The fully loaded Lowrance iWay 500C Automotive GPS+WASS Receiver with MP3 Player not only gets you where you need to go, but it also lets you relax along the way with your favorite digital music files. Simply pick a destination via the easy-to-use touchscreen display, choose your favorite tune, and you're on you way. The iWay 500C will automatically display the best route and give you turn-by-turn directions with voice and visual guidance while you listen to your music. And being WAAS-enabled means that the iWay 500C is accurate within three meters, making it a great fit for scavenger hunts as well as road trips.
| On-screen visual cues guide you through a route. View larger image. |
| 3-D display mode. View larger image. |
| Access 10 GB of MP3s through the music screens. View larger image. |
| The Lowrance iWay 500C features a touchscreen, GPS navigation, MP3 music, and more in a single device. |
With so many advanced GPS features and an easy-to-use interface, it's easy to see why the iWay 500C was the recipient of PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award and Laptop Editor's Award in 2005. But the iWay goes a step further by making sure that when you are relying on it to make your way, you'll never have to compromise on road safety. In addition to its voice guidance feature, the iWay 500C sports a Safety Passenger mode that allows a passenger to use the GPS features while the car is in motion. An easy-to-read five-inch diagonal display features a super-bright, backlit screen and sleek blue LED backlit keypad. These features combine to offer superb readability even under bright, sunlit conditions.
The iWay 500C is also designed to help you enjoy your time on the road. You can enjoy up to 10 GB of digital music files, or 5,000 compressed MP3s (depending on method of compression) on the device, which includes such music functions as browse files, play lists, repeat, shuffle, scan, and equalizer. Among the accessories that are included with the iWay 500C are a speaker/cigarette power adapter with volume control and 0.125-inch stereo jack, a hardwire adapter with 0.125-inch stereo jack for wiring into car's stereo system, and a suction-cup mounting bracket for windshield applications. The compact unit measures 6.1 by 4.5 by 2.15 inches (W x H x D) and carries a one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
iWay 500C GPS/MP3 player, cigarette lighter adapter with volume control and 0.125-inch stereo jack, hardwire adapter with 0.125-inch stereo jack, suction cup mounting bracket, USB cable, 110-volt AC to 12-volt DC power adapter, protective cover, touchscreen cleaning cloth, user's manual.
Product Description:
Choose your destination and let this iWAY 500C in-car GPS system/MP3 player lead the way. It automatically displays the best, fastest and easiest route and gives turn-by-turn directions with voice and visual guidance. And, if you miss a turn, it automatically re-routes you back on track. It’s also a 10GB MP3 player with a 20GB internal hard drive (10GB for mapping details and 10GB of storage space for music files). Includes a rubberized flexible base for dashboard or floor mounting.
Lowrance iWay 500C In-Car GPS Navigation System with MP3 Player and Color Touch Screen Display
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Lowrance iWay 500C In-Car GPS Navigation System with MP3 Player and Color Touch Screen Display
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Amazon.com Product Description
The fully loaded Lowrance iWay 500C Automotive GPS+WASS Receiver with MP3 Player not only gets you where you need to go, but it also lets you relax along the way with your favorite digital music files. Simply pick a destination via the easy-to-use touchscreen display, choose your favorite tune, and you're on you way. The iWay 500C will automatically display the best route and give you turn-by-turn directions with voice and visual guidance while you listen to your music. And being WAAS-enabled means that the iWay 500C is accurate within three meters, making it a great fit for scavenger hunts as well as road trips.
On-screen visual cues guide you through a route. View larger image. |
3-D display mode. View larger image. |
Access 10 GB of MP3s through the music screens. View larger image. |
The Lowrance iWay 500C features a touchscreen, GPS navigation, MP3 music, and more in a single device. |
With so many advanced GPS features and an easy-to-use interface, it's easy to see why the iWay 500C was the recipient of PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award and Laptop Editor's Award in 2005. But the iWay goes a step further by making sure that when you are relying on it to make your way, you'll never have to compromise on road safety. In addition to its voice guidance feature, the iWay 500C sports a Safety Passenger mode that allows a passenger to use the GPS features while the car is in motion. An easy-to-read five-inch diagonal display features a super-bright, backlit screen and sleek blue LED backlit keypad. These features combine to offer superb readability even under bright, sunlit conditions.
The iWay 500C is also designed to help you enjoy your time on the road. You can enjoy up to 10 GB of digital music files, or 5,000 compressed MP3s (depending on method of compression) on the device, which includes such music functions as browse files, play lists, repeat, shuffle, scan, and equalizer. Among the accessories that are included with the iWay 500C are a speaker/cigarette power adapter with volume control and 0.125-inch stereo jack, a hardwire adapter with 0.125-inch stereo jack for wiring into car's stereo system, and a suction-cup mounting bracket for windshield applications. The compact unit measures 6.1 by 4.5 by 2.15 inches (W x H x D) and carries a one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
iWay 500C GPS/MP3 player, cigarette lighter adapter with volume control and 0.125-inch stereo jack, hardwire adapter with 0.125-inch stereo jack, suction cup mounting bracket, USB cable, 110-volt AC to 12-volt DC power adapter, protective cover, touchscreen cleaning cloth, user's manual.
