Yea its a reliable product however, some of the features dont work quite as good. The fm-transmitter has pretty low quality, the battey probably lasts for 30 min with full charge. If the battery goes out, which always happens, u have to reset the time date etc. The good: maps, route,player, sd slot, and "re-route" in case u miss a turn.

I bought this GPS unit because I have a Sanyo phone that uses the same navigation format and it is familiar to me. However, I needed the bluetooth capability more than the GPS to comply with CA driving law. The primary phone used with this device was a Samsung M520 and the call clarity was terrible on both ends. I thought routing the call through the car speakers would help and the FM tuner was decent. The problem was that I could not get any MP3 files to play on the unit and could not enjoy any music between calls. The call clarity with my Sanyo phone was much better, but it would often times not sync up and I would have to soft reset the Easy Street before it would finally sync. As a hands free device this unit is 1 star, but the navigation aspect was just what I expected and averages this rating out to 3 stars.

I really like the Sanyo 4070. I feel it is a wonderful device. It is the first GPS unit I have owned...not the first I have used, but first to have owned. I really have not had any problems with it. All the features work wonderful...MP3 player, Video Player, FM Transmitter, POI's. The tracking itself has been great. It is quick to adjust your route if you miss a turn. I will admit that when you turn on the unit, it does take a while to triangulate your position. And as with some complaints, everytime you turn it on, it asks for the date and time. This could be a pain, but if you just skip over this and let the unit connect to the sattelites, it will update the date and time automatically.

I have has the unit for only a few weeks, so I am sure there will be things that I will find I do not like about it, but in the same regards I will find more things I like about it.

Oh and one last thing....for the people that complain that Sanyo does not support the product and does not even have it on their website. Please, simply do a google search and you will find... [...]

I bought this product in May 2008 and used it in Dallas TX and in San Diego CA on multiple occasions. Almost 50% of the times, this device gave us fairly bizarre directions - we would have driven 15 miles for a 5 mile drive (which thankfully we knew well).

I would definitely NOT recommend this product. Leaving all the add-ons like Bluetooth and MP3 player, one thing a GPS should be good at is giving directions. And this one is not.

This gps has been unfairly criticized based on user error or unreasonable expectations.

Yes the date/time must be reset when the main battery if off but no big deal as the gps resets the date and time itself. I found the voice command volume to be quite adequate even with two people talking in the car. I actually had to turn the volume down. Street names and exits are projected on the display assuming one has looked at the directions then its announced when to exit - if the unit is set for female voice TTS then it says the actual street name or number. I contacted customer service by email they responded within 24hrs and were very helpful and stated updated maps will be out at the end of this year. I did get a map update CD with my 4070. Also Sanyo emailed me again to verify that I was satisfied with their response.

I think its a cool gps unit for the money I paid ($189) especially with all the accessories included. Reading the reviews of Garmin and TomTom it seems the Sanyo performs as well if not better condsidering the price difference. I have not tried the FM or bluetooth yet. I will update my review when I do use those features.

Update --A major interstate I35W in MN is mislabeled as MN 65. But reviews of Garmins, TomToms and others all have map problems as well. Bad maps seems to be the bane of consumer-grade gps systems. Is this one worse than others? Once I figured out the mislabeling of the interstate and was no longer confused-- the directions were accurate. Features such as fastest and shortest routes work well. I still havent tried the other features I guess I'm not really interested in my gps playing MP3s, photos and videos or even phone calls!! I just need it to get me from point A to point B accurately and efficiently.

I often rely on Amazon reviews before purchasing products, so here is our turn to contribute.

We have owned & used this product for 6 months.

We had read some good reviews of the product earlier & were motivated to purchase it for many of its features, including the traffic service. I liked that we did not have to purchase an extra antenna as it was already included. (the funny thing is that we haven't turned on the service yet....so can't comment on it)

My husband is an actor with lots of auditions all over the place, so thought it would be helpful to have a navigation system (& it has been!). Also his greatest nightmare is getting stuck in traffic & being late for a performance (hence the desire for a traffic service).

We had become accustomed to Hertz's Neverlost prior to buying this system & possibly would have stuck with that had I known the manufacturer (which is Magellan)

I'll list some of the pros and cons that we have experienced and then I will comment on some of the other reviews. (Please note that this system comes with many, many features, that we have never used.....the Bluetooth, MP3 player, downloading of books, etc.)

PROs:

+ Great price

+ Traffic antenna included & a 3 month trial period of the service

+ No antenna is needed except for when using the traffic service

+ Announces street names (which gives a good laugh at times!)

+ Can broadcast on a FM radio or use an earset

+ Usually gets us where we need to be (but then again sometimes "she" gets confused....which is aggravating when my husband is driving in Boston as it takes awhile to get back on track)

+ Shows gas stations & other services along a route on a map

+ you have a choice as a 2-dimensional screen or a 3-d screen

+ it shows your speed, so depending on your car style, you can rest the unit on your dash, blocking your speedometer

CONs:

- It takes a long time to warm up, sometimes as much as 15 minutes (& sometimes it is immediate)

- There is no "key" or "screen" locking (due to the sometimes long warm up period, I want to leave the system on & keep it my bag when going into a store....I then hear `beep, beep, beep' as the screen gets touched accidentally) - not sure if this feature exists on other systems.

