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List Price : $269.99 Price : $249.99
List Price : $269.99 Price : $249.99
Product Description
A smartphone controller for iPhone. This transportable device enhances iPhone use in virtually any vehicle with easy access to apps and hands-free functionalities while on the road. Key vehicle-friendly app partners include: TuneIn, Pandora, Vlingo, INRIX Traffic, and Infogation with more to come.
- 7-Inch WVGA Touch Screen
- Built In Bluetooth
- SD Card Slot for firmware updates
- Full Screen Navigation
- Real Time Traffic
Clarion NextGate SC1U Smartphone Controller for iPhone Reviews
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| 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful  FRUSTRATING!, By This review is from: Clarion NextGate SC1U Smartphone Controller for iPhone (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) After hours of frustration, I have decided NextGate is far too much trouble. First, you try to connect the iPhone through Bluetooth; but it will only work if the iPhone is also plugged into the NextGate? That makes no sense. Secondly, when you plug the phone in, it only connects successfully about one in every eight tries. When it finally connects, and you open the Clarion Smart Access, the application intermittently closes and you have to reopen it. There is supposedly a Contacts4Car application to link your iPhones contacts to the NextGate, but I have not been able to find it. Vlingo does not seem to understand my commands. The navigation already appears outdated. This is already an EXPENSIVE unit, yet you must pay an additional $50 if you want to continue navigation after a 30-day trial. That's ridiculous. Also, if you play music while you are in the navigation application, the only way to change songs is to exit navigation. That is most certainly a design flaw... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful  Nice integrated device. Obstructs my view while driving., This review is from: Clarion NextGate SC1U Smartphone Controller for iPhone (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) I was really excited to receive this item through Amazon's Vine Club. I have two young children, so anything that keeps my hands free, and me less distracted is certainly needed. But after an hour spent in the car, I'm no longer excited. It's not entirely the devices fault, I have a Honda Odyssey that's already set up with a Parrot MKi9200 Advanced Color Display Bluetooth Hands-Free Music Kit, internal navigation, and an iPhone car mount/docking station. Clarion's NextGate integrates all of these features into one nice 7" touchpad screen. But the deciding factor to not use this device is that it's too big for placement on my dash or window where it obstructs my view while driving. I tried a lower placement over the internal dashboard navigation system, but I couldn't get it to stay in place while driving. Also, tried putting it in the... Read more 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful only if you're desperate, By This review is from: Clarion NextGate SC1U Smartphone Controller for iPhone (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) i have a car with bluetooth capability and an iphone docking station, and another car which does not. this clarion nextgate screen overpowers the windshield area (which is rather dangerous while driving, imho). the set-up is fairly simple, but the microprocessor is so slow that it takes several seconds to actually get to the function you want. finding a playlist took too many buttons, which is counter-intuitive if you wanted to connect your phone to the car. if your car doesn't have an iphone docking station, i guess a device like this would be your only option. but it's expensive - almost as much as what i paid for the phone itself - and sorely lacks the brilliant engineering and intuitive design especially when you're supposed to use it in the car. |
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