Alpine Blackbird II PMD-B200 Reviews

Expert review by : Bonnie Cha (cnet.com)

Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II review: Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II

About a month ago, we reviewed the Alpine IVA-W205 , an innovative aftermarket in-dash unit that works as a multimedia player and a navigation system. The latter function is provided by docking the Alpine PMD-B200 (aka Alpine BlackBird II) portable...

The Alpine PMD-B200 features a large, sharp touch screen and offers text- and voice-guided directions, a comprehensive points-of-interest database, and a music player. The system also has good Bluetooth integration for use with a compatible phone, and...

The BlackBird II doesn't support text-to-speech functionality, and it's somewhat pricey. Route recalculations didn't always provide the most efficient route and sometimes had us going in circles.

The Alpine PMD-B200 is a decent portable navigation system, with good Bluetooth integration and traffic services. But the lack of text-to-speech functionality and inefficient route recalculations doesn't make it worth the high price tag.

Oct, 2007

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Alpine Blackbird PMD-B200P

The Alpine Blackbird PMD-B200P is a dockable satnav unit that can be removed from the Alpine IVA-W505R in-car "entertainment system and used in other cars. It has a four-inch touchscreen, seven-digit UK postcode search and built-in TMC tuner. It...

May, 2009

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