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(More customer reviews)The Magellan GPS 315 and 320 are outstanding units. What may be unclear at first sight, is that these units are identical, differing only in the fact that the 315 database has more land based locations, while the 320 has more nautical ones. All these can be updated via CDROM anyway. Hence the price difference is accounted for only by the fact that the 320 already comes with a PC connector + power supply cable for car use. In the field, satellite acquisition is fast and reliable, even mounted on a car dashboard with no antenna. Having used the 320 for some time, I cannot think of any extra functionality which needs to be added. The software is clearly the result of actual field trials and offers 9 practical and useful navigation screens which are quick to access and intuitive to understand. For newcomers, I would recommend 1-2 days navigating in your local park in order to properly understand the large number of menus available. You dont want to be guessing during a real trip. For example, invoking the BackTrack option can create a large number of waypoints. At first, I found it quite tedious to delete these after use. Later I learned that a Clear Memory option does this with one keystroke - very neat. These units are easily superior to comparable Garmin 12 models - mainly due to their much higher resolution displays and light weight. The Garmin displays are comparatively coarse until you consider the much more expensive models. I cannot imagine navigating across land or sea now without one of these Magellan units for backup. In fact, they are such a joy to use that the map and compass tends almost not to be used - although you would be wise never to be without the latter.
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GPS 315 12 Parallel channel, hand held receiver with wrist strap and user guide.
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