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Review: Medion GoPal PNA465 satellite navigation

It may be frill-free, but the GoPal PNA465 is as up to date as they come

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Price: £260
Manufacturer: Medion
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Good points
Large screen
European maps included
Free traffic alerts

Bad points
Relatively few extra functions


Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve 22 Nov 2006

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It may be relatively frills-free, but the GoPal PNA465 from Medion is an otherwise excellent option.

It has a large 4.3in widescreen display that allows you to see more of the surrounding map while travelling. The GoPal uses the very latest in GPS technology, which helps to make the PNA465 quick to locate itself and helps to maintain a good lock on the satellite signal.

Unlike some of its competitors, both UK and European maps come preinstalled and traffic alerts are available for free straight out of the box.

The only minor drawback with the latter is that traffic alerts are received via FM radio, so a special antenna (provided) is required. This then adds further to the spaghetti-style mess of cabling that sat-nav devices so often generate.

The GoPal Navigator software was also very easy to use, although you’ll need to learn the meanings of the symbols and icons.

This article is part of a group test of satellite-navigation devices.
See also: 
Garmin Nuvi 310
Magellan Roadmate 3050T
Medion GoPal PNA465
Mio Digiwalker C510E
Navman N40i
Navsure 300i
Novogo S700
Sony Nav-u Nv-U5 0T
TomTom One Europe
ViaMichelin X-950T
When sat nav goes wrong
Galileo project

A table of features can be read via our pdf download above.

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