Motorola Motonav TN765T 5.1-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
Features
- 5.1 Cinematic Display
- 2 Watt Hands-free speakerphone with noise cancellation technology
- Live traffic with re-routing options
- 3 months free MotoExtras service package (Google Search, Weather, Fuel Prices, Flight Status)
- Voice Recognition
- Dimensions (W x H x L): 5 x 3 x 0 inches
- Weight: 0 pounds
Motorola Motonav TN765T 5.1-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic3.2812532
Portable GPS NavigatorsMotorola Motonav TN765T 5.1-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
Good device…when it works
Pros:
1. The screen is huge and allows you to see tons of data in one view.
2. The routing tends to work quite well.
3. The maps seem up-to-date. While it didn’t route to my house properly, nothing does as I live way out in the country on dirt roads. That said, it got closer than other units I’ve seen.
Cons:
1. The voice recognition system. First, you can’t quickly navigate it as you have to wait for it to bring it up then prompt you to speak. Second, the voice recognition is very poor at recognizing names. It couldn’t even get road names like River or Bell.
2. The battery life is virtually non-existent so make sure you can keep it on a charger all the time.
3. After a few weeks of use, my unit wouldn’t power on when I got in the car. I’d have to fiddle with it for a while and, usually, it’d boot up but would warn me about a low battery and such. I checked the power conenctions and all was fine.
4. Tech support is poor and rude. I called Motorola support regarding the issue with powering the system on and they told me that it might be defective and that I’d have to ship it to them to evaluate it and decide what they’d do with it. They said that, if they determined that it wasn’t defective, they’d charge me for evaluating the unit. On top of that, they wouldn’t even offer an advanced exchange option so I was going to have to go for a few weeks without it.
I ended up returning this unit to Amazon and ordering the new Garmin Nuvi that isn’t even out yet.
Beautiful display but routing is horrid
I have been looking to replace a two year old Garmin nuvi for a while. I hate it, horrible software, but I cannot find a new GPS that has good directions.
I live in a fairly rural area and the first thing I did was set the Motonav up to take me home, it was behind horrible. While driving what I know to be the best route it wanted me to take turns, make U turns, etc. that I knew were not wise. No matter how nice everything else is, that is cause to return it. How can I trust a GPS in unknown territory when it gives such bad directions at home?
If you care more about bells and whistles than routing here are some good points.
Best of all, unlike other GPS’, this one (and my nuvi) power up automatically when I start the car and turn off when you turn the car off (assuming you don’t have an always on cigarette lighter).
Screen is beautiful. Ease of use is OK, however when you type in an address it is a little slow at returning suggestions.
Paired with my iPhone and allowed me to upload my phone book.
Only complaint is the bad directions, a deal breaker to me.
Beware-Buggy software
Just got a new one- updated to new software using the Motonav Toolbox in Windows 7. Now the audio output is completely lost after any bluetooth handsfree calling. Had to master-reset to get the audio back. To enable bluetooth call and audio output in navigation, I had to revert back to older version of software. Google POI never getupdated. Motonav toolbox login just fails for no reason. Motonav advt pops up during the navigation and if i exit it, the current trip is lost. I had to reset and enter destination again.
I love it. But, I had to return it.
I purchased this Motorola from Wal-Mart after returning the same navigation unit, twice, to Amazon that wouldn’t send me a third one. The problem I was having dealt with the map/menu button not appearing to function. It’s possible the button was never broken. The button apparently only works when it is in its cradle. I was also charged the restocking fee. As a result, I will never purchase anything from Amazon again except for books. In any event, it was more expensive from Wal-Mart. However, Wal-Mart is easier to deal with in case there ever is a problem with the unit. So, I’m pleased.
