mageelan crossover GPS

I have one. It has VicMap loaded which is very ordinary around town along with Navteq which I understand is the op system and realy dumb , but the further away from the city into the bush the better it gets. I understand there is an updated version of the map which may/shud make it better. Its options - fastest/shortest/most or least use of freeways (Navteq I assume) does not seem to work- just whatever it decides-frustratingly dumb at times...updateable versions may/I hope make it much better....silverback

Personally I wouldnt waste your money on the Crossovers. I brought hubby one and after about our 3rd trip I sent it back to GPS Oz in Sydney and told them to keep it and do what ever they wanted with it. It kept freezing all the time, hardly any of the tracks were named on it and alot of pressing buttons to change states. For driving around Melbourne or Sydney using the turn by turn was good, but we brought ours for in the bush, not the city.They told me the upgrade fixed 90% of the problems, but I was not prepared to take the chance and we were heading to Tassie for 2 weeks. They ended up replacing it with an XL, which is what I originally rang to order, but was told the Crossovers were just as good, if not better. We are now happy with the XL, and wouldn't recommend the Crossovers to our worst enemy. We certainly dont think they are worth the money. I was very happy with the outcome from GPS Oz though, they were great about it.
Karen

Barely There.

Just bought three of the new Aldi (Tevions - Aldi Brand name) navigators.

Shut up! Bonz, just sit back and listen for a change.

I purchased the first one they released around the beginning of last year (07) I think it was, and found it excellent to use.

It ran out of info/data once off of a made road, however still tracked and gave you a bearing to the next available made road. egGoogs track itself wasn't on it, however the made roads at the beginning and end of same were even though they were dirt.

It had all the redlight, speed cameras on it and other bits and pieces of useful info, plus the usual useless info as well.

The only issue I had with it was obtaining a map/data update.

Apparently it ran on one of the European systems and nobody thought of organising an updated version of the maps or it was too hard. Who knows the promised update never came but the new Navigator did (LOL)

Original cost AUD$279 from memory and the new one $179. At that price you get a new navigator, new system (Navteq) and up to date mapping.

A bit of useless info:

Nokia just bought Navteq for either $5 or $8 billion dolars so that they can included in their phones world wide.

Down side:

Aldi sold out at most stores on day one. You may be lucky if choose to buy one.

Take a deep breath Bonz as the Doctor says its good for you.