Product Description
Includes: speaker/cigarette power adapter with volume control & 1/8" stereo jack, hardwire adapter with 1/8" stereo jack for wiring, suction-cup mounting bracket, USB to PC cable, 110VAC to 12VDC power converter, & more. Lowrance iWAY 500C GPS Navigation System - This portable GPS navigation system is the perfect traveling companion. Whether you're going cross-town or cross-country, just use the 5" color touch-screen display to have the iWAY 500C automatically give you the best route to your destination. A 20GB internal hard drive houses 10GB for high detail maps, and another 10GB for optional MP3 music that can be played back with the built-in MP3 player. Built-in, precision 12-parallel channel GPS+WAAS receiver 5 Primary Keys 3 Selectable Mapping Displays - 2D Track Up, 2D North Up, & 3D Built-in, detailed and highly accurate NAVTEQ turn-by-turn database for the continental U.S. and Canada Turn-by-turn audio & visual cues Auto-Zooming Automatic recalculation of directions after a missed turn Street address searching, plus auto-routing choices to choose or avoid Toll Roads, Intestates and Left-Hand Turns Memory for up to 1,000 waypoints Maps can be updated through the internal USB port with a PC Safety Passenger Mode allows a passenger to use the GPS features while the car is in motion Built-in MP3 Player - supports MP3 & OGG Vorbis 20GB Internal Hard Drive (10GB devoted to high-detail mapping) Unit Dimensions - 6.1 (w) x 4.5 (h) x 2.15 (d)Customer Reviews:
Good until they improved it.......2007-06-15
I'm surprised to see people are still choosing this in 2007; although I suppose it might be a good choice to replace a built-in.
I bought mine about two years ago. It arrived with a mis-wired external speaker which I never bothered to return. I handwired in an fm modulator.
The unit seemed to do fair job with navigation until I upgraded the software a few times. After that, it started flipping through map perspectives like crazy (periodically). In fact, the latter version of the software never seemed as intuitive as it was when I first bought it.
Mine finally quit working a few weeks ago and I didn't have the heart to send it back. I can't justify the repair price when Garmin and TomTom are are making smaller units than can also be carried with you. This can help prevent theft or allow you to use them for hiking purposes.
The ideal model should have built in fm modulator, but those are regretably still quite expensive.
It's my first and last Lowrance, I will remember the name.
U LIKE IT. U BUY IT........2007-05-20
Run away from this junk!!!.......2007-04-07
iWay 500C perfect for my daughter (just left the nest).......2007-04-04
We figured a GPS system would help her a) Find her way to school, b) find her way home, and c) Navigate all her driving points in between.
I researched the most popular brands and the iWay 500 was one of the final 3 on my list for consideration. I sat down with my daughter and she indicated she would like the large display offered by the iWay 500 (it's huge! and heavy). We discussed the weight and decided she'd rather have the large display and she'd be leaving it in the car anyway.
So we bought the iWay 500. My wife and I test drove it for a couple weeks before my daughter came home to get her car to set it up and get the feel for the unit. My daughter hates to look at directions, and really doesn't care to 'explore' electronics (unless it's her phone!) so I wanted to see how difficult it was to use.
It was easy! My wife and I tried it out on trips in our area in Virginia (with some trips for 'avoid highways and toll roads' that took us through beautiful farms on our route) and we absolutely got hooked on it.
We have decided that everyone driving in the family is going to get a GPS for Xmas this year!
The size of the display is truly a plus - you just glance down and you can see that 3-D 'aerial' view of your route. It is just amazing with the gas stations, food stops, lakes, parks, etc all labeled and going past on the display.
The unit clips in and out in a second if you want to take it inside.
We didn't hook the 'audio gear' into the stereo system in the cars - the speaker connected to the cigarette power adaptor was plenty of sound to hear the directions the voice was giving us.
This was our first exposure to GPS and we found the amount of 'talking' just right. 'She' didn't talk too much, and she wasn't overly quiet.
Finally, we enjoyed 'ad-libbing' and ignoring 'her' (the iWay's) directions for our own amusement at times - in every case, the trip was re-calculated and the reassuring violet 'path' appeared with the route to our destination recalculated for the path we were now on.
My daughter safely drove hundreds of miles to her college, and is using the iWay to find her way to the parks and recreation areas near her school. Knowing our girl's sense of direction, it gives us a great feeling to have that violet path guiding her to and from her adventures.
We love this device.
Pray you don't get one that doesn't work!.......2007-03-27
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