Audiovox GMRGPS FRS/GMRS/GPS Transceiver

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Summary: Great product, has a great radio and a easy to use gps.
Review: Great product, has a great radio and a easy to use gps. If you are thinking about buying a gps. Think: is it easy, does it have everything i need, and is it at a good price, Well this has it all.

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Summary: Works Great
Review: I recently purchased one of the GMRS / FRS / GPS tranceivers. It works great. I have one of the original Magellian GPS's from the days when they first came out. It has many of the same features however, the speed of finding GPS sattelites is much faster. Also, the radio features work great.

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Summary: Works Great
Review: I recently purchased one of the GMRS / FRS / GPS tranceivers. It works great. I have one of the original Magellian GPS's from the days when they first came out. It has many of the same features however, the speed of finding GPS sattelites is much faster. Also, the radio features work great.

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Summary: Audivox GMRS GPS
Review: Much like a computer, the GPS manages to freeze and crash the system. Though it easily starts back at the same place by turning the unit on and off, the freezes are all too frequent - perhaps this is version 1.0 of the software. I would not buy it for the GPS portion of the unit.
On the radio side, I have only used the FRS portion so cannot comment on the GMRS portion of the radio. It seems to work, though on the FRS portion, it certainly has no more range that my Motorola Talkabouts.
I believe the editorial review is out of date or incorrect. The FCC license is $..., not $.... It was changed on September 10th, but that was before the Audiovox was released by three months. ....

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Summary: Techno-gadgetry for the people and by the people
Review: Unit offers many conveniences in a single handheld product. It is great to use as a tourist, in the car/boat or camping. It offers communications cabilities w/o having to pay per call, and GPS with memory usable as a bread crumb trail....if only Hanzel and Gretel had. I have used in the city when travelling with groups, and was able to keep in touch, and find each other easily. The product claims 5 mile range, and clearly states your range may be less in certain areas; but, I was able to keep in touch while in a few major cities....in cars on freeways separated by over 3 miles, and on nature trails separated by more than 3 miles, according to onboard GPS w/o any difficulties. The unit has a convenient fold away antenna. The display has a lot of information displayed w/backlighting so it is easy to see at night or in car. The unit requires 4 batteries however, and life is sufficient but if communicating a lot....the batteries do not last for a whole day...but then again it is easy to carry extra batteries...especially when you have bought a product that actually works.
Minor issue, the piece is a little on the heavy side w/batteries, but a convenient carry case for the belt is offred, or it can be carried within a backpack. Obviously this isn't something that everyone would use, and the UI offers many features....the UI, requires a little time to get used to but once you do.....you don't need a manual to remember, as many icons are used. I really reecommend the case as it will certainly help protect it if it is dropped (as I have done), and the case prevents the units deisplay from getting scratched or wet. I have given this 4 stars as I don't believe anything short of extraordinary deserves 5. It's functional, performs well....and surprisingly as advertised....rare in todays techno-babble oriented consumer electronics industry. It is not for the faint of heart, who just wants to play with it....it should be used by someone who needs one...otherwise it may be considered cumbersome, in a nutshell.