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map updates are pritty pricy though. product works well, when it is off for a long time i have to restart it two times to update position. but after that its great.
suggest buying a model with updated files. I really like magellan GPS units - bought a tom tom but wanted to go back to magellan but after buying this one found out there are no updates for this unit and it is outdated by a couple years and when I travel a lot i need the latest updates on roads.
Depending on the criteria you select, it gives you a list of POI's to choose from.En RouteWhen driving Magellan always gives you a heads up 2 miles in advance of your next turn. My GPS cradle fits like a glove though.RoutingI'll get into my favorite features and call it a day. And it doesn't just simply select the closest available so you accidentally get the wrong one. I have not had to call customer service so I cannot comment on that.
From there you can choose your route (fastest time, more use of freeways, less use of freeways) and can also exclude roads on the route. The small problem I've had is once you arrive. I would say about 80% of the time it says I have arrived about 100-200 feet early (which is better than late), so finding someone's house could take an extra 60 seconds or so, but it has not caused me any problems because it's not like I'm driving with my eyes closed.Hope this review was helpful, and I would definitely recommend this product. Easy to use with multiple functions including things I have not mentioned here (i.e. This is my first GPS owned so I have no other system to compare it to. I read a lot of reviews about this product before I pulled the trigger. Sometimes I will GPS a place I'm not exactly sure where it is, but Magellan will give me the city streets route, and I'll know the highway is much more convenient, so I can just go back to choose route, and tap most use of freeways. Everything else from schools, to sports complex, to airports, to atms, to fast food I have had no problem.
The only thing I did not have success locating via POI is the club. It gives you another heads up I believe half a mile from your turn. mutliple routes). When on the highway, it will tell if the exit on the left or the right, and will say the exit name, and display the exit # and name. And to get back home, you simply tap the home button and route.BluetoothThe bluetooth is pretty nice. It is pretty spot on for when to make turns, whether on the highway, or in the city.
I always read the negative reviews first to see if they can scare me away from the product, but the two most reoccuring issues were the cradle and the customer service, in which neither one have anything to do with the actual product. You can select POI's by city, current position, by name, etc. Pairing the two is as simple as pairing anything else bluetooth.POIThe POI database is pretty abundant. It is very simple IMO to enter an address, put in the city, street name, then building number. Once paired, you can dial someone's number 1 of 2 ways: select there # from the GPS if you've entered the # with their address, or you can simply dial it from your phone.
Calif. Also, we have a AAA enabled version of this unit, and it was unable to find the nearest AAA office with the new map update.We wrote Megellan and their response was that the maps were provided by a third party vendor (and were done in 2007 for the 2009 update.).;So Sorry.
Oh, and the hardware performance seems to have deteriorated with the map update as well. So be aware that the maps may not be as up to date as expected and may have some flat out errors.
We have had this product 2 years and it provides an impressive number of features for the price. On a recent trip to Phoenix, the updated maps were full of errors and Ingrid got completely befuddled in the Southeast portion of Maricopa County.
It takes longer to find the satellites and seems to have more trouble finding the route at times, even if the map is correct. We travel a lot between N.
and Phoenix and "Ingrid" (that's what we call the unit's female voice) has proved invaluable.Recently, we paid Magellan $80 to upgrade the maps to the 2009 version.
I am very pleased with my product purchase and the Magellan company. I bought this product in March of 2008 and just recently called customer service for the second time since I purchased the product and had no problem with understanding the customer service rep or getting a reasonable response for my reasoning behind calling.
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