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Posted by Shawn E. Hale on March 10, 2009, 8:12 pm


I did a lot of research and reviewed several different GPS units and found
that the Sony NV-U94T was the device best suited for me and on sale for $199
at Radio Shack. But when I asked the sales guy for one to buy, he checked
and said Sony had discontinued them and they had none in stock. I went back
to the Sony website and sure enough, all of their units are discontinued. I
got in an online chat with a Sony sales rep and he said that they are not
manufacturing new units "at this time." I was very disappointed. I am
looking to replace a Magellan 3000T with ancient maps and locking up
problems and this Sony had all the features I wanted. I may go ahead and
buy it anyway (Amazon has them) as the maps are more current than what I
have now and just replace it in a few years when other manufacturers may
come up with a model I am happy with. (Sony discontinuing GPS device
manufacturing may be old news here but I thought I would post it just in
case.)



Posted by Carl on March 10, 2009, 8:50 pm



>I did a lot of research and reviewed several different GPS units and found
>that the Sony NV-U94T was the device best suited for me and on sale for
>$199 at Radio Shack. But when I asked the sales guy for one to buy, he
>checked and said Sony had discontinued them and they had none in stock. I
>went back to the Sony website and sure enough, all of their units are
>discontinued. I got in an online chat with a Sony sales rep and he said
>that they are not manufacturing new units "at this time." I was very
>disappointed. I am looking to replace a Magellan 3000T with ancient maps
>and locking up problems and this Sony had all the features I wanted. I may
>go ahead and buy it anyway (Amazon has them) as the maps are more current
>than what I have now and just replace it in a few years when other
>manufacturers may come up with a model I am happy with. (Sony
>discontinuing GPS device manufacturing may be old news here but I thought I
>would post it just in case.)


Have you tried a firmware update for your 300T to solve the lock up issue.
Also there is a newer map you can find all that here.
http://www.magellangps.com/support/product.asp



Posted by Shawn E. Hale on March 11, 2009, 10:44 am



>>I did a lot of research and reviewed several different GPS units and found
>>that the Sony NV-U94T was the device best suited for me and on sale for
>>$199 at Radio Shack. But when I asked the sales guy for one to buy, he
>>checked and said Sony had discontinued them and they had none in stock. I
>>went back to the Sony website and sure enough, all of their units are
>>discontinued. I got in an online chat with a Sony sales rep and he said
>>that they are not manufacturing new units "at this time." I was very
>>disappointed. I am looking to replace a Magellan 3000T with ancient maps
>>and locking up problems and this Sony had all the features I wanted. I
>>may go ahead and buy it anyway (Amazon has them) as the maps are more
>>current than what I have now and just replace it in a few years when other
>>manufacturers may come up with a model I am happy with. (Sony
>>discontinuing GPS device manufacturing may be old news here but I thought
>>I would post it just in case.)
> Have you tried a firmware update for your 300T to solve the lock up issue.
> Also there is a newer map you can find all that here.
> http://www.magellangps.com/support/product.asp
Thanks for the suggestions but I am current (the firmware and map update was
from 2007). And the maps are ancient. I think it is just time for a
change. I am so disappointed with the Sony situation!



Posted by Carl on March 11, 2009, 3:45 pm



>>>I did a lot of research and reviewed several different GPS units and
>>>found that the Sony NV-U94T was the device best suited for me and on sale
>>>for $199 at Radio Shack. But when I asked the sales guy for one to buy,
>>>he checked and said Sony had discontinued them and they had none in
>>>stock. I went back to the Sony website and sure enough, all of their
>>>units are discontinued. I got in an online chat with a Sony sales rep
>>>and he said that they are not manufacturing new units "at this time." I
>>>was very disappointed. I am looking to replace a Magellan 3000T with
>>>ancient maps and locking up problems and this Sony had all the features I
>>>wanted. I may go ahead and buy it anyway (Amazon has them) as the maps
>>>are more current than what I have now and just replace it in a few years
>>>when other manufacturers may come up with a model I am happy with. (Sony
>>>discontinuing GPS device manufacturing may be old news here but I thought
>>>I would post it just in case.)
>> Have you tried a firmware update for your 300T to solve the lock up
>> issue. Also there is a newer map you can find all that here.
>> http://www.magellangps.com/support/product.asp
> Thanks for the suggestions but I am current (the firmware and map update
> was from 2007). And the maps are ancient. I think it is just time for a
> change. I am so disappointed with the Sony situation!
And if you buy one will you get any support if something goes wrong. And
what about map updates. Seems there will be a lot of upset people.



Posted by Shawn E. Hale on March 11, 2009, 4:35 pm



>>>>I did a lot of research and reviewed several different GPS units and
>>>>found that the Sony NV-U94T was the device best suited for me and on
>>>>sale for $199 at Radio Shack. But when I asked the sales guy for one to
>>>>buy, he checked and said Sony had discontinued them and they had none in
>>>>stock. I went back to the Sony website and sure enough, all of their
>>>>units are discontinued. I got in an online chat with a Sony sales rep
>>>>and he said that they are not manufacturing new units "at this time." I
>>>>was very disappointed. I am looking to replace a Magellan 3000T with
>>>>ancient maps and locking up problems and this Sony had all the features
>>>>I wanted. I may go ahead and buy it anyway (Amazon has them) as the
>>>>maps are more current than what I have now and just replace it in a few
>>>>years when other manufacturers may come up with a model I am happy with.
>>>>(Sony discontinuing GPS device manufacturing may be old news here but I
>>>>thought I would post it just in case.)
>>> Have you tried a firmware update for your 300T to solve the lock up
>>> issue. Also there is a newer map you can find all that here.
>>> http://www.magellangps.com/support/product.asp
>> Thanks for the suggestions but I am current (the firmware and map update
>> was from 2007). And the maps are ancient. I think it is just time for a
>> change. I am so disappointed with the Sony situation!
> And if you buy one will you get any support if something goes wrong. And
> what about map updates. Seems there will be a lot of upset people.
In my online chat with Sony, they directed me to Navteq regarding future map
availability. So I emailed Navteq and got this reply:

Currently Sony does utilize our map databases however we do not produce nor
distribute discs for their systems at this time. For information please
contact Sony directly at http://www.sony.com/nav-u . If sony stops making
updates for their system, NAVTEQ will not make updates on their behalf, we
apologies for any inconveniences.

The Sony site shows a map update will be released in April, 2009 but that is
questionable now I suppose.



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