Navman iCN 520 Reviews

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Average Ratings for Navman iCN 520

  • Ease of Use3.7 stars
  • Clarity of Instructions3.2 stars
  • Map Accuracy2.8 stars
  • Value for Money2 stars
  • Overall rating1.7 stars

7 Reviews For Navman iCN 520

  • Guest 2nd Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I have owned this for about 4 years and bought on recommendation from a colleague. Once it works out where it is it is very easy to use and gets me where I want to go. HOWEVER .... sometimes it simply cannot figure out where it is. I've tried standing with it outside the car so there is nothing in between it and the satellites, I've driven to open spaces and I've switched it off and on and rebooted. There have been times when I have really needed to be somewhere in a hurry and it has played this stupid game of "mm um uh uh nat today big boy I'm just not in the mood" only to finally latch on to figure out it's location after I have stopped and bought an A to Z and got almost to where I need to be. I'd swear this thing is actually alive and has an evil sense of humour. For that reason alone I would say that I would never touch one of these again as it always lets me down when I need it the most.

    Recently I got a free garmin when I bought a big motorbike and that is spot on.

  • Guest 29th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I paid a lot of money for this unit believing it to be good, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. After buying it I later talked to a person in an tech retailer, and he said Navman has a bad reputation. He recommends TomTom or Garmin.

  • pl401344 8th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    As far as I am concerned, reasonable price or not, you buy a sat nav to tell you where to go, not to wake up when you are there to confirm you got there!

  • poons Rank: Staff Sergeant 7th Sep 2006

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I decided to recently purchase the Navman iCN 520, as the unit was now on sale for £169.99, which in my opinion is a bargain, compared to other units on sale for over £200.
    The 520 is to replace my ICN 320. However I have found various glitches with the 520, namely; the software froze when the unit was first switched on, and displayed a syntax error when loading map information, forcing a hard reset.
    It also has trouble at times holding on to GPS signals, again I found this strang ...

  • GARYX2 30th Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    The Navman iCN 520 is a slim unit making it ideal to remove from car and carry on your person, major reason for the purchase due to locations of work. I use the unit in the West Yorkshire region and on numerous occasions it has not been able to find address, gets confused when in small villages with regards to one way systems and dirt tracks. I have spoke to Navman direct and they explained that it has only 95% coverage and they are constantly updating.

    Funny thing to say that I was drivi ...

  • Olis 22nd Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    I used this Navman iCN 520 for about a year until it was stolen. I chose it because it provided all core functionality at significantly lower price. Because I paid less I was quite prepared for minor problems and on the whole "its been good while it lasted".

    However the design seems to suffer from some flaws:
    (1) There are clearly some problems with how [not] sensitive the GPS receiver is - it takes a while to pick up a signal at the beginning of the journey and I found my device was pro ...

  • Adin Rank: Lance Corporal 28th May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I live in south of london, other sat nav get quick signals in my area. The Navman iCN 520 always takes time and sometimes 15 min. Plus maps is out dated. Believe it or not it doesn't reconize my own house address. I feel it should be attach another sat nav to guide it and let it work.