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Clarions New MAP780 & MAP680 Products |
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Written by CB Team
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
 Clarion's latest portable navigation units the MAP780 & MAP680 are the first devices to map buildings, landmarks and elevation changes in 3D, and the latter is also combined with lane information and turn-by-turn voice prompts (text to speech).
The MAP780 (Europe) and MAP680 (UK & Ireland) use two separate high-performance programmes to draw buildings in the foreground and background.
Buildings close to the driver appear see-through as you approach them, so as not to obstruct the view of the next junction, whilst buildings further away are textured and solid, making them lifelike and easily recognisable as reference points while driving.
Both PND's utilise digital elevation model data to draw height and depth features, with hills and mountains rendered in 3D while you drive, to create realistic views, at all levels of zoom.
Elevation information is also applied to the road network for rendering of shadows, to display roads and bridges at their correct height for a greater clarity of route guidance.
Clarion has also incorporated comprehensive lane information for the first time, with all lanes available rendered in 3D, and the one needed highlighted.
Clarion's latest portable navigation devices also display SMS (text) messages on-screen, as well giving seamless touch-screen access to a paired phone or PDA, whilst audio streaming (A2DP) and MP3/WMA playback is also possible via a built-in music player.
Enhanced entertainment features on the 2008 PND also feature a movie player, allowing you to download up to 4GB of MP4 video via MMC or SD card, whilst a digital photo album allows the user to upload pictures via SD card or the built-in USB port.
The MAP780 and MAP680 are priced at £269 and £229 respectively, and are available via Clarion appointed dealers across the UK.
Note: We have already tested the MAP680 product and will bring you are views shortly, essentially the Clarion device utilises NAV N GO's iGO 8 software, which in a nutshell provides a nice lush interface with solid performance.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 June 2008 )
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