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Bushnell Onix400 GPS XM Receiver | 
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| Brand: Bushnell
Category: CE
List Price: $529.99
Buy New: $428.74
You Save: $101.25 (19%)
New (10) Used (1) from $349.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 24488
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: 20
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 11.5 x 9.6
MPN: 36-4000
Model: 36-4000
UPC: 029757364005
EAN: 0029757364005
ASIN: B000OEZSXQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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
This handheld GPS combines navigational aids, satellite photography and XM weather 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 Weather, layered over a georeferenced satellite map of your location keeps you prepared. It's all housed in a rubberized defensive armor built to XPX7 waterproof standards, with a high gain SIRF GPS receiver. In your palm.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Capable unit with lots of uses December 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buildbr /The first time I picked up the unit, it felt very natural in my hand. The construction was solid. The rubberized back and glassy front were a nice contrast. The first thing that popped into my head was that this was a military grade device. The bulbous head which houses the antennae and protruding battery pack were pronounced, but had a natural feel to it. After holding it a few times, the unit fell into my hand with my trigger finger wrapping around the battery pack while my thumb held the unit securely in place. It is very easy to navigate with only one hand. br /Although I never plan on submerging it, I can see how the waterproofing can come in handy especially in navigating in the rain or getting to a favorite duck hunting spot. I have wiped it clean with a moist towel and there were no problems as expected. br /The top access panel houses the port to the external antennae. This is used to connect headphones or more commonly an auxiliary cable from your car radio. The bottom port is used to connect a mini usb port and to charge the unit. Unfortunately the bottom port does not have a swinging hinge like the top port so any day now I will lose the plastic connector that must be removed to recharge the unit. br /Grade: A-br /Comments: br /*It did feel very comfortable in my hand, but it is on the large sidebr /*Including a protective plastic screen cover would be nice. I can see the screen getting scratched with continuous usebr /*The bottom port cover is easily lostbr /br /Buttons and Function Navigationbr /When navigating, the screen is far enough away from the controls, so there is no screen blocking when moving around the controls. I like how there aren't too many buttons to get confused with. It took me a while to figure out that certain buttons needed to be held down to activate, but once I did, it was a breeze. br /Switching between topographical maps and aerial views was easy. The scrolling function on the map was too slow though. It should have an increasing rate of scroll as you hold the button down. This is important if you're semi lost or choosing between a Y in the road. If you want to see a mile to the east, it takes quite a while to scroll that way. br /All of the buttons feel good and are easy to reach. br /Grade: Abr /Comments: br /*Easy to usebr /*Not clutteredbr /br /Satellitesbr /As the directions note, it takes one or two minutes to acquire satellite locks. I commonly see 8-12 satellites once everything goes green and locks. It is very clear once the unit locks on as the satellites turn green and your exact location and altitude are displayed. br /br /Geocachingbr /I am a novice geocacher, but when I entered the coordinates of 3 caches, I was able to find one. What I didn't realize is that besides entering the coordinates, you should also read the description and hints which would've made me three for three. There is a geocaching mode or set of settings which I didn't look too deep into. I believe that other GPS systems have a true geocaching mode with logging and cache maintenance. I'm not sure how important that would be for a casual cacher as myself.br /Grade: Bbr /Comments: br /*It seemed to work finebr /br /Off-Roading/Trailsbr /This was my most anticipated use for the GPS. I recently bought an off-road capable truck as well as a guide for off-road trails in my area. These trails were very detailed and also included GPS waypoints for each trail. Since many of these back country roads are poorly marked, GPS waypoints are vital. I set the waypoints for each trail. It was nice to be able to have long names for these waypoints. For example, I can name 01 Switzerland Trail through 05 Switzerland Trail and then connect them all by using the route feature. br /The aerial maps were a big help for off-roading as well. When there was a fork in the road, the aerial view showed me which way each trail went. I could then either follow to my waypoint or compare the coutours of the roads to the maps drawn in the book. br /I could have used a louder beep when the way point was reached, but there may be a setting that I missed. br /The downside was that my book listed coordinates in days, hours and minutes, while the Bushenell GPS companion required the coordinates to be input as decimal hours. I had to go online and convert all of my waypoints into the appropriate format before I entered them into the GPS. This can be very time consuming. There should be a feature to switch between the three coordinate types. br /Grade: B+br /Comments: br /*Creating waypoints and linking them together was easybr /*I need to see if I can increase the volume for waypoint arrivalbr /br /Car Drivingbr /Although this unit is not designed to be a driving direction assistant, it does have major roads on the base map. With the aerial view downloaded and overlaid, it can be helpful when driving in unfamiliar areas. The car mount would be needed so I don't have to look down at the screen. br /Initially I was disappointed to hear that there was not a rooftop car antennae adaptor so I figured it couldn't be used inside a car. Although it is marketed as a handheld hiking and hunting device, it would be helpful to have an external antennae so that driving to a favorite hunting or hiking spot would be easy. More importantly for me is