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| Amazon.com customer | 2008-04-27 | | Garmin StreetPilot c550 GPS | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | Right out of the box this GPS was easy to use and very helpful. I just returned from Phoenix, AZ. and this GPS was so very helpful. I originally bought it for my other half who is very low tech. She even loves this GPS. I am thinking of buying another for our oldest daughter and me to share for when we have to go out of town. I am giving it 5 stars. This is the only GPS I have ever owned so I cannot compare it to anything else but why would I need anything else when I am happy with this one. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-10-22 | | Great GPS at a great price | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | Having tried the Garmin Nuvi in the past, I wanted to find a similar GPS system without the cost - I found that in the Streetpilot C550. When compared to all other products it definitely provides all the best features at the lowest cost. I spent a lot of time researching each model and realized the C550 had many advantages. The Streetpilot offers the following features that lesser models either offered none or few of; 1. Bluetooth (allows handsfree cell phone use while driving) 2. Mp3 player (you can take songs from your ipod and play them on the Garmin although the sound quality does suffer during playback) 3. Traffic receiver is included! (This is huge since with other Garmins, you have to buy it seperately at a cost of over $100 - plus they give you 3 months free). 4. Touchscreen - you can type in streets and addresses rather than scroll, which is very helpful. 5. Speaks street names - which is suprisingly helpful if you're in an unfamiliar area and have a lot of streets all coming together at once. This device will tell you to turn on "Elm street" rather than turn in 30 feet, which can be confusing if there is three different roads coming up in 30 feet. The traffic receiver also includes a cigarette adapter charger, so don't think that you need to buy one seperately from the device which I almost did since they recommended it. My only complaint about the Garmin, although trivial, it lacks common sense sometimes. When you calculate the fastest route, it really means the fastest route. It will tell you to take truck bypass routes or go down side streets (rather than along the main road) just to save yourself 2 or 3 seconds off your trip. One surprising advantage to this device is how up-to-date the maps are. My neighborhood is less than 1 year old and it had all the streets. That was a surprise since every other GPS device I've used did not and also Yahoo and Mapquest don't even have my neighborhood online yet. Lastly, the yellow pages feature makes this device worth the price alone besides all the other options. You can type in the name of where you want to go and it seems to have everything! Banks, restaurants (even obscure hole-in-the-wall places are listed), gas stations, airports, hotels, etc. and it includes their phone number which if you have your cell phone connected you can dial! I highly recommend the Streetpilot C550! | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-10-05 | | Will Never Again Drive Without My Garmin | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | In my home we've turned the phrase "green eggs and ham" into a verb, much like "google" has become indicative of a definitive action. To "green eggs and ham" something is to change your mind on some item or concept you had previously disdained. It started back in the early 80's when my Daddy finally permitted my Mom to purchase a microwave. For years, he'd held off, swearing that if his own saintly mother (the matriarch of seven kids) had done without one, we could too. Once she wore him down, Daddy was the first to admit, "Green eggs and ham - I love it! Why did we wait so long to purchase it? How have we done without it for so long?!" This year, I've "green eggs and hammed" a techno gadget - the GPS unit. Who needs it when we've got something as nifty as Mapquest to get us from point A to point B? My mother-in-law foisted one upon my husband for his birthday last year and I scolded her vociferously. Her gift to Greg was the Garmin C550 Streetpilot GPS Receiver and I was upset with her for spending the money on something I was positive my husband wouldn't use. After all, he's one of those guys who absolutely refuses to ask for directions. I was sure it would sit unused in his car. Wrong - a major "green eggs and ham" moment! We tried it out on a family trip a week later and became instant Streetpilot addicts. When my own birthday rolled around two months later, guess what my mother-in-law purchased for me? Yes, now we have "his and hers" models in our vehicles. What's the good of this particular tech gadget? You'd be amazed! Here are some of my favorite features: * Speed and accuracy. As soon as its been turned on, the Streetpilot determines your location and queries you about your desired purpose. Within minutes of entering your destination address, you receive a map and detailed instructions which are verbally given to you turn by turn. The GPS also computes your estimated arrival time - I've found it's accuracy on that item almost uncanny. The unit has options to update your route and travel time, accounting for delays in traffic hotspots. * Ease of use. The Streetpilot has an easy touchscreen interface and gives verbal directions to walk you through the directions. It even anticipates which lane you need to be in for upcoming directions. Unlike mapquest pages which may require a solo driver to look at a paper