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Gadget Shop - Navman ICN-510 - In Car Navigation System

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Navman
EAN: 9419777057253
Label: Navman USA , Inc.
Manufacturer: Navman USA , Inc.
Model: iCN 510 UK
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Navman USA , Inc.
Release Date: 2004-11-22
Studio: Navman USA , Inc.

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Summary: Throw the ICN-510 out of the window
Comment: I have tried valiantly for 2 years to use my Navman ICN-510 sat nav and have now given up and bought a Tom tom which I should have done 2 years ago. My Navman was very unreliable at picking up the signal - sometimes it would pick it up straight away, other times I had almost completed my journey before it located me. The maps were out of date, in some areas quite severely. I was driving along the M4 in S. Wales on a stretch that has been there as long as I have and my sat nav was telling me to "Go to nearest road". It also refused to recognise the house and street I live in despite the fact it has been there 100+ years. The post code and street name recognition was limited and I had to look at maps to find roads near to my destination to input those as my destination.

I tour the country a lot as I work in theatre so I thought the POI database would be very useful. It would be if it had any points of interests other than pubs and restaurants on it. I bet Manchester never realised it had NO theatres!!!!

The route recalculation at times was laughable. Travelling from Chelmsford to Scarborough is quite straight forward approx 150miles if you go north to the M11 then A14, A1 and A64. So why did my Navman insist I had to go south to the M25 then over to the M1 and refused to change that route until I was on the A1, north of Peterborough. It was suggesting a route of 300miles!!!! The insistence of the sat nav to "turn around when possible" for approx 60miles does get very tiresome.

Some aspects of it were good. The holder stayed attached to my windscreen quite happily - something my Tom tom holder is not so good at, and it was a neat and nice looking piece of equipment but other than that I have to say the ICN-510 has been an absolute pain and I have spent more time arguing with it than is probably good for my health.

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Summary: Very good - if used correctly!!!:)
Comment: Right, the Navman 510 is one of my favourite sat-navs because of the price at the moment. Cheap as chips!

But the SmartST software and the navigation software is a nightmare to use. Slow, inaccurate, out of date, difficult to use...

HOWEVER the Navman is simply excellent because there is a load of good stuff you can do with it. If you know where to look.

This runs on Windows CE so if you know where to look, you can make a few erm..."alterations" to improve the unit. The word "unlock" springs to mind for some reason... Put it this way, after a couple of hours I didn`t need to buy another unit by any other manufacturer. But I test and repair Satnavs so I still do...

Anyway, overall. Navman 510 standard software is a nightmare to use, but there is so much more potential in this unit. Now read this again very carefully...

Hope I helped

PS...If you already bought one of these and you hate it, you have NOT bought a lemon, so don`t worry

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Summary: Help Please
Comment: Hi, I bought a Navman ICN 510 from someone. It's very silly of me but I took it home and I can't get it to work.

I only bought it as I'm going to be a dad for the first time really soon and I need it to take my new baby to see family around Scotland.

The unit powers up ok but the maps don't work.

If i take the card out it shows "Reloading Maps" but I can't search for any addresses or anything.

Do I need the cd with or or software for the computer to make it work?

I really need help!!!
I've tried to contact the guy who sold me it but he's ignorng my calls.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Not a good review
Comment: I have run Tom Tom on a PDA and was fed up with a seperate aerial and poor battery and rebooting issues (problems with PDA). I thought this unit would provide the solution to all these problems and give me a current map.
1. The Menu is poor and has too many layers (eg. changing to night colours takes 3 levels, vs one on Tom Tom)
2. The aerial takes a long time to get signal unless you are on route. It almost can't cope with an off-route signal. Therefore getting quickly switched on and on to a new route seems to take an age.
3. You cannot re-route easily if for examlple your route is blocked by traffic and so you have to go through endless "do a U -turn now" no alternative route or road blocked options
aarghh!
4. when you've been stopped on route the algorithm seems to think all possibilities are plausable and doesn't take into account the direction you were previously travelling in, so takes time establishing direction which if your in a city you can miss your turn, as it figures this out. double aargh!!

I'm returning mine, TOM TOM is more expensive for a reason.

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Summary: Navigate to a better system
Comment: After much thought about buying a SAT NAV system I decided to take the plunge and go for a NAVMAN ICN-510. It's good looks and reasonably small size were the first things that caught my eye, as well as the description on the box of what it can do, so it was with great expectation that I sat in the shops car park and programmed in a route via the postcode search option to go home, it was then things went downhill, the search was limited, not even listing my postcode or roadname, so I had to program it to a street down the road from home, the recommended route was spot on, I even diverted to see how well it corrected itself, again no problems. Later that day a friend and I went on an away trip to watch our local rugby team, so as both of us had never been to the away ground before I thought it would be a good idea to program the route, again useless, it directed me to the town, then it would have been upto me to hunt around looking for the club's pitch as the postcode again wasn't listed, fortunately my friend has SAT NAV on his phone and he had also entered the postcode on his system, and it took us excactly there. The PC interface isn't brilliant either, it works but thats about it. When moving through the unit's menus and screens there is frequently a slight delay which became annoying quite quickly.

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Editorial Reviews:

The NEW Navman iCN 510 is a sleek, pocket sized, mobile GPS solution delivering outstanding performance, features and design. The iCN 510 encapsulates Navman style and quality in a compact system that delivers leading edge road navigation.

With its contemporary style and precision build quality the iCN 510 offers an outstanding wireless navigation system you can use in-car or on foot. The distinct iCN 510 characteristics include a lightweight casing, sleek multi-directional GPS receiver, high-resolution touch-screen, responsive menu system and infra-red port for optional remote control. The iCN 510 is a complete 'Drive-Away"' solution because it is pre-loaded with the very latest regional maps for your country from TeleAtlas and is also pre-powered out of the box. You can just 'Buy, Walkout of the store and Drive-Away'.

The iCN 510, driven by Navman SmartST" V3 software, is packed with superb features including 3D map view, voice guidance, postcode search, Back-on-Track" rerouting, 'Avoid Areas' so you can dodge the traffic 'hotspots' and customisable Points-of-interests. A new feature to SmartST" V3 is 'Active POIs'. This function allows you to set an alarm to tell you when a particular POI is approaching and also allows you to navigate to your nearest one, e.g petrol station. The Navman iCN 510 is sold with SmartST" V3 software, street-level mapping for the country of purchase and major road base maps for Western Europe.

Total Mobility
iCN 510 V3 Transferable Total MobilityThe iCN gives you leading edge navigation on-the-move, use it in-car or on-foot it's your choice. The sleek, lightweight design means it sits firmly in the palm of your hand and the responsive touchscreen enables you to effortlessly manage your journey, giving you total control over where you want to go.

Active Points-of-interest
iCN 510 V3 Transferable Active Points-of-interestSmartST" V3 now allows you to customise your points-of-interest. You can import new favourites such as restaurants, petrol stations and safety cameras and set an alarm so you know when you are approaching a particular POI. You can also navigate to the nearest POI during your journey such as the nearest petrol station or restaurant.

Drive-Away"
iCN 510 V3 Transferable Drive-Away"The Navman iCN 510 GPS is a complete 'Drive-Away' solution. The unit comes pre-loaded with Navman SmartST V3 software and road maps for the country of purchase. It also comes pre powered so you can use it straight out of the box. (Pan-European maps are available separately)