Pharos IGPS-500

usability, performance, reliability

88% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

It is easily recognized by Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008, just as expected. First tried using it on my laptop indoors, but no signal. Walked outside the door, and it connected instantly. The device is accurate enough to pick up my basic movements of...

The GPS device itself as a Serial based device and comes with a Series to USB converter. The Serial-USB adpater has absolutely NO driver support under Windows Vista x64. Tried countless drives for several similar products, but still no-go. Using...

Small Receiver. Easy to set up on XP with Microsoft Streets & Trips

USB Cable not really long enough to run through dash and hide

very fast sat acquisition. takes only a few seconds to power-up and show location. design allows for many uses with optional accessories. sd-card or CF adapter for PDA, bluetooth, even rs232 for older laptops.

suction cup is on cable rather than on the unit itself, so the unit flops around while driving.

Quickly is recognized by Microsoft Mappoint. Sturdy product.

No problems

Good overall GPS Receiver. I use it wilt MS Streets and Trips. The driver installed OK in XP and had no problems.

Slow to start up.

The device does exactly what you can expect it to do. I have it working with MS Streets and Maps 2007, And its perfect.

The cord that came with it was a little short, so you may need to buy an extension if you plan to permantly place it somewhere on your car, instead of just throwing it up on the dashboard.

Compact and low cost

Flimsy plastic USB connector (x12-42936) wiggles too much and stressed the connections. The device cuts out at the slightest movement and makes it quite annoying to use. I will have to re-solder the connections inside the connector to correct it or...

Locks on to satellites fast (<1 min), provides good accuracy. I always show as being directly on streets in Microsoft Streets and Trips. Works great

Bluetooth would be nice

Just so people know, this is the same manufacture of the MS S & T GPS receiver

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It took about 5 minuets to set this up to run with MS street and trip ( i am using 2006). it has more features than i Knew, like Altitude( beside Latitude and longitude) gives you the speed that you are traveling( it matched the digital...

the only thing that i wish it had is to reconfigure the route if you miss an exit, it just says "off route" beside that its flawless