copy of the directions, a voice (or rather, your choice of many voice styles) tells you exactly where you need to go without you taking your eyes off the road. Our voice of choice, Lee the Australian, has never led me astray and is even smart enough to recalculate when I make a wrong turn or miss an exit. * Bluetooth. In many states, hands-free cell phone usage is now the law. The Streetpilot immediately converts my cell phone to hands free and has a clear signal for a speaker phone conversation that can be heard throughout the whole car. * Doubles as an MP3 player. My Streetpilot holds some of my favorite tunes and podcasts, making my road trip even more enjoyable. * Goes with the flow. Now, when we leave on a family road trip, we rarely scout out the directions beforehand. With the address, it's easy to drive straight to our desired destination. But we can also stop and smell the roses along the way, using the Streetpilot to direct us to upcoming points of interest, services, lodging, or even an emergency Starbucks stop. I will never again go back to driving without my Garmin C550 Streetpilot GPS Receiver - getting to our family fun has now become easy and reliable. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-09-19 | | Love it | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I'm not an early adopter, and could have gone through life just fine without one of these, but... my away-at-college, freshman daughter called last week wanting to visit a friend in another city over fall break. She's never driven cross-country alone, and never been to the city she wants to drive to next week, and she's only been driving for two years... "hmmm, sounds like a good excuse to try out one of those Garmin things," I thought. A friend put me on to Garmin's stock last November, I've almost tripled my money in that investment, so I thought it was worth looking into... if the stock's doing that well, there must be something to the product, right? I'm completely sold on these things, and although I was confused before purchase, simply because of the huge number of devices offered by Garmin, I think I made the right choice. As far as I can tell, this model is the least expensive one that comes with Bluetooth capability. I find that very handy. Not only can you talk on your cell phone through the c550 as if it were a speaker-phone, make & receive calls as well as text messages, it will also load your cell phone's phone book... you can scroll down the list of names & numbers in your cell phone right on the Garmin's touch-screen... much easier to do when driving than having to look down at your phone. Even better, this device can connect to as many as 5 different bluetooth devices (one at a time). Every member of my immediate family now has their cell-phone tied to the Garmin... you can switch what's "Bluetoothed" to the Garmin via a few strokes on the touch-screen... very easy to do. My only gripes are these: the info is a little dated... for example, some restaurants shown in the c550 don't exist any more, in some cases for a year or more... maybe they should try to update that list as often as they update the street maps. That doesn't bother me a great deal, but some. The only real gripe I have is that the speakers don't work as well as I wish they did. In a really, really quiet car, they're fine. You don't have to turn the Garmin's volume up all the way and you can hear as well as understand the directions. In a car that has the least bit of road noise, like mine, I have to turn up the volume all the way, so that the speech comes out a little distorted, and it makes me think I may blow the speakers by keeping it turned up to max. volume all the time. The speakers are on the sides of the device, toward the back... I assume they were too big to put on the front of the box, but where they are now aims them at the sides of the car... if they can't be in front, would they be better in the back if they were aimed at the windshield? Maybe more sound would bounce off the windshield back to me better? I'll leave that to Garmin's designers... it's something that would improve the device in my opinion. All-in-all, very happy. This is one cool, useful gadget. Love the Bluetooth capability, don't really need the mp3 player. This is a very, very easy device to use too. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-08-07 | | Not necessarily the best value. | 8 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | Practically all of the Garmins in the Street Pilot and Nuvi series will perform equally well, so it may make sense to assess your needs if money should happen to be of any consequence. My wife loved my Street Pilot 340, so I got her the top-of-the-line Nuvi with the wide screen. She didn't like the price tag (even though it was my expenditure) or the small size of the unit, so I returned it for the c550. There's little likelihood she'll use the blue tooth feature for phone connectivity and less probability she'll find any use for the MP3 player or subscribe to the live traffic reports. We've noticed no greater speed in the unit's locking into a signal. The naming of streets is nice but not at all essential. Moreover, she's noticed that it seems harder to unclip this model from its bracket than my 340, and her tastes are "offended" by having a little car driving around on her screen instead of a simple arrow marker. So why spend almost $200 more for the 550 than the currently deeply discounted 330? It comes down to one feature: a polarized screen that doesn't wash out during daytime use. Is it worth the premium price? Depends on where you place the unit in your car and also how important watching the screen