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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:
 Finally Just What I wanted March 25, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I've had a magellan map 330 for forever, and I wanted a color screen, a gps that stayed on the road (not 100 feet or more off the road)and annouced directions. I've used the magellans in rental cars, and was happy with their capabilty. The crossver meets my expectations, and its great to have all the maps as part of the cost. I am planning to buy the enhanced topo maps, because I use the unit for hiking as well. About 8 hours of battery time. My only issue is why do I need a gps to play music or show pictures. Magellan stick to what you know.
 Nice Product- Only one with hiking/ driving/ boating GPS functions March 22, 2007
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a decent product for the money, but best be served with a separate in-vehicle and outdoor unit. It is the only one on the market that does both driving, Hiking/ Geocaching and Boating all in the same unit. It is also the only combo unit that is splash resistant. NOT WATER PROOF!!! IPX4 is splash resistant up to so many liters/ minute. Better than a unit that would zap out even if damp!!! Easy to read screens with multiple color options for maps. Very nice automatic night viewing option that changes the screen to a 'negative' light. Very clear voice turn-by-turn directions. Very fast rerouting when you go off course. Great functions for steering around traffic.
The unit does have some negatives. Fisrt, Magellan put this stupid sticker on the GPS screen to 'simulate' the screen while in the package. The sticker left the sticky residue all over the screen. Alcohol and a soft cloth took it off, but why do something like that Magellan? Also, the mapset is OLD. I could not find my work location via the search. The road is not on the map and the address is not in the database. Granted, my work developement is newer (2000). The map data NAVTEQ (mapset provider) has on their website HAS the road. Magellan does not have a map update from NAVTEQ on the support site. The POI's are also old. A lot of gas stations I pass are not on the map. Restaurant icons are in places there are no restaurants. I had one instance that the GPS was WAY off, which required a restart to get my 'vehicle icon' back on track. One thing Magellan doesn't tell you is that the installed Topo map only goes to 300 feet detail level and in order to get detailed Topo maps (with rivers and greater detail), you have to purchase separate software from Magellan. A bit misleading if you ask me.
Overall, I'm happy with the unit. Hopefully, Magellan gets on the ball with a mapset update. I already have an email into them.
UPDATE: This is an update to my original review. Unfortunately, it only gets worse. One update has come along from Magellan, and it did not fix the inaccuracy of this unit. It has sent me in circles, only to come back to a road I had already crossed, and then advised to turn. Side by side with a Garmin Nuvi 660, the Magellan took me onto side roads that the Garmin maintained highway travel- much better routing with the Garmin. Support from Magellan is rediculous. They still have no map updates available. NAVTEQ mapset IS updated on their site and they advise to contact the manufacturer for updates.
Another issue that has come about with the Magellan is its ability to maintain Satellite contact in the woods. I went for a hike and then reviewed my data only to find that coverage was spotty. Not what I had expected with a WAAS enabled receiver. This could be attributed to the farther north location that I used the unit, a symptom of lesser Satellite reception due to distance from the equator/ southern hemisphere.
I would recommend an in-vehicle unit and separate outdoors unit- both from Garmin- to anyone that is looking for a 'mixed use' unit.
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UPDATE: This is an update to my original review. Unfortunately, it only gets worse. One update has come along from Magellan, and it did not fix the inaccuracy of this unit. It has sent me in circles, only to come back to a road I had already crossed, and then advised to turn. Side by side with a Garmin Nuvi 660, the Magellan took me onto side roads that the Garmin maintained highway travel- much better routing with the Garmin. Support from Magellan is rediculous. They still have no map updates available. NAVTEQ mapset IS updated on their site and they advise to contact the manufacturer for updates.
Another issue that has come about with the Magellan is its ability to maintain Satellite contact in the woods. I went for a hike and then reviewed my data only to find that coverage was spotty. Not what I had expected with a WAAS enabled receiver. This could be attributed to the farther north location that I used the unit, a symptom of lesser Satellite reception due to distance from the equator/ southern hemisphere.
