Disappointed with Navman ICN 530 !

Techie_Brian

I just bought a Navman ICN 530 because it was heavily reduced in price.
But Im pretty disappointed with it for the following reasons.

1) It doesnt have many of the new roads here in Dublin Ireland that were built in the last two years. Navman should at least one free upgrade of maps that youve already paid for.

2) The search function cannot find certain major Dublin streets becuase of a naming convention. For example if you want to go to Baggot Street (a major street in Dublin) you have search for Upper Baggot St or Lower Baggot St. If you search for "Baggot", it wont find it.

3) Ive imported 160 points of interest around Ireland they dont show up until Im really zoomed in. So when Im driving around I cant see where my nearest point of interest is in relation to where I am.

4) Ive had it plugged into the car charger for about 10 hours now and the battery life indicator has never gone above 60% full. Why is that? Am I require to turn off the device while driving around in order to fullly charge it !!!

I dont know how good other GPSs are but I certainly wouldnt recommend a Navman

Stanley_Tweedle · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 207

After a while I too realised that the battery doesn't seem to charge when the unit is powered on!

The 530 was in many ways a very handy device and I sort of regret selling it. Yes it had some issues but I think all sat navs do.

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

1) and 2) are map data provided by TA, not Navman. Any navigation system using TA map data will have this problem.

3) - Well thats always a hard one - you like to see everything, other complain the screen gets cluttered and too many POIs are drawn - Navman cannot win this opinoin based battle. maybe if they made it configurable, but then you get people complaining the system to too complex to use - again anotehr battle thats hard to win.

4) What I suggest is to plug it in using the mains adapter overnight and see if the battery fully charges. If that does not work, ask for a replacement, it may be a faulty unit.

Apart from problem 4) you have very little to complain about and nothing that choosing another product would solve.

Techie_Brian

malcolmb1963 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 11

Mine never charged in the car. Initially I charged it from the USB port on my laptop before realising it would charge from my Motorola phone charger.

What was REALLY surprising was when I bought a T1 TMC receiver it would charge in the car - go figure - but TMC reception in the UK isn't great so it's an expensive way to get it to charge in the car.

TheM · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2005 Posts: 277

TheM · Frequent Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2005 Posts: 277

Techie_Brian

TerryWalsh · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

Which Tom Tom one do you have. The Europe version has all of Western Europe on Navtech maps. The regional (UK only) does use Teleatlas I believe. My understanding (correct me if I am wrong on this) is that Ireland has only been fully mapped by Navtech apparently due to the high fees required by the Irish Ordnance Survey.

Terry Walsh

Techie_Brian · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

You also stated you paid 70 Euro more for the TT than the Navman - why not buy a N series Navman for about the same price, which has more recent maps than the "discounted because it is old" iCN530.

"I really hate this 1999 Honda - it's no where near as good as this 2007 Toyota that cost me twice the price" is what you are saying.

Tomtom is a great brand that makes great products, arguably better than Navman does, but NOT because it has better maps - they use the same maps.

I do not imagine Navman remove entire cities from the maps to make there products worse than other, because that is also what you are implying.

4Andy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 08, 2007 Posts: 1

The analogy with the Honda 1999 versus the Toyota 2007 doesn't stand up. We are looking at two different 2007 GPS brands, not a s/hand versus new comparison. When I buy a Navman 2007 I expect the software/maps to be bang up to date. I just bought a brand new ICN530 a week ago. My first entry into the GPS world. The PC World salesman told me it had the latest Ireland UK maps and he was right. What he didn't say was that Ireland was only 40% mapped whereas the TomTom was over 90%.

The Navman box has that information on the "bottom" of the box in very small print. For a first purchase I am in the hands of an adviser. In this case PC World let me down.

However, the Navman is a great unit and we are told that Teleatlas have now updated their Ireland maps and Navman will be offering them later this year.

I don't mind paying for the latest maps after a year or so but not 10 days after I bought the unit.

I think Navman should run a special offer for those who thought they were getting a better map system based on date of purchase. I will be telling them that and If i get no response then I still have the option of a refund from PC world and switch to TomTom who have Navteq maps.

virgo2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2007 Posts: 1

Hi all
I have a icn 530, does anyone know where to buy cheap usa maps from, or does anyone have usa maps to sell or exchange for europe maps. cheers

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

Have a look at the discussion on the cost of map updates (Not free) - you will find I support you the issue of a reasonableness in teh pricing. You will also find most people on this forum believe map updates should be charged at exorbident prices for no other reason than "because the manufacturer/industry can do what he wants".

Good luck with getting a dicsounted update - most people are finding that Ebay the old unit and buying a new one is cheaper that the upgrade prices

Gee-Pee · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

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