I have owned Garmin, Magellan, and Mio units in the past. I think this one is the best overall. The unit has a screen that is a little easier to view in direct sunlight. It has auto shut-off, which results in the unit turning off when I turn the car off. Of course, this only matters if your power source for the unit turns on and off with the engine. The other feature that I like is the font size. It’s larger than Both Garmin and Mio. That’s important when starring at the screen while the car is moving. I also like that the brightness for day and for night-time viewing can be adjusted separately. This allows cutting down glare for night-time driving. I also like that you can turn on and off the auto zoom function. Auto zoom can be a real pain when you’re trying to navigate unfamiliar streets without setting a course. I like the live traffic. It appears as a red circle on the screen over a red street or highway. You can also slide this info, POI or aerial view over part of the main map. Live traffic is supported by ads occasionally shown in the upper right hand corner. I don’t find them too distracting. Finally, I like the fact that the upcoming street is shown at the top of the screen. I think it’s more intuitive than showing the street you are already on. If in doubt, I can read any one of the nearest cross signs that indicate what street I’m on. Usually though, GPS units show the street you’re on in that same location.
I don’t like the limited themes that can be selected for the units’ back-drop. There are only three. And, I don’t like that you have to purchase Motoextras to keep receiving alerts for photo cameras, and reinforcement areas. Other than that, I can’t complain.
My Parents were able to use it . . .that says it all!
The BEST thing about this unit is that you can speak the address to it. This worked for me perfectly with no problems. My parents have a slight accent and it was still fine for them. My best compliment is that my parents were able to figure it out and use it fairly fast – so it’s pretty user friendly.
The wide screen is very nice compared to the nuvi they had and I found the ’speaker’ to be much more polite, helpful and less intrusive than the nuvi. I really dislike how my parents former navigation unit’s speaker was always talking and correcting them and warning about every single thing that was coming up, even with all the extras disabled. This unit, the Motonav, seems to have a much better balance of help versus too much help.
I especially like how you can leave the connector and dash mount in place and just remove the actual screen to take with you for security purposes (or use when walking directions are needed). It’s about the size and weight of an iPhone.
The extra google features are nice, but not really needed if you have an internet connected phone. A big plus is that my Parent’s address book completely synced over from their not-so-new flip-phone, so they were able to use voice dialing right away with the names and numbers they already had.
Highly recommended!
Nice try
Cons:
Runs hot, would get too hot to hold
Routes sometimes are wrong, simple routes SFO to ATT Park.
takes 3-5 min to connect to GPS (in SAN FRANCISCO)
Pro
Nice design
Quality weight and fit and finished
Recently returned the item , was not accurate and had issues with connecting and had a issue with the bluetooth connecting ‘fighting’ with my Mercedes bluetooth, and would not connect numerous times I had the unit
Read This
Ok, I realy wanted to like this unit and in the end I will keep it and get used to it but people should know a few things. The side rear buttons get pressed every time you touch the unit. The touch keyboard is hit or miss as is the voice recognition. I tried asking the unit to find a POI for “coffee” and got crazy responses 50 miles away. I mean they cant program a couple Dunkin Donuts into this thing? Traffic light cams warning is a cool feature as I often drive in DC and NYC and have been caught before. The system showed several on screen warning icons but only verbally warned me once. Strange and dangerous if you start to trust the warning. It looks great. Very iPhone like. The screen is very bright I use it in a convertible with no sunlight issues and the screen is vivid and even shows variances in greens to depict valleys. The advertising popups some people are complaining about is barely noticable. The dialup BING feature is worthless, but I do like the gas buddy connect. Patience is the key with this GPS as it dials through a bluetooth connection to retrieve the info you seek so be patient as it dials connects downloads and then displays. The mount is one of the main reasons I bought this unit as it is one of the only powered mounts which means no plugging and unplugging, just drop in the cradle and go, love that. I will be doing a custome wired mount so this feature is criticle to me. Here’s the big issue. I also ordered the TA105 Car Integration Unit and have been waiting for months for delivery. Only Amazon has it and they just wont send it out. Im starting to think its a myth. Amazon if your listening, I WANT MY TA105 NOW!!!!!!! Last thing not so important but if its offered it should work. I tried to sync my iPhone for text messenging and it doesnt work. I called MOTO and they told me to have Apple “change my profile”. Apple said my phone needed to be “unlocked”, I told them my phone was unlocke ie, jailbroken and they said “oh, well, sorry”. So in the end it doesnt work. Would have been a cool feature to have my texts read to me over the car audio. My punishment for not having a MOTO phone I guess.
