SJ-5289 Portable 7 inch GPS Navigator
Dec 8, 2006 gps navigation
SJ-5289, also known as NavMonster is manufactured by Sheng Jay Automation Tech in Taiwan. It runs Windows CE Net 4.2 on an Intel PXA255 processor at 400Mhz. It has a nice 7″ screen, a size usually not found on handheld devices such as this. The screen supports 16:9 wide screen format and 262K colors and the 4600mAh rechargeable battery gives you 5 hours of uninterrupted viewing time. The supported file formats are MP3, MP4, WAV, MIDI, 3GP, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A. The basic model comes with CF, SD/MMC and SIM card slots. To make use of the SIM card slot you’re gonna have to buy the advanced version which turns the SJ-5289 into a Personal Tracking and Fleet Management tool. Another optional feature is Microsoft Viewer which supports viewing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files.
On the left side of the device you also get an ethernet port for connecting to the internet. Or if you choose you can buy the optional CF Wi-Fi card. Microsoft IE comes standard too. GPS receiver chipset is SiRF Star III and for the touch screen you get a stylus located on the back of SJ-5289. It measures 26cm x 13cm x 3cm and weighs 835 grams.
You can find them at the CES 2007 in Las Vegas. January 8~11.
In the box you’ll find:
- NavMonster
- External Antenna
- Car Holder
- Car Charger
- Travel Charger
- Mini-USB Cable
- User Manual
- Recovery DVD-ROM
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March 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
This is an unfinished hardware unit. Do not buy this. I bought this unit from Sheng Jay automation through Alva Tsung paying $360.00 for one unit. It’s software hangs every few seconds. The USB port is not functional. Video cannot refresh. Audio is one of the worst examples of what can be wrong in designing the hardware.
This ugly schtick is too heavy and cannot be carried in hand. This unit does not mount on the car dashboard. The GPS antenna does not work. USA Maps are not available with the unit. This unit comes without any Falsh SD cards and you have to buy these cards and a crad reader from a hardware vendor like BestBuy or on Ebay.
By the way you should also pay additionally for the Maps software and take all pains to burn the maps to the SD Card. The SD Card slot has a limitation of 1GB and hence you cannot put all US maps on one card. So you have to buy multiple cards and use them based on where your car is at that moment.
There are hundreds of other problems I have seen, which are too many to list here.
Seshu Kanuri