Product Description

Easy to Use GPS Navigation. You drive, we guide. It's that simple. High Speed Mapping. Uniden's 400MHz onboard processor assures real-time accuracy and lightning fast mapping and remapping of routes. WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System). Utilizing both stationary and moving GPS satellites, Uniden's MapTrax GPS units have a pin point accuracy down to 3 meters. POI (Points of Interest). From the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge, your GPS unit comes preprogrammed with 4 million point of interests throughout the US and Canada. Text-to-Speech. Please turn left on Washington. Your MapTrax unit not only tells you when to turn, but it also tells you exactly which street to turn on so you can keep your eyes peeled for the street sign. 3.5 LCD Daylight Viewable Display, SiRF III Receiver, 830mAH LiON Battery.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62765 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Uniden
• Model: GPS352
• Released on: 2007-01-15
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 6.00" w x 6.00" l, 3.00 pounds
• Native resolution: 240 x 320
• Display size: 3.5

Features

• GPS navigation and mapping unit with a compact design, large 3.5-inch TFT LCD display, and cutting-edge technology
• Features text-to-speech navigation and pinpoint positioning accuracy down to three meters, all powered by NavTeq navigation software
• Automatically adjusts between night and daylight viewable settings in accordance with the time of day
• Includes a pre-loaded, full map of North America, over 4-million POIs, 2 gigabytes of internal map memory, voice-prompt functionality, and a 400 MHz processor for real-time accuracy
• Completely portable with a rechargeable 830 mAh Lithium-Ion battery, a weight of only 2 pounds, and dimensions of 9.5 x 4.5 x 8.5 inches (W x H x D)

Amazon.com Product Description
The Uniden MapTrax GPS-352 is constructed with a high-quality SIRF III GPS receiver, and is WAAS enabled (Wide Area Augmentation System) so it gets signals from orbit and terrestrially for the greatest level of accuracy. Both easy and quick to use, this unit features simple route planning functionality so you don't have to spend half your drive preparing to start, as well as turn-by-turn voice instructions to make sure you stay on track without distraction. The MapTrax provides you with access to a total of up to 2-million points-of-interest putting Uniden at the top of the industry in offering navigational information for a wide-range of locations. The Uniden MapTrax GPS-352 is completely portable with a rechargeable 830 mAh Lithium-Ion battery that provides up to three hours of life, a weight of only two pounds, and dimensions of 9.5 x 4.5 x 8.5 inches (W x H x D).

Uniden is bringing drivers a new option in automotive GPS navigation with the Uniden GPS-352 MapTrax Automotive 3.5-inch Turn-by-Turn Navigator. The GPS-352 MapTrax features a compact design, large display, and cutting-edge technology. You also get innovative features such as text-to-speech navigation and pin-point positioning accuracy down to three meters, all powered by NavTeq navigation software.

The Uniden MapTrax GPS-352 includes a high-resolution, 3.5-inch TFT digital color LCD screen that automatically adjusts between night and daylight viewable settings in accordance with the time of day. The daylight viewable setting minimizes glare while the night-view setting offers a bright, easy-to-read display. In addition to excellent picture quality, this portable GPS system is equipped with an intuitive user-interface and Easy Touch screen that lets you control all the MapTrax functions and make adjustments according to your preferences. This unit comes with a pre-loaded, full map of North America complete with over 2-million POIs (Points of Interest), and includes two gigabytes of sd card map memory so you can download or add anything you need. A windshield mount provides for easy and safe use in the car, while voice-prompt functionality allows you to focus on your driving. You also get the fastest available 400 MHz processor for real-time accuracy.

Customer Reviews

No text to speech, out of date maps and bad routing.
The GPS352 does not support text to speech. It will not call out the street names of the turns or exits. It only calls out the distance and the direction of the turn.

The maps are out of date. Roads that have been in my subdivision for 3 years are not on the map. As well as well known grocery stores. I would not trust this unit in unfamiliar areas. Of course that is the only reason to buy a gps unit...

The routing determined by the unit is very poor. It directs me to take local 2 lane roads the cross several railroad tracks (which are always busy) instead of the main 4 lane road which leads straight to the main highway. The unit ignores the fastest route and prefer highway selections.

The unit also replaces saved routes which are painstakingly created to avoid certain roads with the original calculated routes.

The windshield mount allows the unit to vibrate and shake making it difficult to read. When not shaking, the display is good.

Email from Uniden about updating maps
This is email I received after asking about updating MapTraxx SD card. Sounds like present GPS352 units are out-of-date and will never up-to-date.
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Uniden America Corp. has a development team focused on bringing new, innovative GPS products to the market. Recently we began developing software internally and plan to provide our own map updates for future GPS products. The GPS product you have does not have any map updates available and there are no scheduled updates for the future on that particular model. Uniden GPS units with updated maps are targeted to be available to consumers in 2009.
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Do I need to know where I am going?
The item itself is very nice and helpful tool, however for a young person of 75 years, it is more than I need. I liked the product, but not who I purchased it from, as they would not allow me to return it because I found that it was too complicated for me when I opened the packaging.