Almost There – but not quite
I got this to compare to an older Garmin 765t unit. At first look, the screen is AMAZING. It really has the best refresh and update that I’ve seen in personal GPS units. The only question was that of unit usability. Since I was used to the Garmin layout, some things are almost required to be on the main nav screen when tracking a destination. Yes the screen real estate is bigger, but you still had to split the screen to see the destination ETA and other functions. This info should always be on the main screen and not buried in a sidebar. Routing was really quick and I liked the way google local was integrated in the search. Trying to find a chinese restaurant by category is not going to happen. If you have a specific address then no problem. One annoying thing was that the POI icons cluttered the map too much for my linking. You could turn them off in the settings, but then when you wanted to search for a specific POI type, you had to turn them on again – defeating the original purpose of keeping the screen clean. Voice prompting was just ok – you only have one voice for TTS and with all of the sounds and bell ringing on sometimes the directions would get cut off mid sentence – ie during the recalculation of a waypoint. The speed limits only work of highways and not regular roads. The speed camera function was pretty much useless and I turned it off in the settings. Bluetooth with tiPhone 3g as fine and the voice directions were muted during my calls. The traffic function was again, just ok. It was more or less on par with the Garmin FM traffic in the Chicago metro area. It still wanted to route me to the highway even though I got off when the traffic was bad. It was not until much later did the unit suggest a better route to go. The last thing that irritated me to no end was that fact that during a route, some times the screen would become inactive to my touch. The biggest gripe going to the main menu during a route. For whatever reason, I could not click thru the setting tab to the about screen. It would only let me to the first level. Of course, it worked fine when it was not in an active route. Compared to the Garmin system, there are a lot of things that could have been implemented better. The unit did get really hot after using it for about 30min. Turns out that they are using windows CE as the main OS so it’s a fully mini OS driving the unit – hence the heat. In the end I really wanted to keep it, but I returned it. It was probably the best screen yet for a PND, but after that, everything else needs more work. I will upgrade to the Garmin 1690T instead.
I could not make the transition – too frustrating
I really tried to like this gps unit because of the display. Unfortunately, I have used several versions of the Garmin Nuvi and I just couldn’t make the transition.
The biggest problem for me was typing in the complete address. First there was the slight delay when pressing the screen, so the flow was wrong and then a bigger problem was needing to type in a complete address. I really liked the Nuvi feature of pre-selecting the state where I am and only needing the first couple of letters in the city.
I did not get to use the directions as much as I had hoped because most of the addresses that I put in were not found. I did not connect a phone to the unit, but after almost every address, the unit wanted to call Google. I live in the Seattle metro area and I was traveling to addresses that had been in existence for many years so I do not understand why the unit had so much trouble finding places.
The split screen takes some getting used to as well. This is definitely a unit that should not be operated while driving. There are several on screen options that you can show and cycle through. Since I was the primary driver, it was not convenient to use those screens while I was driving. With practice, I could have had a better experience, but while driving, I was pressing various places trying to get back to the full screen map. As I mentioned, I’m sure I would have eventually learned a routine to use the features, but it was not intuitive for me. If you get this unit, spend some time with it while parked.
The screen is beautiful. This was the first wide screen unit that I have driven with and it was very nice to have the wide crisp screen. This is another feature that takes some getting used to though. I used the window mount and no matter where I put it, it seemed to take up too much space in my driving window. If I were keeping this unit, I would use a dash mount instead of the window mount.
One feature I really enjoyed was the traffic cam notification. The first time I heard it, it startled me because I was not navigating with the unit, but in future uses, it was nice to have a warning about a camera at the upcoming intersection. Unfortunately, this service is not free. I enjoyed the free trial, but I do not want to subscribe to a service with my unit.
