Automotive GPS Systems

5 comments

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   Dissapointed says:

   November 4, 2009 at 12:21 pm (UTC -6)

   This GPS has multiple problems, and the support center does nothing to help. Works ok many times, but just as many guides you out into the middle of nowhere and says you have arrived at your destination. My VZ Navigator finds addresses it can’t and is easier to use. It ran me straight into a low bridge the very first day! The restricted road feature navigates you onto a weight restricted road then tells you after the fact. It also likes to take you off of the highway through downtown areas. The support center promised an update, then charges $99 for it. You are much better off to buy a less expensive GPS with truck navigation feature.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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   Chris says:

   November 4, 2009 at 12:52 pm (UTC -6)

   Purchasing this product was a waste of time and energy. Within days of receiving this GPS it would not turn on. The on/off button would not respond. Just trying to set up the specs for the truck was frustrating. When using the pen provided for the touch screen we would have to try different angles to get the set up we wanted. When testing this products maps it only lead us to never never land. Many drivers rely on these kinds of products for employement and could be very costly for them when the product does not deliver what it says it will. Very disappointing. Happy to say we found another brand (Garmin 465t) that is very easy for us to use and reliable.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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   Eric Gerald Duncan Jr. says:

   November 4, 2009 at 1:50 pm (UTC -6)

   This GPS is years out of date. Major roads are missing, Most addresses are missing.
   
   I have a cheap GPS also that is twice as good as this one. I even emailed the Support center and ask for an update. They want $99 for and update. I think I will just spend the $99 for a better GPS and take a loss on the money I spent on this junk. THe GPS is great except for the maps. What good is a gps without the maps?
   Rating: 1 / 5

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   varmit says:

   November 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm (UTC -6)

   I bought this GPS and returned it within 24 hours.Can not hear the speaker inside a truck. Every road shows as a restricted truck route. Hard to view in the daylight. No truckstops are listed in POI’s. Tried to send me off on a county road.
   
   A good auto GPS is a better buy.
   
   PC Miller in any form is not a good buy.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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   LongHauler1968 says:

   November 4, 2009 at 5:46 pm (UTC -6)

   I got this in August from Dieselboss and it already had the new maps on it. It definitely made a huge difference once I set up my truck and road profile properly. It came with the settings on “default” which drove me like a car until I read their quick-start guide and saved a profile that matched my truck’s height, weight, length properly. It also has a further setting for favoring the larger roads (interstates) and telling it to NOT use local and smaller roads. I agree with other reviews about the speaker because once you have all of your truck noise it is difficult to hear what it is saying. I bought an FM transmitter and plugged it into the headphone jack and now it’s nice and loud out of my stereo speakers. I don’t need the voice out on open, long stretches of highway anyway and only turn on the FM transmitter to hear it when I get close to my destination. The new maps also seem to have the points of interest (truck stops, weigh stations, WalMarts, etc) very accurate. Nearly every truck stop I punched up was current and took me right to it. All-in-all it is no replacement for common sense of course, but has been very valuable so far in keeping me from going out-of-route and on time. I bought the Garmin 465T previously and though that one seems to have a few more raw addresses in it, this one has been much more accurate in keeping me on proper truck routes than the Garmin was.
   Rating: 4 / 5