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Avic-N2 Review
Fold out screen, very accurate, major functions work well
Minor functions (ie. scrolling through map) not so intuitive, can't play CD and use the DVD map at the same time, limited controls with iPod
Posted Oct 20, 2005 - Overall the Avic-N2 succeeds with the major functionalities. The GPS is spot on and the DVD's displays excellent picture quality. Minor functionalities such as scrolling through a map is quite cumbersome and less intuitive. For instance to scroll in the map, you need to tap the screen first to go to scroll mode and then touch the screen to the direction which you want to scroll. I couldn't see why they don't used the joystick button on the right corner for this. Touching the screen to scroll is so cumbersome, I always over scroll my destination. Also with the iPod adaptor there is no way to search through your Playlist, you would need to go through each playlist until you get to the album you want. Minor details aside the GPS works great. I took a trip to Maine the first week after I installed it and I never got lost. It gives you great confidence to drive in foreign territory because you don't have to wonder whether or not you've missed a turn, etc... I found the phone number search very handy, I was able to find restaurants by just typing their phone number in. I'll probably get the multi-disk changer in the future because it's impossible to use the GPS and play CD at the same time even though you can store 65MB of your route but once you stray off your route the Nav would require to read from disk again which means you'll need to pop out your CD and re-insert your DVD map. The price is pretty high but I think the funcitionality justifies the cost.
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