- Bluetooth: No
- CD Player / Recorder: No
- Category: Portable Devices Dedicated For Navigation
- Compact Flash Card: No
- DVD Player / Recorder: No
- FM Tuner: No
- Hard Disk Capacity in GB: 1
- Internet Connectivity: No
- MP3 Playback: No
- Map Storage Medium: On board Flash Memory
- Memory Stick: No
- Monitor Format: 4:3
- Monitor Size in Inches: 4
- Monitor Type: Fixed Monitor
- Multimedia Card: No
- On Demand Map Access: No
- Screen Size in Inches: 3.5
- Secure Digital Card: No
- Smart Media Card: No
- TV-Tuner: No
- Telephone Included: No
- Touchscreen: Yes
- Traffic Message Channel (TMC): Input Channel for TMC
- TransFlash Card: No
- USB: Yes
- Voice Control: No
- iPod Control: No
- xD-Picture Card: No
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Technical Details
Product details
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The Nav-U50 is a small and perfectly formed, fully portable navigation device with clever Sony styling. The NEW nav-u range showcases a 3.5 high-quality touch screen display with an extra-wide 80° viewing angle giving you optimal flexibility. All nav-u products offer plug-and-play operation complimented by a smart cradle with easy installation suction cup and one-touch release. The high accuracy positioning of the Sony GPS chip and a long lasting battery ensure that users will never be lost again.
Sophisticated and intuitive, the user-friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface) with easy to read icons and efficient menu navigation, makes product interaction like second nature.
The NV-U50 guarantee stress-free driving with a dynamic re-routing function and real-time traffic information via TMC (Traffic Message Channel) where available (TMC optional on the NV-U50 via NVA-CU3T TMC cradle). Your best route is automatically calculated and continuously updated making sure you are always on the right track. The NV-U50 features a specially designed two-way speaker system, ensuring crystal clear voice guidance no matter what it's position thanks to a funky 1.6 Woofer at the back and a Tweeter in the front. NV-U50 users enjoy can a wide map coverage within their chosen region with up to five countries and boarder areas including neighbouring cities on each product.
The following accessories are also available for NV-U50 and NV-U70T: External GPS Antenna VCA-41, Car Cradle Kit NVA-CU3, TMC Car Cradle Kit NVA-CU3T, European Map Package NVD-DU3, Car Install Kit XA-49FM
Product Description
The NEW nav-u range showcases a 3.5 high-quality touch screen display with an extra-wide 80° viewing angle giving you optimal flexibility. All nav-u products offer plug-and-play operation complimented by a smart cradle with easy installation suction cup and one-touch release. The high accuracy positioning of the Sony GPS chip and a long lasting battery ensure that users will never be lost again. Sophisticated and intuitive the user-friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface) with easy to read icons and efficient menu navigation makes product interaction like second nature. The NV-U50 and NV-U70T products guarantee stress-free driving with a dynamic re-routing function and real-time traffic information via TMC (Traffic Message Channel) where available. Your best route is automatically calculated and continuously updated making sure you are always on the right track. The NV-U50 and NV-U70T feature a specially designed two-way speaker system ensuring crystal clear voice guidance no matter what its position thanks to a funky 1.6 Woofer at the back and a Tweeter in the front. NV-U50 users enjoy wide map coverage within their chosen region with up to five countries and boarder areas including neighbouring cities on each product. The NV-U70T offers pan European coverage (27 countries with 15 languages) which offers you seamless travel between countries even on long journeys. Languages include: English French Spanish German Italian Dutch Swedish Greek Portuguese Finnish Czech Norwegian Polish Danish & Flemish. Personal GPS Navigation System 3.5 Touch Screen Graphic User Interface Plug and Play Voice Guidance 2-Way Separate Speaker System 512MB Built-In Flash Memory 2D and 3D Map Display Mode Optional TMC (Traffic Message Channel) with dynamic re-routing (via RDS-TMC receiver Cradle) Over 75 000 Points of Interest including Restaurants Accommodation Entertainment Petrol Stations Parking and Sports UK
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
The Sony navigation unit has proved to be a very useful tool. On the plus size:
+ easy to use once you understand the input system
+ very fast recalculation on the move
+ easy to read mapping
+ compact but not so small as to be fiddly to use
it does however have a few disadvantages
- battery life is poor, so best leave it in the cradle and on charge when in the car
- although the spoken instructions are given in plenty of time, the voice is faint and easily drowned out at speed or with the radio on
- occassional glitch in mapping (such as trying to send us down the onramp of the M3)
On the whole though a solid product which does exactly the job asked of it
+ easy to use once you understand the input system
+ very fast recalculation on the move
+ easy to read mapping
+ compact but not so small as to be fiddly to use
it does however have a few disadvantages
- battery life is poor, so best leave it in the cradle and on charge when in the car
- although the spoken instructions are given in plenty of time, the voice is faint and easily drowned out at speed or with the radio on
- occassional glitch in mapping (such as trying to send us down the onramp of the M3)
On the whole though a solid product which does exactly the job asked of it
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Bought this about an year ago. I don't use this everyday and take this only when going to visit someone etc. The GPS unit seems OK, being Sony make but the mapping software leaves a lot of refinement. It get really confused when re-routing is required (like you going to a service station on motorway) The voice instructions (espescially in towns) are given right at the end and you don't get time to do it without braking sharply and potentially causing accidents. Also, the screen 'hung ' a few times needing resetting the unit. It won't eliminate the use of the good old orad maps and the need for homework before setting off.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This was my first Sat Nav, having never used one before. First the mains charger stopped functioning and then the in-car charger gave up the ghost. The irritating problem is that it wont let you enter a full postcode for your destination. Say a postcode is AB1 1AB, - you can only enter AB1, and them have to scroll down dozens of roads within that postcode. Also this machine doesnt squeak when nearing speed traps which others do. It has the same problems as other sat navs re new roads as the maps are not up to date.
