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Bushnell Onix400 Waterproof Hiking GPS | 
| Brand: Bushnell
Category: CE
List Price: $529.99
Buy New: $77.99
as of 9/7/2010 21:36 MDT details
You Save: $452.00 (85%)
New (73) Used (3) from $77.99
Seller: MacroElectronics
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 24701
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 20
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 11.5 x 9.6
MPN: 36-4000
Model: 36-4000
UPC: 024140761409
EAN: 0024140761409
ASIN: B000OEZSXQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| » | TruView Navigation with Satellite Photography | | » | Screen layering | | » | Safe track battery conservation mode & Night mode | | » | Custom User Profiles | | » | XM Satellite Weather and Entertainment |
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Product Description
ONIX 400
GPS Navigation System
The world's first and only handheld GPS with satellite photography and XM NavWeather.
Navigate using an actual satellite photo of your surroundings - layered with all your tools, waypoints and other points of reference. Subscription access to real-time XM NavWeather and more than 170 channels of XM Satellite Radio programming featuring news, sports, talk, entertainment and music.
Introducing the world's first handheld GPS to combine navigational aids, satellite photography and XM NavWeather on a single screen. It shows you the perfect pinchpoint for this wind. And how you should dress for the day. NEXRAD weather data downlinked via XM NavWeather, layered over a georeferenced satellite map of your location keeps you prepared. It's all housed in a rubberized defensive armor built to IPX7 waterproof standards, with a high gain SIRF GPS receiver. In your palm.
Warning: This device is intended as a supplemental navigation aide only. The user assumes all responsibility with the use of this product.
Features:
- Layer a satellite photo, topo map, compass, navigational aids and XM services on a single screen with TruView Navigation
- Extra-large 3.5" full color LCD
- Downloads and displays georeferenced satellite photography
- Displays XM NavWeather data on the GPS map*
- XM Satellite radio entertainment including XM sports*
- SafeTrack battery conservation mode
- SiRF® GPS receiver
- Digital compass
- Embedded 128 micro SD card
- Rugged rubber armor
- Waterproof (IPX7 rated)
*With XM Satellite subscription
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 18
 hope your a millionaire! August 14, 2010
Chris Ireland (BUGTUSSLE,NE.)
first class piece of crap,no street maps, no-existant, even then you have to pay for what they do have, $30 for weather, $30 for music. returned first day!
Avoid the Onix 400!!! June 14, 2010
Marine2171 (Texas)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
After owning this for 6+ months, I have come to the conclusion that it is awful. The software design bases the maps on cells - there are several cell levels and each map within that cell group must be loaded. I.e. pull up city X, it loads L3 maps of city X. Now zoom in, it must load L2 maps, now zoom in again, it must load L1 maps. These map files are not the same even though the maps themselves are the same area and are technically the same map just broken up. (This is complicated, the viewable area is 600x600 pixels. If you take a zoomed in Topographical map and cut it into 600x600 pixels you have an L1 map, then take 9 L1 maps and past them together, zoom out until it is 600x600 pixels and now you have an L2 map. Once more gives you an L3 map) This is potentially a LOT of maps that one must download - which, unless you get the 1 year unlimited subscription from Bushnell, is pay per map not pay per map set but per map cell!! You also cannot change your basemap which shows almost nothing.
Ok, so if the Bushnell map site actually works and you managed to download your files, now you must move them over to the unit. To do this, you must use the Bushnell software and allow it to convert the file again then write it to the very small memory card (128 Mb). Not enough space, upgrade to a max of 2GB (only a SanDisk card will work, I know, I tried many and Tech support said nothing about a specific brand of card!). Your boot time just increased by a lot. I only have 300Mb of map data, it takes 15min to boot up!!!
The construction of the unit is not that great either; functional, but not a good design. One small drop and you can crack it open at the top as it uses tiny tabs not screws to hold it together.
The unit will only work on a windows computer - the Bushnell software only runs on a windows computer. I haven't tried to use WINE to port it under linux, yet...
My unit couldn't keep a lock in a van in central Texas while on a Geology field trip... I don't use XM at all, so I cant comment on that. I also haven't used the weather feature yet, hopefully that will be its redeeming quality to make the purchase worth it.
After ripping this unit apart, I was disappointed to find that it is not hack friendly. The chip is an atmel chip which uses assembly language (which I don't know). The chip (a graphics processor) is commonly used in cameras.
My recommendation - don't buy it.
Interface Issues May 22, 2010
Bruce (salem oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have no idea how well the ONX 400 device functions. I found that the documentation to be poor at best. My major problem has been my inability to download maps to use with it. I have found Bushnell's GPS web site to be clunky, poor quality. You go through the download process and my system hangs and I do not get the maps. When you try to email for help using the website I get an error saying the bushenell email address is bad. So far this product has been a waste of time and money.
Wow this thing is terriable May 8, 2010
Jeffrey K. Walters Jr. (Bradenton, FL USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this on woot for what I thought was a steal... Now I am debating whether I should just cut my losses and trow it right in the garbage.
Do Not Buy this GPS May 1, 2010
R. Webb (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this in hopes of using the XM weather NexRad feature for hiking and camping trips. After spending over a month and sending it back to Bushnell as it did not work correctly, they claimed it was repaired supposedly. It still did not work as advertised after it was returned. They seemed to blame XM on the problem and after a great deal of research- XM no longer offers the NexRad radar in the basic $9.95 Skywatch package. You have to pay $29.99 a month for it on a more expensive package. Basically I am now out my cost for this worthless unit. Do not buy this for the XM weather features- completely worthless except basic forecast info.
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