Overall, I found the unit frustrating mostly because of my previous experience with the Garmin Nuvi. If this was my first gps, I might have had a better initial experience, but I would still have been extremely frustrated with the problems finding addresses. After several address failures, I was not motivated to take the extra time to learn about the best way to use the unit.
The best for my needs (so far)
I love GPS units. Ever since first using them when they first came out for the consumer market years ago (and were horribly expensive) I’d no sooner drive a car without a GPS than I would without a spare tire. For me, it’s a must have.
Given this, plus my enjoyment of anything that has buttons, I’ve owned several, and have tried out several more. So far, the Moto is the hands-down winner.
GPS’ have matured quite a bit over the past few years, so the days of having one manufacturer being worlds better than another is pretty much over. What I mean by that is that a GPS from any of the major manufacturers (TomTom, Garmin, Magellan, etc.) will do the basics of getting you from point A to point B just fine. It’s the fine-tuning that has begun to matter.
This is where it gets difficult to provide a recommendation, since what’s important to me may not be important to others. For example, I’ve always shunned units that didn’t “ding” at an upcoming turn, or always display the next turn direction regardless of how far away that turn is. Others may find those features not all that important.
So, what makes the Moto best for me? Basically the form factor. I love, love, LOVE the extra wide screen! You can maintain a good map view but still have a portion of the screen dedicated to all sorts of useful info, such as the complete turn-by-turn list, an aerial view of your trip (both close distance as well as the entire journey), all sorts of stats such as arrival time, elapsed drive time, traffic notifications, upcoming POIs and so on. Absolutely wonderful. Plus it has the upcoming turn ding and the always-visible next turn direction.
The build quality is solid, routing is good, the PC interface (the Moto Toolbox) is far more stable than the TomTom Home software (at least for me – running it on Win 7 64 bit), and I love how they have integrated the POI database into the address database. For example, with other GPS if I wanted to go to the XYZ store and didn’t know the street address, I’d have to open up the POI database, then select the store category, then find the store. With the Moto I just type in the name of the store using the same screen as I use to type in an address.
Also like that it has real buttons on each side rather than be forced to use the touchscreen. For me, that makes key features (such as muting it) a lot easier to use. The screen is very clear and easy to see even in bright sun. Excellent refresh rate. In fact, very speedy in every aspect, from searches to plots to route recalc’s.
The Moto gives you a lot of value for the money. I must confess, however, that I didn’t purchase it at Amazon, but rather at another online store when they had it on sale for under 2 bills. At that price, it’s a fantastic value. But, even at the regular price of less than 3 bills, it’s a solid value.
Can’t comment on the services such as the Bing search or Google connectivity since I have never used them (those are some of the features I don’t see much value in). But, the traffic info is solid, and just as good (if not better) than the XM traffic feed I have with my built-in GPS (in an Infiniti EX35).
Downsides are that it runs hot. You can toast a sandwich on it after just a short while in use in the car. Doesn’t seem to cause a problem, but don’t know if that’s a long-term reliability issue. Moto is also relatively unproven in the GPS world. So far so good – they’ve provided software and map updates at no charge without any problem, and have responded promptly to an email for support info. Lastly, the quality of spoken directions is just OK. You can understand them, but it’s not the best out there by any means.
For me, this provides the best mix of features I’ve seen so far. Granted, in a few months I’ll be looking at the next newest and greatest one out there, but for now, I could not be happier with this.
Stay Far Away from this thing
I have had this for a little over a month now and have pretty much decided it is useless. It was a total waste of money and Motorola needs to figure out how to make the the thing work right. Forget the Moto Extras if you use XP because there is little or no support for the device. Good luck talking to support.
The buttons on the side always get in the way and you are always hitting something. The screen is nice but that is about where this thing ends.
Save your money and get a Tom Tom or Garmin or check out my trash can sometime soon. Back to looking for another device.
Not Perfect, But Pretty Close
I purchased this GPS to replace a Garmin Nuvi 1690. I was skeptical at first but decided to take a chance. I’m glad I did. This GPS performs better than any Garmin I own or have owned.
