Finedigital, a korean company has released a new GPS navigation system the finedrive 700. What catches the attention at first sight is it’s the huge 7.0 inch widescreen LCD screen. The finedrive 700 besides GPS navigation has some very nice multimedia features. It has an external DVD input that allows you to watch your favorite DVDs on it’s screen, in addition to that it can reproduce mp3 files. So this new GPS device seems like a complete in car navigation and media station. Here is a list of it’s features and specifications:

Just Plug and Drive, no downloading required
Detailed street-level maps for 48 Contiguous States & Canada pre-loaded
Clear & Accurate Turn-by-Turn Voice and Visual Guidance
Voice/Text-based 2D &3D Map Instructions
Large 7.0 inch Widescreen Color LCD Touch Screen
Millions of Point-of-Interests (POI) included
Media Player (MP3, mpeg, avi) with external DVD input
OS : Microsoft® Windows CE.NET 4.2.
CPU : ARM9-300MHz
Internal Storage : 20 GB
External Memory : SD Card (up to 2GB) 1 slot
GPS :
Built-in Hinge Antenna
Frequency L1, 1575.42 MHz
16 Channels, Sensitivity -159 dBm
Acquisition Rate
Hot start 8 sec., avg (with ephemeris and almanac valid)
Warm start 38 sec., avg (with almanac but not ephemeris)
Cold start 45 sec., avg (neither almanac nor ephemeris)
Reacquisition 0.1 sec., average (interruption recovery time)
Input : Touch Screen
Display : 7.0″ Color Wide TFT LCD / 480X234 / 65K True Color
Sound : 1W x 2 (Stereo, 8 O hm)
External Video Player : Yes
Power : DC12V/1A (Working DC voltage range : 10~16V)
Physical Characteristics: 7.45″ (W) x 1.25″ (D) x 4.75″ (H)

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