 "User friendly" | 2009-09-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1OSBH4VALOIIK |
I use this GPS when I go kayaking mostly to know how many miles I go, how fast I go and the track to get me back. I am not
very tech savvy but I was able to start using this right away without any problem. It feels sturdy and the screen is easy
to read. Battery life is okay. I get about 1 day and 1/2 of full time use before changing. |
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| "STILL GOING STRONG" | 2009-01-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: AC37C5XI53A3R |
| With out a doubt the Magellan Meridian Gold is still going strong. Accuracy is still about 3meters or 10 feet. Great condition and well packaged! |
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 "Worst support" | 2008-08-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3D216HTLNAKYA |
| Purchased one of these and when I contacted the manufacturer, Magellan, was told they no longer offer support for the unit but they would gladly allow me some credit towards a newer model. Sure got screwed on that deal! |
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 "Ok for the price" | 2005-11-24 |
| - Reviewed By debasisg |
I own one of these for more than a year now. Since then actually I bought a Garmin auto GPS which is much more expensive. The one I bought came with a mapping software, not the direct route. Therefore, it does not help me auto navigate. Only shows my current position. It is very difficult to find a place because of limited menu functions.
However, I found something that may help other users. Contrary to what the manual says, I could use a 512MB SD card and loaded a bunch of maps with USB connection straight to the card using SD card adapter. All you need to do is to limit each file well below 64MB and follow the indexed file naming used by the unit. This worked for me and the unit could recognize all the areas in all the files that I uploaded.
Additionally, it is impossible to upload a lot of data with the supplied serial cable. USB transfer was fast.
Cheers. |
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| "Meridian Gold - Good Value GPS for the Dollar" | 2005-11-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A12X13H835UDB |
Meridian Gold - Good value for Hiking and Car Navigating
Pro: The Meridian Gold is good at holding satellite signal. Uses up to 500 Meg SD or 1 Gig SD cards to hold extra detail maps. Serial PC interface to upload / download maps or waypoints with PC.
Con: This is an older Magellan product. About 8 oz. & 2 inches longer than more modern GPS models. Interface to PC is serial not USB, so uploading PC maps to GPS is slow. Instead, better to use a USB card reader to load 64 mb detail maps to SD cards in about 3 minutes. You load the road or topo maps in 64Mb chunks (each 64Mb chunk covers 2 to 4 US states). The MapSend software asks whether to load via serial, load via USB card reader or save to PC harddrive.
Summary: I've used this GPS for mountain biking, hiking, car trips, and positioning antenna tower for a wireless internet service over the last 6 months.
Some discount retail stores have this at $200.
Easy to learn interface. Offers 7 data screens including a plotting map of current position, satellite status, 1 screen with large fonts easy to see while driving, a compass, odometer and other screens. All screens can be customized for type data shown: speed, avg speed, max speed, ETA, distance, bearing, heading, next turn, position error, Course to Steer, Velocity Made Good and others.
20 routes and 500 waypoints. You can edit waypoints on the GPS, but it's easier using Topo, Direct Route or other Magellan MapSend software and serial cable attaching to PC.
Waterproof(IPX7 standard) and rubber armored case. 2 level glowing screen for night which shortens normal 2 AA battery life of 8 hours. Base map is ok for highway driving but I got MapSend TOPO for hiking / mtb riding / detailed streets. GPS seems to accurately track bike trail, max and avg speed of my bike.
Has a great street address look up feature in the GPS that plots the location of a business or home. Very handy for finding parties or restaurants or businesses that I've never been to here in Buckhead/Atlanta.
Great GPS for the dollar. |
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| "Not for Automobile Navigation" | 2005-10-23 |
| - Reviewed By tangonomad |
| Not very functional, screen difficult to read, download information takes forever, doesn't use roads when calculating distances, does line of sight. Need lots of extras to make this even slightly useful. If you are planning to use this in your car, I would definitely get a different product as this is almost worthless. Won't hold much info from software as downloads are limited to 4 regions of about 16K. |
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