I'd give it zero stars if I could.
I won this product in a Sanyo booth at a trade show last September. I gave it to my wife because her nav system in her car was very out of date and could not be updated (one of the early systems Acura installed in their cars). She found it difficult to use and put it on my desk for me to figure out for her. That was last September.
We're going on vacation to the East coast, and I decided it was the perfect opportunity to learn how to use the thing, and for her to get familiar with it while I was in the car with her. I tried to use it on my drive to work this morning, and the thing started to smell funny and put out a lot of heat. It's dead. I think the power input circuit is fried. I tried to plug it into my computer at work via USB, and it overloaded the USB port on the computer!
So I called Sanyo this afternoon and told them the story. Without a receipt, they will do nothing about the product. I explained that I won it and was given it by Sanyo, but that didn't matter. No receipt = no warranty.
I'm sure they saw a lot of value in giving these things out at the show. If people liked them, they would recommend them. But, as with the quality of other products I have experience with from Sanyo, a poor quality product that dies instantly and that the manufacturer isn't willing to help with gets you nothing but bad press. I cannot recommend anything made by Sanyo. For a nav system, I'd go with one of the tried and true brands like Garmin or Tom Tom. At least you know they'll be in the business for more than a short period of time!Get more detail about Sanyo NVM-4050 Easy Street 4-Inch Portable GPS Navigator.
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