Car Navigation: Choose Your Way
Last time we tried to explain what navigation box is. Today we offer our help if you are looking for a comfortable navigation in your car. To make your search as simple as possible we compiled the comparison tables where the most important specifications and functions are listed. No empty words, just bare facts. For comparison we used navigation boxes for OEM monitors only, but let's remember that Car Solutions store offers devices for aftermarket multimedia receivers and special systems designed for Toyota/Lexus, Mazda and Subaru.
We classified the data according to the three basic criteria:
Navigation Boxes Specifications
| Specifications | KD-900 | CS9100 | CS9200 | CS9900 | Andromeda | |
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| System | Processor | SiRF Atlas V 500 MHz |
ARM9 Samsung 2440 400 MHz |
ARM11 Samsung S3C6410 800 MHz |
A8 Cortex 1 GHz |
Telechips TCC8925 1.2 GHz |
| OS | WIN CE 6.0 | WIN CE 5.0 | WIN CE 6.0 | Android 2.3.7 | Android 4.0.4 | |
| Memory | ROM | 128 MB | 64 MB | 128 MB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| RAM | 128 MB | 64 MB | 128 MB | 1 GB | 1 GB | |
| Memory cards | up to 32 GB | up to 16 GB | up to 32 GB | up to 32 GB | up to 32 GB | |
| Video outputs | RGB | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| RCA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Output resolution |
480×234 800×480 |
480×234 | 320×240 |
400×234 480×234 480×272 640×480 800×480 720p (HDMI) |
800×480 | |
| Audio utputs | RCA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TS 3.5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Data | USB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4* |
| mini-USB | ✔ | |||||
| Control | Remote control | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| OEM screen | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Touch screen panel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| GPS | Chipset | SiRF Atlas V | MTK MT3329T | MTK MT3329T | MTK MT3329T | JRC G591 |
| Number of channels | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | |
| Hot/
warm/ cold start |
1/35/42 s | 1/28/30 s | 1/28/30 s | 1/28/30 s | 1,5/34/35 s | |
| Antenna | SMA | SMA | SMA | SMA | SMA | |
| Dimensions | Dimensions (with mountings), cm | 11.9×8.2×2.4 | 16×11×2.6 | 13.5×11×2.5 | 16.6×14.4×2.8 | 10.3×7.5×3 |
* Due to USB hub (included in the package).
Features and Additional Functions
Detailed description of navigation boxes features and functions.
| Functions | KD-900 | CS9100 | CS9200 | CS9900 | Andromeda | |
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| GPS | Traffic jams information | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Multilingual menu | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Internet | Via 3G modem | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Wi-Fi (via dongle) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Multimedia | Video player | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Audio player | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Photo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Office | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Games | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Additional applications | Installation from Google Play | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Connection to | OEM monitors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multimedia receivers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| OEM antenna | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Connection of additional devices | USB devices | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3G modem | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | ✔* | ||
| Wi-Fi adapter | ✔ | ✔* | ✔* | |||
| Bluetooth module | ✔ | ✔** | ||||
| TMC antenna | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
* Included in the package.
** Not for hands-free calls.
Package Content
| Package Content | KD-900 | CS9100 | CS9200 | CS9900 | Andromeda |
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| Navigation box | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cables set | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3G modem | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| USB Wi-Fi adapter | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| GPS antenna | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| External speaker | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| USB hub | ✔ | ||||
| SD card | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | |
| Remote control | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
I hope we helped you to clear everything up. If you still have any questions, pose them, we will answer and handle it together. Our managers and technical support specialists are at your service.
