Pharos PDR200 4-Inch Touchscreen Portable GPS with Text-to-Speech | 
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| Brand: Pharos
Category: CE
List Price: $159.99
Buy New: $89.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1413
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 3.2 x 1.1
MPN: PDR200
Model: PDR200
UPC: 818948002785
EAN: 0818948002785
ASIN: B001F4UBWM
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Fast route calculation by 32-bit CPU processor | | • | Advanced Text-to-Speech feature for easier navigation | | • | Ultra sensitive GPS for fast and accurate positioning | | • | 1G SD card includes Pharos Navigation software and US continental maps; NAVTEQ ON BOARD | | • | Larger, easy-to-read screen with Millions of POI's; search nearby, near destination, or in a city |
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Product Description
The Pharos Drive GPS 200 is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a very economical yet full-featured GPS navigation system. The Pharos Drive GPS 200 has advanced text-to-speech (TTS) features and a large 4" easy-to-read display. Everything you need to begin navigating is included. The bright touch screen display clearly shows your current position, direction of the next turn, remaining distance, and the estimated time to your destination. In addition, the Pharos Drive GPS 200 provides spoken directions which not only tell you the distance to and direction of your next turn, but also the name of the upcoming road so that you'll never have to wonder if you are making the correct turn (in English only). If you do miss a turn or make an intentional detour, the Pharos Drive GPS 200 quickly and automatically recalculates a new route to help you reach your destination effortlessly.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Great deal December 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This GPS is all you would ever want. The touch screen works very nice, and the voice is quite pleasant. The system is pretty fast in calculating your route, and makes an acurate position.
 Pharos PDR200 4-Inch GPS w/ TTS December 27, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Kudos on the economical price for a TTS GPS. Liked the speed limit alert and immediate route recalculation feature. Also enjoyed the large, bright, easy to read screen and qwarty keyboard. The Pharos PDR200 begans to lose points on the touchscreen feature. When tapping any of the buttons on the bottom it would trigger a button way above it, if it triggered a button at all. The device froze several times and had to be reset each time. When trying to use the POI feature and the Where I am button was selected, it would give me locations in Washington and I'm in Los Angeles. Couldn't figure that one out. The GPS also lacked judgement in finding the quickest or shortest route. When taking the freeway it constantly wanted me to exit the freeway and take the streets. Needless to say the quality of performance was not up to par.
Great GPS unit December 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this unit after doing a lot of research on everything that was available in the under $150 range. I have owned GPS units from several of the better known manufactures, and they all disappointed me when it came down to what was most important, which is getting me there via the quickest route without any surprises (Dirt roads, Dead ends, etc.). I have had the Pharos for over a month now and it has been an excellent device with intuitive software. I've already ordered another one for a family member.
 Looks nice, but BARELY gets ANY gps signal. December 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a disappointment- I bought this gift for my father for christmas.
Alright, so first off this product is not defective am I'm giving this product one star for its overall functionality. This item is not easy to use, at all, and the software is outdated. Having owned a tomtom and garmin already, I can tell you this item is comparable only as a cheap-knock off.
When you turn the unit on, there is complicated menu, and you have to PUSH the screen or else the button don't work. The unit is also very slow, frustratingly slow.
You might think if a product performs this bad, that its base function would at least work well. WRONG, it takes forever to get a signal, but you quickly loose it in wooded areas. And forget entering directions, the keypad is small and it couldn't find my home address!
After one day of use, I am sick of this product. I told my father I will buy him a better gps, and really because I feel so bad about giving him this piece of junk on one of the happiest days of the year.
With Tomtom units now selling at 100$ - 150$, I can't understand why anyone would buy this poor quality gps for almost the same price.
Excellent value for the price December 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent general purpose GPS unit oriented toward vehicular applications. The widescreen format LCD display is bright, crisp, and mine arrived with no dead pixels or other defects. A small stylus is embedded in the back right side of the case, and in general most of the functions can be accessed with a finger instead.
PROS:
Has both driving and walking modes, and is large enough to be useful while driving yet small enough to still be useful while walking around trails and downtown areas. Signal acquisition is usually very fast, but on occasion it has taken up to 3 minutes to lock in enough satellites to function. Text-to-Speech functionality is excellent, and gives you plenty of advance notice of when it's time to turn. Display is extremely bright, the speaker is suitably loud, and the user interface is serviceable. You can register on the web site to receive yearly map updates. You can also remove the unit's SD card without voiding your warranty!
CONS:
Obviously, maps won't contain any roads built in the last 18 months or so. Opting for Windows CE as a platform was probably not the best choice for something like this, and it shows in the absolutely abysmal amount of time it takes to search through points of interest as well as various stalls going into and out of some menus. The unit feels sluggish thanks to the OS's overhead, but I've read this is common to many GPS units. The user interface is serviceable, but far from optimal, with some elements being non-finger-friendly due to their small size. The placement and orientation of the charger port may be troublesome to some people.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
Contrary to some reports, this bundle does NOT contain an AC adapter, or a case. You get the unit+stylus, a DC car charger, and a car windshield mount. That's it. In short, it's well worth the money.
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