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Captain_Rightfoot
8th February 2008, 01:20 PM
Has anyone got one of these? They look like the best of both worlds (at a price)

https://www.nextdestination.com.au/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?BrandId=13&ProductId=244
jik22
19th February 2008, 12:53 AM
Don't like the small display or the price. Have been looking at GPS's again while in the US this week, and I can't believe the price differential. Was looking at the Garmin Streetpilot 7200. U$900 here, A$1700 from a couple of online sources in Aus! TomTom 720 is U$450 here and A$665 in Aus.

Having now played with a Magellan (Not the crossover) and hated it, I'm back in the same boat - probably going to get a TomTom 720 for onroad in the D3 (With my handheld Garmin GPS60CS Map for occasional offroad use) and am toying with the Garmin 7200 in the Defender. Need to ensure the US one will take Aus maps though, as I believe this is locked down on some Magellans (Which is stupid, IMHO!)
Johno68
6th March 2008, 08:28 PM
I have one i found it slow to use it locks up i had trouble getting topo maps to work plus you cant get any updates for it yet i used to use a magellan gold before this one and didnt have any problems with it.
Captain_Rightfoot
7th March 2008, 07:34 AM
I have one i found it slow to use it locks up i had trouble getting topo maps to work plus you cant get any updates for it yet i used to use a magellan gold before this one and didnt have any problems with it.

That's very interesting! I was still considering one of these.

Have you checked with the people you bought it off? It is a common problem? Maybe yours is faulty?
rmp
7th March 2008, 07:28 PM
Not a great offroading unit. Consider it an autorouter with some basic offroad features.
Captain_Rightfoot
7th March 2008, 08:17 PM
Not a great offroading unit. Consider it an autorouter with some basic offroad features.
Why is that? It's supposed to be a full featured GPS? Plus it has streets and tracks toppo included!
Johno68
9th March 2008, 08:44 AM
Hi Captain Rightfoot
i want back to a supplier and the tech their said they are slow and my topo maps sd card was playing up.I havent used it of road yet but have used it in my truck and find it slow picking SATS up u cant change the voices to male or female u are stuck with a female voice.and the nav softwre is not the good.my son's tomtom is better
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Captain_Rightfoot
13th March 2008, 08:32 PM
Has anyone with these tried downloading waypoint files from the computer to the GPS? I have read of some people having trouble, yet others aren't. Any ideas on this?
blue juice
20th March 2008, 05:10 PM
Had my crossover for 2 mths now used it in the truck brissy to cairns ( excellent )
In the Boat the same !
have not used it outback yet but I have no qualms with it.
Tom Toms are a bit unreliable in heavy rain ect...:eek:
Captain_Rightfoot
20th March 2008, 06:49 PM
I bought one... but I took it back :o

I think its a great unit... very easy to use. Unfortunately it's file handling is rubbish. There isn't any way of creating folders and storing and moving waypoints into those folders. Also, the only way to get waypoints off it is to transfer them to an SD card, and then us a card reader on your pc.

I'm afraid that one limitation was too much for me :o

The other major limitation it had was that it didn't stream nmea data, which may not be important to some people.

I **really** liked the unit and I think in years to come when they have fixed a few limitations it will be good.

Until then if you're happy with what it offers you'll enjoy an easy to use gps/nav unit.

I now have a Magellan XL with the maps so we'll see how that goes. :)
procrastination inc
24th March 2008, 12:36 PM
Mum and dad have one. They recently got a new laptop, Vista OS, and the magellan can't talk to it. Any one know where I can get a vista driver for it?
Captain_Rightfoot
31st March 2008, 09:56 PM
Mum and dad have one. They recently got a new laptop, Vista OS, and the magellan can't talk to it. Any one know where I can get a vista driver for it?

It depends what you mean. Thats the thing... it doesn't talk to your computer. You can't plug it in and mount it as a drive. You can't stream NMEA. The cable is only useful transferring music and photos to the device. The only way to access waypoints and track logs is by exporting them to a SD card and then reading the SD card. I'm sure there is a reason magellan set it up this way but I don't know what it is!
Mangie
21st June 2008, 06:51 PM
I should have called on this thread earlier. I only recently purchased the Crossover, on the 1st day I had to reset the unit 4 times during normal driving and the autoroute is pretty sad.

The off road tracks are the same as DiscoverAus which still run on my 10 year old unit. May persit for another week and most likely take it back.

My usual road nav unit was pruchased from ALDi for a 3rd of the price and is far superior. I recently used the ADLI product in the Victorian Alps and it had 90% of the 4WD tracks and the auto navigation also performed.
amtravic1
21st June 2008, 07:10 PM
If I was going to buy a new navigator it would be the Hema navigator.

Ian
rmp
21st June 2008, 07:33 PM
I'm reviewing one of those even as we speak!
Bushwanderer
21st June 2008, 08:14 PM
Publish or perish!:D:D
rmp
24th June 2008, 01:05 AM
Wait for the Sept edition of Overlander magazine. Can't pre-empt it I'm afraid.
rmp
24th June 2008, 01:09 AM
Why is that? It's supposed to be a full featured GPS? Plus it has streets and tracks toppo included!

Sorry, missed this one. Reason being it has the maps, but try using them. It's very slow to switch modes, lacks features, connecting to a PC is difficult. The concept is great, the execution not so good. Plays MP3s, but only in the foreground. No UTM coords, no datums except WGS94. No external antenna. Can't work with Ozi. No written manual, a basic PDF supplied. You have to store mapsets on different SD cards regardless of space.

So, if you think of it as a robust, well built autorouter with a couple of extra features it's ok. But it's not the silver bullet for 4WD touring needs.
Captain_Rightfoot
27th July 2008, 08:51 AM
Sorry, missed this one. Reason being it has the maps, but try using them. It's very slow to switch modes, lacks features, connecting to a PC is difficult. The concept is great, the execution not so good. Plays MP3s, but only in the foreground. No UTM coords, no datums except WGS94. No external antenna. Can't work with Ozi. No written manual, a basic PDF supplied. You have to store mapsets on different SD cards regardless of space.

So, if you think of it as a robust, well built autorouter with a couple of extra features it's ok. But it's not the silver bullet for 4WD touring needs.
I took it back and replaced it with a explorist XL with maps. We used it on our recent trip and it was great :)
Captain_Rightfoot
27th July 2008, 08:53 AM
Mum and dad have one. They recently got a new laptop, Vista OS, and the magellan can't talk to it. Any one know where I can get a vista driver for it?

Thats the point. No OS can talk to it. The only way to copy files to and from it is to transfer them to sd card and then attach a card reader to your pc and get it from there.

The cord is only for software updates. What were they thinking ??