driving on off-road trails. Luckily I found that if the satellites were acquired outside of the car and I placed the unit on the dash, it would keep locked about 90% of the time. If I lost a signal, I would push it forward on the dash. br /Grade: Bbr /Comments: br /*Not its primary function, but works well enoughbr /*Need an external antennae br /br /Mapsbr /I do like the idea of downloading individual maps, but as I begun to do more of it, I found it to be a pain and tended to be quite expensive. Other models offer entire regions for hundreds of dollars, whereas this unit had the ability to only purchase what was needed. I bought $25 worth which equates to 25 map sections. br /From what I can tell, not all areas have L2 and L1 maps, but it still allowed me to purchase them. On average, an off-road trail will take about 8 sections of L1 maps due to the meandering of the trail. Combine that with both topographical and aerial views and its $16 per trail. There are dozens of trails in the area so that can add up. Alternatively if I could download all of Clear Creek County for $40 that would be a bargain and save me a significant amount of time downloading and transferring maps. br /Grade: Cbr /Comments: br /*Too expensive for downloading a lot of mapsbr /*Relatively cumbersomebr /br /Firmware Upgradesbr /The upgrade process was fairly painless. My unit was a bit outdated and it took about 5-7 minutes to update it. With the update came a newer base map which was more detailed as well as some minor tweaks to the software. All that needed to be done was a two step process of dragging and dropping certain firmware files into the proper directories on the unit while it was connected via the usb cable. Although I was told it was normal, during the upgrade the screen flickered quite a bit which can be disconcerting. br /
 Good idea BUT....... October 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought it was a great idea and I bought it to use on my boat in Lake Winnepausakee so it can guide me while cruising and I can listen to the satellite radio BUT I was faced with the following problems:br /1-It took me 3 trials to activate the XM radio, after that it could never update the weather data. The radio reception was erratic eventhough I was using it in the middle of the lake,no buildings or trees blocking?br /2- The software does not work with Vista,I kept going in circles and I had to use my old XP computer br /3- I could not download any of the maps I was going in circles and I had to contact the support service, they were very helpful but they discovered that the unit was defective and they asked me to send it back to be fixed.br /So far I dont have a functional unit to give a real review the only thing positive was the support technician who was very helpful.
Bushnell Onix400 GPS XM Receiver August 15, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is one of those products that can either be a great thing or can be a great disappointment... All dependent on actual need / intended use.br /br /For me, it has been a great product that met my needs. I like to do a lot of camping and hiking in the middle of the woods and all I need from a portable GPS is just the basics. Let me mark locations, get me from the car to the camping site or marked locations and get me back. For this, I don't really need advanced features such as street routing, a POI database filled with restaurants, gas stations, etc. For that, I use the navigation system on my car.br /br /Having said that, pretty much, any of the portable GPS devices meet my requirements but what attracted me to the Onix 400 was the addition of the XM Weather receiver. That extra feature, for me was worth the price as it does come in handy to be able to see when storms are coming, their severity and to be able to estimate roughly when it will be on top of you and how long it will be before it passes once is on top of you. br /br /While the GPS with the Weather feature has been great on my outings, I do have a few complaints, which I did make sure Bushnell knew so that they can improve the product.br /br /1. While XM does seem to work during bad weather provided the device is out on the open, it is useless when one is stuck inside a tent while waiting for the rain to stop. The GPS does have a connector to allow peripheral devices to be connected, including an external antenna, but Bushnell does not offer such an antenna. The closest they have is a headset with an antenna, but is not designed to take the role of a real external antenna. Cable is short and because of it being a headset, I don't believe it will be a good idea to leave it out on the rain for any extended periods of time.br /br /2. The cost of extra batteries. Only Bushnell batteries can be used due to their design. These batteries are not cheap to be able to buy a couple of spares, so one has to trade real time info for battery life. Pretty much, to extend battery life, once you get to where you need to be (Camping Ground),turn the unit off and if the sky shows signs of bad weather approaching, turn it on, wait for the XM signal to update the Weather info, then turn it off again.br / br /For me, this has not been a major issue, as turning the device off is what I would have done anyway with any other portable GPS without XM and turned it back on when on the move. Just thought other users may want to be aware of this.br /br /In summary, if you are looking for a portable GPS specific to outdoor activities and would like to keep an eye on severe weather, this is a GPS for you. br /br /If you want to use it as an MP3 player or for urban door to door navigation... br /br /Have you looked at Tom Tom or Garmin? br /br /br /br /br /
 Excellent GPS...takes a while to learn July 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great GPS unit! The ability to show either base, arial, and topo maps is really nice. With the XM functionality, you can see weather coming in on the radar, as well as 5 day forecasts. It takes a little time to learn how to download and manage the maps but once you get it down, it's a piece of cake. We use it while camping/hiking/fishing. It really comes in handy to have the arial views when you're visiting new parks. It helps to scout out new camping or fishing areas. The XM radio functionality is a nice extra but tends to eat the battery a little quicker.
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