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Cost effective unit

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Purchased in January 2021.

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Gazza

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Navman stand by their products

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I have this Navman for 11 mths and the date and time are incorrect, along with with map display showing day maps at night making the gps too bright to use and night maps at day time. Navman have offers to look at the gps which is under warranty, but have also said it may cost $70 to fix this gps, if found the errors are not within warranty..under warranty and not within consumer law. Tried their patch and the SD cards wouldnt lock in, apparently they view this as my fault, not their manufacturing errors which have affected a number of their devices. Don’t buy these gps’s as the warranty period means nothing. You have to pay $70 to fix their manufacturing faults.

Purchased in March 2021 at Harvey Norman.

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Good for planned trips not so good for ad hoc searches

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Purchased in September 2021 at Harvey Norman for $150.00.

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don radford

don radfordSydney, NSW

hopeless - won't stick

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I do not know how good the navgation is because I have not been able to get it to stick to the dash. The winscreen is too far away to use but there is a very smooth area on the dash of a Getz in the ideal location. However, it only sticks for a short time before falling off. I find heaps of users on the web with the same problem and a few suggestions. The only idea that looked promising is to use industrial grade velcro and I was about to order some when I read a review which says it is now made in China and the adhesive is a gooey stuff that falls off overnight.
Hence this item is now in the glovebox and probably never be used.

Purchased in June 2021 at on line for $150.00.

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Works fine for me

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I purchased this item a few months ago. I travel all around Sydney with my work and it has worked everywhere so far. I've used a number of different ones over the years and this is probably the cheapest I've purchased and still does the job I require, which is getting from A to B.

Purchased at Harvey Norman Retail Stores - Appliances for $125.00.

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The time and date will not update

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I purchased the Mover85lm just over 1.5 yrs. The time and date would not update.
I followed all the instructions, downloaded the patch. The Navman rebooted sucsessfully and Ineven went outside to get a signel and still time and date will not update. Dont bother getting a Navman POS.

Purchased for $139.00.

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janeyjSouth East Queensland, QLD

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After 3 uses, fell apart and is unusable.

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Decided to try Navman when the salesman said I could enter the address by street first like Googlemaps -wrong, still have to enter suburb first. The charger plug broke and fell apart and shorted my car socket so needed to repair that. Now after only 3 uses the plastic suction cup which sticks on the window doesn't hold the Navman anymore. Unusable, complete waste of money, sticking to Tomtom. Tomtom is also better designed as the cable has USB connector into the so can plug into any USB car charger, eg dual car charger, so doesn't hog the car socket.

Purchased in August 2021 at RT Edwards Physical store for $180.00.

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Roughcoats

RoughcoatsSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Good cheap, hopeless if you depend upon it

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After many years of using a TomTom, I reluctantly had to buy a new GPS. First impression was ok, screen was bright and clear and volume ok. But then realised that basic functions I rely upon I can't use. Like when I arrive at a destination I cant set that as a favourite (or My Places). I have to set the address before I get there and then save it. My old unit I could get to where I needed to be then set that as a favourite. On my old unit I could simply set the screen to display the speedo, cant do that with this unit, but my biggest gripe is the mount is so weak that after a few minutes of driving sees the unit unable to stay up. No matter how hard you twist the knob, it won't stay put. Dont buy!

Purchased in August 2021 at The Good Guys for $160.00.

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ozcanSouth West, WA

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Caught again...

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Items like this are usually found in the toilet before you flush

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This unit is a letdown. I think I’ve discovered why.
Owned by Taiwan. The “made in China” I think applies to the sticker.
Flash/patch to get the clock right don’t work. Need a bigger hammer to knock sense into it I guess.

August 26th 2022 Update: A toy at best.

I wish they’d sort out the speed limits in the mapping. I almost got rear ended today because this chunk of crap told me I was in a 60 zone. A twisty windy road, raining I was stupid enough to take it’s word for it being a 60 zone.
A car flies around a blind corner and almost ran up my back.
Death trap, this model, or the maps.

Purchased in September 2021 at Harvey Norman.

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Savant R.

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Street numbers not updated

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Unsure of the other models. Bought in June 2022.Just street numbers compare to other brands is very poor. One needs that number on that street. But its not there and gives house numbers awsy from where ine needs to go. If that happens saving a POI us impossible. I rate this model the worst ever. Not good for daily users, business man, uber drivers in fact not even me. I want my money back. Its only two weeks and i am very upset and stress if a poor product

Purchased in June 2021 at JB Hi-Fi Retail Stores for $80.00.

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Boony

BoonyIllawarra, NSW

Its Value for a cheapie

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Maps are inaccurate..advise to turn when there is none, ignores fixed signs and where I live there are many new streets but there are no updates from 2 years of its release. expect it to die before there are new maps. There is no auto dimming at night and its time clock is wack! Older model was better.

Purchased in December 2021 at JB Hifi Home for $78.00.

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Rodg

RodgSydney, NSW

Pathetic

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Initially this was extremely difficult to set up, firstly the web site was unclear on how to download the correct software for the type of device I had purchased.

Then when requiring firmware and software updates the instructions were unclear and could not be followed as they contained information that did not relate to the device I had purchased.

Lastly when contacting the company there was a delay in responding to my emails.