- The Point of Interest search is definitely not as good as the Magellan's Neverlost, which shows restaurants by exit number. The Sanyo lists all restaurants by distance as the crow flies, with only street names as detail. What this means is the restaurant could be in a direction that you are not traveling. In addition, you might think it is worthwhile to go the 2 miles out of the way to go to a restaurant, only to find that as you navigate to it, the restaurant is really 8 miles out of the way. Knowing the town at least would be helpful.

- The next might be more user error - Say I do a POI search, pick a restaurant & put it in as a stopover point, only to discover it is way out of the way. I haven't been able to figure out how to cancel that stopover point without cancelling the whole trip.

- Talking of errors, sometimes the system crashes with a system error. This would be in the middle of the trip, when I might be searching for a POI or something...but it is inconvenient. It seems like it happens right when my husband needs to be making some turn & I need to start nearly from the beginning (find the recent address & re-navigate to it).

- Once the distance is under 1 mile until the next turn, the distance is displayed in YARDS. I'd much prefer if the distance stayed in mileage...like 0.7 mi, 0.3 mi, etc. (who wants to do math converting yards to miles??? And I work as an engineer!)

- The traffic antenna is somewhat cheap...My husband pulled the suction cup off by accident within the first few days (not really repairable). He then dropped it on the kitchen floor another day & the retraction of the cord broke.

Comments:

1. As far as the low volume, you can broadcast on the radio or use an earset (it definitely was hard to hear when driving a convertible on vacation)

2. The final destination is marked on the map as whether it is on the Left or Right side of the street.

3. Good suggestion on the pencil eraser. We had wished it came with a stylus like Palm provides.

4. It is true that the system asks for date & time to be entered manually when you first turn on the system. I usually skip through this & what I found is that once I get a GPS signal, the time is updated to the correct time. The time is important as the system shows the time you are expected to reach your destination (whereas I believe the Neverlost system displays the expected travel time).

5. We don't use the mounting kit for 3 reasons: (1) it doesn't fit my husband's curved dash very well; (2) it reduces the risk of windows being smashed by thieves looking for the suction cup; & (3) we don't need it. We just rest the unit on the seat next to us.

I've been using this gps for a month now and personnally I do believe this is the best gps for the price consider its operation and features.

I got this from Frys electronics for $200

I also owned a garmin C340,which is quite old.I will try to be more specifics on the major features.

1)the gps on the sanyo is super quick,it reroute instantly without recalculating,the signal is allways there even indoor,I never experienced a signal lost with the sanyo,while it occured quite often with the garmin.

2)bluetooth works flawslessly with my sanyo phone,u can import phone book,edit etc...,u can call POI directly with the sanyo,read its description.

3)mp3 player works perfectly,u can listen to it thru the built in speaker or your car stereo using the fm txmitter,try different channel for best sound,and look like the gps have to be mount directly above the stereo unit for best sounding

4)video player works really good,but u need to convert your video files to mp4 format because this is the only format this player will read.I'm not sure if any of the Garmin offer this features

5)u can add a sd card for extra stuffs,the gps have roughly 1GB internal memory for u to use,I heard that the sanyo is compatible with HCSD,if that the case u can add up to 16gb hcsd card

6)3 months free of TMC(traffic info)

7)photo viewer,no problem at all

8)the gps come with winshield mount,car charger,ac charger,usb cable,tmc antenna,cd and dvd.The winshield mount is very well build and designed,really easy to use,believe it or not I can uninstalled the gps with 1 hand while driving.

If anybody know of any gps that can do all this for less than $200,please let me know,I'd appreciate that.

Try this gps and save yourself alot of money.

If you want to run the risk of no customer supports with your expensive GPS navigation system, you can simply go to buy a Sanyo NVM-4070. Any questions you have, you can call 1-800-421-5013, after waiting for over 30 minutes, you can get the answer like this "Sanyo doesn't provide any updated software for fixing these issues, you can just use it as is or return it to the store." It is very surprised why Sanyo did release such kind of product to the market even if they do not want to provide any technical supports ?

The critical issue is that: there are only 3 so-called Voice Skins (English only): Female with Text To Speech (TTS), Female without TTS, Male without TTS. The fatal problem is that when you select the Female with TTS, the Volume is too low even if you set to the Maximum value. It is very hard to hear the prompts when you are driving on the way.

There also have following minor issues:

1. Compass display is too small and too low. Especially when driving to East or South direction, it is very hard to determine which direction is the North. It should be Bigger and Upper, and a little Right shifted.

2. When reached the destination, it is just said "the destination is reached." It should be better to say "the destination is reached on your right." Or "the destination is reached on your left." Like most of other GPS navigators do.

3. Date and Time should be added such kind of option: adjustable by GPS automatically. Especially the Time Zone.

4. the number of POI is a little small. It should be better to have more, and can be added by user.

5. It should be able to use an USB power adaptor. When I connect an USB power adaptor to NVM-4070, it always said "connected to a PC", then you can do nothing other than user it as an USB storage.

Again, please keep in mind that Sanyo does not provide any technical supports for this product.