Navigon 7200T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigation with Bluetooth, Text-to-Speech, and Free Traffic Alerts

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$499.99

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Product Features

Advanced Text-to-Speech Voice Guidance. Turn-by-turn directions with street names.
Bluetooth Hands-Free with Contacts. Stay focused on the road ahead.
NAVIGON Sync. Imports your Outlook contacts for easy access to addresses.
Auto Day/Night Mode. Adjusts your screen for better daytime or nighttime viewing.
Free Real-Time Traffic Updates. Coverage across 80 cities for the life of your product.

Product Description

portable car navigator * 4.3" (480 x 272 pixels) widescreen touch control * 2GB internal flash memory preloaded with maps of the U.S. and Canada * built-in voice command capability lets you locate destinations without touching the screen * FM-TMC traffic-info receiver kit (free lifetime subscription) *

Customer Reviews & Ratings

Navigon 7200T

Posted on 2009-01-06

So far, I have only taken the Navigon 7200T on one long trip - 350 miles from Illinois to Michigan and the same distance for the return. The weather, road conditions, and visibility were so bad that the Navigon may have been a life saver. I especially liked the "Reality View" feature, that displays realistic road signs and lane layouts at the major road transitions. Its voice is loud and clear, and its spoken instructions are accurate. Also, the map seems very accurate - the car's icon is always on the road (not displaced from it), even for minor roads and residential streets.

There is a nice provision for adding waypoints to a route, which lets you pick a route, instead of having to use one that the navigator calculates. Routes can be saved and recalled, so you can set one up any time, and recall it when you take the trip.

Here are a few things that could be improved:
1. A few times, there were long delays when there was no response to pressed buttons on the screen. If that happens because it is busy, there should be a "busy" indicator on the screen. Otherwise, it seems like it has locked up or gone haywire.
2. The menu system is confusing. For example, on the map screen, there is an "Options" button and a back-arrow icon. Each takes you to a different menu screen, and those screens have different ways of getting back to the map screen. It would be better if pressing the Options button displayed options, and pressing the back arrow returned to the previous screen (if any) or to the map.
3. Black lettering, for street names on the map, would give them more contrast and make them easier to read.
4. The free traffic updates are probably good if you can get them before a trip. On my trip, I think they were only received while driving through Chicago, where it kept saying something like "There is a new notice that affects your route". The problem is that you must press an icon on the screen to display the notices, and then read them. But reading them while driving is dangerous, so it would probably be better if the notices could be spoken.

Great price for a lot of features

Posted on 2009-01-06

This is a very good product for it's price. It has the same features as some of the $500 + dollar GPS's on the market. The fact that it offers free live traffic updates should be enough to help swade even the tighest of pockets. It is easy enough to use so that even the least tech savy person can use it and with a little time spent playing with this unit you can learn it's more advanced features in only a short time.

navigon 7200t

Posted on 2009-01-06

It's a nice GPS, but for me, the screen is a little small. I moved it up to the upper part of my windshield to get it closer, but it still seems small. However, I used to have a Lowrance iway500 which was substantially larger, so I got spoiled. Love the free traffic feature which works very well. Also love the 3d buildings and the real life looking street signs. I wish the GPS would go straight to the map mode when starting up, as opposed to having to hit 2 or 3 buttons to get there. Would also be nice if it had a larger range of voices. Overall, quite happy, and nice to have something different than a tom tom or garmin.

Love the Navigon

Posted on 2009-01-06

I purchased the Navigon 7200T to take on a long family vacation for the Winter Break. It is great. I originally purchased the Garman, but the display looked like a cheap video game and the display options were limited. I had been a Magellan Roadmate lover (I bought my 700 four years ago), but it became slow in picking up the satellites and the map updates were $100 each.

The Navigon 7200T is great. Easy to use, with great features (uploading addresses from MS Outlook is my favorite feature).

I would recommend it to a friend.

Very Nice

Posted on 2009-01-03

I've had this unit for almost 2 months and I'm pretty impressed with it. Going through the manual online makes me believe that there are so many features that I have yet to unlock. Am I surprised that the manual is in PDF format and not in the box, no. Many PC games have been doing that. I find it easier reading the manual on my computer because I know it won't get ripped and/or lost. An added feature is zooming in and out on the manual. Basically, you can have large print or small print.

I've taken this cute little GPS system on 2 excursions and back and fourth to work. First off, when I initially used it, the GPS locator got my positiin within 2 minutes and soon after that, the traffic reports were showing up. You can easily change the traffic reports you get either for your route only or over 15 miles or more away. I live in New York and I was getting traffic reports as far away as the Bronx to New Jersey. Yes, the only icon on the Navigon screen shows a few cars on the right side of the screen and you hear the voice say, "Caution." If there was more detail, I think there would be way to many accidents from people who love the "eye candy" on the screen showing a more detailed traffic report as you drive. Going to and from work, I pass a few major intersections on the parkway and as far away as 1/2 mile, I was getting the lane assist showing me were I should be. The signs even matched the actual intersection. For example in New York: Traveling west on the Northern State Parkway there is an exit for the Long Island Expressway. About a 1/2 mile before it, the voice was telling me to stay in the middle lane (or stay left). The signs on the lane assist showed the Northern State Parkway on the left and the Long Island Expressway on the right. Very Nice and acurate.

