Avis sur le produitCARTE GPS couleur Garmin Streetpilot 2730 voiture moto écran tactile pilote de rue

Garmin 2730, upper midrange performer, low price

The Garmin Street Pilot 2730 replaced my Street Pilot 2620 which I sold to my Brother-in-Law for his sales job. BTW, he LOVES the 2620 as I did. The readily apparent improvements that the 2730 has over the 2620 is the audio interface. FM output is marginal in the big cities (Houston), but the headphone jack going to an adapter for either line in, or tape deck adapter, do quite well. It is nice to play mp3's and have the navigation voice pause the music to give directions and the music resumes where it left off. There is enough memory for quite a good amount of music. The remote control is upgraded with more functions. The remote function is the only thing about the 2730 that I have a dislike with. The navigation button in the center doesn't function like and [enter] button as the 2620 did. You have to navigate to the [done] box and then enter. It is somewhat distracting at times.

The 3D display function is annoying and turning it bad to 2D was the first adjustment I made to the unit.

The resolution of the screen is good, color is good. The accuracy of the navigations are a 7 on a 10 scale. There are some mis-steps, at which time my wife berates on my "Brittish whore-in-the-box". The Austrailian accent is also quite sexy.

Finding points of interest is still very easy. I really love this feature.

All in all, I give it an 8.Lire l'avis complet...

Good GPS

This is one of the better GPS. What makes this GPS worth some money is the fact that it has the ability to get Sat. radio if you have the GXM-30 antenna. It also has the storage of around 400 songs. Now for the bad it isn't supported for any new maps, and if you did get the last map that it came out with then you use all of it hard drive and that means loss of all songs and some of its functions. Now if you want it like I do for the Sat. radio for a MC then this one will give you that. I have two and also have the antenna's with them. Any 2730 without the antenna is not worth much. With the antenna it is well worth the price. Look up the antenna's you will find they trend for 80 to 100 dollars.Lire l'avis complet...

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Still prefer it to my more modern auto Nuvi.

This is my second 2730 and I also still have my 2720. I like the 2720 very much but the 30 has a few features I really like. The XM potential is great but the mp3 player is just fine for music for me. It's easy to set up with playlists and it is nice when your listening to music how the driving directions cut through. The buttons are big and mine seem to respond to my gloved finger prompts. It is accurate, has few false leads or spin-arounds--when the little car gets confused and behaves erratically and it has a pleasant array of languages and accents. The extra features are a god send when you need gas in a hurry or eats. It's overall big size is a plus to me but I have a good Techmount with the ram mount holding the 2730. Probably the reason I haven't moved on to something else (probably that will be the 550 when I do.) I think this is one of the best made units for Motocycle use. Can't go wrong at the prices they can be had for now. L O Riley

Once in a while it seems to take for ever to acquire satellites.Lire l'avis complet...

Great Product / Horrible Customer Service

The Garmin products are wonderfull, and the Street Pilot is a wonder choice for the motorcycle. The maps are far superior to other GPS, the screen colors and layout is wonderful.

The only problem with Garmin, is their customer service. It is by far the the worse i've ever seen. By purchasing a Garmin here on Ebay or from any other 2nd hand party you run the risk of the unit being registered with another user or being stolen. If that is the case you can not update the maps until it is unregistered and register in your name. Garmin will not unregister a product for you, will not assist you in anyway with contacting the person it is registered to and will insult you and be as rude as possible when you call them. When you do call their customer service, be prepared to be on hold for a min. of 35 min but most likely up to 45-60 min.

In summary, Great product, be sure it is unlocked, and don't bother with their horrible customer service.Lire l'avis complet...

"Used - 'sometimes' means abused."

I bought this Garmin product because I owned a 'refurbised' one just like it (til it was stolen)and it performed 'flawlessly'. However, I'll never buy another 'used' electronic item again. This GPS product starts out working good until it gets hot, then it jumps around through the screens and 'skips' the screen I need. I performed a 'Hard Reset' (to factory defaults), but did not help. The MP3 feature & internal transmitter work great, but makes a mighty expensive MP3 player. It doesn't give accurate mapping information once it begins acting up & seems to act up just when I need it most. If it were 'new' or 'refurbished' I'm sure my review would be a lot better. Just be wary of buying 'USED' electronics from anyone.Lire l'avis complet...

Garmin StreetPilot 2730 GPS Receiver

Even though I did not enter into a bidding contest, I am very happy with my purchase. After pricing various GPS models I became very impressed with this particular model and the price was very good. I did not know, however,that this particular model has been discontinued, however that does not seem to matter because I can still download new information from Garmin's website. The seller was extremely prompt in sending the product and it appears that he can be completely trusted in matters such as this. The GPS unit is extremely easy to use and get me to where I am going very easily. I did, however, experience a problem with the programing of a route because the best route was a very newly completed road which is not yet included in the mapping systems updates which can easily happen. I do get a kick out of the programed voice sounding a little discusted and saying "recalculating" when I go another way than what it has routed. I do find that it usually alerts the driver of an upcoming turn early enough to get into the proper lane necessary to make the turns. I have not yet tried it on a three or four lane freeway yet. All in all, it has been a very rewarding purchase.Lire l'avis complet...

Garmin 2730 GPS

This is my 4th Garmin and I'm a big fan of their products. Very easy to use, waterproof touch screen with large dual purpose buttons. The built in XM and MP3 player are very nice to have and easy to use. It's very fast to calculate routes and recalculate changes. The Traffic feature is not very usefull for my travels, but the weather maps and forecasts are especially nice to have on my motorcycle. It has a built in speaker port to plug in your earphones or you can use the built in speaker in the car or the FM modulator. You have to use the AC adapter out of the vehicle since it doesn't have an internal battery. It has many more GPS features that I have not used yet, am looking forwardto trying.Lire l'avis complet...

Traveling Buddy

This thing is awesome! I do a lot of traveling both for work and recreation, and with this thing I am not only never lost, I am never bored. This GPS replaced my old satelite reciever and the MP3 player I used for Audio books and music. The XM traffic overlay is usefull for identification of construction zones, but not really up to date enough for traffic accidents or congestion. The weather feature is great, with forcast info and severe weather alerts. The information that is displayed is customizable, so you can specify what information to display, such as speed, time etc. The touch screen lets you drag the map around, like you do in Google. Even when I know where I am going, I love that this thing tells me exactly when I will get there.Lire l'avis complet...

Garmin 2730

Garmins are great for making maps with tracks for giving to my friends after a Jeep Run to show where they have Been that day..... I love my 2730 for the large screen.

The Best!

This is a Great Unit! Immediately upon taking this unit out of the box,it was up and running.The reason why I selected this unit is because I did a little research and I was trying to find a unit that would come closest to that of an-in-car navigation system that luxury vehicles have,This unit has it all! If you are just driving,it shows you exactly where you are and the cursor turns as you turn.There are multiple map views tozoom in and out from.The The farthest zoom is the view of the entire U.S.A and the closest zoom is pinpointed to the street that you are on.You can search an address or pull up a list of attractions,food,lodging,etc. The unit is touch screen and comes with a remote control.As you are driving,the unit also displays your speed and if you enter in a destination,it will diplay the appx.time that you will get there.So cool! You have to subcribe to XM radio (for a fee) to access all of those cool features.It also shows you the phone number to the stablishment that you enter in.You can also check the weather at locations that you enter.I love this unit and I would Highly recommend this to anyone who is in the market for a GPS device.Lire l'avis complet...