Hi all,
When Nancy and I saw Jeff's Magellan Roadmate 500 GPS, we knew we wanted a GPS. I'd been playing with the idea for some time anyway. Well, I recently purchased a Magellan Roadmate 700 GPS at a great price and have had a great time with it, learning it and roaming around the Chicagoland area with it - all in preparation for the 2005 camping season (is it spring yet!).
Now that we are at a point where we need to buy a larger tow vehicle to pull our 'yet to be ordered' Heartland Landmark (Mt. Rushmore floor plan), I have some decisions to make in the cab area on how I want to go about placing and interfacing my travel electronics (stereo system, GPS, satellite radio, LCD monitor for rear camera, iPod MP3 player etc.).
I am toying with several configurations but I want to hear from others as to what GPS systems you are using and what kind of luck are you having with them. Please indicate brand, model and type (factory in-dash, aftermarket in-dash, external on-dash etc.).
On one hand, it would be nice to not have the Magellan on top of the dash and be able to use an in-dash unit (factory/oem or aftermarket). But I just don't know how good the factory units are (from firsthand knowledge). I have read that factory (the auto manufacturer's OEM unit) units are not that great.
Love to hear from you all. Take care,
Jim
When Nancy and I saw Jeff's Magellan Roadmate 500 GPS, we knew we wanted a GPS. I'd been playing with the idea for some time anyway. Well, I recently purchased a Magellan Roadmate 700 GPS at a great price and have had a great time with it, learning it and roaming around the Chicagoland area with it - all in preparation for the 2005 camping season (is it spring yet!).
Now that we are at a point where we need to buy a larger tow vehicle to pull our 'yet to be ordered' Heartland Landmark (Mt. Rushmore floor plan), I have some decisions to make in the cab area on how I want to go about placing and interfacing my travel electronics (stereo system, GPS, satellite radio, LCD monitor for rear camera, iPod MP3 player etc.).
I am toying with several configurations but I want to hear from others as to what GPS systems you are using and what kind of luck are you having with them. Please indicate brand, model and type (factory in-dash, aftermarket in-dash, external on-dash etc.).
On one hand, it would be nice to not have the Magellan on top of the dash and be able to use an in-dash unit (factory/oem or aftermarket). But I just don't know how good the factory units are (from firsthand knowledge). I have read that factory (the auto manufacturer's OEM unit) units are not that great.
Love to hear from you all. Take care,
Jim
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