Siemens PN 2050 User Manual

Benchmark Portable Navigation

PN 2050

Benchmark PND Dec_2006 SV I AI PC; F. Walkembach 14.12.2006

Competitors overview

Garmin nüvi 360

Sony NV-U70T

Blaupunkt Lucca 3.3

TOM TOM 510

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Garmin Nüvi 360

)*

Retail price

(449

€

Retail price

(599

€

)*

VDO Dayton PND 2050

*With TMC and Europe MAP

Vs.

Garmin Nüvi 360

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Garmin Nüvi 360

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Automatic Display Brightness Control
Menu languages 21
Spoken languages 24
Shortcuts Entry (Home Work)
Intelligent Typewriter

Garmin N üvi 360

No
22
21
No

No
IR Remote Control
Games: Sudoku. Blockcracker

No

No Games

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Garmin Nüvi 360

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Infobar 4 customizable infobars: choose
between: Time, Date, Estimates time of
arrival, remaining travel time, remaining
travel distance, legal speed limits,
current speed, altitude above sea level,

Garmin N üvi 360

No

battery status, GPS status

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Blaupunkt Lucca

)*

Retail price

(449

€

Retail price

(299

€

)**

VDO Dayton PN 2050

*With TMC and Europe MAP
** No TMC

VS.

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot Lucca 3.3

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Blaupunkt Lucca

VDO Dayton PND 2050 Blaupunkt Travel Pilot Lucca 3.3

Intelligent Typewriter
Dynamical Navigation is possible
Automatic Display Brightness Control
IR Remote Control
Destination history: 50
Address memory: 250
Dimensions: 112 x 77 x 24 mm
Weight: 180g

No
No
No
No
30
100
Dimensions: 115 x 80 x 25 mm
Weight: 190g

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Blaupunkt Lucca

VDO Dayton PND 2050 Blaupunkt Travel Pilot Lucca 3.3

Destintations Memory (No information)
Personal addresses Memory (No Information)
Menu languages 21
Spoken languages 24

Infobar: 4 customizable infobars: choose
between: (Time, Date, Estimates time of
arrival, remaining travel time, remaining
travel distance, legal speed limits, current
speed, altitude above sea level, battery status,
GPS status)

Destintations Memory 30
Personal addresses Memory 100
Menu languages 17
Spoken languages 17

No

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Blaupunkt Lucca

VDO Dayton PND 2050 Blaupunkt Travel Pilot Lucca 3.3

TMC Info for re-routing
TMC Info on the Route
Bluetooth via MA 3000BT
Games (Sudoku, Blockcracker)
Map supplier: Navteq/2006

No
No
No
No
Map supplier: Tele Atlas/2006

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. TomTom 510

)*

Retail price

(449

€

VS.

)**

Retail price

(449

€

VDO Dayton PN 2050

*With TMC and Europe Map
** only D/A/CH Map

VS.

TOMTOM 510

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. TomTom 510

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Automatic Display Brightness Control
Games: Sudoku, Blockcraker

Infobar 4 customizable infobars: choose
between: Time, Date, Estimates time of
arrival, remaining travel time, remaining

TomTom 510

No
No

No

travel distance, legal speed limits,
current speed, altitude above sea level,
battery status, GPS status

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. TomTom 510

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Dimensions: 112x77x24 mm

Weight 180 g

TomTom 510

Dimensions: 112x81x66 mm

Weight 300g

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Sony NV-U70 T

)*

Retail price

(449

€

Retail price

(449

€

)*

VDO Dayton PN 2050

*With TMC and Europe MAP

VS.

Sony NV-U70T

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Sony NV-U70 T

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Automatic Display Brightness Control
POI Warning
Intelligent Typewriter
Destination Entry via coordinates

Sony NV-U70T

No
No
No
No

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Sony NV-U70 T

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Alternative route display
Menu languages 21
Spoken languages 24

Special Destinations and categories 40

Sony NV-U70T

No Alternative Route display
15
15

19

IR Remote Control

No

VDO Dayton PN 2050 Vs. Sony NV-U70 T

VDO Dayton PND 2050

Dimensions: 112 x 77 x 24 mm
Weight: 180 g
MP3 player, JPEG viewer
Games Sudoku and Blockcracker

Sony NV-U70T

Dimensions 104.7 x 87. 5x 42.9 mm
Weight: 310 g
No MP3 , No JPEG viewer
No games

Bluetooth Adapter (Optional)

Bluetooth Not available

Proposed Sales Argumentation for the PND 2050

USP Features to emphasise on:

Auto Connect 02/2006: 38 tested Navigation devices (1):

• The VDO Dayton PN 2050 achieved a very good grade in the category

navigation achieving 68 from 70 possible points

• The VDO Dayton PN 2050 has a very fast system achieving 19 from

20 possible points. (faster than the Auto connect Test winner: Tom
Tom go 910))

• The VDO Dayton PN 2050 achieved a „Very good“ score in the

category handling achieving 131 from 150 possible Points (38 tested
navigation systems)

• The PN 2050 achieved 27 from 30 possible points in the terms of

interurban routing and even the maximum of points achievable
(30/30) in city routing.

