Garmin GVN 53 North American Remote GPS Navigation System
Product Description
Customize your ride with GVN 53, a remote GPS sensor that integrates with your vehicle’s audio/video entertainment system so you can hear turn-by-turn directions through your vehicle’s stereo and view detailed street maps on your integrated video display. Similar to GVN 52, GVN 53 takes it up a notch with simultaneous output of RGB and composite video and features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver for improved reception.GVN 53 turns your vehicle’s audio/video system into a powerful street navigator. Look up and route directly to specific addresses or points of interest – such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, retail shops or ATMs – while viewing your exact location on detailed street maps. It even announces the name of exits and streets through your car’s speakers so you never have to take your eyes off the road. Map graphics are shown on your system’s integrated video display. GVN 53 comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator NT map data, and its card slot makes it easy to plug in additional map detail from optional MapSource mapping products.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 am
For quite sometime I was looking for a way to show the screen of my Nuvi 770 on a big screen for the passengers to see. I considered hacking the Nuvi but discovered the GVN 53. I hooked it up to a 40″ plasma screen in our mini bus but the picture is a bit pixelated but still very usable. I wouldn’t say that the product is faulty since I beleive it was not meant for such a large screen. I’m sure it will work well with smaller screens.
It worked well and the functions and menu is very similar to the Nuvi. For others who might be wondering, you cannot control the unit by touch screen that’s why it came with a RF remote control. Navigating the menu using the remote was easy but entering data is not very convenient. The remote being RF doesn’t have to be pointed to the unit like an IR remote. The signal of the remote is strong anywhere in the mini bus. The only problem I encountered was the unit sometimes hangs. Shutting the engine and restarting would reset the unit. I find it expensive considering it has no touch screen LCD like the Nuvi but a good solution to what I need.