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V7 NAV740 GPS

V7 NAV740 GPS
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alaScore 77

146 reviews

Nov, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 146 reviews of V7 NAV740 GPS. The average rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other GPS for all reviews. People are impressed by the size and performance. The maps and price also get good comments, but many are critical about the route planning and reliability.

usability, price, maps, performance, size

reliability, route planning

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other GPS the V7 NAV740 GPS is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 77/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for V7 NAV740 GPS

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 109 user reviews of V7 NAV740 GPS from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other GPS on Amazon.com. Opinions about the size and maps are overall positive. The performance and price also get good feedback. There are some less positive reviews about the route planning and reliability.

usability, price, performance, maps, size

reliability, route planning

60% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by (pcworld.com)

Magellan Maestro 4250 and V7 Nav740 GPS Devices Deliver More Than Just Maps

 

Both the $400 Magellan Maestro 4250 and the $300 V7 Nav740 come with big, bright 4.3-inch touch screens, detailed road maps, and plenty of features that go beyond basic navigation.

Buying a lesser-known brand like the V7 can be a support and service gamble, but the Nav740 seems like a heck of a deal--as long as the navigation glitch was specific to my review unit alone. Nevertheless, coming from Magellan, a long-time player in...

Mar, 2008
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Expert review by : Craig Ellison (pcmag.com)

V7 NAV740

 

The Editors' Choice-winning V7 NAV740 offers mid-market navigation features with entry-level pricing.

Inexpensive. Text-to-speech functionality. Multisegment routing. Eleven-million-POI database. Multimedia players. Two-year warranty.

Very minor user interface quirks detract only slightly from an otherwise excellent GPS device.

The Editors' Choice winning V7 NAV740 offers mid-market navigation features with entry-level pricing.

Feb, 2008
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Expert review by : PCMag Staff (pcmag.com)

V7 NAV730

 

Preview of the V7 NAV730.

For additional information on GPS Navigation and product reviews, please visit our GPS Navigation product guide.

Feb, 2008
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Expert review by : Steve Krasowski (e-gear.com)

Review: V7 NAV730 GPS System

 

Finding a friend's house for a weekend BBQ in the city was never easier for me with the NAV730 GPS System. The first thing I noticed when I took the unit out of the box was that it was extremely lightweight and not cumbersome at all. After afixing the...

Finally, the built-in multimedia player supports most audio, video and photo formats. The picture quality was outstanding for the size of the screen

Jul, 2008
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Expert review by : Michael (hardwaregeeks.com)

Review: V7 NAV740

 

For those who know me personally, I have the worst sense of direction. It is so bad, I get lost in my own neighborhood. I have to actually walk a tad bit slower than other people just to make sure I am headed in the right direction

Mar, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Exceptional NAV740

 

I had to try and read about all the top line GPS's and took a chance on the NAV740. Hopefully V7 can get these units into chain stores for a hands on demo. I had no problem when contacting customer support to find out if I should update my maps with...

Customization, ease of use, keyboard options, blanking of characters while typing, large POI base, speed of satellite detection, elevation reading, refresh rate while traveling, Multimedia (if that's your thing), bright screen with night mode,...

Voice does stutter a little on hard names though understandable, sometimes it is off by a few houses one way or the other (but many GPS's do the same). These are the only things that would otherwise make this unit perfect, IMO

Jul, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

V7Nav740

 

Tech support spoke English and was able to get my questions answered without a lot of phone time the first time. I will be contacting the peoople who make the map software and give them some areas that can be corrected. Got the unit through Newegg at a...

Works as advertised. Installed a 16G SDHC and load all software and maps. Manual says you need FAT or FAT 16. FAT 32 is the only way you can format SDHC. Worked with tech support and decided to try FAT 32. It worked fine. It took a little time, but I...

Manual at times somewhat confusing, but tech support was able to help me through. Map data base could use some updating as some places and roads were not poperly named

Jul, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice GPS, rough around the edges but nice

 

easily moddable:), newegg has this open box for 155 and you cant beat it for the price.

text to speech ; good battery life (CHARGE THE UNIT UNTIL IT HAS A GREEN LIGHT BEFORE YOU USE IT! The instructions don't make this clear, but you NEED to let it charge for a couple of hours the first time) ; tons of POI's (~11-12million) ; recalculate...

has come close but missed a couple of POI's. Finds my house perfectly ; maps need updating. Doesn't have my office in the right spot (its about 5 years old) ; english female voice seems to crackle a bit, cant get it to make Dave the default voice ;...

Jun, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Poor Quality

 

If I can get one that works for more than 1 week I will be glad to have the product.

Many good features in this product for the price

Text to speach is only available in english ; First unit I recieved crashed whenever exposed to tempratures less than 65 degrees ferenheight. New egg was fast in allowing me to return it ; Second unit randomly crashes and re-boots irrespective of...

Apr, 2008
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Consumer review (pcnation.com)

NAV740 4.3IN ULTRASLIM GPS NAVI US MAP MP3 MOV PLAYER 2YR WARRTY

 

Good price/product relation

Pre-load maps are up-to-date Movie/MP3 player works fine

Standard battery only last 1h or less USB connection not working on WinXP

Apr, 2008
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