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Cobra GPSM 2100 Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Cobra
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 1.9 x 3.3 x 4.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: GPSM 2100
Model: GPSM 2100
UPC: 028377500701
EAN: 0028377500701
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Portable vehicle navigator with all 50 States and Canada preloaded and ready to use | | • | Turn-by-turn directions and clear voice guidance to an address or point of interest | | • | 3.5-inch touch-screen, ultra-bright color display for easy night and day viewing | | • | iA.S.A.P. technology for faster acquisition and uninterrupted satellite signal reception | | • | SD card slot for future feature expansions and a 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
With the Cobra Nav One 2100, you'll reach your destination with ease. With clear and simple voice guided directions, an ultra-bright 3.5" full color Touch Screen and all maps fully loaded, all you have to do is plug it in and go. The SD expansion slot and wireless connectivity give you room for more memory and future data enhancements. Best of all, it's easy to move it from vehicle to vehicle. Built-in compass North American Street Level detail map on board iA.S.A.P. (Intelligent Accelerated Satellite Acquisition Protocol) - Technology for faster acquisition and uninterrupted satellite signal reception in urban canyons and dense foliage Trip Data - Includes odometer, trip timers, speedometers and more SmartPower - Shuts off power to the unit when the ignition is turned off SD expansion slot PC interface Backlit keypad Langauges - English, French, Spanish Additional accessories - Windshield, suction cup, mounting bracket, AC adapter Requires 12V DC power adapter (incl.) Dimensions - 4.5 x 3.25 x 1.875 (11.43 x 8.26 x 4.76 cm) Weight - 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
Amazon.com Product Description
Cobra's Nav One 2100 is a specialized, portable navigation system designed for use in vehicles. Simply pick a destination via the easy-to-use touch-screen and you're on your way, as the Nav One 2100 automatically calculates the best route and gives you turn-by-turn directions (with voice and visual guidance) to your address or point of interest. 
The Nav One 2100 comes with a pre-loaded North America street-level detail map that covers the 48 contiguous U.S. states. See product details. | 
The basic touch-screen menu provides access to the most frequently used tools. | 
Touch the Map at any point to bring up a Point window. | The Nav One 2100 features Cobra's iA.S.A.P. (Intelligent Accelerated Satellite Acquisition Protocol) technology, which takes advantage of 12 parallel channels for faster acquisition and uninterrupted satellite signal reception in urban canyons and dense foliage. The easy-to-read 3.5-inch color display features an ultra-bright, backlit touch-screen and a photo sensor that automatically adjusts the display for day or night viewing with superb readability even under bright, sunlit conditions. This complete plug-and-go system also includes a cigarette-lighter power cord and windshield suction-cup mounting bracket, letting you use it in any vehicle without performing an elaborate installation routine. The Nav One 2100 comes with a pre-loaded North America street-level detail map that covers the 48 contiguous U.S. states, plus Hawaii and the major metropolitan areas of Canada. This unit is also traffic-ready, with up-to-the-minute traffic content available via the optional traffic receiver and subscription, which delivers personalized traffic data for 50 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. In addition, Cobra's patent-pending Compare Routes feature allows the driver to choose from two on-screen routing options to get you around traffic. Also accompanying you on the ride are more than two million points of interest which are searchable by business phone numbers, trip data functions such as an odometer, speedometer, and trip timer, and a trip planner that lets you pre-program up to 10 destinations per plan, for up to five total plans. This unit even includes a trail mode so you can go off off-roading and mark your favorite waypoints for future return. For your convenience, this GPS system includes English, Spanish, and French navigational voice languages and an automatic shutoff system that preserves battery power. This unit features highly accurate digital map data and rich content from Tele Atlas, and an SD memory card expansion slot for future feature expansion. Cobra's Nav One 2100 is backed by a one-year warranty on parts and labor. What's in the Box
GPSM 2100 receiver, 12-volt cigarette lighter power adapter, windshield suction-cup mounting bracket and user's manual.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Reliable, easy to use portable GPS June 24, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Went to the store with every intention of purchasing TomTom One or the comparably priced Garmin GPS I had researched online for the past week. Really confusing considering all of GPS reviews I'd read gave no definitive explanations on why one rated over the other. Since it all seemed to come down to personal preference, I figured the only way to make a final decision was to demo each model at the store.
The TomTom One would not work! Each time I started to enter an address, the unit would revert back to demo ads. The Garmin model I was interested in was not on display. The sales clerk was kind enough to turn on the TomTom go to demo, but it annoyingly shifted between a loud demo and attempting to pick up a signal. If not for this, I would have overlooked the Cobra 2100 entirely.
What first caught my attention was price. Having failed to demo the units I wanted, the Cobra 2100 was the only GPS on display within my price range. In fact, it was the same price as TomTom One, but appeared to be larger. Side by side comparison made TomTom One look like a toy! I clicked through the various demo options and watched a simulation of a drive from the store to my home. Fine, yet I still had my heart set on the TomTom and was about to find another store to demo the model, but I changed my mind.
Though never owning any Cobra products, I'm aware that Cobra was a big name in radar detection at one time. In addition to GPS navigation, the Cobra 2100 comes with traffic light camera detection and speed alerts already installed. There are more traffic light cameras being installed throughout Baltimore City everyday. This feature and the Cobra name convinced me to give the 2100 a try.
