A personal car has long been transformed from luxury into a vehicle. But, as before, car owners are concerned with the issue of orienting on the terrain, whether it is countryside expanses or cobwebs of city streets. Of course, you can go on a long journey, in the old way to stuff a glove compartment cars with paper maps of cities and atlases of roads, but there is a much more convenient solution - to buy a navigator. So, today's review is devoted to the question of how to choose the right navigator for a car.
Navigator for a car - what is it?
So, it is decided - we go to the store behind the navigator. But how not to get lost in their diversity and choose the really best navigator? For a correct choice, let's take a look at the principle of the operation of this device. In order for the navigator to work, you need two things: correctly defined coordinates of the point where it is located and the current map of the area. Coordinates are determined by exchanging signals with navigation satellites, on the basis of which the navigator calculates its location, and then binds these data to the maps loaded into it.
How to choose a navigator for a car?
Which parameters will be decisive when choosing a particular car navigator model?
- First, pay attention to the characteristics of the screen. Agree that the convenience of using the navigator directly depends on the size of its screen. It is unlikely that someone will like to squint to see at least something on a tiny screen, which also glares in the sun. Therefore, for use in a car to buy a navigator with a screen less than 5 inches in the diagonal, there is no sense. Similarly, you should not economize and buy a navigator of an unknown Chinese brand, because the quality of the display matrix they have left much to be desired.
- Secondly, the choice of the navigator is determined by the navigation software available to it. The choice of software determines which cards can be downloaded to the navigator, how detailed they will be. Therefore, before buying a navigator, you should always find out which software and what types of cards it supports.
- The third point, which must necessarily pay attention when buying a navigator - the way it fastens in the car. On this basis, the navigators can be divided into hinged (which are mounted on the glass) and built into the dashboard. Naturally, hinged navigators are more versatile - they can be removed and taken away at any time. With an embedded model, this will be much more difficult. Attachments for the navigator should be as convenient and short as possible to avoid swinging the device while driving.
- The design of the body of the navigator should be as simple as possible, without any distracting details. The usual black or dark gray plastic - that's the most optimal solution for the car body "Susanin".
- The presence of additional multimedia features in the navigator does not affect his direct duties in any way - to suggest the right way. Therefore, they are rather a pleasant addition than a factor that significantly influences the choice of this device. Quite a different issue - the presence of a DVR in the navigator.
Choose a navigator with DVR
As is known, in conditions of modern roads and quite aggressive behavior of the participants of the movement, the DVR in the car is absolutely irreplaceable. So maybe it's worth buying a device of the "two-in-one" class: the recorder and the navigator in one package?
This solution has both pluses and significant disadvantages. Of course, two devices in one housing will take much less space and require less energy. But we do not expect such a symbiosis to be of good quality. The reason for this is the small viewing angle, and the low resolution of video recording, which almost completely destroys small details of the picture.