Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps

You looking to find the "Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps" Good news! You can purchase Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps with secure price and compare to view update price on this product. And deals on this product is available only for limited time.

Price: $149.99    

Product Feature

• 1 3.5" GPS Navigation System Fully loaded with USA & Canadian Maps
• 1 Mini USB Cable
• 1 Car Charger/1 Home Charger/1 Device Holder
• 1 Cradle (handle bar clamp)
• 1 Stylus pen/User manual/Includes Spare Battery

Product Description

This GPS Navigation system, will allow you to easily ride your Motorcycle, without any worries of ruining your GPS. This is Fully waterproofed, and includes all USA and Canada Maps. This system will also work well in any car- as it comes with a suction cup. This GPS can also play music when an SD Card is inserted. It comes with Bluetooth feature as well. Package Contents: 1 3.5" GPS Navigation System Fully loaded with USA & Canadian Maps 1 Mini USB Cable 1 Car Charger 1 Home Charger 1 Device holder 1 Cradle (handle bar clamp) 1 Stylus pen User manual Spare battery Display: 3.5 inch touch panel, TFT screen 65536 colors Resolution: 320*240 Memory: NAND Flash support 64MB to 8GB Antenna: Real built-in antenna (built-in GPS high sensitivity receiver 42 channel) Bluetooth: Built in FM Transmitter: Built-in KT0806 FM Transmitter Audio: MP3/WMA9/WAV Video: WMV/ASF/MOV/MPG Photo: JPG/TIFF/PNG IN-PUT/OUT-PUT: SD / MMC/TF slot, capacity up to 8GB (support TF HC) USB: USB 2.0 Device (Mini Port) CPU: SAMSUNG S3C2416 processor 400MHz Operating System: Microsoft Windows CE NET5.0 Core version Navigation Software: iGO, Route66, TOMTOM ,Ndrive...etc. Buttons / Switches: Hardware Power ON/OFF Switch and Reset Switch

Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps Review

I ride a motorcycle, generally use my smart phone for navigation but I found the cost of the waterproof case was more than this unit costs. The gps itself works well enough and since it runs on windows mobile five it should be possible to load other software onto it besides what comes with it and map updates should be pretty easy too. It comes with a mount that somewhat permanently mounts to the handlebars and has pins in the back that contact contacts on the back of the gps thus making a waterproof power connection, the mount also has a small shade so it's easier to see the screen in bright daylight. The mount also has a small stylus/screwdriver in a holder on the back of the mount. The unit has bluetooth capability so you could pair it with your bluetooth helmet headset or a dogtag style bluetooth that lets you plug standard wired helmet speakers into it.

The unit can also play mp3, display photos in jpeg format and apparently also supports electronic books (although they don't say what format it supports). This unit functions like any memory device (memory stick, mp3 player, sd card) etc. when plugged into windows XP and higher, it's seen just like a hard disk etc. and you can move files on and off it with your pc. This unit has a memory card slot inside the battery door. The outside of the unit has a rubberized power switch on the left and a mini(not micro) usb connector on the right side that has a rubberized cover to keep water out, there is also a small round hole there that might be for headphones (book doesn't mention it) or a reset button. There doesn't appear to be an external reset button or hole to put a paperclip etc. into, unless it's that little round hole next to the power jack. The mount the unit arrives with appears to be for a bicycle handlebar--tiny, it certainly will not work on the one inch handlebars common to most motorcycles (some are 1.25 inch, but most common is one inch). Due to the mount issues I went to gpscity.com and ordered RAM mount parts to fix the issue (around 20-30 bucks and you can pick the parts to your own taste as they are sold individually). The plate on the back of the mount is the industry standard four screw pattern so it was easy to order the plate with the one inch ball and mount it on the back of the gps mount, the stock screws don't work, they're too short, the RAM mount part comes with like three different lengths of screws so find what you need and use those. The wire to the gps has a quick disconnect in it should you want to use it on another bike or remove the whole mount from the bike to frustrate thieves, but the power converter is quite far down the wire where it goes to the power supply; so you'd actually have to order more cables for each bike (does anyone even sell them?). I was able to thread the wire through the front end and around the tree and used zip ties to make it all neat (just make sure nothing gets crimped or strained when you move the front end), a little wire wrap (plastic) also helps protect the power wires from engine heat; especially on an air cooled harley. I used a fuse box tap (accessory fuse) so I didn't have to cut into my wiring harness and that also ensures there will only be power when the key is on so you don't run down your battery. (My 2011 sportster has an accessory fuse & harley uses mini fuses not the big ones like older cars use.), You plug the tap into the accessory fuse socket, insert a fuse into the tap and then tie devices into the red wire coming from the tap, the black wire just goes to any ground, probably a convenient ground around the bottom of the seat someplace. My complaint with the wiring that comes with it is that the wiring is darned tiny, almost so tiny that I'd fear for durability and I had a little problem attaching them to the fusebox tap and the ground (kept pulling out of the spade connectors I used they are so small).

The unit works good but you will be replacing the stock mount to use it on your motorcycle right away. Sharkmotorcyleaudio.com sells this gps and you can also find them on ebay, they respond to emails but you don't get a lot of help from there either. They did offer me a mount when I complained about what came with it but I didn't feel it would work, I notice they have a few more mount products now for sale. I have asked them about map updates and was basically told to go look myself. If you ask me they should carry them in the online store. I had my unit about two months and one of the batteries (2 come with it) died and they promptly sent me another new battery no hassles. The batteries appear to be a standard cell phone battery, if you search on the letters/numbers on the battery you find them all over ebay pretty cheap. The battery door on the back uses two screws to secure it, I find it frustrating to take that door on and off, it has to be all lined up just right or the screws won't screw down tight. All the screw spots on this unit have metal sleeves not just plastic so the doors and mounts should be pretty sturdy and not cross thread easily. I have seen one or two references to this unit on forums but still haven't found any instructions for loading new software or maps. I did find a website for the software on the unit but it would appear they only sell the product on memory cards these days and I have my doubts that would work here; haven't written to them yet about it. I think it's a good product other than you'll be spending around thirty bucks to replace the mount and the wiring harness uses some darned tiny wires, and then there are map update issues. In a year or two when the maps are intolerably out of date it looks like you might have a little problem updating the software that comes with it. If you can figure out how it should be possible to put another gps program on here but you'd need to know the hardware specifications to know if it will work and the software has to support touch screen; you can find a lot of information in the settings on the gps including map dates.

This product obviously comes out of china, probably why it's so difficult to get any real support, they sell the hardware and it's someone else's problem to put software on it and support it. It's a product worth the money but at some point you'll be asking for techie help or doing a lot of research to either update the software or the maps.

Note: There are several other brand names for what appears to be the same unit, at least three of which are sold here: Sharkmotorcycle audio SHKGPS2040, Movewell MH-310H, Owat 35MT. Don't seem to be web sites for any of those companies or horsepower either.

Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded USA & Canada Maps ...