Alpine has come with the behind-dash (or in the trunk) GPS navigation system called NVE-N872, which is claimed to be a DVD- enabled system with the capacity of tracking 9 million points of interests (POIs) all through United States-comprising Hawaii–as well Canada, Navteq maps, integrating lane info for the majority of countries freeways.
Freeway Junction allows you to zoom in to freeway interchanges. With a close up view, you can see how many exit lanes there are and determine which lane you need to use.
Apart from all that the NVE-N872 is also integrated with a featured-packed remote, which is said to be consisting of direct buttons for home, speak, traffic, detour, delete destination, display and yes zoom, too. A few of the additional sports are; multi-language capablity (English, Spanish, or French), integrated gyro sensor (helps ‘guess’ vehicle’s direction and speed whilst in tunnels and such), voice command recognition, satellite traffic support and lot more. Something that will be missed by you in any other in-dash navigation system is a sport known as vehicle speed pulse input that allows you to get up close and personal with your car.
With select units that sport PulseTouch, you find blatant feedback exactly from your screen. Different vibrations and pressures simulate what it feels like when you push a real button. You are provided with a unique feel while tapping a button, holding down a button, moving a slider or touching where no screen command exists. A smart layout of buttons, together with their tactile response, makes sure that you can promptly and simply get controls but for even taking a look at the screen. Touch the screen, and feel it touch back.
But one thing that should be kept in mind is that for $1700 you will only be provided with the black box picturized above, but for screen. You will have to make purchase of a comptaible Alpine AV head unit (opt from IVA-D105, IVA-W205, IVA-W200, IVA-D310, TME-M740BT, and TMI-M990) for which you may have to give one more grand or may be more than that.
