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Keep us updated on it as I have looked at the same one. May get one if you have a positive experience from yours. Tired of using phone or trying to make a car one work on the bike.
I wouldn't skip on something like a GPS. I have been using Garmin since the late 1990s in airplanes as well as in the car and I wouldn't recommend anything else. I do understand the motorcycle side of Garmin GPSs are pretty expensive, but you get what you pay for. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.Would someone like me be better off spending the money on a Garmin?
Well, my experience has been a little different than your opinion of a device you may have not seen or used in person. There are folks that swear by Tom Toms, Magellans, etc. and don't trust Garmins. We have Garmins at work and our NUVIs models have crashed and burned and refused to boot (system error). Garmin makes a great product (although the one I used in Europe died pretty quickly - ZUMO550). This is just another less expensive option for folks who are interested. Mine have managed to get me all around the USA (Alaska included), Canada, and New Zealand. The GPS software is the one that is used in most automobile GPS systems in Europe, so it works well. And hopefully, no one will follow their GPS off a cliff or have a heart attack if the silly thing burps ... ;-) It's just a question of value versus how much function.I wouldn't skimp on something like a GPS. I have been using Garmin since the late 1990s in airplanes as well as in the car and I wouldn't recommend anything else. I do understand the motorcycle side of Garmin GPSs are pretty expensive, but you get what you pay for. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
I was there but by then I had already bought my GPS, and I was impressed that you set it up while being distracted by various conversations.I help set Gizmo's up in the Cracker Barrel parking lot in Ohio in a few minutes.
I forgot about that. But nowadays, that 'forgetting' seems to happen more often ..... The great thing about memory loss is you wake up with all new friends everyday! ;-)I was there but by then I had already bought my GPS, and I was impressed that you set it up while being distracted by various conversations.
AFAIK do you need to pair a headset only with the GPS, and the phone only to the GPS (as "hands free kit")...I had a phone already linked to the Sena using A2DP and the GPS wouldn't connect.
Nice to know about the music issue - I had a hunch that the processor was just not enough to do both. I have my own MP3 player so I never went down that road. I just merge my Radar Detector, MP3 player and the Rage into an Amplirider and into my Valk CB system which works really well for me.(BTW I did load some music on the Rage but the performance was dismal, stuttering and laggy.)
I have ordered a GPS from Chinavasion and I have been looking for the IGO software does anyone know if it is available for down load or is just available on micro SD. I guess that I am just impatient. I didn't get the Rage but I got this https://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/GPS-Sat_Nav_Devices/Portable_GPS/5-Inch-Motorcycles-GPS-Navigator/