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Lowrance 112-362 iWay 500C Portable GPS Navigator and MP3 PlayerUser Review: - Great ProductImmediately after purchasing, we left on a 6000 mile trip. The large bright screen is excellent, the satellite acqusition was fast and the tracking on the map view exceeded our expectations. Worked in both warm and cold weather and provided good navigation, especially if you had the destination address. The major weakness was the directions were hard to follow- we learned more by trial & error. We had to download updated software for ours, which was a bit time consuming. User Review:  - Great addition for the car.The Lowrance 500C works great. It is especially helpful when making several stops in unfamiliar places. I was surprised to find it was able to navigate to my week-end home which is on a dirt road in the mountains. The mount is quite secure. My Nissan Pathfinder provides a space for the unit to rest. The screen is large and bright enough to see in all lights. Sound from the power cord is loud and clear without attaching to your speakers. The unit is heavy but detaches easily when it is removed. I purchased the unit from Amazon who delivered it promptly as promised. Check to see if Lowrance is still offering a $[...] rebate. If so this should be a good purchase. User Review:  - Lot of features, no useI have this unit for 1 year now. Greatest problems. (BTW, I have latest software 1.7.0) 1. Unit heats up in just 30 minutes. Just in 30 minutes of navigation, the unit showed this message "Please cool the unit or the unit will shutdown". Imagine you are in New York city . and the unit shows this message. I had such multiple instances. I had magallen before which had 20gb harddisk, which is lighter and does not have a heat sink nor has heat problems. 2. Unit recognizes that you are OffRoute but takes long time to regenerate the way. 3. The directions are always "beating around the bush" rather than shortest distance. 4. On entering addresses, it says the road not in database, but when you are driving on the same road, the unit shows the name of the same road on the top of screen User Review:  - Don't buy itDon't buy this unit. The database is terrible, and Lowrance wants $75 for an update. This unit has sent me on wild goose chases looking for stores that moved from the database's given address years ago. It has no listing for businesses that have existed for years, and more often than not tells you to turn after you already passed the street it wanted you to turn on. Extremely disappointing, and definitely not worth the money. User Review: - Finally made the move to a GPSI purchased the Lowrance iWay500C based upon the rating on Amazon and also it met all my needs and wants. My family and I travel alot and this seemed like a good way to get where we are going in unfamiliar territory. I have tested it around Virginia Beach, VA for about the past week. Other websites I used to make my decision: [..] Pros: 1. Nice large display! I can glance at the display while I am driving easily. Very bright display so easy to read during the day, and the light can be dimmed easily for night use. 2. Speaker is nice and clear. 3. The RAM windshield mount works well; the unit shakes if unsupported, but I put it on the dash and that seemed to work really well. Easy to take on and off the mount. 4. Easy to navigate between menus. 5. Detailed maps; I purposely went off the route a couple of times, and after trying to get me to turn around it recalculated the route. Cons: 1. It is heavy; but that is not an issue if placed on the dashboard. 2. It overheated and kept recycling modes - very annoying. I left the unit inside the car while I did some errands and when I came back out (it was a warm, but not an overly hot day) the unit kept cycling between display modes and it was annoying to say the least. The unit stopped doing this after about 5 minutes in the A/C and I unplugged/re-pligged the unit. 3. I found it was about 50 - 100ft off at most intersections. Accurate enough for me. 4. I did find a couple of roads that were not in the maps. I don't know how often they update the roads. The family and I are heading to PA this weekend - this will be the test to see if I keep it or return it. I hope this review helps others. |
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