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 enlarge | Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Tracks: 1
Batteries: 2
Compatibility: PC Parallel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.9 x 1.8
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MPN: 0063005000
Model: 0063005000
UPC: 763357101300
EAN: 0763357101300
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 EOW / Y2K Issues July 31, 1999
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am disapointedt hat there is no product information on the 21 Aug 1999 - End of Week (EOW) issue or it's Y2K Complience in is Information on the Amazon Site. This is the only reason why I have bought this right now ! Cheers, BK.
Good...but getting an initial lock is tough. June 13, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This thing works fairly well. I got it for free from a car dealer promotion, so really can't complain. On trips I can program lat/long into the unit and hit the waypoint within 0.01 miles consistently. The unit is tough, rugged, and will take a lot of abuse. Battery life is well over 10 hours, but starts to really drop off once the backlight is used.
The only real downfall with this unit is that it takes a very, very, very, VERY long time to get an initial fix if the batteries die or are removed longer than 20 minutes. It forgets EVERYTHING and must be reset. The reset program loads the system with a default location you specify (i.e. US states, Candian provinces, etc.) and the unit then tries to figure out which satellites can be seen from a "default" lat/long preprogrammed for that state. Sounds great...Works lousy. For example I'm in the far Southwestern tip of Virginia. Only problem is that the default location for Virginia is 5 degrees East of me in longitude...meaning the unit really can't see the sats it thinks it can. And to compound the problem, I live equidistant from the preprogrammed locations for TN, KY, WV, VA, and NC.
I put fresh batteries in mine today, plugged in the way points I wanted to go and took off. An hour's drive later I arrived at my destination (luckily, I didn't need the GPS..this time). Still no lock. Then came home and put the unit on my back fence. Two hours later, it locked for the first time. Now it works right off the bat.
Overall, not exceptionally bad for the right price, but know what you're getting into beforehand. It's not a unit that you can slap batteries into and go on a whim.
 You will be sorry if you buy any Magellan product November 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
All, google the internet. "Magellan GPS" Complaint
You will find this company has terrible customer service. The product may work when you get it but if you ever need assistance forget it. Also Maps never seem to get updated.
Take the risk if you like.
 uses all those US taxpayer satellites.....for pennies! August 14, 2006
I too use this unit for VFR air navigation....manually entering lat/long from current AFDs, Flight Guides, airnav.com, or landings.com
It works perfectly.
When bearing and heading are identical--inevitably, when it says you are 30 miles or less from the airport, you can make it out on the nose.....amazing!
WAY easier to use than the Garmin Etrex.
I bought a second one as back-up...kind of a pilot thing. I run the primary one on the Magellan 12v lighter socket adapter.
(Non-aviators note that an FAA approved panel-installed GPS can easily exceed $1,500)
It's very valuable for driving, too. It's not too difficult to get lat/long from a variety of sources. (If you need turn by turn prompts, you might not be much of a driver OR navigator.) If it says go 045, find some way to get east and north.
A tip for GPS users:
Find yourself a Britannica World Atlas at a used book fair. What you are after is the 200 pp index of World cities at the back. ALL significant World Cities are given in lat/long, even US cities under 5,000 population---so you can always have the answer to "....how much further, Daddy?"
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