I would recommend an in-vehicle unit and separate outdoors unit- both from Garmin- to anyone that is looking for a 'mixed use' unit. Guidelines
Good unit overall, some bugs March 18, 2007
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
So far I've found this to be a nice unit. I don't know why the last reviewer said there are no maps, the built in street maps are very accurate even out here in the middle of nowhere where I live. The topo map is very detailed and includes roads that I would better describe as cow trails. Magellan will supposedly release more detailed topo's soon.
I am disappointed in the computer support. The only computer support is the POI generator and you can only generate POI's from Lat/Lon coordinates. This is very weak, I should be able to create POI's by typing in a name and an address. I should also be able to manage my address book and create trip plans on the computer and download them to the unit. Music and pictures? I have much better electronics to do that.
I have had the unit for about three days and have experienced one lockup that required me to power off and restart it. I have also encountered one software bug. DON'T zoom the topo map out as far as it will go. Apparently a programmer forgot to check an upper limit and the unit will lock up, restart and then will lock up and restart every time you try to view the topo map again. I have had little to no response from tech support yet on this issue, but was able to fix it myself by searching for a POI, selecting one and then viewing it on the map. This caused the map to rezoom back in to the minimum and it's been OK since.
Overall, I have found this unit to be well built and programmed. There are some improvements that can be made and I will be looking forward to firmware upgrades in the near future.
ALSO, the technical details on the Amazon page are in error. The unit DOES include both the AC and car adapter. So you DON'T need to purchase additional power adapters like I did.
 The Mapless GPS Unit March 17, 2007
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
I'd recommend waiting 6 months to see if Magellan produces Topo Maps and map updates. There are nice features, but without maps it is just a paper weight.
The unit works fine. I wish it had better computer support. Planning trips of any distance on the computer is much easier. The unit works good around town, but cross country is weak.
The real weakness is a lack of map/software support. If you want to go fishing you're in good shape, but the system Topo map is too small scale to be useful and the good Topo maps do not exist. POI's are so out of date the day the software is published that it is a shot in dark (reality for any unit), but I like the ability to add my own points, but again computer map support would make this unit much more useful. POI's need to be updated on a regular basis. If Magellan wanted to improve their offerings POI updates on a 6 month cycle would be good, and annual map updates for 10 years on any unit would go a long way to fixing their problems. The updates do not have to be free, $100.00 per year to be able to find things certainly works for me.
The great electronics highlight the lack of software and maps. So if you like weird green paper weights, this unit is the right one for you.
 It gets me there... but... March 7, 2007
74 out of 75 found this review helpful
It has gotten me to where I wanted or needed to go. That said, however, I've had one main difficulty. It has locked up on me several times now. This has happened when I was programming the unit, and/or when I had just turned on the unit. It has not locked up on me during a trip. I turned the unit off and then back on, only for it to do it again and again. I discovered that you have to move the reset switch to off, and then back to on. That seems to do it. If you were actively tracking something (using the outdoor topo features) at the time that it locked up, you will lose your trip information (speed, length of trip, time of trip). Of course, having a brand new unit lock up is not acceptable. When it doesn't lock up, it gets me to my destination. If you drive off the course it tells you 'calculating route' almost immediately and tells you what to do next. POI's (points of interest): I don't know where they get the data for these, but some of it is really old. The first place I told it to find me was my local gas stations. The first one on the list is one that's been closed and long gone for a minimum of 10 years. A brewpub it took me to had changed owners and names over a year-and-a-half ago, although it got me to the address where it was!
This is my first GPS and it's 'fun'. And, it's very intuitive. I was able to figure out most everything without having to get to reading or checking out the manual. That's really good in my book, because I'm a 'manual reader'. The voice is female and pretty easy to hear (vehicle navigation only has the voice). It has a headphones jack which I connected to the 'aux in' of my audio system in the car, and so get the voice through the car speakers.
I still much prefer printed maps to a GPS. But, there's a lot to be said for a device that's your navigator, when you are driving somewhere alone. If it didn't have the locking up problem, I'd rate it 4 stars. And, if the POI's were more current (I don't know if they ever even upgrade/revise these), I'd rate it 5 stars.
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