
Navman S50 Car GPS Receiver
Review created: 06/02/08(updated 22/08/09)
25 of 27 people found this review helpful.
The new Navman S50 is by far the best Navman to date, with its faster processor start-up time is a lot quicker than on the older models, and it also benefits by having the full 8 digit postcodes. There are some nice new touches like the voice instructions which now tell you when entering or leaving the motorway, the name of the motorway or the road you are going on to.
The 4.3" Touchscreen-Widescreen is clear and responsive,and there are separate buttons for petrol stations and car parks,it also uses the latest Teleatlas maps.
The S50 still retains all the features of the older models such as 3d map,2d map next 4 turns,search by postcode,poi,address,town,.Also has the distance travelled,distance to travel,eta,speed camera alerts,mph,automatic audible alert when you exceed the speed limit,TMC,and a a Bluetooth link which i found works great.
But the one thing that really makes it stand apart from other Satnavs is the ability to display the house numbers of the road that you are travelling on at the bottom of the screen.So if you know the road but not exactly where the number you are looking for is, you just watch the house numbers on the bottom of the satnav screen.Perfect if you do lots of local deliveries saves time having to keep putting in postcodes or the address.
I am a delivery driver and know most of the roads in the area I deliver to, but probably not exactly where the number I am looking for is on a particular road,I just leave the Satnav on free roam and watch the house numbers as they change on screen, I am never more than one door away from where I want to deliver to.
All in all with its bigger screen, improved slim design, better sound and ease of use, the best Navman so far. Also they have improved the windscreen mount the S50 just slides on and off no pressing clips.In my opinion a really great bit of kit.Recently used it to travel down to Norfolk for a boating holiday never took a wrong turn there or back, even used it on the boat shows where you are on the river.I have used TomTom which was ok but had to keep putting in the address or postcode which was a pain.If you want a decent Satnav at a resonable price that has all the features you will ever need to get from A to B then get a Navman S50,If you just want a Satnav that you can put silly voices on then get a TomTom at twice the price.Also has Bluetooth on so you can pair it with your mobile phone,and be notified if you receive any calls whilst driving.All in all I have had several Satnavs and I definatly rate this as the best,Thanks for taking the time to read this review.
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