Review: LG LN740 Portable Navigation Device

September 2007 By Grant Clauser

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Once on my way the unit was prompt in alerting me to turns and generally making sure I was going the right way. The voice commands were accurate, though not loud always loud enough. Since I selected shortest distance instead of shortest time in the route options menu the LG took me on a few small mountain roads I hadn’t used before, but ultimately got me to Canadensis as promised. The funny thing is, once we arrived at the park, the screen displayed our location as Promised Land State Park. I saved the current location for next time.

Except for the problem of finding the park in the point-of-interest database, the feature was otherwise very good. It significantly redeemed itself when I discovered bar/pub as one of the search options.

When you don’t need the unit to tell you where to go, you can use it as an MP3 player or a digital photo viewer via the SD card slot. It’s better as a photo viewer than as an MP3 player because it doesn’t broadcast the audio to an FM channel or include a headphone jack. The unit’s own speakers are pretty poor for music. As a photo viewer, it’s quick and easy to use, and the pictures look pretty good. I found this a handy use on my camping trip.