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Really Disappointed |
September 22, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Brian
from LIttle Rock, AR
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I am a huge Alpine fan. I bought this to go with the IVA-W505 thinking, what a great deal, I can use it in my Corvette and my patrol unit. Well, it works, sorta. I use this in my patrol unit to search for addresses of wanted subjects. Half the time it will take me on the most convoluted routes. Also, on long extradition runs, the same thing.
For the money, go with a Garmin. I had one before this and it was great. I only got the Alpine for the use in both cars. All Alpine said was, "Well, send it in for repair."
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Very Nice GPS |
August 19, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Justin
from St. Louis, MO
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The Blackbird 2 navigation system is a very nice GPS. It offers a wide variety of options in one package. The display is easy to read and responds very well to selections. The maps and POIs are very accurate and up to date. The Nav traffic works well in the St. Louis area and points out construction and traffic incidents to avoid. The bluetooth option works good as well using the external Mic. It should be noted that not all Bluetooth phones work with uploading your phone contacts. However, if you go to Setup, Bluetooth, and select "Update" by Phone Book it will sometimes load the contacts it did not when it started up. I have not used the Music function but it seems like it would be easy to use and a cheap addon since it uses a SD card (4gb max) to add songs. It does have some quirks with it rerouting you to the route it wants to take if you choose to go a different way and nag screen at startup . All around this is a good all-in-one package and with the prices coming down is a good buy.
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Has Issues |
July 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Tall Paul
from Palmdale, CA
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I bought this GPS
unit about 8 months
ago to use with the
IVA-W205 head unit
that I've had for
about 10 months. I
love the clean OEM
look you get by
having the unit dock
inside of the stereo
and that was really
the main reason I
went with Alpine,
that and I've always
loved Alpines
products. Here are
some other issues I
have with it:
1. About 1 out of 20
times you start it
up, you'll get a
flickering white
screen, meaning
you'll have to take
it out of the unit
and hit the reset
button. (A common
problem).
2. There's no way to
set a route and save
it. You can only
save a destination
and the way it takes
you there may not be
the fastest way,
like avoiding known
traffic areas.
3. If there are two
somewhat equal ways
to get somewhere and
you choose to go a
different way than
it has picked for
you, it will
continuously reroute
you, back tracking
for miles after
you've passed the
way it wanted you to
go.
4. You can not
receive traffic
information while
its docked in the
stereo unless you
install an antenna Y
fitting, which it
does not come with.
5. The few times
I've used the GPS
outside of the
stereo the battery
life had been pretty
short, 1 to 1 ½
hours is about it.
6. The nag screen at
every start up gets
very annoying.
Other than these
items it's not the
worse GPS unit but
the price is too
high for what you
get. I guess you
have to pay a
premium for the
clean look.
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March 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Bill_Sev
from Atlanta, GA.
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Overall this is a very good product. The Navigation is pretty solid with a few small glitches like telling you to take slight left on a curve when the it should say stay straight.
Word to the wise...If you are pairing this with the IVA-W205 make sure you get a Y adapter for the antenna. One goes to the FM Antenna the other will go in the TMC connector. If you don't do this you wont get traffic updates on the RDS Channel.
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Great |
February 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Moctezuma
from Ontario,CA
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While I have tried a few GPS systems on the market, these one is one of the most completed out there with all the new features is an A+++++ buy.
Use the three months complementary traffic service and if you like it then you can just add the service for 1 year
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