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| Garmin StreetPilot c530 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $363.79
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $163.80 (45%)
New (5) Used (2) from $120.69
Avg. Customer Rating:  258 reviews
Sales Rank: 2627
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 7 x 7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00521-00
Model: 010-00521-00
UPC: 753759054472
EAN: 0753759054472
ASIN: B000FCSXBQ
Release Date: July 10, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Goes dead March 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first unit I bought went dead after two days. Amazon handled the problem fast and replaced it with a new one. Unfortunately it went dead again after two weeks. It unfortunate because is a helpful tool. We are considering giving Garmin one more chance.
Disappointed March 25, 2007
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I had a Garmin Street Pilot III before, and I like it a lot. Since it has been a long time, the map needs to update and it looks a little bulky,I decided to get a new one. After a while of research, finally I decided to get this C530.
But I am very disappointed compare to the one I had before.
First, the voice prompt always says 'turn left' as 'turn B-left', it's annoying.
Second, after each turn, it won't show the road name of the next turn until it gets to about 0.2 miles. I don't feel I am giving enough time to prepare.
Sometimes, after you make a turn, it won't promt the next turn for you if the next turn is between 0.2 - XX miles alway. The GPS is just silent until you reach 0.2miles, always makes me wonder if it talks at all.
The volume adjustment is very bad. There are about 9 or 10 scales, but the top 2 are almost the same, and the bottom 7 are almost the same, basically it is like only two scales. If you use the top 2 on the local, it's too loud. but if you use the bottom 7, you won't hear much if you are on highway. You have to adjust the volume when you get on or off highway, very inconvenient. Also the place to adjust volume is very easy to be touched accidently.
The calculation is not as good as what I thought. I use fastest route calculation, it often leads me to a lot of small roads, makes a lot of turns, and usually there are a lot of traffic lights, the result is it takes me much longer than it originally calculated. It supposed to have traffic information considered in it's calculation, but I haven't activate that function yet. On the day I updated the software on line, I lost the traffic icon on GPS.
I wrote to technique support for two questions, but haven't got back from them after about a month now.
There are really a lot of things to complaint about. especially the screen design and the software. Just to be fair, the screen design and the software problem are not only in this model, I tried Magellen roadmate 2000, had the same problems too. I would rather return the Garmin C530 I got, but I will lost half of my money due to Amazon return policy. I really would rather continue using the old one I have.
 Garmin Street Pilot c530 March 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Outstanding Accuracy! Car on screen is always exactly where you are located at the time. Ease of operation is superb. Battey life is good. However, I do not think it always chooses the shortest route. Routes presented are at times different from what I drive on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps there could also be a category for Scenic Routes. Overall, an excellent instrument.
 Good - BUT March 22, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good GPS, with clear, bright screen, high satellite sensitivity, fast response and good navigating. But, while navigating to a destination geographical feature names, such as rivers, oceans, etc. are not displayed, nor are any other points of interest (POI's). To display a park, for example, one must go to another screen and select the POI from a list for it to be displayed. This has to be repeated for every POI. The same is true for restaurants, lodging and so on. There are other GPS brands which are also of excellent quality but allow the user to select display preferences which can show any or all POI's while navigating, such as Magellan. These are more user-friendly.
only one thing wrong March 14, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just found the voice would be better if it would be louder
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