Kilroy
Premium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Sterling Heights, MI
| reply to Maccawolf
Re: New toy (magellan 4040 GPS)
said by Maccawolf  :from what I understand, and I may be wrong, I believe it is ILLEGAL in the US for your GPS to play MP3/WMA (whatever) while navigating. I read that somewhere when I got my first unit that was capable of playing music. Heck, that's what my stereo if for anyway..... I think music is fine, video is the problem. The Harman Kardon® GPS-510 plays video, but navigation is disabled when doing so. The GPS-510 plays MP3s and WMA files while navigating, but I can't set up a play list so audio books and music that makes sense in order, i.e. a musical don't work. If all I wanted was music I'd be fine.
Another issue I have with the GPS-510 is that it doesn't always tell you about having to take a Michigan left. This is a, as far as I know, thing that is unique to Michigan. In order to turn left you either go past and make a U-Turn on a small connecting street or go right and do the same, no turns at the actual intersection. The GPS-510 seems to be hit and miss when you need to do a Michigan left.
Then we have general navigation, my girlfriend's Magellan tells you where to be if there is a junction, the GPS-510 is under the impression you know to stay on the road until it tells you to turn. Clover leafs are a good example, the Magellan tells you to exit right and then stay left, it doesn't make a lot of sense until you see what the road is doing. The GPS-510 just tells you to exit and you're on your own. I don't know if this is typical of the Magellan brand, but having used the Magellan first makes it hard to accept anything less.
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