Will never purchase another Navman

Purchased in November 2021.

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Buttso

ButtsoHobart, TAS

Can't get it working

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Can't get it to move off homepage and the help I am getting is far from satisfactory.Have been in contact with Naveman via their 1300 number and have received two emails in response but after following their instructions I still can't get anywhere as the homepage remains frozen.I Currenty have an old my 300lmt model but decidedto update models. What shallI do now?j

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PeterRaby, NSW

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Hardly use it thanks to bracket

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The unit itself seems fine.....but the bracket - terrible. Bought it new and within half an hour of having it on the windscreen the plastic suction cup pulled away from the bracket and the unit hit the floor. I managed to put the suction cup back on, but again.....lasted a short trip and it happened again.
I returned to the Bing Lee store I bought it from and they kindly replaced the bracket. Great.
Once again.....within an hour or so the cup came away from the bracket and it hit the floor again. I fixed it numerous times but I didn't bother going back to the shop....I figured it was a dud design. Only thought today about checking for a generic bracket and found this site.

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That would be excellent. Thanks. Very much appreciated.

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XxxHampton Park

A great gps

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Maps are good.
Easy to use.
Easy to change settings.
Touch screen responsive, especially with tool supplied for touchscreen.
Has been used in both City and rural settings of which it has performed extremely well.
I would gladly purchase another when that time comes around again.
A great GPS at a cheap price.

No pinning of new addresses! Can't migrate addresses from old navman.

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I was reasonably happy with my previous navman, a MY85XLT model. Unfortunately Navman decided to to allow free map updates on that and charge 60 or 70 dollars for a new map, presumably to force people to upgrade. the Move85Lm seemed much like the old and at the cheap price I was going to get lifetime maps. However, the new machine has not been capable of accepting the exported address list from the old one, and I was in middle of being asked to try some other methods my navman support when I realised the new model doesn't let you add new addresses. It had never occurred to me that ANY purpose built GPS device would not allow that, so I shall be returning the new machine next week. Very disappointing.

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A cheap throwaway item fingers crossed to get a good one

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There were some incorrect speeds in my area (60kph instead of 80kph) but correct after map update.
Signal strength is fine except on very overcast rainy days.
The layout of the software text overlaps itself and is difficult to read.
The software prompts to install older maps than currently installed.
Can update the device but need some human logic to assess which version is newer.
After the first week the charge indicator light is OFF (neither RED nor ORANGE the unit will not charge)

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Garbage

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After the tutorial, I started setting it up the touch screen is very in accurate and has a mind of its own. I tried unsuccessfully to set it to Australia and it said it’s self to New Zealand. This error was due to what I can only assume is a faulty screen. I pressed find and it goes to my places. There is no way to reset the settings. As a result I am in Napier on the GPS, whereas I am actually in Sydney Australia. This will be returned to Harvey Norman Asap. Very disappointed.

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Tim

TimSydney, NSW

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Hard to use due to unresponsive resistive touch screen

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Cols camry

Cols camryasked

hi i always buy your products but i have had trouble with my move 85lm i purchased on the way to Melbourne in November 2018 and purchased a new navman it froze halfway to melbourne i returned it received another unit the same it has now frozen again i tried to use it what is going on i need this can i get it fixed

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Hi Cols,

Thanks for posting your query.

Sorry for the troubles. The first thing I would suggest is to charge the device via in-car power/AC adapter for 30 mins or 1 hr via USB cable to your computer. Then while on charge, perform a hard reset to the device by poking the reset hole at the back.

If the problem persists, we may need to perform Smart Recovery on the NavDesk2. Please follow the steps from the link below.
http://navmantech.com/nd2smartrecovery
*Note: if it's your first time visiting our FAQ site, select a region first then try the link again.

Hope this helps. Otherwise, feel free to email our support team at [email protected]

Kind Regards,
The Navman Team

Cols camry
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I tried every thing on smart recovery it only loaded NZ maps and only got to 26% over 3 hours

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Hi Cols,

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

We’d be glad to repair the software related problem of your device. Please send us a private message (or alternatively you can email our support centre @ [email protected]) with your Name, address, phone number, email, and serial number so we can create a Repair ref number and can arrange to have your device fixed at our repair centre.

Regards,
The Navman Team

tere

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I can't save places on my Navman 85LM. Used to, now I can't

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Gazza
Gazza

I don’t know the answer to that, however, I suggest contacting Navman, they seem to be willing to help customers overcome issues with their devices.

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Hi Tere,

Sorry for the troubles.

The first thing I would suggest is to perform a hard reset to the device by poking the reset hole at the back of it.

If the problem persists, we may need to restore the factory settings of your device. Please go to Settings > Device > Restore factory defaults.
Please note: This process will delete all the stored information on the device including the addresses.

Hope this help. Otherwise, feel free to contact our support team on [email protected]

Hey Gazza, thanks for the tip!

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niloc

nilocasked

Can data such as favourites and history be transferred from older navman to a newer one.

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don radford
don radford

sorry I have yet to get mine going after a long time spent working out how to stick it to the dash.
Don

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Hi Niloc,

Thanks for posting your query.

Yes, it is possible to do that. May we ask the model of the your old and new devices before we provide you the steps?

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The Navman Team

niloc
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300 LMT without check of serial name to 650 MMT..

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