I'd like to pick up a portable Nav system for the S2000 like the Garmin Nuvi 760 or the new 880 and I was wondering if anyone uses one.

I doubt that many people have the Nuvi 880 as it was just released and it's about $900 on the web. It allows voice commands using speech recognition and a remote activation button. Reviewers say it's the first VR to actually work but I'm pretty sure they weren't testing it in an S. I'd bet the voice recognition is a waste in the S with the wind and road noise.

Any first hand experience?

Can you hear the text to speech street names and turn instructions?

Anyone use the Garmin dashboard friction mount?

 

I bought a Nuvi 200W from Best Buy for $199 and love it. The text to speech is overrated, turn left in 100 feet is all I need to hear!

 

I have a Nuvi 660 and love this little thing. I mounted mine using Modifry's 3 inch dash mount bracket and Nuvi ball - http://www.modifry.com/products/mounts/mdb.htm

 

Nuvi 660
I wish there was an easy way to hardw ire into the sudio system rather than using FM transmitter.
In dense areas like around new york city there is very few free FM bands but htat is not a NUVI issue just in genreal with relying on this form of interface.

 

+1 for the Modifry bracket. I have a C550 mounted on mine. The bracket could stand to be a little stiffer, jiggles but it works. Voice command in a S2000? Sounds like a losing battle.

 

Thanks for the responses. It looks like there's concensus that voice recognition is better left to the uber quiet of luxo barges. And for you guys who bought the basic models, I fear you are right. The core functionality of a Nav system comes from the quality of the display, the satellite receiver, the maps, and the routing engine. After that, it's not "need to have", it's "want to have".

 

Hell, I'm just using Telenav on my Blackberry and find that it works really well.

 

i use a sextant to get around on long trips..

 

 

One thing to note (at least I found this with my Nuvi 250) is that the info that comes on the unit is old... The older the model, the older the info.

This bugs the snot out of me since my local area changed all of the road names and house numbers to work with a new county wide 911 system about two years ago. My Nuvi has no idea where I live. In fact, if your nav unit is older than... say... 2007, it won't have a clue either.

The moral of this story? Be sure to budget for the software upgrade. Runs about a hundred bucks.