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So it is dead in the water. Now the battery will not charge and the touch screen does not work. I contacted Tech Support and they told me to return it for repair, so I am hoping to return it to Amazon for refund.Too bad. The GPS was working well for a couple of weeks and I was happy enough. Then when I returned from a trip to VA, it stopped working.
I wasted enough money buying the unit. unit will not find some streets by street names it decides that I need to know the county road number. I'm going back to Magellan. It does no good to have a gps that is lost half the time. It also will just not find some roads that have been around for over 20 years. Sony tells me that if I buy their $50 map update it "might" fix the problem.
The route recalculation speed on it is phenomenal as well. What geek knows actual coordinates of addresses off the top of his/her head. Also, the simplified graphics seem easier to follow. They really got lazy on the software on which would otherwise have been a 5 star unit. The Magellans were just plain stupid and their user interfaces were klunky.This Sony has a very nice user interface but doesn't quite reach TomTom level but it is good. This is my fifth GPS. Three of my previous ones (a TomTom One, a TomTom One XL and a Magellan Maestro) were stolen and the third was a Magellan Maestro that I thought was dead but repaired. I wish there was a GPS that would just put the current state as a default before you type but I haven't found one yet that does that.
But the entry feels less klunky than the Magellan.At first, I was disappointed at how garbagey the graphics looks but I quickly got over it when I noticed that the response time this unit beats any other GPS unit I've had. This type of nerditry is what makes Apple number 1 in consumer devices. I'm going to keep using it for another week and if I still like it, my Magellan is going on eBay.Update: I felt compelled to add this since it is pretty important to me. The Magellan software wasn't any better so I guess that gives me some comfort. In the TomTom, you can edit an address book with real addresses but with this software you have to enter actual coordinates. The order of entering the address is not what I'm used to. The unit is great but the PC software for this unit STINKS. Nonetheless, I bought this one because I didn't want to spend another $200 on yet another GPS.My favorite of my previous GPS' were the TomToms because of their user friendliness and their routing intelligence.
The voice navigation is much less annoying than others I've used as well.All in all, it's a pretty good device considering it's sub-150. I like the reverse (state, city, street, number). Address entry and marking locations on this GPS is pretty good. I think this unit does number, street, city, state.
Some addresses where hard to find as I had to type in alternate forms of the street address. The routing algorithm was a bit weird where it would take me off a major interstate too early, causing a longer trip. I did update the unit to the latest firmware and played with some settings but it didn't help. I enjoyed this GPS while it lasted. However, as long as my defective unit isn't a sign of common problems, I would recommend it as a cheap entry level GPS. I returned it to Sony and since they no longer have any left in stock (getting out of the GPS business)., they refunded my entire amount. After 3 months of not-so-heavy use, it no longer picked up the satellites. Also, the battery would not hold a charge after several uses which I didn't care about too much since I had it mounted on the windshield and plugged in.Overall, I liked the interface and it was very easy to learn how to use.
You can clearly hear turn by turn directions.Im satisfied for now **Cons*** None yet I am a first time gps buyer so I can't say what I am suppose to get and what I am not suppose to get. I just purchased this gps system for about 79.00 at SEARS. I had some running around to do today and I just pluged in all destinations and the little device was really accurate.
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