The online manual does state when you charge the Navigon for the first time, and turn it on, you must calibrate your voice to the Navigon so you can do the voice destination entry. It took me a few times to get the voice address correct but it did work. When you calibrate your voice using the voice activation, you will notice that the Navigon voice is very loud. It was for me! I had to turn it down at least by half.

The menu system on the Navigon is very easy to use and navigate through. I find it is much easier to navigate than the Tom Tom and Garmins. On one particular Tom Tom, it was very frustrating. Before my Navigon unit, I had a GPS system built into my car. When I traded it in, the new GPS system was over $2600, so I skipped it and did some researching on other GPS systems. My father has a Garmin and a coworker has a Tom Tom. I borrowed theirs and right around that time, I saw an email from Amazon saying that they just recieved a new GPS system. I was impressed with it. I could of gone for the cheaper Navigon but it had a smaller screen. Yes, my new car has Bluetooth capabilities (Microsoft's Sync) but I wanted the bigger screen. At the time I bought the 7200T, the price difference was only $50, so I got this one. I'm glad I did.

The routing (more about the routing later) was quick. The screen is beatiful (2D and 3D) . My eyes aren't the greatest, but I saw the letters and number easy. The colors on the screen were good and the signs were big enough.

I did try hooking my cell phone to the Navigon and it was a little troublesome, but eventually it did work (not in my car because Sync grabs it as soon as I enter my car and turn on the ignition).

I did notice that even if you chrage your GPS system in your home, if you don't hook it up in the car, it's going to die within 1-1/5 hours. Plus the power source needs to be connected in your car for you to recieve the traffic reports.

While driving, the points of interest (POI's) were popping up like crazy. Gas stations, resturants, local CVS's were all showing. I zoomed out and panned into Queens and pressed were a restuant is, it gave me its name ( it was a pizza place). More than enough POI's if you want my honest opinion.

What is also cool, is the 3D map. I drove into Manhattan (rarely) to meet my brother and the Empire State Building was there in 3D (very nice, I might add). I must also add is that the speaking voice on the Navigon 7200T intitially is loud and I had to turn it down at least to halfway.

The routing was easy to create. If I use a route a lot, I can save it. I saved the route that we took into New Jersey since my wife's aunt lives there. Originally, the route, was different than what I would normally take but the system was basically taking me through a shorter route. The only minus was that it took me to a very heavily used expressway and would of gotten me into traffic. Thinking about it now, I wonder if the 7200T realized that there was no traffic on the expressway and that's why it was trying to get me to go through it instead of staying on the parkway that I was presently on. At the time that we left, there was no traffic until we hit the George Washington Bridge. The lane assist came on to tell us to get to the lower part of the bridge and I remember seeing the traffic sign saying that there was light traffic on the lower side and heavy traffic on the upper side. It was quite possibly getting us to were there was no/minimal traffic. Yes there was traffic on the Upper side of the bridge (I stayed on the Upper side because that's were I always go when we have to go to see her Aunt). I am going to see if my route changes when I go to work. I leave in the morning when there is mostly heavy traffic (I'll post a update).

All in all, yes this system isn't perfect but it's definately a cut above the rest. The menus as well as navigating (no pun intented) through them was easy; route planning was a sinch, the speaking voice was loud ( I had to turn the volume down to half), the traffic reports are a nice touch but it would of been nice to see or hear them since the reports are actually on a seperate window/page. Yes, when you hear caution, it's good but knowing what the actual report on the highway is, would be nice. If you have someone in the car with you, then it's no big deal. You can't beat free traffic reports! The updating program that you download onto your computer is easy to do and updates are easy to get. No problems. Registering the product was a piece of cake. If you get the fresh maps which is an added accesory is about $60 but you get a full years worth if there is any updates to the map. Not bad considering that my other car that had the GPS system built in wanted $99 for the year to update the maps. The lane assist is terrific as well as great eye candy. The 3D map is beautiful (not gorgeous as in WOOOOOOOOW! but very nice). The bluetooth needs work but that could be in an update. I shrug my shoulders when it came to the bluetooth, but people who need it, will be annoyed unless your car has the bluetooth capabilities. I would give Navigon 7200T about 4.5 stars. It's not perfect but is defiantly a cut above the rest.

Amazon was good. I elected to use the Super Savings delivery and it took almost 2 weeks. This was the first time this had happened. Usually when I elect to choose the super shipper saving, I get my product either the next day or within 2-3 days. At the time when I ordered it, I believe that it was a very popular item so Amazon's warehouse on the east coast didn't have this particular model but their Arizona warehouse did. UPS also had a different delivery date than Amazon had. What is also sad is that the price drop guarantee was stopped as of September '08. Whenever I order from Amazon, I always check to make sure of any price drops. I didn't know about the elimination of this practice and I was a little aggitated since I do a lot of shopping on Amazon. The customer service reps are mostly nice. Before I ordred the Navigon, I did get some jerks who don't know how to provide customer service. It's a shame also that New York State forces Amazon to charge sales tax on all orders shipped to New York State. Bummer! I still continuously shop at Amazon though; to earn my points. I've already cost them $100 in gift certificates because of my reward points!