Comments on: Omnitech 4.3” Portable GPS with Text to Speech

By: chaz

chaz — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:36:32 +0000

I’ve had it a couple months or less and it always locks up once you get to the “go map settings” screen. You press one of these buttons and you hear the click but it freezes up and won’t do anything. It happened when it was in a hot car but I hit reset and it worked. The next time it just froze and now won’t work past the “go map settings” screen no matter what. If staples knew this was a piece, then why sell it? Why not send it back to the manufacturer. Bad customer service, bad product, disappointed customer…

By: Dawn Lowery

Dawn Lowery — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:57 +0000

The reviewer is correct-this unit is JUNK! I have had it since Christmas (taken good care of it) but it freezes up and won’t hardly unlock. Mine started one day having 3 lines thru the screen now there are 6! Staples won’t stand behind the product and I’m getting ready to contact the manufacturer to try and get these issues resolved…Save your money or you will be disappointed!

By: CUTEGIRL

CUTEGIRL — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:06:30 +0000

I JUST RECEIVED THIS GPS UNIT A FEW DAYS AGO AS A GIFT. I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE. THIS UNIT IS VERY SLOW AND LOCKS UP. IT ALWAYS SAYS CONNECTING TO SATELITE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SOFTWARE TO USE TO FIX THIS.

By: Kendo

Kendo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:27:33 +0000

I just bought one and after two days, it froze up on me. I have not been able to unlock it.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:15:57 +0000

I have the same problem with my unit freezing up, someone mentioned that replacing or adding new software would fix it, could someone tell me what that software is?

By: Ronald

Ronald — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:33:17 +0000

We had the same bad experience with this device. It constantly kept freezing up, and at this point, it will not even find a GPS signal. It is a load of junk and will go straight back to STAPLES.

By: David Norton

David Norton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:41:58 +0000

Worked 5 minutes and lost signal. It would never connect to satelite again. Waited 3 hours lol, tried everything it is done. just gonna take the hit and get me a Garmin.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:02:43 +0000

I have this gps and it worked great for about 4 months but is starting to lock up now and not connecting to a sattelite at all most of the time. I don’t understand why one day it just started to fail. I think i’m going to mod the software as was mentioned earlier. Thanks for the info.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:34:02 +0000

I don’t know about the other commenters experiance, however I purchased one of these units and it is CRAP! I used it twice before it froze and continually freezes even when reseting. Buyer beware….sometimes you get what you pay for. I wasted the money on this piece of crap, instead of just purchasing a well reviewed gps. Additionally I do have to say that insulting the reviewer of this device, whom is correct, is juvenile and unnecessary.

By: smoffitt

smoffitt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:48:01 +0000

I have this GPS and it has locked up on me and I can not get it unlocked. i have tried everything. I even tried taking it back to Staples and they won’t even touch it. You have to go thru the manufacturer..blah blah blah. I am done with this – it is a piece of crap. After having Lowrance and it being stolen, yeah, this is junk!! It is true – you get what you pay for.