Anyone upgraded from a icn530 to an S series? Good move?

AirCooledHeaven · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 26

I was planning to buy new maps for my 530, but then started thinking that given the price of new maps I may as well sell it and buy a new one. I've always wanted traffic info but the TM1 module always seemed so messy so the S50 with the traffic info cradle seems like an ideal solution for me.

I like the styling of Navman products, particularly the S series, but I've found the technical support to be useless and have just learnt to live with the bugs. Hopefully the S series is well sorted?

So any conmments from S series owners who have upgraded from the 530 will be appreciated. What extra features are there? Is there anything missing from the 530?

Things I like about the 530 are the day/night display, the ETA display, the adjustable horizon on 3D maps, back on track. Things I don't like are the low volume, having to go through several menus to adjust screen brightness, autozoom (zooms out too far too quickly), inability to program a custom speed cam alert, road preferences override quickest route.

Thanks for your input

Gee-Pee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

Upgrading is always a dilemma! I too am/was faced with it but am slightly thrown by just winning a new ViaMichelin device. Had I not done so, I think I would have made a two column sheet and listed the pros of each device. Then done a sum - how much will I get for my old Navman and how much would the new maps cost? How much to buy a new T1 traffic add-on? How much would the new S** cost? Then having read these forums (and remember that most people post when there is something wrong not when they are perfectly happy) decide on the reliability of each device.

Now I have everything in black and white in front of me and, discounting the natural desire to always have the latest gadget, try to make a decision. Rolling Eyes

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Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

I have an S90 in for review and I'm rather underwhelmed sadly, I had hoped for much more.

It's a nice looking device but it is missing too many features that a flagship device should have and I'm still not convinced that NavPix is of any real use fort he majority of users.
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Gee-Pee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

I stand by my earlier post - the S series was developed by the European Navman office after the original New Zealand Office was essentially/effectively disbanded, with the lose of most of the key development staff. The S series is therefore likely to be a ground up rewrite- a new product, not an evolution of of the tested and proven products that came before it.

Would you go an by a system from Acme Navigation Co?

I like (form the limited amount) what I have seen of the S series, but it is to early for me to rush out and buy one, I think V2 will be much better. I am not an early adopter - early majority I think they call me. I prefer others to find the bugs before I fork out my hard earned cash.

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

It looks good until you pick it up. You then realise it's very cheaply constructed and feels plasticky.

The S90 comes with a pseudo active cradle the separate USB plug attaches to the cradle but the TMC antenna has to be plugged into the side of the unit itself. Yet on the cheaper models that do not have TMC the accessory TMC is built into the cradle and so don't suffer this issue!

It's very slow to obtain a fix, much slower than other units I have compared it with. The display is clear but not all the info I would like to have on screen is available, you have to choose one or the other.

It's not bad, if it were your first system you may well be happy but it does not compare well with its competitors.
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Gee-Pee · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

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AirCooledHeaven · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 26

mmmm... so far no one has come out in favour of upgrading from the 530 to the S series ?

Gee-Pee · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:15 am Post subject:

AirCooledHeaven · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 26

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