Had the 2100 installed and operating in no top flat. As mentioned elsewhere online, it took more time to get it out of the box than it took to connect it. Once turned on it quickly detected a signal and showed me my present location. After quickly scanning through the menu, I typed in my home address, clicked 'NAVIGATE' and was routed to my destination.
The Cobra 2100 offers a clear visual presentation of the route you're traveling while giving clear and precise verbal directions of how to proceed. Advisories are given continually and well in advance of any turns or deviations from your present course. There is no text-to-speech, though IMHO, none is needed as a quick glance identifies all streets along your route.
Options are given to choose specific routes, but I ignored this on my initial run. The Cobra 2100 (like MapQuest, sometimes) attempted to route me away from what I knew to be a quicker route. Upon ignoring the route suggested, the Cobra 2100 quickly recalculated, suggesting a route based on my adjustment. I followed the same route later, this time taking the route suggested by the Cobra 2100. Cobra added an additional 10 minutes to my journey by unnecessarily routing me on and off the interstate. The "detour" consisted of a series of rapid lane changes and turns. As it was night and the maneuvers demanded I pay strict attention to driving, I didn't chance glancing at the screen. To it's credit, the Cobra 2100 provided precise verbal navigation so there was no need to watch anything but the road. I find I'm not particularly concerned about Cobra's routing suggestion. Had I been unfamiliar with the area, the additional 10 minutes would not be factor at all since the Cobra 2100 WILL, it demonstrates, get me to your destination safely.
Oh...before I forget...I passed through one of those camera intersections while testing the Cobra. It signals the driver by producing a series of camera clicking sounds and displays an on-screen traffic icon as an advisory.
WAY COOL!
 Starts out ok, but doesn't last long June 30, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
When I first tried out this GPS, I was quite happy with it. It was very simple to use, easy to learn and really just plug and go. It got us halfway to Big Bear from LA, but then got us lost because the freeways had closed. I found it to be accurate in some places, and truly not in others. It froze up quite a few times, and wouldn't turn on SEVERAL times, only to turn on a minute later. The time it takes to start up is fine, only about a minute and you're already "navigating." However, sometimes it just lags and, again, freezes up. Had I written a review the first day I got it, I would have given it at least 4 stars for the ease of use. Now that I've had it a week, I'm returning it, and am going back to using mapquest. It's just not worth 300 something dollars. Perhaps I'll try another GPS system when we're taking another trip, but for now, this one is definitely going back.
It Ain't No Garmin! October 5, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
My Garmin 340C was stolen from my car and I took a chance on the Cobra. It works (sometimes) but software and graphics are far inferior to what I had gotten used to.
On the plus side, some nice features like choice of a category and listing of all in that category in your area. The graphics, if you don't use the 3D version, are fairly good. And it's pretty sensitive in homing in on the satellites, even when you're indoors.
But, the shortcomings leave me disappointed. For openers, when I set it for "home" in my driveway, it puts me on a street 1000' away that doesn't come into my area. So, if I set it with "home" as a destination, I wind up in someone else's driveway.
The Garmin allows you to plug in a destination and when you let it calculate a route, it gives you mileage and an ETA before you start. Not so with the Cobra. Once you start, it will show an ETA but if there's a way to show the mileage to get there, I haven't found it. The Garmin "speaks" all roads you're directed to use. The Cobra "speaks" only Interstates but has a visual display of the names of all. Another annoyance is that the "zoom" feature keeps resetting itself to a larger area of display. May be a software glitch but not fixable by any of their downloads to date. Garmin offers all sorts of language options: Australian woman speaking with Finnish display; German man speaking with Spanish display, etc. But these are really gimmicks and not necessary.
The Cobra is available for somewhat less than the Garmin. And it shows.
So disappointed...great technology but terrible interface October 30, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of the most disappointing electronic devices I've ever bought. The unit works fine and for getting Grandma from one place to another it is a cute toy. I drive a tractor trailer and if any truckers are considering this unit, just don't. For one thing, the unit will not allow you to select an exit number on a given interstate as a destination. The exits are in the database, it calls off the exits when you have to use one, just doesn't let you find them. Truckstops are listed by interstate# and exit# (not street address) in the guidebooks. Also, very often industrial warehouse sites are not listed by street address and the unit can't find anything without a street number. I now have my old 2002 GarminV with it's outdated maps and impossibly small memory capacity sitting next to the new Cobra so I can use that interface to find exits and plan destination time estimates before moving (the cobra will not display eta times until you get to a spot where your next turn is more than a mile away). Very frustrating. I wonder if there are any parts sharp enough to damage my tire if I drive over it?
I took it back! September 10, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
So, I'm always up for trying new products. The saleswoman tried to talk me out of it, but I decided to give this thing a try anyway, choosing it over a TomTom or a Garmin. Big mistake. It's nice looking, and it purports to have some newer features that other GPS systems at this price range do not have (like speed and red light cameras). However, these features NEVER worked for me, and I happen to know that there are THREE red light cameras at the intersection nearest my home. Not once did this thing catch them.
Another thing: it kept getting me lost! Sometimes the route it suggested was obviously wrong, and if I tried to ignore it, it would repeatedly yell- "PLEASE TURN AROUND!" or something similarly annoying. And if I did miss a turn accidently, and could not immediately stop to give it a chance to reroute, it would freak out and take many minutes before it could recalculate the route.
All things considered, I returned this system within a week. Maybe it was defective. Who knows? But now I am afraid of shelling out another couple of hundred of dollars for another system... So if you want to purchase a gps and get your money's worth, I'd say get one whose name you can trust.
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