Pioneer AVIC-S1 Car GPS Receiver

Pros: Inexpensive, attractive, very portable, easy to use, provides pedestrian directions
Cons: No turn-by-turn list of directions, screen is on the smallish side

Brief History of GPS Global positioning systems (GPS) have been around in some form or another for almost 30 years. Originally, GPS was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense around 1978. It wasn't until the late '90s, though, that GPS ...

Pros: Awesome looking unit, great bright screen, nice leather case
Cons: Terrible routing, POI database is pathetic, awful customer service

In opening, I have owned 3 Garmin models, a Lowrance, and a MIO. I know what works and what doesn't and I know what to expect, in general. When the box arrived I was impressed with the nice case that comes with it, the overall appearance of the unit, ...

Pros: price, very user friendly, smart suggestions, physical buttons, screen display
Cons: not always reliable, powers on slow, pointless popups, loading time,

I do pizza delivery and cable instalation and has had 5 different gps systems for the jobs, I have to say this is the best one. However there are some flaws. Some features that I really like are: -buttons: I've noticed that most gps want to have lots ...

Pros: Ease of data entry
Cons: NBG in mountains

Just spent ten days touring Nova Scotia using the Avec S-1 GPS. On the whole I was very pleased with it’s performance. It navigated me flawlessly through and around Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa. Montreal would have been a nightmare without it as it was ...

Pros: EASY TO USE-GREAT PRICE-TELL ME WHEN MY TURN IS APPROCHING
Cons: ONLY 500 WAYPOINTS (MANUAL IS VERY VAUGE)

FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS A GOOD GPS FOR THE PRICE. I DID MY RESEARCH FOR A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE PURCHASING & IT SEEMS FOR THIS PRICE RANGE THIS GPS IS THE BEST YOU WILL GET. I ACTUALLY FOUND MINE ON EBAY FROM A POWER SELLING. WITH S&H TOTAL WAS $352.00. ...

Pros: Fairly easy to use and bought from Hooked On Phonics at a good price.
Cons: Very poor software that is not dependable. Promised software upgrade has not been provided.

I purchased my Pioneer after reading the very limited, but positive, reviews. Yes, it is easy to use; however the database is VERY inaccurate in Central Texas and in Western Oregon. The device turned me improperly on numerous occasions; several times ...

Pros: Small, excellent navigation, great windshield bracket, internal battery, price
Cons: None so far

We got this unit as an emergency to replace a broken Roadmate 760 unit. Imagine that the Roadmate ceased to function the morning that we were leaving for a 600 mile trip to the New England area. I was refunded fully for the Roadmate760 because it failed after only 2 months so I chose this unit instead. The best part is that I saved 100$ by doing this (Magellan was 799$ and this one was 699$).

The unit is really simple to operate, it contains the whole North America preloaded inside it's 2GO flash drive. You just have to plug it in, enter a destination (address, point of interest, city, zipcode) and it will navigate you there easily.

It features an auto remapping feature (in case you have to go off the course), you can choose between 2D/3D view and it can even be used to speak to the phone via its bluetooth connectivity function. It also contains an internal rechargeable battery, so you can take the unit with you to program it conveniently inside your house.

I just came back from this trip and it performed flawlessly. Get one now, this unit is really worth it!

Pros: Looks nice
Cons: No map updates

Have owned for 2 years - often takes me out of the way.  Wants to take me off of interstate onto secondary road, then back on interstate again regardless of fast route/short route setting.

I have owned Pioneer products for years and have always been happy with them...until now.  Paid $500 for it in March 2007 from a high end stereo store.  The map was generated in 2006 and was very outdated from the get go. 

Does anyone know where to find an updated AVIC-S1 map for FREE like other GPS's?  I've looked everywhere!

Pros: Does anyone how to solved this problem
Cons: Gerald

The AVIC-S1 works fine for me, exept on one miner isseu.
I buy this product becuase his compact size and the new gps techniek.
It works fine on the trip I did to Italy Spain and France.
The bad thing is missing Hotel information, he show all other things from cash machine to every mac donald but no hotel information,