Lowrance XOG
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To find my wife’s work place I added the name and the unit had no reference for it so I added the state and city and it asked for the numbers of the street address and then the name. When you are typing things like names it will wait for you to get a few of the letters up and then list all the names using that information to make typing faster.
The unit works very well for navigation and has a large data base of information for addresses of businesses and places of interest but there are other uses for the XOG. You can carry it around and use it for a portable music player and picture viewer on those trips as well. It makes a quick and convenient way to show off a few pictures to friends or family once you arrive at your destination and to have a portable music player that sounds pretty good.
You can also connect headphones or speakers to the unit using the 3.5MM audio connection as well as connect it to a cars audio system if yours has an audio in on the radio/CD player as many now do. The audio or music from the player comes out the small internal speaker that is a bit faint and would probably not work well for something like a party but if you connect a pair of headphones it sounds really good, just like a regular MP3 player.
The device also connects using the audio to external speakers just like a set of computer speakers and also sounds great, you can connect the USB connection to any handy computer for constant power as well. I tried them out with an outstanding speaker system called the mStation Orb and the sound was great, the music played just like my computer system with clear high tones and nice deep bass. The Lowrance XOG has an SD card slot so you can purchase a Secure Digital card to carry around all that music and pictures as well as those downloaded maps.
The Lowrance XOG has a 1000 point storage capacity for addresses so you have plenty of space to store spots like vacation points or even hiking spots. The nice thing about the Lowrance XOG is the internal battery that is rechargeable and lasts a good long time. You can remove the unit from your car, go on a hike or walk and use the XOG for a quick navigator or to pick spots for a nice route log. The unit will start to recharge as soon as you connect the USB cord to your computer or your cars battery through the car power adapter.
The Lowrance XOG comes with the unit with its built in map system, a mount device with suction cup and a plastic mount using tape, a car adapter and a mini USB cable for connecting to your computer. The XOG can be mounted on a bicycle or other vehicle using various mounts also available from Lowrance as well as used with the various downloadable maps or preloaded ones on SD cards.
The Lowrance XOG Crossover Navigator is a nice handheld and vehicle mounted navigator using GPS accuracy and a huge database to keep you from getting lost and to find your destination no matter what it may be. I highly recommend the Lowrance XOG for an easy and simple to use navigation system that is pretty affordable for a car GPS unit.