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Lowrance iWay 500C Portable GPS Navigator and MP3 Player
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Combination vehicle GPS navigation system and MP3 player with 5-inch color TFT display. Built-in 20 GB hard drive with 10 GB for maps and 10 GB for MP3 files. Built-in precision GPS WAAS receiver with 12 parallel channels. Stores up to 5,000 MP3 files depending on compression rates and song lengths. Measures 6.1 x 4.5 x 2.15 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty.
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Customer Reviews
for Lowrance iWay 500C Portable GPS Navigator and MP3 Player --- Lowrance
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SUCKS
I hate this GPS. It got me lost in the boonies more than once, it takes forever to get satellite signal, maps are extremely hard to read while driving, having to use the stylus is really inconvenient. My suggestion is get a more user-friendly GPS that you can easily navigate at red-lights or short stops. I have a Mio c310 it was really cheap and easy to use...literally take it out of the box and get going. This thing is something else.
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YUCK!!
!!SUCKS!! (1) All parts are proprietary. Which means you are at their mercy if you need to buy replacement parts(2) Speaker is built into car lighter module. UGH! (3) AC/DC in home adapter needs car lighter plug to work. UGH! (4) Re-routing is slow. Very slow. (5) Weighs one bazillion pounds! (6) Don't be fooled. This is not a touch screen. It's a "mash your finger really hard into the screen" touch screen. It's technically a "pressure sensing screen". UGH! (7) The software that comes with it is 3 years out of date but not horrid. Just not that good either. Night mode is cool though. But hardly a purchasing merit. It can be updated though. Not sure if you can swap it out for different software (8) Don't like being told something more than once? Well, get used to being a baby all over again. "EVERY TIME" you turn this thing on, you will get a message that says "WARNIING! Do not attempt to configure or input data into GPS while driving!" And there is no turning it off. Hi Lowrance tech, I am your retarded consumer. How can you piss me off today? >!< *<:o( (9) Everything other than the unit seems cheap. Like the lighter parts you see only at road side travel plazas like Pilot and Flying J's. Cheap trucker stuff you wouldn't dare buy. Well, it seems like this unit was boxed with that kind of material! I am getting my money back!
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not a good unit
Our unit died just before the warranty was up, I sent it back ($50 because of weight and insurance). They sent me a refurbished one, didn't work. I sent it back (on their dime). They sent me another refurbished one; it stopped working after two hours. I sent it back; they sent me a new 600C. This one works for now, but I don't expect it to last the full year. I thought Lowrance made quality products, but after this experience, I believe there quality has suffered a devastating blow. I would not recommend there products anymore.
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This GPS is a mixed blessing
I have used my iWay 500C for the last two years and believe that I have gotten pretty good use out of it, but there have been some serious issues:
1. I bought this unit because it was waterproof and rugged (I mounted it on my motorcycle as well as used it in my car). However, the iWay overheats on a regular basis. During the summer in the car, it frequently warns of shut down, even though the temperature in the car is not excessive (air-conditioned).
2. The navigation database has some peculiar route anomalies and often chooses a less than optimum path. For example, I live about 15 miles from a main highway in rural Missouri and the iWay insists on a route to said highway that is over 3 miles longer. Even though secondary roads are paved and in good condition, their database appears to be treating some of these roads as no better than dirt tracks.
3. The software update process from 1.3 to 1.4 took over two hours and the unit worked worse and had more database issues after I performed the update.
I have decided to sell the iWay and have bought a Tom Tom One, which costs less than a third and works a whole lot better.
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