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Sony NV-U82G Navigation Unit with UK & Ireland Mapping
From Sony
Price: £169.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery on orders over £15. Details
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #2669 in Consumer Electronics
Brand: Sony
Model: NVU82G.EUR
Released on: 2007-05-10
Features
4.8in Touch-screen
Just 2cm thickness
Full postcode
Bluetooth hands-free
UK, Ireland and Northern France maps installed
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Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer\'s Description
The new Sony range of Nav-U satellite navigation units offer you the reassurance and peace of mind for those familiar and unfamiliar journeys.
With a host of features including TMC (Traffic message channel) and POSITIONplus, your Sony Nav-U will be the most reliable part of you car!
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POSITIONplus
With previous SAT NAV models, if you were to drive through a densely populated area, past high buildings or through a tunnel, you could lose your GPS signal. Now Sony have developed POSITIONplus, by processing your speed and distance in low GPS signal areas, you will never get lost again.
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Unique Cradle Design
The U82/92 also has a small, simple, easy to use and install cradle that holds the unit perfectly still.
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Gesture Command
Tired of having to always put in your route to find your way home or to find a petrol station? Sony now include Gesture Command on all models, simply draw a pre-designated shape on the screen to take you home or to find a petrol station.
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Dynamic Route Information
Provides a host of information along your route such as petrol stations, parking and other points of interest, making sure you know what\'s around the corner. Available on all Sony Nav-U models. But really looks the best on the 4.8\" screen!
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TMC (Traffic message channel)
With real time information, you will be up-to-date with the road situation within 3 seconds of the occurrence of a traffic problem, quickly recalculating your route and making sure you stay out of the jam. Available on NV-U72T & 92T. A subscription will be required.
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Safety Cameras
Selected Sony Nav-U models come with 1 years free subscription to safety camera positioning. See in box for details. It couldn\'t be easier. (Models NV-U72, NV-U82 & NV-U92)
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Full Postcode Search
Using the alpha numeric keypad you can enter the full postcode of your destination to get precise directions, making your journey even easier!
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Manufacturer\'s Description
For stunning design and unbeatable easy-to-use navigation features this is what you need! Loaded with simple to use technology that will reduce your driving stress and get you to your destination without fail. A true must have!
Box Contents
main unit
instructions
Car Cradle
Car battery adapter
Carrying Case
USB cable
application disc
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Customer Reviews
not vista compatible.
Major problem with this series of sat navs is that they are not vista compatible. Plug it into a vista pc or laptop and it will sit on a looped screen. I have written several times to Sony and they have confirmed it is not compatible but also have the cheek to say it is not their problem but microsofts and that no updated firmware is likely. This depsite the unit being launched after vista was on the scene. Their website is very misleading as it states all units are compatible or under investigation, seeing as how it is now October i have asked that they should correct this to show that it is not compatible. Other issue i have is that there is no indiccation of updates to safety camera information, so you get a years subscription which is not updated so will quickly be out of date, again their eventual reply to me was no indication of updates being issued. Shame really cos the unit looks the business but shows you should really stick to a dedicated sat nav maker like tom tom, sony have dipped their toe in the water put out flashy units but have no intention of supporting them. My advice, avoid and buy tomtom
Sony NV-U82G Speed cameras will cost you a packet!
Although I was pleased with the big display & directional functionality of this unit, it was advertised (Argos)as having 1 year\'s free safety-camera subscription. I followed guidance on Sony\'s web-site to download the appropriate data-file which began the subscription. Menu items illustrated in the online guide were missing. After going round in circles clicking buttons I looked at FAQs, one of which implied that this would only work if I paid a further £60 for a TMC equipped car-cradle. In fact all I had to do was run (double-click)the downloaded file with the Sony NV-U 82 connected to my PC and the phantom menus appeared. Nowhere in Sony\'s instructions was this put in simple English. I don\'t look forward to firmware updates or adding maps!
Gets you there, what more can you ask?!
I bought this item today ready to take on holiday later in the week. I have tried it out today and found it really good. It is quick to find it\'s position and also very quick to adjust the route if you take a wrong turning.
The only slight criticism is that when you are planning a long route, you can\'t get it to tell you which route it is taking in words (eg. M25, M3, A27 etc) but it only shows you on a little map. You also can\'t programme it to avoid certain roads (eg. the M25!) which you can with the TomTom.
Otherwise it does everything you need, quickly and accurately, and the nice lady even remembers to say please :)
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