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Sony NV-U82G Navigation Unit with UK & Ireland Mapping
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4 new or used available from £74.50
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #57006 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Sony
- Model: NVU82G.EUR
- Released on: 2007-05-10
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
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| The new Sony range of Nav-U satellite navigation units offer you the reassurance and peace of mind for those familiar and unfamiliar journeys. With a host of features including TMC (Traffic message channel) and POSITIONplus, your Sony Nav-U will be the most reliable part of you car! |
 | POSITIONplus With previous SAT NAV models, if you were to drive through a densely populated area, past high buildings or through a tunnel, you could lose your GPS signal. Now Sony have developed POSITIONplus, by processing your speed and distance in low GPS signal areas, you will never get lost again. |
 | Unique Cradle Design The U82/92 also has a small, simple, easy to use and install cradle that holds the unit perfectly still. |
 | Gesture Command Tired of having to always put in your route to find your way home or to find a petrol station? Sony now include Gesture Command on all models, simply draw a pre-designated shape on the screen to take you home or to find a petrol station. |
 | Dynamic Route Information Provides a host of information along your route such as petrol stations, parking and other points of interest, making sure you know what's around the corner. Available on all Sony Nav-U models. But really looks the best on the 4.8" screen! |
 | TMC (Traffic message channel) With real time information, you will be up-to-date with the road situation within 3 seconds of the occurrence of a traffic problem, quickly recalculating your route and making sure you stay out of the jam. Available on NV-U72T & 92T. A subscription will be required. |
 | Safety Cameras Selected Sony Nav-U models come with 1 years free subscription to safety camera positioning. See in box for details. It couldn't be easier. (Models NV-U72, NV-U82 & NV-U92) |
 | Full Postcode Search Using the alpha numeric keypad you can enter the full postcode of your destination to get precise directions, making your journey even easier! |
| 'Sony', 'Nav-U', 'like.no.other' and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation, Japan. |
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Customer Reviews
Good Sat Nav
This Sat Nav looks the part and the functionality of it is excellent. The screen is big and bright. I would have given it 5/5 but for two reasons. To install and activate the speed camera data requires a masters I.T. degree!! You have to download it from Sony which is fair enough but to get it onto your sat nav takes ages and requires much patience. Also I assumed (wrongly) that because it featured real time traffic management I would just have to register the product and hey presto I'd be saying good bye to traffic congestion and road works for life - wrong - to get this feature you need to purchase another car cradle with antena which cost £50-£60. Had I known this I would have bought the NV-U92 which comes with said cradle and isn't £50 more expensive. The real time traffic management also costs £20 (for life) from SONY. In my opinion they should be suppying this info for free. Overall, a great Sat Nav, add on £80 to the cost if you want to set it up for traffic managment!
Sony NV-U82G Speed cameras will cost you a packet!
Although I was pleased with the big display & directional functionality of this unit, it was advertised (Argos)as having 1 year's free safety-camera subscription. I followed guidance on Sony's web-site to download the appropriate data-file which began the subscription. Menu items illustrated in the online guide were missing. After going round in circles clicking buttons I looked at FAQs, one of which implied that this would only work if I paid a further £60 for a TMC equipped car-cradle. In fact all I had to do was run (double-click)the downloaded file with the Sony NV-U 82 connected to my PC and the phantom menus appeared. Nowhere in Sony's instructions was this put in simple English. I don't look forward to firmware updates or adding maps!
Gets you there, what more can you ask?!
I bought this item today ready to take on holiday later in the week. I have tried it out today and found it really good. It is quick to find it's position and also very quick to adjust the route if you take a wrong turning.
The only slight criticism is that when you are planning a long route, you can't get it to tell you which route it is taking in words (eg. M25, M3, A27 etc) but it only shows you on a little map. You also can't programme it to avoid certain roads (eg. the M25!) which you can with the TomTom.
Otherwise it does everything you need, quickly and accurately, and the nice lady even remembers to say please :)
