Serious bug in onboard software
Written: Dec 05 '06
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Pros: Cheap (after rebate)
Cons: Terrible, terrible software, limited tech support, terrible documentation
The Bottom Line: Not up to par at all in software quality. Buttons are hard to use, too. Get a Sony, Garmin or TomTom.
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| hbj200's Full Review: Magellan RoadMate 300 Car GPS Receiver |
I bought this at Radio Shack's Black Friday sale. After just a couple hours, I ran into a serious bug without any effort on my part. When I finished one route and was ready to try another one, I touched "Select Address" on the main screen. Prompted to "enter street name," I proceeded to entering the first few letters (the unit features an auto-fill feature). But after just the 2nd letter, I was greeted with an error pop-up:"Street name error, blah blah blah," basically telling me no street started with the first two letters ("sm" for "Smith") in the entire region of Northeast! This is just bull. My heart sank. I backed out to the root screen and touched "Select Address" again. This time I was going to type in one of the destinations I had already tried earlier. Well, after just one letter ("f" for "Fruit"), the error came up! I was just upset.
After restarting the unit at least half a dozen times, the error suddenly went away. I think I'll call tech support to find out what's going on. Meanwhile, I plan to return this thing to Radio Shack tomorrow for a full refund. (Good thing I didn't clip the UPC for rebate yet.)
I have the 300R+ model which is supposed to be totally integrated with all North American maps. The software is a pain to use, to say the least. I've tried a lot of GPS systems and this is by far one of the worst (probably still better than this FineDrive [name??] I tried before).
Stay away.
Recommended:
No
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