Some of the reviews make claims of not being able to customize the unit. Take these reviews lightly. This GPS has many customizable features such as color schemes, selectable avoidances (i.e. in the traffic section you can choose what avoidances you want such as congestion, construction, weather etc., you’re not stuck with standard avoidances) choices during detours, either by mileage, or specific roads, an option that was only offered in the nuvi 800 series. Some complain of the 3D view, but if they explored the unit they would find that the view can be changed and tilted to your liking. The last time I saw this feature was on a early model MIO.
This GPS also has exterior buttons for volume and zooming and one you can customize to your liking. Lane guidance is excellent, and depicts almost every major interchange I have encountered here in the North East, which is far more than I can say for my Garmin units. Even with Garmins latest 2011 maps, the junction view is very scarce.
Bluetooth works great with the iphone 3g, however the volume could be louder. Navigation volume is fine. I like the way the unit announces the caller’s name and voice recognition will ask you if you want to answer or ignore the call, a really nice feature to keep you concentrated on driving. If your phone supports it as my wife’s does, it even receives text messages and reads them to you, and again by voice prompts you can have a standard message such as “I’m driving, I’ll call you back” texted to them.
Speaking of the voice recognition system, it works just as well as the feature worked on the Garmin 800 series. I use it all the time to set my destinations or look for places and have had excellent results. It sure beats having to type while driving.
The split screen feature is nice, and lets you choose what you want to see such as traffic, trip info etc. While some of the choices such as the aerial view and dashboard view could be better utilized.
I would also like to see more speed limit indicators on the map screen. Currently it only shows major highways. The front map screen should also show your speed as well when in full screen mode.
The Motoextras and Bing Voicesearch are pretty cool but not a necessity in a GPS unit IMHO.
The lifetime traffic works pretty well in this area, and the ads are not as obtrusive and are very infrequent not like the Garmin 1690.
Overall, this is the best GPS I have owned, and believe me I tried them all. While not perfect, it is very close, and hopefully will be improved over time.
Not knowing the reliability of this unit keeps me from giving it a 5 star rating, but so far I have had no freezes, reboots or screen problems that have plagued Garmin units recently, which is why I decided to try the Motonav. Like I said earlier, glad I did.
Its a keeper
Fast satellite acquistion. Like the split screen view. excellent screen even in sunlight.Routes are just as good or better than the garmin 855t it replaces.Way better than the garmin 885t for lane guidance, voice recognition commands & traffic. Case seems very well made As soon as I received , went to site to update software and the free map update. there were 2 software updates and 1 map update to 4th qtr 2009. Updates took less than 1 hour and no problems. very impressed with map update. The garmin I had with 2010 updates did not have roads shown that the motonav had. Motorola has a 60day map update for free.
Tell tail
I really like this GPS I have a garmin 350 also, which I love. I like the motonav 765 but I cant use a lot of the extras,because my bluetooth phone is not compatible. I took it on a trip and it was working fine ,then the voice
quit on me ,no voice directions. tried resettting but no voice directions, thats where im at now trying to find out how to get the voice directions back. If anybody has a fix for this it would be greatly appriated.
I still like the unit and just want it to work
Motorola asleep at the wheel?
I used the Motonav everyday for work for almost thirty days. It has potential but just to many things I didn’t like. My main problem is that it’s not customizable.In the end it just doesn’t come close to Garmin. I have all the issues that other reviewers have already stated. I would think that Motorola would be ready to support this product when it is most important. If they can’t support a product when it is new then what will it be like in the future.
Here is a quote from GPS Forums. I decided to return it after reading this info.
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do you know the supplier of the SOFTWARE?
The name of the company is NNG Global and the software is called iGo. There are a few different versions of iGo and each company that licenses the software puts their own “skin” on the software and sometimes a unique feature or two.
But that is precisely why some of us are not terribly excited about the product. There have been dozens of companies who have outsourced hardware, loaded iGo software on, slapped their own company logo on the GPS, and called it good. They’ve never had much influence to add new features, aggressively fix bugs, etc.