is to you. Some users are perfectly content to respond to the voice directions alone. As for the cost of these devices, you're paying for the technology, not the cheap (admittedly highly functional) plastic materials. The audio quality is sufficiently loud and clear for speaking purposes, but the plastic enclosure gives the sound a synthetic, dry, "plastic-like" quality that is ill-suited for long-term listening of any sort let alone full-frequencied, resonant music. Look for the next improvements to be in sound quality (if Tivoli can get all that hi-fi sound from an iPal speaker, it can't be too long before miniature GPS units begin to come close). In the meantime, don't feel like all is lost if you have to settle for a Street Pilot 330, which is definitely the best "deal" at current prices. It's not clear that the 550 is worth the week or two of groceries it requires you to give up in exchange for a less reflective screen. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 8 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-06-29 | | Great GPS! | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I've had this product for almost a month now and it is flawless. I've not experienced the lock up or crash problem some have had when using the SD card slot while playing mp3's. Maybe they upgraded the flash and/or software since then. However, I also don't intend to use it long term to listen to my music in the car. The sound is still tinny and thin because of the small speakers. Right out of the box it is ready, willing, and able to go. I needed it a day after I got it. I plugged in the address, portions of the address really, it filled in the rest, gave me a choice for multiple addresses, and, BAM, got me going in under a min. As a consultant, I'm always going to new locations around the Puget Sound and even Portland areas. This device makes it SO easy to get where I need to go without the worry of printing out online maps. However, that does not mean it doesn't have some flakiness to it. The Bluetooth seems to have some weirdness about connecting and being connected to. It has disabled itself several times. On one occasion, it disconnected itself right after I hung up a call. Another thing that Amazon STILL has not updated is their web site in recommending the car adaptor when you buy the c550. First off, you don't need one for car because it comes with one. Second, is the fact it is the WRONG adaptor. As stated in another reviewers review. What makes it even worse; I had to pay to send the adaptor back. However, overall, this is a great product and I couldn't really be any happier. No longer do I need to GoogleEarth or Mapquest a location, print it out, and then read it while I'm driving the road.
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-06-24 | | I wish that my brand new Garmin worked. | 2 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | My husband bought Garmin as a Christmas present for me after we moved to the East Coast. The product worked 6 times total. When I contacted Garmin for technical support, the technician admitted that specific product we had was defective. They acknowledged that the part number was part of a "bad run" and then gave me the run around about warranty services. They really do not want to replace it or give us our money back. After this deplorable customer service, I would recommend that Amazon customers consider alternative GPS systems. TomTom or Magellan specifically. I am not sure how this battle with Garmin will end... either we will have to sue them or raise a stink to get them to abide by their warranty obligation. My advice is GO ELSEWHERE for GPS systems. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 2 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-06-10 | | Love, Love, Love This! | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I purchased the Garmin StreetPilot c550 after doing extensive research on portable GPS products. I am so pleased with this purchase & I can't recommend it highly enough. The screen is easy to see even in bright sunlight and it is unbelievably user-friendly. The directions are accurate and the unit recalculates in an instant if you miss a turn (no more hearing 'please make a legal U-Turn', which is a relief). The Blue Tooth feature is fantastic and it was a snap to sync my cell phone (Motorola Rzr) to the unit. I also like the clear channel traffic feature, but perhaps that's because we have great clear channel coverage in my area. I would say that this is the perfect unit for someone looking for a portable GPS that is easy to use with lots and bells and whistles at a fair price. In fact, I just bought a second unit for my dad. This is a great, great, great product!! | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Shopzilla customer | 2007-06-07 | | Don't Get Lost | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | PRO: SIMPLE, INTUITIVE CON: occasional bad directions | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Shopzilla customer | 2007-05-28 | | Amazing device, highly recommended | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | PRO: Ease of use. Great explanations. Bluetooth with cellphone. CON: Price... | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Shopzilla customer | 2007-05-09 | | This Garmin c550 rocks. | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | PRO: ease of use and works as advertised CON: It doesn't make me breakfast | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-20 | | Great Product; Great Features. | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | There are so many GPS units out there that choosing the right one was difficult. I