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cnet.com Professional Review.
Harman/Kardon Guide Play GPS-500
QuickTake:
Pros: The Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 features a stylish design and wide screen. It offers text- and voice-guided directions as well as music and video playback.
Cons: The GPS-500 doesn't support text-to-speech functionality, and it takes the system a while to acquire a GPS fix. Directions weren't always efficient.
cnet.co.uk Professional Review.
Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500
Comments:
Harman Kardon may be better known for its audio equipment, but the US company is dipping its toe in the GPS market with the Guide + Play -- a widescreen, touch-sensitive European satellite-navigation unit that also doubles as a video and audio player
Review Verdict: The Guide + Play is a sat-nav device first and media player second. It's easy to use and has great route-planning abilities, apart from the odd sluggish moment. It's let down by basic media playback and poor performance, however, making it a disappointing
Harman Kardon may be better known for its audio equipment, but the US company is dipping its toe in the GPS market with the Guide + Play -- a widescreen, touch-sensitive European satellite-navigation unit that also doubles as a video and audio player
Review Verdict: The Guide + Play is a sat-nav device first and media player second. It's easy to use and has great route-planning abilities, apart from the odd sluggish moment. It's let down by basic media playback and poor performance, however, making it a disappointing
QuickTake:
Pros: Search-as-you-type destination finder ; long battery life ; clear navigation instructions ;
Cons: Shoddy audio and video playback ; basic media controls ; occasionally sluggish ;
zdnet.com Professional Review.
Harman/Kardon Guide Play GPS-500
Comments:
Though Harman Kardon is more well-known for its home audio products, the company has made a push into aftermarket car tech, starting with the Harman Kardon Drive + Play 2 and now the Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500. Merging navigation and multimedia in
Review Verdict: Style and ease of use mark this basic portable navigation and multimedia device, but the Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 doesn't offer the same smooth performance and efficiency of competing products.
Though Harman Kardon is more well-known for its home audio products, the company has made a push into aftermarket car tech, starting with the Harman Kardon Drive + Play 2 and now the Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500. Merging navigation and multimedia in
Review Verdict: Style and ease of use mark this basic portable navigation and multimedia device, but the Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 doesn't offer the same smooth performance and efficiency of competing products.
QuickTake:
Pros: The Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 features a stylish design and wide screen. It offers text- and voice-guided directions as well as music and video playback.
Cons: The GPS-500 doesn't support text-to-speech functionality, and it takes the system a while to acquire a GPS fix. Directions weren't always efficient.
crowdedbrain.co.uk Professional Review.
harman/kardon guide + play GPS-500 Review
Comments:
harman/kardon will be known to hi-fi enthusiasts as they produce a range of audio and video products, however they have now released their guide +play GPS-500 Sat Nav device onto ...
Review Verdict: The guide+play has a few teething problems with its lock ups, TMC, speed camera and route efficiency problems, but with time this could be sorted out.
harman/kardon will be known to hi-fi enthusiasts as they produce a range of audio and video products, however they have now released their guide +play GPS-500 Sat Nav device onto ...
Review Verdict: The guide+play has a few teething problems with its lock ups, TMC, speed camera and route efficiency problems, but with time this could be sorted out.
pcworld.com Professional Review.
Harman/Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500
Comments:
Review Verdict: Sleek GPS device includes a useful media player, but lags occasionally at acquiring GPS signals.
Review Verdict: Sleek GPS device includes a useful media player, but lags occasionally at acquiring GPS signals.
QuickTake:
Pros: Sleek, Includes a portable media player
Cons: Lagged occasionally at acquiring GPS signals
reghardware.co.uk Professional Review.
Harman Kardon Guide+Play GPS-500
Comments:
What more do you want from a GPS unit than the ability to get you from A to B when you haven't got a clue where you are or which way to go? Well, Harman Kardon is hoping that multimedia features will also feature highly on your shopping list as its new Gu
What more do you want from a GPS unit than the ability to get you from A to B when you haven't got a clue where you are or which way to go? Well, Harman Kardon is hoping that multimedia features will also feature highly on your shopping list as its new Gu
gpsreview.net Professional Review.
Harman Kardon GPS-500 GPS Review
Comments:
Harman Kardon has entered the GPS market with a device called the Guide + Play, GPS-500. This device features voice navigation on a nice big 4″ display, but also includes the ability to play MP3 music as well as videos. I recently had the chance to spen
Review Verdict: Out of the box, the GPS-500 has strikingly good looks. It is a very thin GPS at barely three quarters of an inch. It is just about 4.5 inches long but it doesn't seem as big as other devices of this length since it is so thin. Along the top of the GPS is
Harman Kardon has entered the GPS market with a device called the Guide + Play, GPS-500. This device features voice navigation on a nice big 4″ display, but also includes the ability to play MP3 music as well as videos. I recently had the chance to spen
Review Verdict: Out of the box, the GPS-500 has strikingly good looks. It is a very thin GPS at barely three quarters of an inch. It is just about 4.5 inches long but it doesn't seem as big as other devices of this length since it is so thin. Along the top of the GPS is
alaTest.com Professional Review.
Review summary of Harman/Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500
Comments:
alaTest has collected and analyzed 65 reviews of Harman/Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 from international magazines and websites.
Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 67/100 and users 70/100. Comparing these reviews to 118983 other GPS reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 85/100 = Very Good.
alaTest has collected and analyzed 65 reviews of Harman/Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 from international magazines and websites.
Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 67/100 and users 70/100. Comparing these reviews to 118983 other GPS reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 85/100 = Very Good.
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Review Verdict: Style and ease of use mark this basic portable navigation and multimedia device, but the Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 doesn't offer the same smooth performance and efficiency of competing products.
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