GPS For Dummies FD-420 4.3-inch Portable GPS Navigator
GPS For Dummies FD-420 4.3-inch Portable GPS Navigator
The Maylong FD-240 portable in-car GPS unit features an easy-to-use interface to make sure you’re heading in the right direction. It features voice and visual turn-by-turn navigation for hands-free use.Need to get where you are going easily, quickly, and accurately? GPS Navigation For Dummies is the answer. The state-of-the-art For Dummies personal GPS navigation device ensures you get to the destination quickly. Designed to be the world’s most user friendly interface, GPS Navigation For Dummies is perfect for automobiles, backpacks, purses, RVs, or bicycling. The name says it all–the easiest and most intuitive personal GPS navigation on the market.
A full-featured GPS device that’s a breeze to use. Click to enlarge. |
GPS Made Simple
The FD-420 comes with the For Dummies GPS Navigation software, which boasts a familiar and easy-to-use interface worthy of the Dummies name. A 4.3″ widescreen LCD color touch-screen with 480 x 272 resolution makes for easy navigation in both 2D and 3D map viewing.
Ultra-Portable
This GPS unit’s compact design means you can take it anywhere, and the built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you up to 4 hours of use on a single charge.
Enjoy simple charging and data transfer on any PC with USB plug-and-play, or use the in-vehicle charger when you’re on the road.
Entertainment Options
Grab your GPS when you’ve got a travel break and enjoy a digital music player and picture viewer, along with a headphone jack for private listening.
Visual turn-by-turn navigation in 2D or 3D, along with voice directions and TTS for spoken street names. Click to enlarge. |
Familiar and easy-to-use interface. Click to enlarge. |
Competitive GPS Features
Ease of use doesn’t mean a light feature set. Enjoy preloaded maps of the contiguous U. S. states with 1.7 million searchable points of interest. Visual and voice turn-by-turn navigation lets you keep your eyes on the road while navigating, and text-to-speech means you hear actual street names. Automatic re-routing calculates a new travel route when you stray from the original.
FD-420 Features:
- For Dummies GPS Nav software with familiar, For Dummies style user interface for simplyfying the GPS navigation operation
- 4.3″ widescreen LCD color touch-screen with 480 x 272 resolution
- Digital mapping with browsing capability
- Voice & visual turn-by-turn navigation
- Pre-loaded maps of the contiguous US states
- 1.7 million points of interest(POI) with search capability
- Included applications for playing digital music and viewing digital picture
- The familiar, easy-to-use For Dummies style user’s manual leading you through the core GPS software user interface
What’s in the Box
GPS For Dummies FD-420 4.3-inch Portable GPS Navigator, Pre-loaded maps, In-vehicle charger, Suction cup mounting kit, User’s manual, Mini USB cable
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great buy for the beginner!
This is just what I wanted for my husband. He loves gadgets but usually leaves it to me to read the manual and figure out how to work them. I didn’t really have to with this. It is simple and mostly self-explanatory. I’m sure that I will have to figure out what I can get it to do when connected to the internet, because he can’t work a computer.
5 Stars GPS for Dummies is SPOT-ON
For a product aimed at ‘Dummies’, this one is on target. We purchased this for a family member who is about as tech-savvy as a potato. The interface is very straight-forward, entering a destination is keenly intuitive, and guidance through the route is accurate and timely for upcoming turns. For the price of this GPS (solidly under $100), this was definitely a good buy.
As for the shipment, tracking was easy, and the shipment arrived when promised.
3 Stars Not as easy as it looks
I bought this for my mother, who is directionally and techology challenged. I had no trouble inputting info, but the route the GPS wanted to take from her house to mine was an extremely long, out-of-the-way route. I was able to change it to a more direct route, but could not save the route. I tried sending an email and calling the 800 number for the company, but no one ever responded, so I returned it.
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