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DiscountDelight - Garmin StreetPilot c330 GPS Vehicle Navigator
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List Price: $964.99
Our Price: $439.99
Your Save: $ 525.00 ( 54% )
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Manufacturer: Garmin
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Garmin
EAN: 0753759047917
Feature: WAAS-enabled, 12-parrallel-channel GPS receiver for vehicle use
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garmin
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model: 010-00401-10
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Garmin
Special Features: Distance
Studio: Garmin
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Features
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WAAS-enabled, 12-parrallel-channel GPS receiver for vehicle use
Preloaded MapSource database includes 5-million-plus North American points of interest
3.5-inch diagonal, 16-bit color display with simple touch-screen interface
Automatic route calculation with turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions
Includes USB cable, suction cup mount, and AC adapter; 4.4 x 3.2 x 2.8 inches (W x H x D)
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Garmin versus Tom Tom
Comment: My wife and I couldn't decide which GPS to buy. My wife comes from a family of loyal Garmin customers, and I thought the Tom Tom looked like it was a little more intuitive, and I liked the screen readout.
Here's how the Garmin and the Tom Tom stack up:
The Tom Tom allows you to save a GPS position in a couple of quick steps: about the time it takes for a stop light to change. The Garmin requires you to stop your car at the side of the road, bounce around a half dozen screens, then when you save your location, it defaults to "001" not "53 Lincoln St." Now you have to change the name - Oh, wait, someone is trying to tow my car!
Taking an alternate route with the Tom Tom - much easier. Taking an alternate route with the Garmin. You probably ought to park your car somewhere.
You want to enter an address - they're about the same, but who came up with the idea that the street number should come before the street? With the Tom Tom, you go: state, city, street, then number - sounds logical right? The Garmin, you go, state, city, street number, then street. Something about that is just whacky. Or if I was speaking in Garminese, "Something about that is whacky just."
Alright, still can't decide? I haven't done any exhaustive analysis why this happens or if it's just with streets in my town, but if a street goes between two towns, say for instance, one end of the street is in Greenwich and the other end is in Warick. The street won't show up in Warick (even though my mail goes to Warick), but it does show up in Greenwich. To optimize my Garmin, I carry a handy road map to determine which town I might have to look for.
The Tom Tom has a great little screen readout: it has the street you're on (very handy in New England where only half the streets have signs) and how far from your destination. The Garmin has a funny little readout that gives me my estimated arrival time. Somebody who lives in Nebraska came up with this idea. This doesn't work for anyone living in Boston. I'd like to buy the Garmin accessory that gets my car to the destination at the arrival time; otherwise, I'll think about moving to Nebraska.
In fairness, the thing that the Garmin has over the Tom Tom is that the Tom Tom is not easy to pop into it's carrier, and the Garmin, pops in and out quite smoothly. I also like that the Garmin's volume control is on the side, and I don't have to poke around the screen.
You'll also be glad to know that every day you plug in your Garmin, you'll get an onscreen agreement that you have to tap before you can start. I think this is what it says:
"The user of this device agrees not to
operate it while the vehicle is in motion."
They mean it - you'll have to park your car. Don't try to drive and change things on the Garmin. That's an accident waiting to happen. Garmin has the best lawyers in town.
Price-wise, Tom Tom and Garmin are about the same.
Problem is, my wife won't let me use the Tom Tom - she was the one that wanted the Garmin and now I'm stuck with it, and she's loving her Tom Tom. I don't blame her.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I'M A HAPPY WOMAN
Comment: I just want to Thank everyone for their reviews that influenced me to purchase the C330....I'm the woman you see driving in circles around your neighborhood and you think "She must be Lost".....well those days are over....This little neat, compressed item is the best thing I could have ever purchased for myself.....I used it today to find a location I had never been and it was dead on...used right out of the box, with no instruction manual....I was able to use it and get to my destination WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS..........I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: What More Could You Want?!!
Comment: I bought the c330 for my husband's birthday. We were amazed at how it is "out of the box" ready. After going through a few initial set ups, it was reading our location and ready to go to work.
We had so much fun testing it out. Operating it is so simple. The voice commands are clear and distinct. The mapping on the screen is also amazing since you see upcoming side roads and intersections. It even shows the curves on the road ahead.
It has all the features the average traveler would want. My husband's job requires a lot of travel and he sometimes has to locate addresses in other cities. This will be the perfect tool for him and will make his life a lot less stressful.
