Vehicle GPS

No more wondering what lane you need to be in to stay on course. Your NAVIGON will guide you with simple to follow lane guidance with arrows so you can make your turn and stay on track.

Zagat Ratings (Requires Purchase of Activation Code)

Now you can enjoy the world’s most comprehensive restaurant and entertainment guide — right on your NAVIGON GPS device. With ZAGAT’s trusted Ratings and Reviews, you will know exactly where to stay and play during your travels and, with NAVIGON’s guidance you will know exactly how to get there. The guide includes over 21,000 entries covering a variety of categories, including restaurants, hotels, golf courses, nightclubs and attractions in over 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada. ZAGAT SURVEY Ratings and Reviews is a standard feature on both the 7100 and 5100 models. An additional accessory purchase is required to activate the service on the 2100 model.

What’s in the Box

• NAVIGON 2100 max GPS Navigator
• SD card preloaded with software and maps of the continental US
• Rechargeable 1150 mAH lithium ion battery (rated for up to 4.5 hours)
• Car Charger
• Car Mount
• Quickstart Guide
• Limited Warranty

Note: All Navigon GPS Navigators run on the Microsoft Windows CD Net 5.0 operating system. A PC is required to use additional map data, and in such cases users require Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher, as well as a CD ROM drive and a USB port. An SD/MMC card reader is recommended as the 7100 not only uses SD cards, but also comes with a 2 GB SD card in the package.

NAVIGON has been a leader of GPS navigation since 1991, and has a long history of industry innovations. NAVIGON created the world’s first dynamic personal GPS product in 1996, launched the industry’s first navigation software for the Pocket PC in 2000, and unveiled the first Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) avoidance feature on mobile navigation product in 2002.

NAVIGON has helped revolutionize how consumers get from place to place with software products for practically any navigation-ready hardware. Personal navigation devices (PND), smartphones, and in-dash navigation systems directed by NAVIGON’s award-winning MobileNavigator(MN) software delivers reliable information on millions of destinations in an intuitive, easy to use format. NAVIGON is a valued partner to the automotive industry, and in 2006 strengthened its category competency by acquiring NAVTEQ’s navigation software business.

NAVIGON is a privately-held software company based in Hamburg, Germany, with NAVIGON USA headquarters in Chicago, IL.

Navigon 2100 max 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Text-to-Speech Overviews

Ultra-slim and with a stunning 4.3-inch touchscreen display, the NAVIGON 2100 Max earns its name with a long list of advanced features. Exclusive Reality View provides extra 3D guidance when you need it most at complex interchanges, exits and entryways. Spoken driving directions and street names let you keep your eyes on the road. Lane Assistant alerts you to oncoming lane changes. DirectHelp helps you find emergency and roadside services—and helps them find you. Navigon also let’s you seamlessly purchase and activate a number of optional services as accessories that can save you time and money. FreshMaps gives you up to 12 regular, trusted map updates for three years. Lifetime Traffic gives you traffic flow and incident information and alternate route suggestion for the life of your unit. ZAGAT Ratings and Reviews Service gives you over 21,000 ZAGAT ratings and reviews covering more than 70 cities in the U.S. and Canada.

[if Initially I was doubtful about the quality, but it is amazing. I really liked it. recently I had long drive OK to MI and MI to OK, it was very useful, never got any problem.]

Customer Review

Initially I was doubtful about the quality, but it is amazing. I really liked it. recently I had long drive OK to MI and MI to OK, it was very useful, never got any problem.

Careful if you are in Europe!!! – Thomas Darrohn – Phoenix, AZ
Be careful!!!! If you purchase the United States version of this device, you CANNOT purchase and download European maps for it! The US site doesn’t have the maps available for download and the European site’s software isn’t compatible with the US version. After hours of frustration, 3 long conversations with UK customer support, no answer to email only available customer support with the US, and googling solutions to this, we found at long last that European maps are not available for US versions of this device! All our friends that have Tom-Toms had no problems using their US bought GPS in Europe and were able to download European maps without any trouble. We find it very frustrating that you would have to buy an entirely different device to use European maps. Bad Navigon!!!

Great GPS – No Map Updates – Lee B – Franklin, TN United States
Don’t buy this GPS. Navigon has withdrawn from the US market and new maps are sparse and likely to become completely unavailable.

It’s a shame because its a very good GPS and I would otherwise rate it 4 stars. It’s been reliable and the traffic feature is inexpensive and has kept me out of trouble more than once.

As of Jan 2010 NO more Customer Support. – R. Moreno – Whittier, Ca
I purchased the 2100 max in Jan 2009 it has worked ok. I finally decided to update the map. After having trouble backing up my Sd card for my 2100 Max so that I could update my maps, I decided to contact Navigon support and the following is our correspondence:

I am having trouble backing up my sd card in the fresh program. I am
afraid of updating the maps before a backup is done. I get to 30%
backup and it will not move from there. I waited about a half an hour
and nothing changed. I have the 2100max and am running windows 7 with a
DSL line. If I can’t backup how do I download the operating system onto
a new sd card to use as a backup. It sends me to a download manager
screen that has not been updated for a couple of years and I am worried
that it will not be compatible with Windows 7. If map update corrupts my
only sd card can I get a replacement??
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Dear Valued NAVIGON Customer
Thank you for your inquiry.
In order to create an backup of your original sd card, please do these steps:
* insert the original sd card in your device
* plug the device to your computer and turn on the device
* open the workplace and open the “removable disk”
* mark all files and folders (CTRL & A) and copy this (CTRL & C)
* create a folder “NAVIGON” on your desktop or in “My Documents”
* paste all files and folders in the created folder “NAVIGON” (CTRL & V)
* turn off your device and plugin the new sd card
* turn on your device, klick right on “removable disk” and klick “reformat”
* reformat your new sd card in FAT32
* go in your created folder “NAVIGON”
* mark all files and folders (CTRL & A) and copy this (CTRL & C)
* go to your reformated “removable disk” and paste all data (CTRL & V)
* now you can open NAVIGON Fresh and install the new map updates on your new sd card
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I have tried this on both my desktop (windows 7) and my laptop (windows XP) and I get the same result on both, the copy locks up about a 1/3 of the way thru the USA 48 Contiguous Map file.
Is there any way of getting another SD card from you for the 2100 max? I am worried that the update will corrupt or damage my only (original) SD card.
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Dear Valued NAVIGON Customer
Has someone of your friends Vista on his computer? Maybe it works with Vista.
Accessories, map material and content are not available in North America through NAVIGON.
Unfortunately we don’t have information concerning the availability of these products at other major retail shops.
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So what you are telling me is that if my original SD card with the 2100max operating system and map program gets damaged or corrupted I might as well throw the 2100max device in the TRASH CAN because you cannot replace the SD card! That is terrible customer service! I will be sure to stay away from all Navigon products and programs in the future and I will be sure to post this information on any reviews that I can!

That was the end of our communication.

Judge for yourself. I will NEVER deal with this company again. I understand that they are trying to break into the Iphone market with map software. BEWARE!
Feel free to use this correspondence on any other reviews.

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