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Navigon Traffic Activation Service | 
| Brand: Navigon
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $46.80
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New (16) Used (1) from $46.80
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 839
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 2 x 2
MPN: 10000250
Model: 10000250
UPC: 898110001327
EAN: 0898110001327
ASIN: B000WY1Q5M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Compatible with NAVIGON 2100/2120 | | • | U.S. and Canada Coverage Covers 68 Major Markets | | • | Alternate Routes Delivered Automatically to You | | • | Easy to Read Screens Color Coding and Actual Sign Images | | • | Quality Traffic Data Stringent Quality Control Processes Ensure Accuracy |
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Product Description
U.S. and Canada coverage for 68 major markets / Multiple traffic categories / Alternate routes / Color coding easy to read screens to make traffic simple
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 An excellent traffic monitoring chip for the Navigon GPS series April 5, 2008
R. Nicholson
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
A useful addition to the Navigon GPS line of products.
This chip contains a key code, which once registered with the Navigon website, allows you to receive continuous traffic updates with your Navigon GPS units (including the 2100, 2120, 5100 and 7100 series).
Having had a chance to assess this Traffic Service on a trip south and back, I'll comment on a few things I liked and didn't like...
The good:
1.)Once you've purchased this chip, the traffic service is a lifetime feature; no further monthly or yearly subscription fees or purchase updates required, ever!
2.)The traffic information is monitored continuously around most major highways and cities.
3.)You can set your unit up to give traffic info just on the route your driving, or you can get info within a radius of where you are at the moment.
4.)If a traffic problem does occur ahead of you the unit will tell you several things;
a.]it gives you the distance to the 'obstruction', giving you time to make detour planning.
b.]the unit (on your GPS map) tells you which you which side the the 'obstruction' is on (e.i. your side of the highway or the other); this is actually a very useful feature.
c.]the unit can automatically (if you set it up to do so) make a route around the 'obstruction' ahead.
A couple concerns:
1.)The charger cord from the cigarette lighter acts as an antenna for the traffic program. So if you don't have your unit plugged in (and you are running on unit battery only), you may not get good traffic info service.
2.)There is little or no information on side roads, byways or small towns/cities. There were even a couple of sections of more 'remote' Interstate Highways that had no coverage.
3.)There may be some delay in getting information to your unit (obviously a accident or delay must be reported before it can be relayed to your unit). However once it reaches your unit, I found that there was ample time and distance to try to detour around what ever was causing the problem.
Conclusion:
The traffic monitoring chip offers a great benefit by providing useful information to those traveling on the major highways and larger centers; it is, however, less useful in a more 'rural' or smaller settings. You should use your cigarette charger cord for reliable traffic reports, as the cord acts as an antenna for this service. 4 1/2 to 5 Stars
 Car charger needed for it to work March 24, 2008
frk040 (NYNY)
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
I did not see it mentioned on the Navigon website or in the quick start manual or even the comments left here, but... I had to call Navigon customer service to find out that the car charger MUST be plugged into the unit for the traffic monitering to work - the cord acts like an antenna to pull in the traffic signal. No cord, no signal. It's not a big deal if you have the unit mounted low on the dash - then give this another 3-4 stars. But if you have it mounted high on the windshield, you're stuck with a black cord hanging down in your field of vision - not good.
Love Real Time Traffic February 10, 2008
R. Donlin (USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Real Time Traffic has helped me a number of times, re-routing me in a way that I thought might be crazy but worked out beautifully. Amazon has the best price on it. I got it on sale for less than the typical $99, and it's a lifetime subscription!
Not very helpful January 22, 2008
D. Parikh (San Fran)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Not the most helpful item. Traffic in the U.S. is still in its primitive stages. The updates that it gives are about 1/2 hr to 45 mins delayed. Also it does not reroute considering traffic.
Navigon GPS Lifetime Traffic Card April 7, 2008
Mark (North Jersey)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased a new Navigon lifetime traffic card on sale on amazon.com for only $58 dollars (normal price is $99). I use it with the basic Navigon GPS which I will say does a great job. I've only had the product for a month or so and already I've avoided a few jams on the NJ Turnpike by following the traffic warning and taking an alternate spur of the Turnpike. Also when I was about to jump on Rt 46 going towards NYC, it directed me to take local roads towards the GWB, which I wouldn't have gone otherwise. So far so good.
Look, if you already have a Navigon GPS which I recommend (even the basic model which I have, purchased from Staples on sale for only #119), or are considering purchasing one, it's a no brainer for a one time fee of $99 dollars...versus having a monthly bill for a subscription with another carrier which most likely uses the same technology. All of the tecnhology for now is pretty much the same apart from one new concept that I saw on Nightline that to my understanding uses live streaming of satelite images to determine and project volume of traffic flow, and thus predict tie-ups.
The traffic updates are consistent also with contruction updates, which in the NY/NJ Metro area can really slow you down even in non-peak hours. Frankly, I should have purchased the used card in retrospect for $10 less. It doesn't really matter if you get it new or used, because it's only a code on the card that you intitally enter one time into your GPS.
Bottom line, it's a lot of bang for the buck all things considered with technology, price, and productivity. Navigon is the only GPS that I know of where the traffic fee is a one time lifetime deal. Most if not all the other GPS brands have a monthly or annual fee. Also it doesn't matter which of the tree Navigon GPS devices you have, the traffic card works with all of them. It's a great addition to your Navigon GPS. Buy it!
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