before there was any warning that I was over 60 mph!!You need a TMC cradle to access traffic functions which I haven t bought. The cradle looks neat when you see a picture but when you look at the Navman manual you realise it s not just a cradle but a rather ugly wire aerial you need to attach to the inside of the windscreen as well, so I am going to pass on this.So, overall 4 stars as it seems very good as a directional sat nav but lose a star through safety camera and and other alert functions, which seem variable to say the least. Manual is good and there is a helpline telephone number on which you can actually speak to someone!! I read a number of reviews before purchasing the S70. No sat nav seems to score perfectly on anything and you pay your money and take your choice. This is my first exerience with them and the S70 seems as good as anything on the market.

disappointed - nice looking but locked up frequently. Traffic alerts not that good. Did not work well with my mobile phone. Dont bother- the Tomtom GO 720 is far, far superior.

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