| | |  | GPS & Navigation | Home » » » Harman Kardon GPS-810 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator and Media Player | | | | | | | Description: | | GPS-810 Harman Kardon Portable Navigation+Traffic+Audio+Video+Bluetooth device offers a highly intuitive user interface making it an easy to use navigation device. It features Text-to-Speech in English. It also offers full playback capability of digital music and video files along with hands free functions of Bluetooth enabled phones. All access and control is via a breakthrough wireless remote control and / or utilizing the high resolution 4.3" WQVGA touchscreen. In navigation mode, it offers easy-to-understand spoken instructions and visuals in 17 different languages. Turn-by-turn graphics with all vital information is displayed in 2-D or 3-D and Maps of U.S. and Canada are built-in along with a 12 million point of interest database. Real-time-traffic information to reroute around traffic delays and the antenna built into the cigarette lighter power cord is included along with a 90 day free trial period. The full blown MP3 player offers browsing by Artist, Album, Genre, Song or Playlist. It will display ID3 tags for artist, title and album along with album artwork. MP3/AAC/WMA audio formats are supported along with Windows Media DRM 10 for compatibility with music and video download services. In video player mode the 4" high resolution WQGVA widescreen plays back hours of video and supports MPEG-4, WMV9 and H.264 video formats. All digital media is accessed via SD Card slot (SD card not included) and will accept SD and SDHC cards. The Bluetooth interfaces allows hands free cell phone communication and will display phone's address book and caller ID's from Bluetooth capable phones. A built-in dual microphone with digital signal processing significanly improves clarity of speaking voice to the other caller. Lastly, a photo viewer that reads JPG, BMP and GIF files is provided with folder sorting and thumb nail viewing. | | | Features: | |
• Text-to-Speech in English announces the next manuever by name such as the street name or highway.
• Bluetooth is built in offering the ability to pair with Bluetooth enabled cell phones for handsfree communication.
• The GPS-810 also includes a breakthrough wireless remote control that can control all functions of the unit
• 4.3" WQVGA 480 x 272 High resolution widescreen.The unit is preloaded with maps of the U.S. including Hawaii
• Full-featured digital audio & video player is included to make it a great personal media player
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 0.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.24 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 31 reviews |
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 It has taken me from from Atlanta to Nashville, DC, Baltimore, Philly, and Midtown Manhattan and BackNov 17, 2009
Harman sent the 810 to me after a GPS-510 warranty exchange. Have also previously used the Garmin Nuvi. Right off the bat the solid construction is noticable against other HK's and Garmins. The menu interface layout takes to you very naturally, which pays dividens when using while driving. Users can switch back and forth from mp3 playback to Map view with one click. This unit has guided me across the country,. it is packed with features, one major beef i have with feature-loaded personal media devices is they oftentimes lack the processing power to handle their tasks, or they compromise the navigation capabilities. The proc on the 810 offers plenty of speed and handles all the tasks you can throw at it, with no sacrifice to navigation.
Being a Harman Product, its audio roots are notable, it delivers a much wider range of sound frequency than my girlfriends ipod touch when hooked up to the car stereo via the aux output jack. Sends distortion-free bass response to my 2x12" subs. (word of advice: use the audio jack built into the mount, not the one on the GPS itself)
A few issues, I use this system 80% of the time as a car MP3 Player (8GB SDHC Transcend card) and 20% of the time for navigation. The system still insists on syncing up to the satelites before allowing me to use the mp3 player. I have owned the GPS for a year now and it is not clear to me how to update the maps, there is a firmware version out to adress some bluetooth issues. Synced fine with a KRZR and girlfriends blackberry pearl, but is hit-or-miss with my HTC Shadow. (if not for these issues the unit would have earned full 5 stars)
For those who could care less about the media features, the Graphical layout of the map is refined and sophisticated. The best that i have seen thus far. Far better map graphics than Garmin's fisher-price rendition.
 Frustrated with this unit..Oct 25, 2009
I bought this unit on the recommendation of the sales rep. and I liked the graphics & 4.3" large screen. I travel for a living and after experimenting with a GPS unit in a rental car, I decided I had to get a GPS for my travels. I've owned this unit for a little over a year now and here's my 2 cents:
Battery life is terrible. ALWAYS bring the charger or you'll get left stranded. Sent my first unit in for repair/replacement of the battery because I couldn't believe it was so bad. Major nightmare (2 months +) trying to get it back; customer service excuses/countless e-mails/lost/inventory, etc.
Freezes or locks up at the most inappropriate times. You'll need to bring paperclips to 're-set' it.. Which BTW, is really fun driving on the freeway trying to stick a bent paperclip into a pinhole sized hole to re-set it. And sometimes, you won't know it's locked up, it just stops refreshing which is hard to tell when the settings on airplane view.
I've driven past an off ramp on the freeway at 75mph and after-wards, it tells me to exit? This really sucks when you're late for an appointment and now you have to drive 2 miles to the next off-ramp and u-turn.
Twice I've tried to update the maps on line, and twice it COMPLETELY erased all (100's) of my saved addresses.
Worked from home for two weeks and left it in the car, went to use it, (of course, the battery was long dead) and all the addresses were erased, AGAIN.
No complete user manual available. Can't figure out how to keep the addresses from being erased all the time?
Windshield mount isn't well designed either. It broke the first time I used it. And, because this GPS unit is so heavy, if it sits in the sun for too long (I live in So. California), it'll fall off the windshield. Thus, bouncing off everything until it hits the floor.
For the price I paid for this unit, (retail is $400!!) it is junk. I'm going to get rid of it and get something else.
 Excellent GPSOct 11, 2009
A great product and excellent after sales service from the company if you have any questions or nead updates. They are very willing to help.
The Jack of All TradesJun 04, 2009
Overall an excellent product. First the bad. The battery had a dead cell upon recieving it, but this was due to the fact it sat in a warehouse for a while. HK offers a fair warranty to fix this(still in the process of replacing so I can't comment too much about service#. The FM transmitter has terrible reception, even in my newer Mercedes-Benz with the expensive, full Harmon Kardon audio option from the factory.
With that said, this is the best unit available for your money in its price-range. Incredibly fast, easy, and precise directions. Never a reception problem from satellites. Extremely versatile, but for the price and the company's available resources, i'd like to see one made for more rugged duty#weather resistance). The 810 has something for everyone.
I would say this is a worthy investment. In my experience the unit is superior to all others; not that it has much competition anyway
Best GPS !May 01, 2009
First I have to tell you when you first buy the device leave it charge for 6 hours, then Update it ! it is really an excellent Device it runs on Windows CE and has plenty of extras (Video, Music and pictures) I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a GPS with extras (FM Transmitter not that good but that is the case with all FM Transmitters ). The Blutooth is fantastic it syncs with almost any cell phone, import your Phone Book and etc. Good Device and for 299 it is good deal even though some places had it on sale for less !
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