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| Brand: Navigon
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $249.99
You Save: $399.01 (61%)
New (9) Used (4) Refurbished (3) from $206.95
Rating:  199 reviews
Sales Rank: 204
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 4
MPN: 10000140
Model: 10000140
UPC: 898110001051
EAN: 0898110001051
ASIN: B000S11K5U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wait until they get the bugs out September 12, 2007
Mike Metzger (Buffalo, NY USA)
35 out of 40 found this review helpful
I agree with Twelly on most points. I've been using the Navigon 7100 along with my Nuvi 360 for a week. The Navigon fails miserably when it comes to recalculating a route. It will try to double back and put you on the original route, even adding many extra miles. Whereas the Nuvi never made a mistake when recalculating. The swivel joint became loose after attaching the unit 5 times. The Navigon is a beautiful unit but if I want to upgrade my screen I would purchase the Nuvi 660. The Nuvi also will load my telephone book when I use my cell phone whereas the Navigon will not. The Navigon 7100 cd manual has 88 pages and is well written. There are alot of features, so many that to fit on the screen everything is very small and hard to read for my eyes. Also the battery in mine only lasts approximately 1.5 hours. I followed the directions and charged it overnight before it's first use. In order to use it i've had to keep it plugged into the dc jack.
I would suggest waiting for Navigon to get their act together before purchasing. I am returning mine to Amazon today.
 Excellent product July 6, 2007
Dustin Worles (Washington, D.C.)
32 out of 46 found this review helpful
I've been using the Navigon 7100 for a couple weeks now and absolutely love it. It's a beautiful unit and the graphics are fantastic. One of my favorite features is the free traffic reports. I live in the DC area and traffic is terrible on the Capitol beltway. It's nice to know what roads to avoid throughout the day.
The 7100 comes will a stylus pen that I never use. It's a pain to pull out every time I want type in a command. I never had a problem with just using my fingers.
I highly recommend this GPS system.
 Great potential...but wait for updates before buying September 7, 2007
g (dc)
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
I've used a Navigon in Europe and was optimistic about this product.
I received it last week. I've compared together in real time to the TomTom in our other vehicle as well as a Nuvi 650.
Observations: US routing is well off the mark. Points of Interest do not function well, many are missing. As a paying customer I received a 2GB "standard" card instead of the the advanced fast 4GB SDHC card advertised and included in the units distributed free to reviewers. Text-to-speech seems to have been revised to a downgraded system that does not speak most street names. US Customer support was poor, and emails relayed by the US site to Navigon Europe seemed to be handled in a confused manner.
Interestingly these problems are acute for the user, but the fixes are rather simple for Navigon. Two things are happening. I think the 2GB card probably cramped software (everything is on the card) and caused needed and perhaps planned features to be left off. And US support seems to have a poor relationship with the German HDQ where the software is written.
I would say this product has great potential.If you read of a good series of routing updates, software fixes, and return to SDHC card, all of these would be an indication changes in revamping of customer service and commitment to the US market. At that point I would give this device a very strong positive recommendation.
Poor route routing September 7, 2007
Aron R. Lorenz (SE Michigan)
24 out of 29 found this review helpful
The 7100 does not calculate the shortest time route and takes you on round about routes. This has happened to me on more than one occasion while using the system on very familiar routes using different settings. When the unit was set for fast route which means fast roads not fastest time it took me on a route that was not the shortest time route. If you set it for shortest route it will provide a shortest distance route which may not be the shortest time route.
I called Navigon and spoke to their technical support and general support people. They were unable to provide a solution to correct the problem.
This was very disappointing since I know Navigon is a very good and respected supplier of GPS systems in Europe. To bad they did not wring out all the kinks before rolling this out in North America.
Amazon is allowing me to return the item.
Navigon 7100 Has Major Unresolved Issues September 8, 2007
Picky (Michigan, USA)
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
I was about to purchase a Navigon 7100 when I saw issues arise from experienced users who were testing their new products. (Google Navigon 7100 routing and you'll see what I mean.) I tried contacting Navigon more than once to get assurances that these issues would not be a problem, but their reply was missing or useless. Major issues are:
1) Routing in the U.S. (not a problem in Europe) sometimes makes no sense, doubling travel distance or time. Setting "optimal" routing may get around this somewhat, but the product doesn't work as it should; 2) Obvious points of Interest are either missing or difficult to identify on the GPS; 3) Streets are not always spoken on coming turns; 4) Navigon advertises the product comes with a 4 GB secure digital card but often comes with only 2 GB. It is not clear whether this causes some of the other problems; 5) Customer support is not addressing these issues. They simply say if they find I problem in the future, you can be assured they will fix it. This is not a consolation to people spending $500+ for this product.
I'm going to wait and see if these issues are resolved before making my purchase. There are alternatives (Magellan, Nuvi), although these are less attractive, on paper.
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