There have been dozens of companies that have tried this approach, but virtually all have failed to get much traction in the GPS market. The Motorola device isn’t really a bad GPS– but it will face the same hurdles dozens of other companies have gone through.
Harman Kardon basically did the same thing… Big company with brand recognition, purchased some hardware, licensed iGo, didn’t sell enough units, never fixed any bugs, and now users are left high and dry without map updates, without warranty repairs, and a paperweight on their desk.
I don’t have anything against Motorola, nor the iGo software… but when dozens (even big names) have tried this approach in the past and failed I have to ask What Motorola will do different that will result in a different outcome… So far I don’t see what that will be.
Abandon Motonav like they will abondon you…
Motorola should stop making GPS units altogether. Their units are not well thought out, the 3-D guidance is poor and they choose to not issue map updates at will. People spend their hard earned money for a GPS that becomes worthless sooner rather than later. Steer clear of any Motorola GPS unit unless you want to waste your money!
Plus & Minuses For *Droid* Phone Owners!
I really wanted to love the MOTOROLA MOTONAV TNT765T GPS UNIT. This is the first GPS system that I own, other than on my Droid phone, and I found it to be confusing at times.
=== FIRST USE ===
The first time I used it I entered the location of a public library near my house, which I knew the location of. I was going to pick up a friend there and so I wanted to test the accuracy of the GPS and route. Anyway, as I started driving down the street the satellite picked up my location and started following and guiding me. And then it wanted me to turn down a particular street, which I didn’t do, thinking that it would re-calculate. It did but then it wanted me to turn down another side street, which is not the most direct way to this library. This went on and on and finally it stopped talking altogether. Very strange.
Perhaps it was because this was its first use and it had to orient itself to the area? I’m not sure.
=== DROID GPS VS MOTONAV ===
But when I first used the GPS Navigator on my Droid phone, to find a Marie Calendar’s Grill near the LAX airport, all I had to do was touch the “voice search” icon, say the name, and it listed the place. I then selected it and it gave me voice directions right to the restaurant. So it was much easier to use the GPS navigation on my Droid phone rather than using the MOTONAV.
=== TRYING TO FIND A STORE OR LOCATION WHILE DRIVING ===
My advice is to not use it while driving. I tried it several other times on different days and it was really difficult to pinpoint a location. DO NOT USE WHILE DRIVING, because this is really hard to do because you have to take your eyes off the road for too long trying to hit buttons.
The touch screen has to be pressed really hard and you’re liable to type a wrong key, which throws the search off. In order to backspace or delete a character you have to hit the tiny “back arrow” located at the top-middle of the screen. The “voice search” misunderstands you most of the time and if you use the “Bing” search tool, which works better at understanding what you’re saying, but it will pull up the closest location to you and you can’t search for another location (i.e. a store like Vons with multiple locations).
=== NAVIGATION ===
Once you add in your destination and it can find it, it will pretty much get you there. The voice will guide you, although it’s a little low on the volume–even though I have it turned all the way up–with the window down you really have to listen carefully to hear it. You’ll see the street names going by on the MOTONAV and it’s really easy to read, so that’s a plus. And the route you’re to take is highlighted and you’ll see yourself as a blue arrow, so that’s also easy to read.
Maybe the first few times that the navigation screwed up was a fluke, but it’s still hard to input a location or use the “voice search” feature.
=== BLUE TOOTH HANDS FREE CALLING ===
Now this is where it might really be an advantage especially for Droid phone users. The MOTONAV will download the Droid’s contact list, storing phone numbers etc. in its own memory. From there, a Droid user can make calls through the MOTONAV UNIT with only one touch of a button. So far, I don’t think there are many (if any) blue-tooth devices that actually supports true hands free calling for Droid cell phones.
Pairing with the Droid was easy and you can transfer calls from the MOTONAV to the DROID and back again with one button.
