Fine Digital FineDrive 400 Portable In-Car Navigation System

Fine Digital FineDrive 400

FineDrive 400 Portable In-Car Navigation System Review, by Tracey Capen March 27, 2006

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• Reviewed by: coolrin1

  Strengths: it get you there

  Weaknesses: a little out dated

  Overall: for the price you cant beat it and it works really good unless you want to pay from 3 to 5 hundred dollars.over all i would buy this product again

• Reviewed by: hulkhogan20

  Strengths: everything works on this device

  Weaknesses: no mount but i already had one

  Overall: this product is working good, it clear the design is cool, lots of options to use, has good meaus and other items that help you organize stops. this is a good deal

• Reviewed by: Jimmyboy

  Strengths: Large LCD Screen, great accuracy, and easy to operate

  Weaknesses: A bit slow compare to the Nav system that comes stock, but all the add-on Nav system are all slow. Not a ture portable, since it does not have a battery and need to be plug in at all times.

  Overall: The adjustable display is great in all lighting conditions. The mapping system is amazingly accurate, knowing what street and hundred block I am on within 10 feet or so. The navigation section guides you to a location via voice command and on-screen display. It has preloaded maps of USA and Canada with major attractions like parks, museums, hotels, restaurants by the thousands. No monthly cost associate with the service.

• Reviewed by: storm1628

  Strengths: simple to use, 4" screen, strong mount, MP3, good price

  Weaknesses: does not have rechargeable feature or battery option for portability

  Overall: I was looking for a navigation unit prior to Thanksgiving 2006 and was hoping to see if anything would come about on black friday. Obviously there was, but quantity on specials are always limited. A week or two has passed and I notice the FINEDRIVE 400 in one of my shopping places. Purchased it as there was a rebate. Took it home and set up the unit using the quick set up guide. Relatively simple as screen menu was straight forward. Good to know the unit can act as a MP3 player when navigation purposes in not in use. Window mount works perfectly as I prefer not to 'stick' anything on my dashboard for the dashboard mounting option. Navteq software is apparently up to date; unable to create a false address. Overall, decent unit for a very reasonable price.

• Reviewed by: shouyi

  Strengths: Large display. fast GPS lock.

  Weaknesses: Map is not very accurate for rural area. Map seems older then census tiger file in some cases. Missing a lot of points of interests.

  Overall: The unit does not have internal battery, not a huge deal. but it would be nice to be able to use it outside of a car every once in a while.Turn by turn voice directions is good. Volume is loud and sound is clear. Re-route calculation is pretty good as well.My unit maybe newer and it started lock on to GPS satellite connected under 30 seconds. When I first tested it with a 2-year-old $5000 Trimble unit, the FineDrive started faster, run more reliable. Though we think the trimble unit is on its last leg though.