- Lightly used Alpine navigation system
- model# pmdb100
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Alpine Navigation System is lightly used and at a great price.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great navi great way to listen to mp3,
This review is from: Alpine PMDB100 Blackbird Factory Renewed Portable Navigation System (Electronics)
I was suprised to see some bad reviews about this unit because this thing is great. Here are the gists:
Pro: - Large bright screen - touch screen (this is a MUST now a days) - Sleek design: this thing looks beautiful compared to the clunky design of others like magallen or garmin - VERY FAST calculation time (only a second or two to reroute) (by the way, my unit prompted me to do a U-turn everytime it was legal) - very fast input time. It seems that Alpine uses a better algorithm (or simply faster clock) for anticipating possible street names. I inputted letters like I was typing it in a computer keyboard) - mp3 player works flawlessly: For those of you who do not know much about this unit, this thing has an SD/MMC card slot so that you can just pop your SD card full of music and then broadcast it with built-in FM transmitter to listen to music while on the go. Very useful. Con - not much, maybe the unit would be better with a better battery life but with a 20G hard drive, beautiful and bright color display, more than 3 hours is asking too much. - It is a bit hard to get to options for choosing freeways over tollroads. Conclusion: all in all, a great navi. It is a bit pricy compared to the others but the large bright screen, fast responses, and the mp3 player make up for it I think.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have GPS,
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This review is from: Alpine PMDB100 Blackbird Factory Renewed Portable Navigation System (Electronics)
I recently purchased this unit after reading many, many reviews and find the Blackbird a wonderful guidance tool and so easy to program contrary to many other reviews. I find little difficulty disengaging the unit from its cradle when lifting straight up while holding down the release button, and it gets easier each time. You must lift up the antenna before inserting the Blackbird into its cradle. Initially, when turning on the unit, I inadvertently pressed the demo touchpad and the unit would cycle me around the block until I exited the demo. I have experienced no problems accessing satellites. Using it as a stand-a-lone GPS, I get approximately two hours use between charges. When plugged into the charger inside the car, the unit turns on and off with the ignition while maintaining a charge. I am waiting for delivery of the 1.1 software update which includes the NAVTEQ traffic system. I'm sure it will be fantastic. I highly recommend this unit.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Upgrade to latest software,
This review is from: Alpine PMDB100 Blackbird Factory Renewed Portable Navigation System (Electronics)
This is Alpine's first entry to the portable Nav system so naturally there are bugs in the system as with all new systems.
Recently, I have updated the unit to Version 1.1 software which fixes quite a lot of the bugs that I have found. There are some system performance enhancement as well. "Traffic" function is now possible with this latest software update. It comes with free 3 months of Navteq traffic subscription. I encouraged those folks who have problems should order this software update from Alpine website. It is available for free on DVD.
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