While listening to the female voice give directions, my husband spoke back to the voice saying, "Lady, where have you been all my life?" Ha!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Super System
Comment: I would like to compliment Garmin in building a "Super System" when they put together the StreetPilot C330 GPS. I am not new to GPS systems....I have had marine GPS and vehicle navigations GPS systems for the past few years, but I have never had one that is more user friendly than the C330...especially right out of the box. I was very sceptical with the reviews, so I put the C330 through my own "torture tests"....if I had to give it a numerical rating on a 1-100 scale, I would rate it at 99. I tried my very best to "fool it" or at least "confuse it" but in every instance the unit proved to be almost 100% accurate.
The only suggestion that I might render (especially to new users) would be to print out and study the "user manual" from the Garmin web site...there is some very good in-depth information therein.
Again, thanks Garmin for putting out a "QUALITY" product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great package for the directionally challenged --***UPDATED***
Comment: This was my very 1st GPS unit (bought after much research). Now I can confidently go anywhere! (w/o a mapquest print-out...which sucked if U missed a turn!) And that new-found freedom and confidence is absolutely AWESOME!
-Reasonable price for what U get.
-Great resolution, large screen -- but not obstructive -- and good sound control w/ clear voice.
-Saves your searches, so U don't have to keep re-entering info. I'm a big fan of the "go home" tab. Easy touch-screen icons. VERY user-friendly to enter info to start a search.
-Has plenty of memory; U don't have to download maps for the U.S. (it comes built in!). Just get in your car, enter your destination, and go!
-Portable enough that U can disengage it from the mount and hand-carry it (for ~3 hrs). A lil'l bulky as a hand-held unit, though.
-Tells you appox. what time U'll reach your destination.
-If you use one of the icons (e.g., restaurants), it will show U a healthy list of restaurants, how far away from U they each are, and in what cardinal direction they're located in respect to U.
-Using the "tools" tab located on the bottom of the main screen you can configure what U wish to avoid by clicking on the "navigation" tab (e.g., U-turns, major highways, toll roads). I've found that keeping the "avoidances" option as "disabled" helps; gives U more chance of truly getting the "fastest route".
-For the directionally-impaired, as long as U have this & can get satellite reception (which is pretty good), YOU WILL GET TO YOUR DESTINATION!
DOWNFALLS: This may be true for all GPS units though. Hmm...
- My mount frequently falls off my windshield! No matter how hard I push the suction cup into the glass. Can be very irritating.
- Does give choice of shortest & fastest routes but it still will tend to take U on side/residential streets, which are often NOT the fastest route. I personally hate roads w/ lots of stop lights too.
-If there's a road closed/blocked and U drive past it (because U have to!), it often tends to keep trying to bring U back to the road U can't use! U have to just keep driving away from the unwanted area until the gps finds a new route. Can be frustrating. (And as far as I can tell, there's a "detour" button/tab that may help in that situation, but I haven't tried it yet.)
-It takes a bit of time to calculate where you are every time U start it up. Garmin could definitely improve this area.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Garmin has introduced two new in-vehicle GPS receivers for use in your car or truck, the StreetPilot c320 and Street Pilot c330. We'll be discussing both in each description as both are virtually identical with one key difference. The c320 comes with Mapsource City-Select award-winning software on CD (for installation into a notebook or desktop computer) and uses a 128MB SD card which allows you to download a particular region for GPS mapping as you drive. The c330, on the other hand, comes pre-loaded with highly detailed MapSource City Select street data of the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The database features an industry-leading five million-plus points of interest?including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. So, if you do lots of long-distance continental driving, the c330 may be the better value for you. If you usually stick to driving within a section of the country, the c320 might just be the best for you. Both are exceptional units but you must choose which is best for you. Either way, you can be assured that you'll get where you want to go easily and comfortably. Choose between a three-dimensional navigation view or the more traditional ?bird's eye? overhead view Each boasts distinctive and sleek styling?the only buttons are a rotary volume knob and an on/off switch. The device is secured by a suction-mount cradle that fastens to the windshield for easy portability among vehicles. Users can customize their unit's appearance with an array of colored faceplates (sold separately). WAAS-enabled 12 parallel channel GPS Built-in patch antenna; MCX-type connector for optional external GPS antenna connection Unit dimensions - 4.4? W x 3.2? H x 2.8? D
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