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(More customer reviews)Pros: large hard drive, lots of POI's, colorful accurate maps.
Cons: slow performance, poor FM transmitter quality, poor PC integration, poor route navigator calculator, infrequent lockups, MP3 playback kills performance even further.
Summary: I previously had a Tomtom GO 300 which got stolen from my vehicle, so I replaced it with the Jensen because it was on sale. There are some advantages that the Jensen has over the Tomtom, such as its maps tend to be much more accurate and uptodate, with much more POI's. The Jensen comes with a huge 12GB hard drive rather than on a flash-based storage, though you can add SD flash to it through a slot; but this seems to be redundant, as the hard drive is more than big enough.
The unit uses Windows CE 5.0 as its operating system, which might explain it poor performance. But despite this, there doesn't seem to be a way to upgrade the OS, and surprisingly there isn't very much PC integration available. With Tomtom, they gave you a CD with a PC app that was used to update and upgrade its GPS units. Nothing of the sort exists for Jensen, the CD comes with only documentation. Plugging the Jensen into a PC USB port just makes its internal hard drive show up, which you can then use to copy files from your PC hard drives to the Jensen hard drive. But there's no integration between them otherwise.
The unit frequently comes up with poor choices of routes, despite having good quality accurate maps available. For example, even if you have set it up to use the fastest route, it usually ends up picking the shortest route instead, which isn't necessarily the fastest route. Also it picks up the satellites extremely slowly, it will sometimes not pick them up even after 10 minutes! And even when it has picked up the satellites, it's navigation speed is poor, it doesn't seem to keep up with the actual position of the vehicle very well.
Don't bother using its built-in FM transmitter to tune your radio to it. The quality of the sound is terrible, lots of interference noise comes through all of the time. And don't bother using its MP3 playback either. Not only would you need to listen to the music through this crappy FM transmitter, playing MP3's also kills its performance while navigating. It really can't multitask very well.
The unit seems to be packed with a lot of interesting features, at least on paper. But it hasn't been implemented well. A jack of all trades, a master of none.
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Safer than trying to read maps while you drive, and much more comfortable than being unsure of where you are and how to get where you want to go, the Jensen NVX-1000 Portable Navigation with 4-Inch touch-screen, XM-Ready vehicle navigator helps you get where you are going in the quickest, most convenient way possible.
The Jensen NVX-1000 utilizes a crystal-clear, brilliant full-color, four-inch touch-screen display to show you at a glance where you are, and where you need to go. This unit provides you with turn-by-turn voice prompts, in selectable female and male voices, that let you know in advance where you need to turn without you having to ever take your eyes off the road. The NVX-1000 features route calculation based on user-input preferences, with automatic re-routing when you deviate from your planned route, whether it is by accident, or by choice. This navigator also features over 11-million POIs (Points of Interest) so you can easily find what you need wherever you are at, as well as displaying your estimated time of arrival, distance left to travel, time left to go, and miles per hour, all of which is calculated automatically.
More than your average navigator, the NVX-1000 is XM-radio capable, and when used with the optional XM Mini-Tuner via its built-in slot it becomes a full XM system. User's can enjoy all 170 XM channels plus XM Real-Time Traffic broadcasts that provide updated information on road conditions for optimum driving. The same Mini-Tuner that brings XM to this portable navigation system also can bring it to your home, all for one subscription fee if you have a compatible home stereo system. And with a built-in FM modulator, the NVX-1000 allows you to listen to XM radio, navigation instructions and other audio through your vehicle's speakers. What's more, this unit features basic PMP and PDA functions that MP3 digital music and MPEG-4 digital video playback, as well as a calendar, address book, memo pad and calculator. This convenience rich navigator can even be used with an optional rear-view camera to check blind spots as you back out of a driveway or in a parking lot.
Jensen's NVX-1000 portable navigator has a built-in SiRF Star III GPS receiver for the ultimate in accuracy, and comes fully embedded with complete maps for the United States, as well as including a CD with maps of Canada. This unit has an internal, 8 GB flash memory drive for downloading additional maps or POIs, and a secure digital card slot for expandable memory options. The NVX-1000 runs on a rechargeable, lithium-ion battery for up to four hours with no-memory effect from recharging, and comes with a USB 2.0 connection for both faster data transfers and recharging your battery. The Jensen NVX-1000 touch-screen navigator comes with an easy-to-use windshield mounting bracket and a 12-volt car power adapter, as well as a handy remote control for easier no-look adjustments. This Jensen navigation system also comes with a handy carrying case to protect your investment between trips, and is backed by a manufacturer's one-year warranty.
What's in the Box Jensen NVX-1000 touch-screen navigator, dashboard and windshield mounting bracket, remote control, vehicle power adapter, US and Canadian mapping, carrying case, user's manual and warranty information.
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