20 Most Recent Garmin StreetPilot C320 (010-00401-00) GPS Receiver Questions & Answers

I returned mine to Amazon after a nightmarish trip to Washington DC. Even though I bought it for $399 (versus the $499 now), I still found it not worth the money. It seems this model was a good attempt by Garmin .. but still has a long way to go before it is a professional GPS making significant contribution to the driver's navigation ability. Following are the seven things that annoyed me the most:

1. The screen in daylight is so dull. You can hardly see it. As somebody pointed out in an Amazon's review, I can't believe that Garmin engineers released this model after field testing. Shame on Garmin for doing that. (Those who say it's okay .. I admire your patience with it .. and appreciate your effort to avoid buyer's remorse)

2. The unit does not tell which street to turn on .. just silly commands like "Stay right and then stay right" even though there might be 3-4 intersecting streets. Without the street name, it is very easy to take the wrong street especially if you are in a busy downtown. I know that the street name comes on the screen .. but it's too distracting for a driver to look at the screen .. (however, as stated earlier, you can only make out the street name by looking at the screen if it is "non-daylight" condition)

3. The unit takes quite a bit of time to "acquire satellite signals". You keep sitting in the car until it does so. If you start driving .. it get's really confused .. seems to take even more time to acquire signals.

4. The accuracy and directions are sub-optimal. It took me through real complicated ways .. when I could clearly see in the map how easy it was to reach a certain place.

5. The suction cup mount is quite clumsy. The wire sticking out of the mount just adds to the clutter. Garmin adds the bean bag functionality to a higher priced model .. but this does not help the C320 buyers.. does it? (You can buy it if you shell out extra money).

6. Even though it claims to be a portable unit, it is very difficult to use it in hand - it is bulky for your pocket.. and places where you need it most like downtowns, hiking etc. .. it does not acquire signals easily due to maybe the building obstructions or something.

7. Amazon misadvertizes the selling price of the unit stating $749.99 as the original price .. thus projecting huge (almost 50% savings)... while the fact of the matter is that the official Garmin's Suggested Retail Price is $589.27 U.S.D. Amazon should be a little more ethical so as not to mislead the buyers using this falsely advertised saving projections.

Just FYI: I had the latest v7 software loaded in my unit during the trip.

Now feel free to disagree... this is just my opinion. I have tested it "a lot" .. and would advise you to wait a couple of more cycles before Garmin (or some other company) comes with a reasonably priced unit which does not have these fatal flaws

Press the Tools symbol, then press Time, then press Time Zone and select the one you want.

More than likely when you reinstalled the gps receiver (the board with the wires connected to it) at the top of the receiver you did not position it properly. If it is not positioned properly it will not receive a satellite signal

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I had the same problem - worked great for a year and yesterday was totally dead - not a hint of powering up.

I pulled the blue front "frame" off and held the reset button for about 5 seconds. It powered back up and works like a champ!

-Johnnyx

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You can download the owners manual from this page

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-00401-00&cID=164&pID=6384

Buyer Beware! Please read my article on this topic.

http://www.fixya.com/support/r1003730-ebay_buyers_beware_when_purchasing

- Jim

I suggest you take it to the store. Probably an internal errorr

i put a 2mb sd card in mine ,think cost me 10.00 i had to reinstall maps hold it all ,i have no problems

Update the firmware from Garmin website, and do master reset. That should fix the problem. worked on mine

Since the key are not working properly try Calibarting it do this Press and hold the power button until the Calibration screen came up and then follow the steps there.

Yes, even a 2GB card will work in the Garmin Streetpilot. You will transfer your additional maps to the SD card, plug it into your unit, and then go to the Map System page to activate which map you want to see.

hi, my garmin c320 has a clear view of the sky but it cant track any satalites i don't know what to do. or if there is anything to do. can some please help me. thanks

Darrin, goto to this linkhttp://www8.garmin.com/manuals/StreetPilotc320_OwnersManual.pdf.restore all the settings to default and see if this helps you out.can you please rate me and let me know,also do you have any after market accessories in your car?also try the unit in another car while its running and see if the unit charges---if it does then the problem lies within you car.

Check the plug in to be well fitted. perhaps looses connection.

Hold a finger on the upper right corner of the screen while powering up the unit. This should do a master reset.

The go here to download an update.