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Product Description

7-inch Touch Screen! The Plenio VXA-3000 GPS , with its generous 7-inch wide, touch-screen navigation offers a broad, clear view to guide you to your destination. All the key functions are but a single touch away! The Plenio VXA-3000 offers turn-by-turn voice guidance available in several languages. Plus, you get automatic route navigation to an address or point of interest with turn-by-turn directions and easy-to-follow guidance in a clear voice. The entire US map is included on the provided SD card so there is no need to download mapping information from your computer. The integrated flip up GPS antenna provides a very clean easy setup and installation. The slim, lightweight Plenio VXA-3000 boasts a built-in media player with a number of multimedia functions such as picture viewing, playing videos, games and music. You can even use the expansive screen as an in-car display for DVD players and gaming devices!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12404 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black/Silver
• Brand: Plenio
• Model: VXA-3000
• Dimensions: 4.92″ h x 1.46″ w x 7.48″ l, 1.25 pounds
• Native resolution: 480 x 234

Features

• Portable navigation system combines GPS technology with a built-in media player
• Generous seven-inch wide touchscreen offers a broad, clear view to guide you to your destination
• Comes with a SD card pre-loaded with a map of the entire United States, and an integrated flip up GPS antenna for clean, easy setup and installation
• Offers turn-by-turn voice guidance available in several languages; automatic re-routing and smart detour navigation options help minimize delays while traveling
• Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.5 x 4.9 inches (W x H x D); weighs 1.2 pounds

Amazon.com Product Description
The Plenio VXA-3000 GPS, with its generous 7-inch touchscreen offers a broad, clear view to guide you to your destination. Easy to operate, all the VXA-3000’s key functions are only a single touch away! You can even use the expansive screen as an in-car display for DVD players and gaming devices. This system comes with a SD card pre-loaded with a map of the entire United States, and an integrated flip up GPS antenna for clean, easy set-up and installation. It’s also ready to go out of the box– no need to download anything from your computer.

A built-in media player includes a number of multimedia functions such as picture viewing, as well as playing videos, games, and music. View larger.

Added remote control gives you more programming and control options.

The VXA-3000 offers turn-by-turn voice guidance available in several languages so you can get where you’re going quickly and easily. You can also take advantage of the automatic re-routing and smart detour navigation options to help minimize delays while traveling. Designed to give you important guidance no matter when you’re traveling, the VXA-3000 offers 2D and 3D maps support with day and night-view settings.

The slim, lightweight VXA-3000 also boasts a built-in media player that provides access to a number of multimedia functions such as picture viewing, playing videos, games and music. Couple this with the wireless FM transmitter, and you can enjoy video and music files stored on your SD card over your vehicle stereo speakers– just set your FM radio to a predetermined frequency. Other convenient, time-saving features of the handy VXA-3000 include the excellent response speed, and accurate and responsive GPS receiver coupled with real-time rendered maps, resulting in virtually no delay between the actual and displayed position.
What’s in the Box
TNR800 head unit, GPS antenna, VSS wire and splice kit, DVD map (US and Canada coverage), owner’s manual, and a installation guide.

Customer Reviews

DON’T WASTE YOR TIME OR MONEY!
I bought this dog of an electronic appliance, with similar hopes and aspirations, like yourself, the one who may be reading this review right now. Don’t be fooled, this piece of junk won’t come near your expectations. A part of my list of cons is as follows: freezes controls on video playback, no rechargeable battery - car cord power only, touch control slow/unresponsive, graphic menus cumbersome/unintuitive, big/heavy, windshield mount attachment/removal complicated/time consuming, tech support slow/unhelpful, only supports 2 GB SD cards, leaving only 164 MB free space for videos/pictures/MP3s, remote does not control GPS function, GPS has taken up to 10 minutes to acquire satellite link. Dan, at tech support, answered the video problem by saying that “the unit is primarily designed for auto navigation.” Check retailer’s return/exchange policy. Preserve your sanity and avoid this product at all costs. If you have a question then email me at minovate at yahoo dot_com. Late, M.

Wonderful product
We have now had this for a little over a month. We took it on a recent trip. Had no less than 8 satelites at any given time. It readjusts very quickly when deviation for original directions. The software was completely updated so we did not have to purchase any updates. We will be using it on our next trip. It is very easy to use. We have not used the MP3 options yet but most likely will. Great product! Easy viewing screen!

Plenio lacks quality, dont bother with this one!!!
I purchased this GPS after looking at the specs and a few reviews, i was fooled by the suggested retail price and actual prices available through various sellers. My second mistake was to purchase from TigerDirect, they wont accept a return unless the device is malfunctioning. The most major flaw with this thing is the lousy TFT display which resembles the first TFT’s on the market twenty years ago. Its grainy and you can actually see the pixels and spaces between. It was totally useless for viewing photos and video playback was a complete joke. The GPS functions fair but the maps are out of date. Don’t bother with this one. Live and Learn!!!

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