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| GPS-500 portable navigation + audio + video device offers a highly intuitive and easy to use navigation device. It also offers full playback capability of music and video. All access and control is via a 4" WQVGA touchscreen (wide screen format). In navigation mode, it offers easy-to-understand spoken instructions and visuals in the the language you select (English, Spanish or French). Turn-by-turn graphics with all vital information is displayed and Maps of U.S. and Canada are built-in along with full point of interest database. The full blown MP3 player offers browsing by artist, album, genre, song or play list will display ID3 tags for Artist, title and album along with album artwork. MP3 / AAC/WMA audio formats are supported. In video player mode, the 4" high resolution WQVGA wide screen plays back hours of video and supports MPEG4 and WMV9 video formats. | |||||||||||||||
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The Harman Kardon GPS Navigation System is a really nice looking piece of electronics. It is super thin at less than an inch and is about 4.5 inches long. It has a SD card slot and its on/off button on top. There is a volume dial, headphone jack and a mini USP port that gives the GPS its power. There is a speaker and external antenna port on the back of the console. It comes complete with a suction cup mount that is compact and easily adjustable. It disconnects easily from the mount for storage in your glove box. The screen and graphics have very high quality pictures. It has a widescreen display and is one of the smallest GPS devices that does.
The Harman Kardon GPS Navigation System has a music player included along with a video player. It supports many file formats including MP3, MP4, WMA, OGG, ASF, and WAV. There is a volume setting for the music playback but even so, it is hard to hear the navigation instructions when you have the music on sometimes. It is by no means though a replacement for your car stereo system. When you do not have the music on though the navigations prompts are clear and easy to hear even on the highway. It does not have text-to-speech capabilities though.
The routing on the Harman Kardon GPS Navigation System is easy and gives you guidance throughout the procedure. It allows you to save your "home" address and "favorite" destinations. There is a turn indication on the screen and it tells you the amount of time left in the trip. One distinct feature about this model is that if you do not need to make a turn for several miles the screen zooms out giving you a 2D over view of the area you are driving in. It may not have some "bells and whistles" such as Bluetooth calling, text-to-speech, or live traffic reports but it still is a very good reasonably priced GPS perfect for someone who wants to get from point "A" to point "B" with a minimum amount of fuss.
