Magellan Triton 300 Handheld Navigation System

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3.1 x 8.4 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000V4PXSY
• Item model number: Magellan Triton 300
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,850 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 11, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description Magellan Triton reinvents handheld GPS. Triton 300 is amazingly easy to use with a smartly designed interface and simple menus that make navigation fun and effortless. The full-color crystal clear display shows all your maps and navigation information in brilliant, easy-to-view graphics. Instantly view all your maps, locations and saved tracks and waypoints using the intuitive scroll pad and direct-access buttons. Unlike other complicated devices that require you to scroll through screen after screen, Triton 300 gets you to the information you want in two or three clicks.

The next-generation handheld GPS for precision outdoor navigation. Click to enlarge.

Simple menus, instant access buttons, intuitive scroll pad and crystal clear graphics let you navigate with ease. Click to enlarge.

See your direction of travel, distance and position of destination, heading, bearing, speed and more on the beautiful graphic compass screen. Click to enlarge.

Ready to guide you on any adventure. Click to enlarge.

Add detailed maps and applications to the available memory and further enhance your navigation experience. Plus, Triton is the first handheld GPS to offer compatibility with National Geographic TOPO! State series and Weekend Explorer 3D maps. These highly detailed nation-wide topographic maps based on USGS 1:24.000 series quads, offer seamless scalability, multi-layer overlays and much more.

Exclusive VantagePoint software enables easy management of maps, user generated content, updates and upgrades on your PC. View saved routes and tracks. Customize them for future trips or create new ones.

Triton is designed for precision navigation, offering the fastest GPS positioning acquisition in the industry with the SiRFstarIII chipset. An integrated high-sensitivity antenna provides reliable signal reception even in heavy cloud cover, canyons or deep woods. Built-in signal augmentation reception (WAAS/EGNOS) provides 3-meter accuracy.

Rugged and waterproof, the Triton 300 is built to withstand intense use, accidental impact and immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes (IPX-7). It's ready to guide you on any adventure.

The advanced features are also easy to use. View the elevation profile for the trail ahead (or any route). See the precise time of sunrise/sunset any day of the year. Get a calculation of the best hunting and fishing time. And much more.

Triton is built on the experience of GPS users over nearly 20 years of precision positioning technology from Magellan: the first name in navigation.

Magellan Triton 300 Features

Amazing ease-of-use
Reinventing handheld GPS, simple menus, instant access buttons, intuitive scroll pad and crystal clear graphics let you navigate without the need for a Ph.D.

Full-color 2.2" display
The large display shows maps, simple menus, navigation screens and other data in brilliant color.

Built-in maps
Basemap of the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, and Canada (major highways, city centers, bodies of water and more) plus worldwide geographic boundaries.

Access exclusive VantagePoint software
Lets you easily manage user generated content, updates and upgrades on your PC. View saved routes and tracks. Customize them for future trips or create new ones.

Add detailed maps
Upload marine cartography and topographic maps, including the highly-detailed and feature-packed National Geographic TOPO! state series and Weekend Explorer 3D Maps.

Compass screen
See your direction of travel, distance and position of destination, heading, bearing, speed and more on the beautiful graphic compass screen.

3-meter accuracy
SiRFstarIII chipset and integrated multidirectional antennae offer superior GPS accuracy using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

What's in the Box
Triton 300 GPS receiver, Quick reference guide, manual on CD-ROM

Product Description

The Triton 300 is so easy to use that its user manual may never make it out of the box. It reinvents handheld GPS by combining exclusive compatibility with National Geographic TOPO!® maps, new Magellan VantagePoint¿ content management software, a rugged, waterproof design, and the essential feature set that outdoor enthusiasts need and expect.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Firmware\Software not ready for use. Wait on purchase., January 1, 2008

By	A. Kao (San Jose, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nothing but frustration. Works fine for a few hours and then constantly locks up (pressing any button has no effect). I wait for more than 10 minutes and it still does not do anything. Ended up having to reboot by removing the batteries... except removing the batteries causes you to loose the current trail data. This would happen daily. Work fine in the morning and then a mess by the afternoon.

Very poor instruction manual (basically no info and website was useless as well) I'm an engineering but I still like to have some reference manual explaining functions that I don't understand.

VantagePoint software was not very good either.

Battery life is horrible. I don't have any other to compare with but leaving it on to record a trail I don't get more than 10hrs of time with a set of alkaline AAs (with back light off of course).

Will be returning this until a few more versions of firmware go by or more likely I will buy a Garmin instead. National Geographic TOPO maps sounded cool but if you can't get the stupid thing to work what is the point?

Purchased 12/2007 tried to update firmware and software but already had current versions.

Firmware, Date - 1, 24, 0,

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wait for bugs to be worked out or buy another brand, January 7, 2008

By	R. Coburn "Robert8750" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After approximately 20 hours of using the Triton 300 in the field, these are my impressions.

The good:
Quick to power up and initialize.
Rugged construction and feel of case.
Clear bright screen.
Navigation fairly easy and intuitive.
Good battery life.
Compatible with National Geographic 1:24000 maps

The bad:
User manual is incomplete leaving out a lot of necessary information. Some of the information is just plain incorrect and unit will not function if directions are followed.
Unit locks up (every time) after connecting to TOPO! and Vantage Point (Magellan's software) requiring a battery to be pulled out to reset the unit.
Approximately 15-25 times in the twenty hours, upon pressing a key the unit would lock up. A continuous sound would emit as if the key was being held down. The only alternative was to pull the batteries out to restart.
Magellan tech support (India) claimed they would have one of their Senior members call be back within the hour to help with some issues. 20 days later....still no call.
Much difficulty connecting for map and waypoint transfers.

Overall Impression:
A ton of aggravation I could have done without!It is very obvious Magellan rushed product rollout despite tons of bugs in the software and inadequate documentation(Manual).

Recommendation: Unless you love frustration, wait for them to work out the bugs.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not User Friendly, January 1, 2008

By	Mel - See all my reviews

This is my first GPS, and I have no idea how to use it. It has already locked up when reviewing the features with the instruction manuel. This product maybe better for somebody with more experience, but I will be purchasing something more use friendly.