Sony Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

Product Description

Traveling to your favorite destinations has never been this easy. The Nav-u portable satellite navigation system has a sleek, 4.3″ touch-panel widescreen display and can be easily mounted in any vehicle. The brilliant, high-contrast full-color graphical interface is also intuitive and fun to use. Whether it’s a trip across town or cross-country road trip, the Nav-u satellite navigation system makes the perfect travel companion. The NV-U73T comes pre-loaded with Map Content covering the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Dual View capability displays dynamic route information to provide an even clearer view of what’s around the bend or in a highway merge scenario, which Junction to take. Commonly used commands such as Take Me Home may be accessed by gesturing an inverted V(R) on the screen versus paging through numerous menu screens. Step away from standard GPS mapping and towards a more complete navigation solution. Real Time Traffic Information radio reception allows the NV-U73T to constantly monitor relevant traffic conditions and automatically re-route you around trouble spots. TTS (Text to Speech) also eliminates second-guessing when making a turn; the device utilizes spoken commands ensuring you are able to follow the directions by street names. Using the Sony-unique Super Suction Cup, mounting a Nav-U portable satellite navigation system to either the dashboard, console, or windshield in virtually any vehicle is quick and easy. Stable and secure while driving, the Nav-U portable satellite navigation system can be easily removed whenever you want to take it with you. Interfaces – DC Input 5-5.2V Jack, USB Jack, External GPS Aerial Jack, and TMC Aerial Jack 87.5 – 108.0 Mhz Reception Frequency RDS-TMC Traffic Messaging Channel Dimensions – 3.7 x 2.1 x 4.3 (95x54x109mm) Weight – 7.4 Ounces (210 Grams)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #238 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Sony
• Model: NVU73T
• Dimensions: 3.10″ h x 5.20″ w x .80″ l, 1.00 pounds
• Native resolution: 480 x 272
• Display size: 4.3

Features

• 4.3″ Anti-glare/Anti-fingerprint Touchscreen Display
• Super Suction Cup
• Gesture Command
• Dual-View-3D Junction Guide
• Pre-installed Maps of US, Canada, and Puerto Rico with Nearly 5 Million Points of Interest

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Manufacturer’s Description (June 6, 2008)
Introducing Nav-U GPS from Sony. Complete with a brilliant display, intuitive touch screen and easy to understand menus, the NV-U73T portable satellite navigation is easy on the eyes. The model is thinner than a nickel is wide at 4.3-inches, weighs less than a half-pound and can be easily mounted in almost any vehicle.  Whether it’s a trip across town or cross-country road trip, the features on the NV-U73T make it the perfect travel companion, ready right out of the box.

Pre-Installed Maps and Content
The NV-U73T comes pre-loaded with map content covering the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico with full street level detail. The NV-U73T contains 4 million points of interest and a brand icon function, providing recognizable waypoints along your route. The navigator also has a Memory Stick PRO DuoSlot to support the transfer of particular guidebook information.

Dual-View-3D Junction Guide
The NV-U73T features Dual View capability. As you approach your particular turn, Dual View 3-D will split the screen into two, highlighting useful information for the guidance on the left. The right windows keeps the normal map information, providing a clear view of what’s around the bend or in a highway merge scenario, or which junction to take.

Ease of Use
The Nav-U’s Gesture Command eliminates the need for menu interaction when entering the most common destinations. Use your fingertip to draw a pre-determined shape on the screen and Gesture Command will calculate the way home, to the nearest gas station or an ATM.

Real Traffic Updates
Real-time traffic information radio reception allows the NV-U73T to constantly monitor relevant traffic conditions and automatically re-route you around trouble spots. Adjustable user settings also allow you to select the type of information you wish to display.  The Nav-U comes with a 3-month traffic subscription.

Text To Speech Capability
TTS (Text to Speech) also eliminates second-guessing when making a turn. The device utilizes spoken commands ensuring you are able to follow the directions by street names.

Super Suction Cup Mount
A Nav-U easily mounts within arms reach in virtually any vehicle. The Super Suction Cup makes mounting options endless. Once mounted, snapping a Nav-U onto or off of the cradle is easy with the intuitive locking design. The unit simply slides into position , locking when fully engaged. Removal is just as easy using the release button and reversing the process. Stable and secure while driving, the NV-U73T is easily adjusted when in use – no more finicky adjustment dials.

What’s in the Box?
The Sony NV-U73T comes with a car cradle, antenna, XA-DC3 car battery adaptor, USB cable and an application disc.

Customer Reviews

Good gps so far
So i bought this gps last week and recieved it yesterday, shipping was faster then i expected which was great. I purchased it because i will be driving across country from wisconsin to california and i figured a gps would be nice to have, plus ive always wanted one since they are so convenient. I did not want to pay very much,and with the $99 price tag this cant be beat. I didnt want to just rush in and pick whicever one looked cool, so i researched different ones i liked for a week or two prior to choosing. The reviews for this unit definitly vary,and i was a little skeptical, but if you look at any gps out there, there is a bad review somewhere, so since there was more good reviews than bad for this unit, i took the chance. Ive used the unit three seperate times since yesterday, and each time it worked great. Right out of the box, i charged it for an hour and then turned it on, aquired a signal in less than 5 seconds which was great, idk about the other reviews but for me it has not taken longer than 5 seconds to find a sattelite and lock on. Right away i upgraded free software from 3.0 to 3.2, which is easy to do right from sony.com, and took me less than 10 minutes. Touchscreen is nice, and i do have really big fingers, and its still not bad at all. Color is good as well, i like that you can pick what color you want the map to be during the day and the night modes. POI’s look good so far, messed around and typed a few places and all came up. Shows all the gas stations around my house, as well as all the local restaurants and fast food places, and it shows little icons for restaurants, gas stations, shopping, etc as you drive along your route, which is definitly cool.Sound is good, obviously you cant hear it well when radio is loud, but what do you expect, its easy to just watch and follow on screen directions when music is loud. Best part so far is the split screen when you are coming up to your turn, it works great and is super convenient. Also liked that it showed your speed, distance to destination,estimated time of arrival, and distance to next turn on the navigation screen. I also purposely went the wrong way a couple of times and it instantly recalculated a new route for me. Have only used it a few times, but so far its great and i would definitly recommend it to anyone.

If i had to choose one con,
unit didnt always calculate the fastest route. since i know the way around my own town i knew quicker ways to get to my destination than it wanted me to go. But this really doesnt matter because your not going to use it to get somewhere you already know how to get, so even if it doesnt take you the fastest possible route, you wont even know.

best value
After reading the mixed reviews I also took a chance and purchased this product and took advantage of the free software upgrade from Sony. I am pleased with the unit. Glad I took the chance. Best value for the money. Nice size display and good implementation. all systems go.