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Gadgets Sat Navs
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Description
Sat Nav
Price:
£299.00
Features:
Navigation Features:
Full colour 3D or 2D mapping to street level
Clear sound voice instructions
Quick location search
Full UK postcode search
Navigate in Britain door to door (street level)
Autozoom
Automatic re-routing
Interchangeable mapping available on a simple to use SD card
Day and night mode
Voice prompts
Save your favourite routes
Fast POI search
Quick route calculation
Speed based commands
Road Angel Features:
Fixed camera warnings
Camera-advisory speed limits
Accident blackspots
Primary schools
Congestion charging
USB & Bluetooth updates
Speech alerts
Store your own personal danger areas
Mobile safety camera locations
Optional European safety camera database
Performance
The Road Angel Navigator comes with a device called a proDock that enables you to hang the unit from the windscreen or between the front seats. The dock has an integrated loudspeaker which helps, because the speaker in the device itself is not the best for listening to voiced driving instructions -- especially in a noisy car.
I tested the Road Angel Navigator on a series of drives -- some familiar routes and some unfamiliar. The unit coped extremely well, recalculating routes with a little chirrup in the cases where I elected to take a route that differed from the suggested one. The voiced directions were uttered well before the necessary turn was required; though, as I mentioned earlier, the speech was a bit difficult to understand, and I found myself wishing there was a "repeat" button on the unit. (The developers have said that this is a feature that will appear in the next version of the product.)
Mapping data is gathered from Sensis' Whereis and UBD resources, and one of the special features of this unit is its ability to warn drivers of school safety zones, speed and red light cameras, railway crossings, and other dangerous road conditions. With the handy touch screen, it's also easy to add your own personal road safety warnings, and of course to enter your favourite addresses (though, seriously, if you need to be told more than two or three times how to get from home to work, you might want to consider taking the bus -- I think it'd be safer).
Operation
The unit on its own (without the proDock) weighs 200 grams and though the manufacturer claims a battery life of four hours, I found it barely made it beyond the three-hour mark. I also found it took an incredibly long time to get its bearings when turning the unit on. This is because when it powers up, the device must load two different applications (the navigation app and Road Angel, which gives the driver road safety hazard info). It also must retrieve data from at least three global positioning satellites before it is ready. That all makes sense, but it also makes it difficult to simply grab the unit, hop in the car and go.
"Navigating" through the Road Angels screens is fairly straightforward, and thanks to the touch screen, there is no need for a confusing array of button controls. I found that in most cases I didn't want to go to the trouble of using the proDock holder in the car -- it was much easier to just carry along the unit itself. This, however, meant that it wasn't charging and I was left to my own navigating skills several times during testing when the battery died.
The only Navigation system you use for all your journeys
2 Products in 1, Satellite Navigation with Road Angel safety alerts, or the Unique Road Angel only mode.
Advisory Speed limit at hazards with unique colour coded screens
Easy to use straight out of the box
Road Angel’s award winning blackspot and camera alert system
Includes European major routes
8 hours battery life
Lightweight and compact pocket sized design
Latest technology high visibility 3.5" colour screen with built in anti glare
Automatic route re-calculation
New Anti Vibration car cradle (optional vent mount)
Easily transferable between cars
12/24v Input
Latest generation Sirf3 GPS antennae
MP3 & Photo Viewer
USB updates via bluetooth
Waterproof (IPX6)
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