Navman F20 GPS Navigator

Navman F20 GPS Navigator

Great unit for the price (black friday price)

I bought this entry level unit last black friday. It has served me well over this last year. I leave it in the car and it's been working fine, fast satellite acquisition - sirf star 3. Sure it doesn't have all the addresses, but it can find the general area where i'm looking for and that's all I need. I mainly use it to find my golf courses and it does have them. As for the connectivity kit. Don't you all have a digital camera or other digital device? Use that cable, i used it and downloaded the updates from navman, it connected and i upgraded the basic software. Now i'm not sure what else you can do with a real connectivity kit, but i'm happy with it for the price i paid. For the price the F20 works great, no problem in the Los Angeles/California area. I think this year they came out with S series, s20/s30 etc... As this company is in the UK, don't expect the same service as a company in the good ole USofA.

Won't honor warranty

My Navman F20 broke 40 days after I bought it. The charger connection broke internally. I sent it to Navman for repair in accordance with their warranty, and Navman wants $149 to repair it, claiming, without explanation, that the repair is not covered by its warranty! How something so clearly a manufacturing defect not be covered by the warranty? I have never had such poor performance from such an expensive item. My advice, don't buy anything from Navman. They are dishonest.

Great device for ENTRY LEVEL

I think some of the other reviewers here are getting a bit carried away. They seem to be forgetting it is an ENTRY LEVEL device, that's why you got it cheap. It is not meant to have all the frills of a more expensive model. Who cares about custom POI's, I just want it to get me from A to B and back again. I don't need to take pictures, listen to music from it (I have a car stereo for that), I don't need to customize the POI's or the colours or backgrounds. If you are in such dire need for all of that then you should have researched what you were buying or at least looked at the info on the box. If it doesn't say its in the box then it probably isn't so why are you all harping on about software and connectivity kits? A standard USB mini cable is all that is required (these cables come with most mp3 players and digital camera's) to connect it to your PC and can also be used for charging. If you were to buy a connectivity kit from Navman then you would be an idiot as you would be paying through the nose for a cable that you most probably have already or can get for a dollar at any accessory store. As for the software, why do you need that? You would only need it to update the maps and to update the maps you need to buy them from Navman (updates are not free) who supplies them on a SD card or CD's depending on the maps you require. The software you need to install them is supplied with them. The Navman F20 does everything it needs to do to get you where you want to go and it does it flawlessly. It was never advertised as anything other than a straightforward navigation device, isn't that what they were designed to be? The people complaining about the lack of features are probably the same people who want every single concievable feature on their cell phones but only ever use them to make a call. Why do you want mp3 on a satnav, are you going to carry it around in your shirt pocket all day? Ever heard of mp3 players? OOh I want a digital camera on my satnav so that when I get to a destination I can take a picture of a landmark there so that the next time I want to go I can just touch the thumbnail and it will take me there again. WHY WHY WHY....you already know how to get there right? You are going to look stupid pulling out your satnav/mp3/digital camera/fm radio to take a pic of the castle at Magic Kingdom aren't you? Get a life, don't buy something then complain about features you knew it didn't have. Read the box next time!

Wrong about the connectivity kit

I have owned the F20 for about 9 months now. I live in a fairly rural area of South East Texas, and sometimes have trouble finding the addresses that I need, although I imagine this would be a problem with any brand of GPS considering my area (I can usually plot a route by using a combination of Microsoft Streets and Trips, and my Navman... the "Intersections" feature really helps). However, I have to address the complaints of a lot of the reviewers here about the lack of the PC Connectivity Kit. Yes, it took Navman awhile to make it available here in the US, but it IS AVAILABLE NOW... I HAVE ONE. I have considered replacing my Navman with a Garmin or Tom Tom, but I believe they would have the same problems finding the addresses I look for in my area also. I will stick with my F20 until someone can prove to me otherwise...

Performs well and is inexpensive, not cheap.

As many have said before me, this product is a very good value. If you are looking for a GPS system to provide directions, without many of the additional features such as bluetooth, MP3 playback, and TTS, it will be hard to beat. It may give you a little bit of trouble directionally when in parking lots and such, but it overall performs very well. If you can find it for under $200 as I did, I would highly recommend it.

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