Proposed Sales Argumentation for the PND 2050

USP Features to emphasise on:

Auto Connect 02/2006: 38 tested Navigation devices (2):

• It achieved a better destination guide performance than the bestin

the auto connect test (only Tom Tom Europe has the same score)

• It achieved the highest score in Terms of inner-city navigation

• The PN 2050 Costs less than half as much as the Test winner (Tom

Tom go 910: 729€) while only achieving 10 % less point than the
winner. Still being even better in many under categories

• The PN 2050 would have been the winner in case that the Bluetoot h

and TMC for the PN2050 were tested during the Auto Connect
Benchmark

Proposed Sales Argumentation for the PND 2050

USP Features to emphasise on:

• Very Smart Hardware Design coupled with modern graphic Design

• a swift route calculation: it takes in average only 10 seconds to asses the
route.

• due to it's timing: "The voice output is the best of all currentavailable
mobile Systems"

• Automatic Display Brightness Control

• GPS performance : "Thanks to the SiRF-III-GPS Ship set, the GPS
performance is state of the art Performance"

Proposed Sales Argumentation for the PND 2050

USP Features to emphasise on:

• The Map Display is colourful and offers many customization possibilities

• The Icons are very finger suitable: Even with big finger you can easily
operate the touch screen

• Intelligent typewriter: When typing an address or a Zip Code in, the Letter
or Numbers that you don't need will hide, it makes it easier to Select your
destination

• You can enter your Destination in multiple ways: via Zip Code, Adresse,
junction, on the Map, GPS coordinates, Last Destination, Home &Work

• Points of interest (POI) in 40 categories: city centres, petrol stations,
hotels, restaurants, shopping centres, airports and more

• A Variaty of Selectable Menu languages (21) as well as spoken voices (24)

Proposed Sales Argumentation for the PND 2050

USP Features to emphasise on:

• Widest range of map products in Europe, North-America, Australia, Asia
(Singapore)

• Full Europe Maps are available on a Navteq SD Card (2GB) .A very good

product to good price

" Tiny, versatile and beautyfull" www.auto-entertainment.de
The PN2050 was rated "good" by www.testberichte.de 11/2006
The PN2050 is "recommendable" by Auto Motor Sport 23/2006

Details

Details

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot

Features VDO Dayton PN 2050

Navigation

Destination Entry: via Zip Code Yes Yes Yes No (UK&NL only)
Destination Entry: via path­points (via points);Multi-stop
destinations No Yes Yes Yes
Destination Entry: via street
name /street number Yes Yes Yes Yes
Destination entry: via Junction Yes Yes Yes Yes

Destination entry: via contacts No Yes
Destination entry: via GPS
coordinates Yes Yes
Destination entry: via Input on
map Yes Yes Yes Yes
Letter hiding Yes Yes

Special Navigation No Yes (Pedestrian)
POI: Point of interest (Special
Destinations) Yes
Go Home Funktion Yes Yes Yes
Destintations History 50 30
Personal addresses Memory 250 100 500
Menu languages 21

Spoken languages 24 17 Multilanguage
Announcment of street and
motorway number Yes Yes Yes

Route criteria

Route criteria (optional)

5: Fastest, shortest Route. Prefer/Avoid
motorways, Motorbike Fastest, shortest Route Fastetst, shortest Fastetst, shortest

3. avoid toll roads, avoid ferries,
consider traffic informations avoid toll roads, avoid ferries, avoid toll roads, avoid ferries,

Yes (petrol stations, Parking
possibilities, Hotels, etc...) Yes Yes (1000's)

17

Lucca Garmin nüvi 360 Tom Tom 510 Sony NV-U70T

Yes
(Pedestrian/Bus/Truck/Taxi/Emerge
ncy)

Multilanguage Multilanguage 15

36 Languages/50 different
voices Multilanguage

avoid toll roads, avoid known
congestions areas, required
arrival time etc... avoid toll roads, avoid ferries

Yes

Yes

Details

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot

Features VDO Dayton PN 2050

Rerouting Yes Yes Yes

4 customizable infobars: choose
between: Time, Date, Estimates
time of arrival, remaining
traveldtime, remaining travel
distande, legal speed limits, current
speed, altitude above sea level,

Infobar

Position independant
Route planning Yes

battery status, GPS status

Lucca 3.3 Garmin nüvi 360 Tom Tom 510 Sony NV-U70T

Customisation of Start
Menu or last location
etc..

