Nüvi
And now for the Nüvi. Until now it didn’t compete in the same race as the others, but now, thanks to a great decrease in its price, it turned into a considerable alternative (although it could have turned into a peacock). It has already been tested by master Polacheck, and he was satisfied with it, with the exception of the map. Since then a year has passed and something has happened as it was perfectly navigating at me and I traveled through lower-Austria besides a number of small settlements in Hungary. So regarding the map there has been a major improvement. (Note: now the TopMap database is behind the software - Bog) The packaging is still a large cube and its sontents are the same too: device, passive holder, mains charger, car charger (the interesting is that it has quite a thick wire and it is united with the TMC antenna which can be stuck to the windshield with two rubber disks) and papers.
The Nüvi doesn’t navigate with iGO. This is a minus from me, taking in consideration that I have been the most satisfied by now with this software form Nav’N’Go. The Nüvi’s graphical map is quite plain, its advantage being that it’s perfectly transparent and that all texts appear with a font size of minimum 14, thus easing the job of the driver. Turning on the device two things are striking: the huge, 480x272 resolution display and its visibility. I put another navi near it. It was sunny weather and the Nüvi was so much better, that it was suspicious. I started putting all of the navis on the windshield and I must say that the others have much to learn. It pressed the others down in means of luminosity and visibility, like Raikkönen did the Super Aguri cars starting from the last place. By night I saw curious eyes staring at my car when stopped at the red light. Unfortunately they weren’t looking at me, but at the Nüvi sitting on the windshield.
The passive holder is perfect. It holds the machine completely motionless and the charger is plugged in this too after what we can insert the navi with the unfolded antenna. It finds the satellites quickly and the connection is stable, it made me angry only once: when exiting the subterranean garage of MOM Park it showed no signal and asked me if I am inside a building. I answered yes, when it said that okay, than the GPS antenna is turned off. It took me 5 minutes of navigation through the menu system until I found out how to turn it back on.
The Nüvi 660 is also capable of functioning as a Bluetooth loudspeaker, easing this way proper driving. It was a friendly, aesthetic companion. The map can be strange for an eye used to iGO, but it is easy to handle. The TMC antenna included in the base pack is a gallant choice and the passive holder is perfect. As a downside I could mention the bit complicated menu system and the software un-Hungarian in some parts. The best was when it told me: go 300 meters and then purn right. :-))
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
