Binatone Carrera X350 GPS receiver Can Binatone compete against the big three satnav manufacturers?

Reviewer: Stuart Miles
Review Date: 13 December 2007
Manufacturer: Binatone
Price as reviewed: £99
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7/10

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4/10

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User: DIJ (profile)
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Date Posted: 31 July 2008
Review: Said to be a 7 digit post code searcing device - not always the case. It seems to truncate many postcodes to 5,4 or sometimes only 3 digits whicj=h is no good for navigation. Ot also doesn't recognise some roads in the same area which makes navigation impossible. Occasionally even if it recognises where you want to go it fails to provide a route. The presentation is not bad for a small device and the instructions (visual and audible) when you get them are clear. but I wouldn't rely on it for navigation
Pros: Cheap, clear instructions, simple interface.
Cons: Not full 7 digit post code searching, unexplainable navigation failures, maps not contiguous so have to change map at border crossings
Score: 4/10
Rating: 1 person has rated this review helpful

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User: rudi (profile)
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Date Posted: 14 January 2008
Review: this is cheap but the maps do not run into each other?? each country is seperate! you can not go from Holland to Germany without changing maps!!!! not very helpfull
Pros: small,cheap & good voice
Cons: have to change maps for each country you go through
Score: 4/10
Rating: 4 people have rated this review helpful