Navman GPS 3450 for iPAQ H5400, H3600, H3700 & H3800 series pocket PCs

by Navman

Product Details

Product Manual [717kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00009KP31
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,467 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 29, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The convenient, powerful and easy-to-use personal navigation solution. Whether driving across country, walking around town or anything in between, the Navman GPS 3450 includes everything needed to turn a HP iPAQ Pocket PC into a complete street navigation solution. We even included a windshield mounting bracket and vehicle power adapter so you have everything you need, to know where you are, and get where you are going. Features Complete Navigational Solution
Mobile 12 Channel GPS sleeve with built in Type I & II CompactFlash slot ships with:

• Navman's SmartST Professional travel navigation software
• Navtech US map data - contiguous 48 states and Hawaii
• Address-to-address navigation
• Mounting bracket with windshield suction cup
• Vehicle power adapter

Hardware

• Compact, mobile powerful and expandable GPS sleeve
• MCX Connector for use with the external antenna (available separately)
• Quadrifiler helix (multi-directional) antenna
• 12-channel satellite signal receiver
• Type II CompactFlash expansion slot use for maps or any other data or applications
• The GPS sleeve communicates to the Pocket PC via the NMEA 0183 V 2.01 standard at 57600 baud with position updates every 2 seconds
• Vehicle power adapter charges iPAQ while operating
• iPAQ battery life: iPAQ battery life: 3.0-5.5 hours depending on iPAQ model used

iPAQ Pocket PC Compatibility
H3600, H3700, H3800, H3900, H5150, H5450 and H5550 series iPAQs

Product Description

Everything you need for real time mobile GPS, direction and mapping capabilities. Just load the navigational software onto your PC, download the maps and pints of interest to your Palm, clip on the GPS receiver and Go.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product, easy to use, June 7, 2004

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B. Michael Selby (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Navman GPS 3450 for iPAQ H5400, H3600, H3700 & H3800 series pocket PCs (Office Product)

I have a iPAQ 3800 that I no longer use and ordered the Navman with a little bit of concern based on the reviews. I found the software easy to use and install. The device works as well as the GPS I've used on rental cars. I live in a remote area with a private driveway that is about 900 feet long and even my driveway was on the provided maps. The GPS takes about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes to acquire. Once active, I put in an address and so far have been directed precisely where I want to go.

A couple of tips - each one of the maps takes 20 to 40 meg depending on the size of the state. If you have an older iPAQ, you'll probably need some SD memory. You won't be able to load the maps without the extra memory. It took about four minutes to load a 20 meg map on my iPAQ. There are some tips about increasing performance in the manual that are worth the read. When you install the software on your computer, check the website for updates before downloading to your iPAQ, they have corrected a couple of minor error messages that came up.

If you have a basic understanding of how to install software, you should not have any problem with Navman. I found the device easy to use and install. I am very satisfied with the performance.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!, January 9, 2004

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Mark (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Navman GPS 3450 for iPAQ H5400, H3600, H3700 & H3800 series pocket PCs (Office Product)

I bought this thing after it finally dropped down in price to two hundred fifty dollars. Plus i got another fifty rebate and a free 128 CF card to boot! This thing works wonderfully and quickly locks on to several satellites. i live in San Francisco and the only time it ever loses satellite contact is when I go thru the nearby tunnels but when I get out of it within 5 seconds it quickly locks back on! It tells you your speed, distance to go and will reroute you if you go off course from your desired destination! My only beef is that it doesn't tell you elevation which it could if the software allowed and if it locks on to at least 4 satellites (which it always does). I plan on calling navman and ask them if they plan on updating the software for elevation.

This this is so fun and is very accurate and its unbelieve about that i can put every public road in California, Nevada, Michigan and Minnesota onto a 128 Meg CF card! To fit the entire US on a CF card you will need a 1 Gigabyte CF which currently is about two hundred bucks at Costco.

Highly recommended for your Ipac. You will have lots of fun!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars bad routing, not trustworthy, March 30, 2005

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Paul G "Qtaro" (San Jose, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Navman GPS 3450 for iPAQ H5400, H3600, H3700 & H3800 series pocket PCs (Office Product)

good:
1)the interface looks good, fancy looking
that's it!

bad:
1)DUMB software: keep tell me to "perform illegal U-turn" when I am on i-5 going from SF to LA. It won't re-route until midpoint on I5

2)Exit: most of the time it will not tell you where to exit from the highway, no street name, no exit# (it will only say "exit in 1500 feet"). So if there's multiple exits (especially in LA!) within couple hundred feet, it will get very confused and make the user confused too! 99% of the time the user will end up getting out on the wrong exit!

3)when the highway splits, it won't know which highway it's on if you chose the middle lane. or, it thinks you are on the highway when it's really on the service road.

4)frequent reboot/freeze up.

5)it will take non-necessary shortcut, get people lost

6)won't let you choose the route. Stubborn piece of junk.

my wife doesn't want to use it, my friends who had used it don't trust it. makes me look like an idiot.

should never get this.