=== EXTRAS ===
*** Displays icons that feature restaurants, motels/hotels, gas stations, and points of interests.
*** Can be used in a car or as a pedestrian and it will provide routes for car, walking, bus or bicycle.
*** Shows icon for red light cameras (and will also speak a warning) as well as speed traps, weather, and traffic reports. This service is free for three months and then you have to start paying for it.
=== ACCESSORIES ===
*** Windshield/Dash Mount Kit; Cigarette Adapter; Micro/Reg USB Cord (for charging in USB port on computer); NO AC ADAPTER
So even though there are some really good uses and features on the MOTONAV TN765T, especially for DROID phone users who are looking for true “hands free” calling, I can only give it 3-stars. It costs too much for non-DROID phone users and DROID phone users have a better GPS navigation system built into their phones.
=== UPDATE: 04/11/2010—!!! HEADS UP !!! ===
Make sure the vehicle charging cradle and cord is actually powering your MOTONAV TN765T GPS unit. I’ve been using it all this time and just found out that the unit was running on the charged battery, rather than the vehicle power adapter.
I charged the MOTONAV initially from my computer and always take it inside when I’m out of the car and charge it with the USB cord, so I never noticed before.
The light on the head of the cord that plugs into the car’s adapter is lit green when plugged in and the unit will turn on when it’s placed into the mount holder, so I always assumed that it was running on the car’s power source. But the other day the battery discharged because I didn’t recharge the batter at home, while I was driving around with friends, and it didn’t charge or turn back on with it plugged into the vehicle charger. That’s when I realized that something was defective.
If you’re like me and just got the MOTONAV and haven’t made any road trips, don’t make long drives, or are constantly charging from the USB cable and computer, make sure you check and see if the car charger is actually powering the unit.
The only way to do that is let the batter drain completely and then plug it into the car’s charger. It should power up.
A great GPS that’s easy to use…
I’ve used this GPS several times now and I really like it. It’s pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it. The traffic feature is great and it’s pretty darn accurate when it comes down to estimating time of arrival. I was quite impressed. The directions are easy to follow as well.
I do have a few complaints though. The battery doesn’t hold a charge for very long. I had it fully charged at the end of the day on Friday and Monday morning I went to use it and it was dead. I hadn’t used it over the weekend at all. That was quite disappointing. Also, I have yet to see any buildings on the screen. And my only other complaint would be that it’s not very smooth to use with your fingers. You have to push on the screen quite firmly. I’ve been using the stylus that I have with my iPod and it works beautifully.
Overall I’ve really enjoyed this GPS and I would recommend it to all.
“FREE” MAP UPDATE
Motorola promises free map update if an update is available within the first 60 days of purchase. The two units I purchased, were manufactured on February 2010. The map version is Q1 2009. MOTOROLA is promoting the Q4 version on the web-site. $79.00 is the cost of the update of which new users should be receiving at no cost at all. As a matter of fact, Motorloa does not offer any MAP updates. They may offer it in the future. The problem is that the clock is ticking and in 50 something days from now, the FREE update offer will longer be there. Purchasing a premium GPS unit which was manufactured and purchased in 2010 but having dated maps(Q1 2009) is simply unacceptable. Both units are going back to amazon.com. I may well purchase it again once MOTOROLA is ready to support their claims.
In addition, the Motorola TOOLBOX only supports Windows XP and Windows VISTA. Windows 7 is not yet supported. According to Motorola MAP UPDATES (even those purchased at full price) will not install unless your computer’s operating system is XP or VISTA. That makes the GPS unit obsolete on the day it was purchased if you run Windows 7 on your computer. Absolutely ridicules.
MOTOROLA is not a “start up” company. They must act seriously and responsibly. When they do, I will too.
Great Navigational Tool
I am a person who is navigationally challenged. If I think I should turn left, I probably should turn right. With the Motorola Motonav portable GPS system, I no longer have to worry if I’ll ever reach my destination. The system is easy to use, gives good routing and is easy to follow. I was able to reach my destination without having a panic attack. In fact, I was relaxed. Everything about this system speaks to ease, access, good routing and good instructions. I highly recommend it.
Bonnie Brody 3/25/2010