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The Becker Traffic Assist Pro Ferrari 7929 is a premium quality personal navigation system and is an officially licensed Ferrari product which comes pre-loaded with street-level mapping of 37 European countries. The device also comes equipped with a 4-inch low reflection, high contrast colour touch screen which gives you a convenient way to navigate through unfamiliar territories. The gadget, in addition, provides the instructions both in a 2D and 3D format, so that you can get a more realistic and real-time idea of traffic information.

Another impressive aspect of the device is that you can get the information in 18 different languages. Meanwhile, the innovative TMC (Traffic Message Channel) provides you advanced warning regarding traffic congestions that you may encounter on the route.

Moreover, the device provides you an easy option to recalculate route during congestions as well, which depend on the mode of your transport, say bicycle, motorbike or pedestrian, so that you can take advantage of fast and accurate computation of arrival times. A speed function on the other hand, ensures that you are constantly updated on the permissible limits on various roads, so that you don’t find yourself in a tangle.

Navigation is only one aspect of the device as outfitted with MP3 systems it provides you non-stop entertainment, and you can even enjoy the thrills of viewing JPEG pictures. The Becker Traffic Assist Pro 7929 additionally has a pre-programmed 2 GB SD-card well complemented by a USB interface which comprehensively arguments the above features.

Equipped with an integrated flip-up GPS receiver, the device is provided with the ability to pick up satellite signals as well, though it is to an extent hampered by weak receptive conditions.

Eclipse has claimed that its latest product, the Eclipse AVN6620 is unlike any other product precisely because it is more of an evolutionary variety than say a revolutionary one. The model is an upgrade version of the company’s all-in-one in-car navigation and multimedia lineup and has been incorporated with a double-DIN system feature which incidentally also happened to be an integral part of its predecessor the AVN5510. The feature is supplemented by a host of easy-to-use hard buttons on the bezel and an imaginatively designed touch screen menu that makes for a hassle free control of its built-in GPS navigation, audio and video sources.

The model comes with a plethora of features that make your job all the easier and entrust you with a good deal of flexibility. Towering the feature count is the built-in DVD ROM-based GPS navigation feature. You can receive route guidelines through the maps that are provided by Navteq, a major player in the navigation software market only rivaled by software used in a TomTom sat nav. Moreover, the Eclipse navigation device includes information on major urban centres, apart from an updated POI database with 8.3 million entries. The only time you will feel cynical about the device is while installing it as it takes an unusually long enough time to find out its bearings, around 20 minutes to be specific.

There are very few issues when it comes to entering addressing for destinations as it is pretty straightforward. Moreover, the five programmable shortcut buttons present at the bottom of the destination-entry screen make for a convenient way to call up the common locations.

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