was looking for specific features: Portability, FM Traffic/Road Conditions, Bluetooth cell phone link and easy programming. I had the opportunity to try a similar unit that was provided by a rental car company. As I was driving down the highway, it alerted me that a better route was available. I chose to take the alternate recommended route. I later learned that there was huge accident on the freeway that would have delayed me at least one hour if I stayed on my original course. I was also amazed as a approached a construction area, and the device warned me in advance. Remarkable!! This is right out of Buck Rogers. We own a car with an expensive, built-in $1,800 GPS. It is impossible to program and about 70% of the time, it does not find the right street. It is practically a waste. The Garmin c550 is perfect for those to need a dependable device that can be easily taken from one car to another. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-17 | | Worth its weight ... | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I had a Magellen for about 2.5 years, but when it stopped navigating properly, the folks at Magellan said I'd have to drop $275 to fix the processor. Considering I paid $1100 for it, I thought that was a lousy option. So I bought the c550 and am very happy with it. It is very accurate-even more so than my father's in-car unit he has in his Nissan Morano. My father and I recently went on a 180 mile trip (twice in a week) into rural Maryland, once while using my c550 and once in his vehicle. The c550 was able to get us to our destination as well as to some destinatins during side-trips without a hitch. The Nissan's unit, however, had difficulty not only getting us to our destination, but also in re-calculating routes when we changed course. Another nice feature is the points-of-interests that are preloaded. My Magellan had this, but the interface on the Garmin is much nicer and informative. And, with the built-in Bluetooth, you can make a call right from the Garmin. For instance, on a recent trip to Pittsburgh, my wife and I were looking for an Indian restaurant. I checked in the Garmin under cuisines and located several, all with distance displayed. I chose one then had the Garmin call to see if they were open as we were arriving into town late. They were and it worked out perfectly. We were also able to locate hotel accomodations as we were there unprepared. It saved for a lot of 411 info calls and anxiety for trying to find a place to stay in while in an unfamiliar area. The traffic feature is nice, but limited to big highways. While driving to Pittsburgh, it was fairly accurate in locating slow traffic. It was correct in one accident that we came upon as well as slow traffic due to construction. The unit comes with a free 6 month trial for the traffic feature, but will cost $60 a year thereafter. I'm not convinced this is a need as of yet. The bluetooth feature is very nice. It displays the caller's info. It will also link to your phone's address book allowing you to search from the Garmin for a contact. The calls come through clear on both ends. This feature is worth the difference in price IMHO. As you can see, I am very pleased with my Garmin to say the least. At the time, I thought the Magellan was the bomb, but I now know that I was definitely missing out.
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-16 | | Garmin C550 GPS Navigator is top drawer | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I was a faithful Tom Tom customer until I realized that Iwas replacing my Tom Tom every 4 to 6 months (under warranty) for a variety of reasons. I have had my Garmin for 8 months and will never go back to Tom Tom. All the same features, but without the reliability concerns Two minor complaints: My unit doesnt seem to detect real traffic delays-it seems to rehash traffic delays from previous trips. Second, I have to manually turn the unit off when the unit turns itself on automatically when I turn on the engine I wish the unit could display text messages as the Tom Tom did, but frankly I dont get many text messages. Otherwise, this is a top drawer unit!
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-15 | | MARIA BOWEN | 8 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | This is a great product! The first one I got just went dead, I thought it was because I put a password in. I took it back to Best Buy. Got another. know I know you should update the software as soon as you get it so it won't lock up. Excellent product. Highly recommend. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 8 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-14 | | Install Firmware update immediately because of a bad bug. | 8 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I love the product, but I had a major problem. 7 days after purchase, my streetpilot went dead.. and I mean DEAD. There is a bug on some of the systems that causes the power to turn off. You need to go to the garmin site and install the webupdater as soon as you get it. The update became available as of 4/03/07. If you are unsure how to do this, go to the Garmin site for the phone number and call them during work hours M-F and the very helpful staff will guide you through the process. I had to take mine back to the store and get a completely new c550 and have just installed the update a few minutes ago. Otherwise, it's a great product and you'll enjoy it. Also, be sure to create an account and register your product. They can help if whoever steals your gps calls in for service, they tell them to send it in for a replacement and then make sure YOU get your gps back... but you have to register it.
