Navman iCN 520 Vehicle GPS Navigation System | 
| Brand: Navman
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $429.95
You Save: $170.04 (28%)
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 24576
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 320x240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9999
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.3 x 4.9
MPN: ICN520
Model: ICN520
UPC: 817186000034
EAN: 0817186000034
ASIN: B000B8AJ34
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ready to take you where you need to go right out of the box | | • | Touch screen-enabled 3.5-inch landscape LCD with 320 x 240 resolution | | • | 12-channel GPS receiver is driven by Navman's SmartST 2005 software | | • | Back-on-track rerouting quickly recalculates your route when you take a wrong turn | | • | Comes with all North American maps, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Guam, on CD-ROM |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Get in your car with the Navman iCN 520 and enjoy fast, accurate, and simple GPS navigation features. With its contemporary style, pocket-friendly design, and precision-built quality, the iCN 520 offers an outstanding wireless navigation system with leading-edge features to make your driving experience easier, safer, and more enjoyable. This successor to the award-winning iCN 510 is ready right out of the box to take you where you need to go. 
A 3-D view helps you find your way quickly. | 
Take it along when you're on foot. | 
Find destinations using a variety of search modes. | 
The iCN 520's easy-to-use interface makes navigation second nature. | The best feature of the iCN 520 is its user-friendly interface. Simply type in your destination on the touchscreen and let the iCN 520 plan the best route for you to take. All information is displayed on a 3.5-inch landscape LCD with 320 x 240 resolution and support for up to 65,000 colors. During the journey, you'll also receive clear voice instructions to guide you, letting you focus on your driving. The iCN 520's 12-channel GPS receiver is driven by Navman's SmartST 2005 software, which contains highly detailed maps for your region. The maps offer you all possible information including nearby cross streets, emergency service locations, or your preferred points of interest (POIs). SmartST 2005 is packed with other outstanding features, including 3-D map view, zip-code search, back-on-track rerouting (for when you take a wrong turn), area avoidance (so you can dodge the traffic hotspots), and an extensive POI database. The Active POI function allows you to set an alarm to tell you when a particular POI is approaching, and it also allows you to navigate to your closest POI, such as a gas station. SmartST 2005 also provides ongoing journey information, including ETA, distance to go, time to go, and remaining miles/km per hour. The Navman iCN 520 comes complete with North American maps, including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Guam, on CD-ROM, so you can easily download your preferred region to a portable SecureDigital (SD) Card (a 256 MB SD card is included). As a convenience, the SmartST 2005 navigation software provides navigation and voice guidance in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. Thanks to an internal rechargeable battery and an easy-to-use windshield mounting unit, you can move the iCN 520 from car to car with ease. You can even use it outside the car as a handheld device to help guide you to your final destination on foot with street-level maps.
What's in the Box
iCN 520 GPS receiver, SmartST 2005 3-D navigation software with preloaded TeleAtlas Mapping Data, vehicle windshield mounting bracket, 12V vehicle power cable, AC adapter, USB cable, carry case, quickstart guide, and CD-ROMs (user manual, Adobe Acrobat Reader, SmartST 2005 navigation software).
Product Description
Add top quality Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities to yourvehicle without paying a premium price. The NEW iCN 520 is an easy-to-use, affordable and portable in-Car Navigation (iCN) GPS solution with advanced navigation features and user-friendly interface in a lightweight, portable, contemporary design.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Functionally fit, and informative. March 16, 2006
Jayson Klein (East Meadow, New York United States)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
This GPS system works well, especially for those of us who have no proir knowledge to get to specific places.
If you have to punch in the address, there's a menu that you type up the city, the street, and the number, and it'll make a list of closest matches to where you need to go. You can also save destinations as favorites, or you can save your home address as "Home".
And directions are done quite well, i must say. When you have to get bare left/right to get into/off of a parkway/freeway, it tells you to do that, giving you enough time to do so. It'll tell you approximately when you need to turn and what to do immediatly afterwards (ex: "In 0.2 miles, turn right", or "turn right, then go straight"), and if you were to, say, miss your destination spot, or go in a different direction, it'll recoordinate new directions in a relatively speedy fashion.
