V7 offers up budget-minded Navigator 1000 GPS unit
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 21st 2006 5:51AM
posted Dec 21st 2006 5:51AM
V7's making sure you know exactly what its target market is by announcing a budget-minded GPS unit to accompany that $349 LCD panel it just tossed out. Entering a fairly saturated entry-level GPS market, the Navigator 1000 features a 3.5-inch touchscreen monitor, 320 x 240 resolution, turn-by-turn directions in 23 robotically-spoken languages, an SD slot, SiRF Star III GPS receiver, photo viewer, rechargeable Li-ion battery pack, MP3 / AVI / MPEG4 playback, and even mounting hardware to rig it up in your ride. Distributed by Ingram Micro, this unit is pre-loaded with maps of the US and Canada, sports "1.8 million POIs," and comes with a stylus pen to keep those fingerprints from taking over your screen. Although you won't find Bluetooth / handsfree functionality here, the Navigator 1000 should prove to be a fairly solid GPS unit for around $340.
the mio gps has all this looks better and was 149.00 on black friday
I was just about to ask about a GPS only unit for $100 or so. Who needs MP3 player crap, just show me where I'm going and how to best get there. (Not me, but I'd love to get one for my mom but not at $300+)
The screenshot of the GUI looks exactly like the Mio C310x that I bought on black friday. And I got it for $150. Good GPS for the $.
Just bought this unit for my son.
Really surprised at the lack of instructions for operation.
Took some time to figure it out and still are stumped at one thing.
What is the purpose of the "M" button on the upper left side?
Also this unit does not seem to be able to keep track of the time & date.
Any suggestions?
I bought one here in Europe (Romania), and it has exactly the same issues. Everytime I start it, it forgets the time, and the voice language (you, being English-speaker, probably didn't fiddle with that so you didn't notice). Also the M button seems to be perfectly useless :)
Other than that, it's a decent thing and I'm pretty satisfied. The maps are sufficiently accurate even in most Romanian small villages, and the operation, while indeed not very straightforward, is explained in the CD manuals.
Oh -- and I'd really really love to be able to save the routes once I create them... Isn't this a pretty basic thing?! It knows how to change into "night mode" 5 minutes before sunset based on your coordinates, but you have to redo the bloody route to work every morning?!
I found the same problem. I thought something was not working because the manual says that it does indeed save the setting. I guess it's just a glitch. The lack of responses probably supports my contention.
Hello Alex,
I think it is a good unit for the price even though it does have a few quirks.
Lots of questions and answers here.
http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2006/12/15/v7-myguide-1000/#comments