Magellan Crossover GPS

**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/P...&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

Originally Posted by Johno68

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

Originally Posted by rmp

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...

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 20th March 2008, 06:49 PM

I bought one... but I took it back

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

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.

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