Navigon Traffic Activation Service Review

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(More customer reviews)A useful addition to the Navigon GPS line of products.
This chip contains a key code, which once registered with the Navigon website, allows you to receive continuous traffic updates with your Navigon GPS units (including the 2100, 2120, 5100 and 7100 series).
Having had a chance to assess this Traffic Service on a trip south and back, I'll comment on a few things I liked and didn't like...
The good:
1.)Once you've purchased this chip, the traffic service is a lifetime feature; no further monthly or yearly subscription fees or purchase updates required, ever!
2.)The traffic information is monitored continuously around most major highways and cities.
3.)You can set your unit up to give traffic info just on the route your driving, or you can get info within a radius of where you are at the moment.
4.)If a traffic problem does occur ahead of you the unit will tell you several things;
a.]it gives you the distance to the 'obstruction', giving you time to make detour planning.
b.]the unit (on your GPS map) tells you which you which side the the 'obstruction' is on (e.i. your side of the highway or the other); this is actually a very useful feature.
c.]the unit can automatically (if you set it up to do so) make a route around the 'obstruction' ahead.
A couple concerns:
1.)The charger cord from the cigarette lighter acts as an antenna for the traffic program. So if you don't have your unit plugged in (and you are running on unit battery only), you may not get good traffic info service.
2.)There is little or no information on side roads, byways or small towns/cities. There were even a couple of sections of more 'remote' Interstate Highways that had no coverage.
3.)There may be some delay in getting information to your unit (obviously a accident or delay must be reported before it can be relayed to your unit). However once it reaches your unit, I found that there was ample time and distance to try to detour around what ever was causing the problem.
Conclusion:
The traffic monitoring chip offers a great benefit by providing useful information to those traveling on the major highways and larger centers; it is, however, less useful in a more 'rural' or smaller settings. You should use your cigarette charger cord for reliable traffic reports, as the cord acts as an antenna for this service. 4 1/2 to 5 Stars

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