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| Magellan Crossover 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Road and Trail Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $219.95
You Save: $380.04 (63%)
New (7) Used (3) Refurbished (3) from $119.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 1576
Format: Cd
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Color: Olive
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: Unknown
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 1.1 x 3.5
MPN: 980890-01
Model: 980890-01
UPC: 763357115703
EAN: 0763357115703
ASIN: B000KMEGDA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 F- Magellan Crossover Vehicle GPS April 26, 2007
13 out of 24 found this review helpful
Hello fellow buyers,
I have purchase this Magellan Crossover Vehicle GPS with Topographic Maps system for the same reason you are looking at outdoor and marine combined with vehicle navigation.
Please notice that the creator of the Crossover have good marketing and ignore the needs of the users,
If you are a internet buyer I'm sure that you wishes that everything in this navigation will be computer friendly ***NOT THIS TIME***
The main reason I bought this item is to use for outdoor. Magellan mentioned in their manual and web site that you can import waypoint but they neglect to indicate that the waypoint import features works only on vehicle Nav.
Now you guys tell me who use coordinates to find a street.... Or to put your friend on your favorite...
Sucks , Now I have to put all of my OUTDOOR ROUTS manually..... very wised
I contact customer support and they confirm all above....
 Magellan Crossover Vehicle and Topo maps April 11, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wonderful product; exceeds all my expectations.
Reliable and easy to use and has already saved me many traffic snarls by choosing alternate routes.
 Works nicely, great for daily commute or new adventures, BUT... April 4, 2007
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
One of the main reasons I bought the Magellan Crossover GPS was to take advantage of "SmartDetour to route you around slow freeway traffic" (copied and pasted directly from Product Description). This feature DOES NOT WORK as it ought.
Complaints:
#1) The answer is NO, SmartDetour does NOT receive traffic report data, contrary to popular urban myth (see Magellan TrafficKit for this functionality). The unit simply detects when you're traveling too slowly on freeway routes and then displays a detour option (SmartDetour) on the left edge of the touch-screen. Aside from the convenience of popping up the detour option on the screen, SmartDetour is EXACTLY the same feature as the detour feature of Magellan's cheaper models. This feature allows you to "route around slow freeway traffic" by electing to leave the freeway for a selected number of miles/kilometers, theoretically routing you around and beyond a given traffic jam by way of alternate routes then bringing you back onto the freeway.
#2) SmartDetour doesn't work efficiently, rerouting in inconvenient directions and often entailing a great deal of backtracking. I've found that manually rerouting using the "Least Use of Freeways" option is much more accurate and efficient for getting around traffic jams. My assessment of the SmartDetour option is that it's mostly useless for its intended purpose. There's nothing smart about it!
#3) Attempts to contact Magellan Customer Service on the SmartDetour issue have ceased. I've spent all the time I'm going to spend waiting for return correspondence from Magellan. It's almost as if Magellan is saying, "We don't care about you or your complaint, as long as we get your money for our products". If customer service is high-priority for you, don't opt for any Magellan GPS product!
#4) It sometimes takes too long - often several minutes - for the Magellan GPS Crossover unit to "get cranked up". More than once, I've needed GPS guidance in a hurry, powered the unit on, and have lost too much time waiting for instructions. I guess it takes a while to start triangulation sometimes. Meanwhile, I've just unknowingly missed my turn! Argh!! Some moments later, GyPSy utters aloud, "Calculating route..." Humph! Finally! Some seconds later, she smugly instructs "When possible, make a legal U-turn". Oh yeah, like it's my fault! Now you tell me! Of course I have to make a U-turn, Ms. GyPSy! I needed your guidance a mile back when I asked for it!
Rant's aside, the unit is quite handy and useful. It consistently keeps me on-track, even when I deliberately drive "off course" or when exploring unfamiliar territory. Day or night, even without looking at her, GyPSy keeps me from getting lost. Aside from the obvious G, P & S in her name, I call her (the voice guide) GyPSy because she's a lady of the streets - she knows them well - and she has a firm yet somehow earthy voice. The voice guide can optionally be muted through touch-screen selections.
I was expecting a bit more sophistication for the extra $160 I spent on the Magellan CrossoverGPS as a replacement for my broken Magellan RoadMate 2000 (see my review on that product). But the Crossover is still a good reliable product which I'd recommend for most common uses. And the price has already come down nearly $30!
By the by:
#1) The little tab loop for attaching a lanyard which is shown as being at the top right corner in many pictures of this product does not actually exist, at least not on all/most units of this model.
#2) The "Green" part of this product is just a removable soft rubber sleeve. The unit itself is black.
 Crossover -crossed up April 3, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Ordered crossover in January and while entering waypoints it locked up. Sent back to the GPS store for an exchange. Just went on trip from Boise Id to Las Vegas and the new unit locked up and kept returning to the Blue Screen. Contacted Magellan and they said a software update would fix it. Downloaded update last night and it appears it fixed the problem. Will see. I was ready to try to exhange it for a different unit but Magellan said this would work-Hopefully we will see. The tech support guy I talked to was difficult to talk to. He sounded like he was revved up on Red Bull and took forever to get him on the line. Tech support sucks. To use the topo and marine functions you have to buy memory cards loaded with the program at $200 a pop. That really sucks to have to buy cards at that price. Half that I could swallow. Further use, more money spent on sd cards will tell if it performs as expected. So far skeptical.
This is an excellent GPS April 3, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This product works great as a turn by turn GPS. I also love it for walking and tracking in the parks. I have not used the marine part yet, but I am sure it will be great also. I would recommend this product.
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