Now, it also comes with a brightly-lit, and easy to access touch screen and a stylus that allow you to select items fast.
With all it's functionality, and blunt directions, there are a few small things about it that annoy me.
Firstly, if you have a lot of map data on your GPS, it will slow down its reaction time and how long it takes to load up directions, especially if you had set the map to show in 3D (I have mine always set in 2D, becuase you don't need to see a map in 3D to know where you're going, and it loads up faster in 2D, anyways)
Another thing is that the memory card given with th GPS (if yours comes with one) is relatively small in the data storage dept. (mine was 125 MB, if I remember), so you may need to buy a bigger one, especially if you want to travel some of the states (I bought a 1 GB Memory card for the Eastern Coast of the USA, and some of the Central part of it).
Also, the tiny, nonflexible D-pad on the lower right corner is a bit awkward, and a tad useless. selecting with it is easy, but you need to press the stiff center of the button, which may have you accidently move right and click, or move down and click. In short: Use the Stylus, religiously, for this GPS.
Apart from its minute quirks, the Navman iCN 520 GPS is a functional, and dependable piece of gadgetry that I will hold on to for quite some time.
 Returned item after one week! August 5, 2006
M. Lu (Raleigh, NC)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
After reading many glowing reviews of this product, I decided to take the plunge and order one. One week later it was repackaged in the box and shipped back. The unit has some nice features including quick route calculations, many POI's, and a nice touch pad. However the time it took to acquire a sat signal makes this thiing pretty much useless. My commute time from work to home is roughly 25 minutes, it took the 520 from the time I left the work parking lot to the time I pulled into my driveway before it got a sat fix.I thought to myself...you have got to be kidding. So I gave it another go, I punched in my favorite takeout restuarant on the POI menu and set that as my destination. I left my house, went to the restuarant, picked up my food, drove back home, and guess what...still no signal, and this was after a warm start. Another downside is the software is lacking many updated streets. Some streets in my subdivision have been around for 4-5 years, but they are not found on the software. Also, it takes a 2GB SD card to load all the NA CD's that are included with the bundle and transferring states to your SD card is painfully slow. It took about 15-25 mins to download each state to the card (roughly 20mb's for a avg sized state). If you do not want a GPS system that will give you aggrevation time and time ago, this is not the unit for you.
Navman iCN520 GPS is no good July 8, 2006
R. Ramirez (Flushing, NY United States)
10 out of 24 found this review helpful
This device is a piece of trash. Don't waste your money buying it. The address database for the USA 2005 maps that were bundled on the enclosed CDs is missing a lot of addresses. I tried looking up my street address so that I could get directions from a friend's house to my place and my address was not included in the database!
Anything made by Garmin, the CS32X series is way better than this sorry excuse for a GPS. For the technically inclined, this GPS is actually is a PocketPc modified so that it works as a GPS. Yes! It's partially a Microsoft product after all! LOL
AMERICA, SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY !!! DON'T BUY THIS PIECE OF TRASH !!!
an excellent in-car gps unit compared to its competitors July 25, 2006
Y. Wang (winston-salem, NC)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I think this gps unit is excellent overall, especially consider the low price tag (I bought it for [...], free s/h & no tax). I wanted a gps unit after playing with my friend's Magellan Roadmate 300, and I think this unit is overally slightly better.
After reading numerous reviews, I was initially really worried about the time it takes to secure a satellite signal: many users has reported taking up to ten minutes. The inital satellite lock took me less than 2 minutes (I live in a small town in NC). after you turn the unit off (such as at the gas station), it will find the gps signal in less than 30 secs usually and will resume your previous route. There's another switch to completely shut off power supply (like when you're not planning to use it for a long time), after turning the unit back on, it takes about 2 minutes to get a satellite signal again...but overall it finds the signal faster than Magellan 300. One thing you can do to reduce start up time is to only activate the state's map you're in. For example, I loaded all the SE U.S. states but only have NC activated, I think this makes finding a gps signal slightly faster.