Alternative Route Yes No

Directional arrow Northwards/heading-up Mode Yes Yes

Map Display 2D/3D 2D/3D 2D/3D 2D/3D 2D/3D

Auto zoom/manual zoom

Zoom function

Map Display City names/Street names
Distance Display KM/Miles

Calibration Time
Preinstalled Maps
(Countries) No

(selectable) Yes

City names/Street
names/Enlarged junction display

No

Details

Removable/Rechargeable

. AC Main Power (Adaptor

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot

Features VDO Dayton PN 2050

Lithium-Ion Battery Yes (1400mAh) Yes Yes Yes
Battery durability 4h of Navigation 3h of Navigation 4-8 h depending on use 4h

Battery Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Yes/Yes

Dimensions (W x L x D) 112mm x 77mm x 24 mm 115 mm x 80 mm x 25 mm
Weight 180g 190g 145g 300g

Operating temperature -20°...+60° C -20°...+60° C 0°...+60° C
Loading temperature for
Lithium-Ion Battery 0°... +45° C

Lucca 3.3 Garmin nüvi 360 Tom Tom 510 Sony NV-U70T

98.3mm x 73.9mm x

22.1mm

112mm x81mm x66 mm (104.7mm x 87.5mm x 42.9mm)

310g

Power Supply

. Integrated battery, 12V
. Cigarette lighter (Adaptor
included)12/24V
. AC Main Power (Adaptor
included) (100V - 240V)

. Integrated battery,
12V/24V?
. Cigarette lighter (Adaptor
indluded)
. AC Main Power (Adaptor
included) (100V - 240V)

. Integrated battery,
12V/24V
. Cigarette lighter
(Adaptor indluded)

included) (100V - 240V)

. Integrated battery, 12V/24V
. Cigarette lighter (Adaptor
indluded)
. AC Main Power (Adaptor
included) (100V - 240V)

. Integrated battery, 12V/24V
. Cigarette lighter (Adaptor indluded)
. AC Main Power (Adaptor included)
(100V - 240V)

Details

RMS/speed: 0,05 m/sec.

Mode

Yes

Yes

PIN Lock

No

Yes

SDVC

Yes

Handsfree Kit

Yes (via Bluetooth)

Features VDO Dayton PN 2050

Lucca 3.3 Garmin nüvi 360 Tom Tom 510 Sony NV-U70T

Technical Data
GPS

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot

SiRFStarIII™-reciever,

GPS Reciever

Starting time

Position calculation

GPS precision

SiRFStarIII
Warmstart

1sec.Coldstart 30sec.

WAAS-/EGNOS­capable
Warmstart: 1sec;
Coldstart: 38 sec.
Autolocate: 45 sec

permanant 1 time every
second

less than 10Meters

with EGNOS 1 Meters

Ergonomic, Safety
and Ease of use

Day/Night Map View

Steering Wheel
Remote Control
compatibility Yes (RCS 5100)
Automatic display
Brightness control Yes Yes (light sensor)

Reduction of Reflection

Yes (With Antiglare
coating) Yes Yes (Antiglare screen)

Noise Reduction/Echo
cancelation Yes
Speed allert Yes Yes Yes
Speed camera
Information Yes Yes (Fix and Mobile)
Traffic Sign
Information Yes

Details

Equalizer, Next Track, Next

Features VDO Dayton PN 2050

Special Features

Yes (Folder view, Repeat
Track, Random Play,

MP3 player:

Album)

Blaupunkt Travel Pilot

Lucca 3.3 Garmin nüvi 360 Tom Tom 510 Sony NV-U70T

Yes from SD Card (while
navigating) Yes Yes

No

WMA Player No

JPEG Viewer

Games
Demo Program

Yes (Fullscreen, Next
Picture, Next Album, Slide
Show)

Yes (Sudoku,
Blockcracker)

Yes from SD Card (while
navigating)
Yes from SD Card (while
navigating) as well as JPEG,
BMP anf GIF Yes Yes

Yes No

Options

IR Steering Wheel
Remote Control RCS
5100 Yes

External GPS Antenna
MA 2010

Yes

RC 09 Steering wheel­mounted remote control Handsfree Kit

Genreal Info.

Retail Price in €
Map supplier Tele Atlas/2006 Tele Atlas/2006

Delivary content

399 299 599 449 499

Mounting, AC charger,
cigarette lighter charger,

Depends on Salesbom

quick start guide, user
instructions

No

No

Neoprene Carrying Case
Complete mounting Kit fpr
2nd vehicle, External GPS
Antenna

Navteq/2006 Navteq/2006 Navteq 2005

USB Cable, AC Charger,
cigarette lighter
charger, window
mounting, leather
substitute case, user
instructions

SD card, case, Home Dock,
cigarette lighter charger,
mounting, external
microphone

car Mounting, cigarette lighter
charger, AC charger, USB
cable, Use Manual, Application
Disc (DVD ROM), case