Navigon Traffic Activation Service

by Navigon

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WY1Q5M
• Item model number: 10000250
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

Product Description

NAVIGON 10000250 Traffic Card. With NAVIGON Lifetime Traffic service you can steer clear of traffic incidents, congestion and construction with automatic updates on your NAVIGON GPS device. Along with incident information, you will be automatically advised of traffic flow conditions ahead with simple and easy to read red/yellow color coding on your route. Plus, with alternate route guidance you can bypass all the headaches ahead and get to your destination on time. The service is active for the life of your product no trial periods, no monthly fees and no annoying credit card charges. It¿s ready to go right out of the box.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent traffic monitoring chip for the Navigon GPS series, April 5, 2008

By 

R. Nicholson - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Navigon Traffic Activation Service (Electronics)

A useful addition to the Navigon GPS line of products.

This chip contains a key code, which once registered with the Navigon website, allows you to receive continuous traffic updates with your Navigon GPS units (including the 2100, 2120, 5100 and 7100 series).

Having had a chance to assess this Traffic Service on a trip south and back, I'll comment on a few things I liked and didn't like...

The good:

1.)Once you've purchased this chip, the traffic service is a lifetime feature; no further monthly or yearly subscription fees or purchase updates required, ever!

2.)The traffic information is monitored continuously around most major highways and cities.

3.)You can set your unit up to give traffic info just on the route your driving, or you can get info within a radius of where you are at the moment.

4.)If a traffic problem does occur ahead of you the unit will tell you several things;

a.]it gives you the distance to the 'obstruction', giving you time to make detour planning.

b.]the unit (on your GPS map) tells you which you which side the the 'obstruction' is on (e.i. your side of the highway or the other); this is actually a very useful feature.

c.]the unit can automatically (if you set it up to do so) make a route around the 'obstruction' ahead.

A couple concerns:

1.)The charger cord from the cigarette lighter acts as an antenna for the traffic program. So if you don't have your unit plugged in (and you are running on unit battery only), you may not get good traffic info service.

2.)There is little or no information on side roads, byways or small towns/cities. There were even a couple of sections of more 'remote' Interstate Highways that had no coverage.

3.)There may be some delay in getting information to your unit (obviously a accident or delay must be reported before it can be relayed to your unit). However once it reaches your unit, I found that there was ample time and distance to try to detour around what ever was causing the problem.

Conclusion:
The traffic monitoring chip offers a great benefit by providing useful information to those traveling on the major highways and larger centers; it is, however, less useful in a more 'rural' or smaller settings. You should use your cigarette charger cord for reliable traffic reports, as the cord acts as an antenna for this service. 4 1/2 to 5 Stars

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Real Time Traffic, February 10, 2008

By 

R. Donlin (USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Navigon Traffic Activation Service (Electronics)

Real Time Traffic has helped me a number of times, re-routing me in a way that I thought might be crazy but worked out beautifully. Amazon has the best price on it. I got it on sale for less than the typical $99, and it's a lifetime subscription!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So long, Navigon -- thanks for nothing!, August 12, 2009

By 

J. Smith "ProPhoto" (Williamsport, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Navigon Traffic Activation Service (Electronics)

I bought a Navigon 5100 when it first came out -- great little GPS, with the lane view feature. Sprung for the traffic card so I could get the updates, and now Navigon has abandoned the U.S. market, running back to Germany and leaving all of us with soon-to-be-obsolete devices. I contacted their "customer service" with a problem and was basically told to pound sand. Thanks, Navigon. Don't come back.