I am running 430n with connectivity. I love it.

 

From what I've heard, the 730 does not allow you to enter in information for navigation while the vehicle is in motion.

If myself or my passenger could not enter in addresses or use it while on the highway it would be a deal breaker for me.

Can anyone who has the 730 confirm or deny this?

 

You shouldn't be able to on either. Unless you get a lockpick to bypass the "no video in motion" hard wired to the system.

430 uses Garmin software, 730 uses Navteq.

 

Thanks. That's definitely enough to make me not get either of them and go with an aftermarket one instead. I almost always drive with someone sitting shotgun and to have to pull over just to have them enter in an address with as much driving as we do would be annoying...I wouldn't be able to live with it.

So maybe I'll just get the connectivity group and look at aftermarket now. I know Kenwood makes some really sweet touchscreens.

 

I have a 730N and cannot enter addresses when moving. My understanding, though, is that this is a dealer-selectable option (same as video on the main display while in motion) and is set based upon the state to which the vehicle is delivered to conform to state law.

So if the 730N won't do it in your state, neither will the 430N. If one will then the other should, too.

Having said that, there are ways around it. Other posters mentioned the lock pick, and I've seen some threads about do-it-yourself hacks, too.

 

Hey Guys,

First post on the site as my wife and I just bought our first Jeep. Been doing a lot of reading and learning; came across this thread and found a topic I can actually give some input on. We wanted nav in our new Sahara Unlimited as my wife does much of her business on the go and needs to be able to update her destination on the move. We drove Wranglers with both the 430 and 730. While they both do a nice job with navigation, we found the biggest drawback of the 430 for us is the inability to enter a destination on the go or with voice command. The 730 does allow you to input a destination while moving, you just have to do it through voice command. The 430 does not have this capability. I was impressed with how well the voice-command navigation works with the 730; I found it to be much better than the Sync system in my F150. I don't know where the concept of the 730 being more difficult comes from as I was able to enter destinations easily on both systems.

After driving Wranglers with both systems, we had the dealer locate us a Jeep with the 730 system (the one we drove lacked some of the other options we wanted). I tried to like the 430 as it is much more available on dealer lots and would've been easier to locate with the options we wanted closer to our location. We felt it was worth the extra effort to find a Wrangler with the 730.

Also, you have to realize the overall cost difference is not as much as the option price would lead you to believe. Although there is a $710 difference in the head-unit cost, the Connectivity Package on the 730 is $215 cheaper ($170 vs $385). That reduces the price difference to $495. For us, it was worth $500 for the voice-command option as well as the other features the 730 offered.

Now if choosing a lift and wheel/tire package were as easy!

John

 

Agree. I use my voice command with my nav often and it works well but does prompt you for a lot of info so it isn't as fast as entering the address manually. The trade off is you don't have to pull over to enter the address info.

 

Oh yeah...does anyone know if you can change the keyboard to the 'qwerty' format? I hate how the keyboard is in alphabetical order!

 

Ahhhhh! Thank you for the info! That DOES make a big difference for me. Although my big question is...

If my passengers can't even hear or talk on their cellphones while driving on the highway with my top down and doors off because of wind and road noise...how well does the 730 recognize and understand your voice at highway speeds?

 

Good question, and as it's winter here in Iowa, I won't be able to tell you for another few months. I will say that I swapped out the hardtop for the softtop and did a highway run just to see how much background noise there was with bluetooth phone. I understand the 2013 softtop is improved so I can't compare to previous softtops, but there was a small increase in background noise with the softtop. Nothing that made the bluetooth unusable. I did not try voice nav but did try voice radio commands and it worked with no problems. I imagine it would be unusable with top and doors out, but when my wife is using it for business it will have the top up and doors on. They'll come off for weekend fun and we'll just have to live with lack of voice command during the fun runs. For now though, it works great with the hardtop back on.

John