The GPS is very accurate, it's never more than 5 feet off unless in really bad weather conditions. I really like the fact that it's portable (not much bigger than a PDA), it comes with a leather carrying pouch and has about a 4 hrs of battery life. It comes with in-car mounting unit and cigarette lighter power supply that works very well. The maps are excellent, you can choose many different styles of maps (2D, 3D etc) and the map will automatically zoom-in to show more detail before each turn. The menus are fairly easy to use, but not idiot proof, most people should not have much trouble with it. Looking up addresses and "points of interests" were very easy. However it might be somewhat difficult using the touch-screen if you have fat fingers, but it does comes with stylus to circumvent this potential problem. the LCD is 3.5 inches, bigger than most in it's price category, and I definitely don't recommend anything smaller (like some of the tom-tom). The software you need to install on the PC is easy to use, and hooking pc to the gps via supplied usb cable was a breeze. You can plan multiple stops on this gps, and this function was easy to use. If you make a wrong turn, it very quickly recalculates the route for you.
There are some things i don't like about this. First and foremost, the screen has a glare in sunny weather, which can be quite annoying sometimes. also the volume is low even when turned up to max (can't hear well when window is open). The map transferring process from pc to gps unit is extremely slow, it seemed like it took about an hour to load up southeast U.S. (about 240mb). my unit only came with U.S. English (both male and female), I wanted to change it to an english accent but i gave up because this would've been very difficult to do.
I'm overall very satisfied, I would've given it 5 stars had it not for the glare in sunny conditions. This unit is pretty complete with all the major functions average consumers seek for an in-car GPS. I would definitely recommend you to buy this unit!!
 Very Good GPS with Voice Instructions and all U.S. Maps July 21, 2006
Bruce L. / raiderswin (USA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Review: Updated June 3rd, 2007.
This Navman is working great. I traveled more than 35,000 miles with no problems.
One side note: All GPS are like a portable computer because they all have microprocessors. If you experience any problems, just reboot the Navman. There should be an On/Off switch in the back. You can use your stylus to do that.
Review: Updated August 8th, 2006.
I still love this GPS. Come on people!!! If it takes you 15-25 minutes to load just one State, you need to get a new computer. I have an old Celeron 500 mhz computer with 128mb and it took me less than 5 minutes to load one State. I can get a Satellite signal in less than 2 minutes. If it takes you more than 2 minutes, it could be the Satellite is trying to find you from your last destination.
Example: I drove from home, 100 miles to a friend's house using my GPS. After arriving to the friend's house, I turned off my GPS. While I drove back home, I kept the unit turned off. After arriving home, I turned on the GPS, this time it took 5 minutes for the Satellite to find my GPS because the Satellite is trying to find me 100 miles away. Weather permitting, it should not take you more than 5 minutes to get a signal. If it takes you 25 minutes to get a signal that means you have one of those special car windshields (read the manual) or a defective GPS. If you cannot find streets that is around for 5 years, that means there is something wrong with you. TeleAtlas, the provider of the maps, has been around since 1981. Come on people!!! This unit is easier to use than programming your old VCR.
Review: July 20th, 2006
I have been using this Navman GPS for over a month. The maps are very easy to install. Pick and choose which State to install in your computer. Install the maps yourself and save up to $400. The 256 MB memory card that Navman provides can easily store 2 or more States. If you travel to many different States, I recommend a bigger SD memory card.
You will never get lost when you have this GPS with you. The Voice Instructions are simple and easy to understand. Touchscreen is easy to use. You can pull out a Stylus Pen from the back of this GPS if you don't like to use your fingers. It is very lightweight and pocket size portable. You can take this GPS with you when you are away from your vehicle because it has a built-in rechargeable battery. I used it while I am walking on a street and know exactly where I am at.
While driving, if you miss a turn, it will automatically re-route you in seconds. I have tested this device driving over 2,500 miles in the past month. This GPS never gave me any problems. The maps are up to date and very accurate.
Many of my friends who own Magellans and Garmins are amazed with this Navman. I tested my Navman ICN 520 against their GPS. The Navman is as accurate as their $700 devices. I came out ahead because I paid $350 and they paid over $700 for the Magellan and Garmin. Also, my Navman works in and out of the car.
This Navman GPS is a MUST BUY.
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