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Features and Design Nextar has managed to sneak quite a few bells and whistles into this package for its extremely modest $260 price tag. Besides standard navigation capability, the Nextar will read off directions and street names with its text-to-speech capability, play MP3s and video, display photos, and most impressively, show a view of what’s behind you as you back up using an included camera. In fact, opening up the box for the I4-BC feels a bit like opening some sort of kit, rather than a consumer electronics device. You’ll find the actual navigational GPS unit, a complex-looking cradle, a video receiver that’s actually separate from the screen, the backup camera and its bundle of wiring, a soft-sided carry case, a USB cable, car charger, wall charger, an adhesive mount for dashboards, and all sorts of hardware for mounting the backup camera. We found this accessory array quite generous, especially when some of the items, like the carry case or wall charger, could have been sold separately. Aesthetics Now that many GPS units come similarly equipped on the inside, many manufacturers have turned to sprucing up the outside for sales. Nextar managed to make the I4-BC look passable in its white and silver trim, but we’re guessing you won’t get too many passengers complementing the look, either. On its own, the screen element sports a pretty clean design, but the clunky window mount and video receiver add quite a bit of visual clutter, making it look somewhat outdated once you have it pegged up in the window. Ports and Connectors Because the Nextar is part PMP (portable media player), part video display and part GPS unit, it has a few extra inputs than your average GPS unit. The strangest would be the back-up camera video receiver – a small T-shaped box that snaps onto the side and bottom of the screen using a six-pin connector. It’s relatively inconspicuous, but it’s also one more piece to lose if you make a habit of taking it on and off, and you can’t connect the GPS directly to the mount without it. The screen also has a headphone jack and power-charging jack on the right-hand side, along with USB port on the bottom for connecting it up to your computer. The power button has been handily located on the far top right of the unit, and the back even has a stylus squirreled away, which wasn’t really necessary for operation but might be nice inclusion for those with thicker fingers. 
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by Lloyd on January 5, 2009:
“The 14 BCT GPS works good, but the maps do not include roads that have been constructed in the past 8 or 10 years. The time zones for 5 of the 10 provinces of Canada are not listed and there are no way to adjust to allow correct time. Many points of interest,...” More...