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| Overall satisfaction | 8 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-13 | | Outstanding Product | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | This Garmin is great out of the box, it does everything that they say it can. Went on a trip a day after recieving it, I had some minor problems but it was not the Garmins fault. I down loaded some POI off of the internet ( which I do not recomend paying for) and the address was wrong. You can look up anything you want from the Garmin and you dont have topay for it. The only thing I wished it would do is be able to update on new roads and business. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-11 | | Garmin StreetPilot c550 | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | This unit is very easy to use. It's very convenient to talk on the phone hands-free using the StreetPilot's bluetooth feature. The turn-by-turn directions make it so easy to find places I've never been before. I would recommend this product. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-04-03 | | Not for Austin, Texas | 8 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | I've used Garmin GPS for a while now, starting with their StreetPilot III (which still works, after 4 years, now in my wife's car), GPS 10 (which I sometimes carry as a backup) and now the C550. The C550 is by far, the best GPS device I've used. It has many strengths: 1. Fast GPS lock on. Especially so if you're touring and stopped only for a while. If you've only powered down the device for a short while, the GPS will find the GPS satellites almost instantly, which is really amazing. 2. Bluetooth capability. Very useful, and the Bluetooth function works even while running on battery. Now I don't have to carry a separate device for making conference call while on business trip. I use the C550 when I'm in the hotel room. 3. Sun light readable screen. The screen alone makes this a better device compared to older Garmins. 4. Very fast routing capability. Being used to the slow routing capabilty in other Garmins, I was amazed how fast this thing can calculate routes. There are some quirks you should be aware of though: 1. As my title suggests, this device does not work well in areas around Austin, Texas. The maps are pretty poor for the outlying areas around Austin and you'll have difficulty following its direction. There seems to be plenty of highway/freeway changes and additions to this area and they're not reflected in the MapSource 8.0 NT. In downtown Austin, it works alright though. 2. 3-D maps can be a little difficult to get used to. Especially when you're in parking lot or off normal road and the GPS will tell you to "Please drive to the highlighted route". With the 3-D map, you can't normally see the highlighted route unless you zoom out a lot or switch to 2-D view. 3. In a strange lack of foresight, Garmin chooses to display the main menu with its 2 basic option "Where To?" and "View Map" every time you power on the system. While understandable for its target market, it doesn't make sense when it does the same thing when you have an active route and you re-started the device (eg for fuel stops). You'll have to manually press the "View Map" button for the screen to show the route information. An option for users to select if they wish to start with the "View map" option would be nice. 4. Remaining miles info. On the older StreetPilot III, I have the option to display how many miles I've got till I reach destination. The C550 only shows you miles to next turn. Not a big deal but I miss knowing how many miles to go when on long distance driving. Useful for deciding if I want to stop for gas for simply finish the drive and return the car (I typically pay for the fuel option when renting). 5. Time zone update. For some reasons, the unit I have will not update its time zone and device time. I purchased and initialized the device in California, Pacific Time zone. When I travel in another time zone (eg. Texas), the device still shows California time. A bug perhaps or something I missed. Overall, no major problems with the device and I'm satisfied with the purchase. If you're a new owner, here are some tips: 1. Buy the bean bag friction mount, it works much better than the wind screen mount. This is especially so if you have a sporty car (eg. BMW 3 Series, Lexus IS etc) with firmer suspension and the shock of going over a bump is better handled when the C550 is in in bean bag. 2. Buy one of those cigratte lighter socket extender so you can plug the C550's power adaptor into the socket extender and plug the extender into the car instead. This way, you save on the wear and tear on always plugging the device in and out of different cars. I wore out 2 adaptors in my StreetPilot III before I adopted this habit. Those extenders from Radio Shacks are dirt cheap compared to a new power adaptor for the C550. 3. Beware of road naming conventions. Some states, like Texas, name their roads differently. For example, if you look at Yahoo maps or the map in your C550, some highways in Texas are labeled US 2341. But if you look at tourist guides local to Texas, they labeled that road "FM 2341", which you won't be able to locate using the C550. Interestingly though, the device says "FM 2341" even though its search and display shows "US 2341". Other examples are "Mo-Pac Expressway" near Austin. Many locals spell it "MoPac Expressway" without the hyphen, you'll have a heck of a time if you spell it the way they do. 4. The Bluetooth capability works with most phones, even those not listed by Garmin. The only differences are that for some phones, you cannot use the phone directory and call history. You will still be able to make/receive calls using the C550. I get around this issue by creating a Favourite location and entering the phone number of people I call most. Its a bit of a pain but it can done. Afterall, its best not to talk too much while driving eh? Good luck with you purchase! | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 8 |
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| | | | | | | Amazon.com customer | 2007-02-24 | | Beats Magellan RoadMate 2200T Hands Down! | 10 | NR | NR | NR | | | | Helpful? | After careful research, I decided on a RoadMate 2200T for my first GPS unit. I tested the unit for 1 week, and was impressed with all of its features, except for the most important one: the routing algorithm. The RoadMate simply overlooked obvious and viable routes too much of the time. It was hit or miss, often directing me to make a legal U-turn when an alternate, viable route (major thoroughfare) was within eye shot in the direction I was traveling in! If I was in an area where I was not familiar, I would have reservations trusting the device. I returned the unit and purchased the StreetPilot c550 instead. Not only is the menu system easier to use, but the speaker volume is much louder, the touchscreen is brilliant, the mounting hardware is less obtrusive, and the unit is accurate. It consistently re-routed me to the nearest viable route (not a single u-turn request!). Though I did not purchase it for its bluetooth hands free capability, that feature works great with my Samsung a930 Verizon phone - and that phone isn't even listed as a compatible phone on Garmin's site. Highly impressed - just love it. | Satisfaction | Score |
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| Overall satisfaction | 10 |
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