Thinking About Buying a Rand McNally TND 730 - SAVE YOUR MONEY!

I understand but out of habit because this is a business thing to me, I go with a company who provides those nav units to the military, airlines and even farmers and who actually builds them since they became accessible to the civilian market.

 

Military and airlines are a different department. Stand alone units did not come out till about 2009 for the general public for trucks. Their were earlier models, but the mass production started about 2009 for RM/Cobra/Garmin for trucks.

 

I know they are a different department but it is like other things, there is a spill over of technology used and the last time I looked they had over 20 patents on GPS tech alone, plus they've been doing this longer than anyone else except for Megallen. It doesn't matter if there has been a recent entry into the market, it is the company behind the product that matters to me.

 

RM has patents also on GPS Tech. I know, a few that they applied for and got were done in the beginning on ideas that are now features.

RM stands behind any product they sell. You are looking a company based upon longevity.

If you like Garmin, then more power to you. As it has been stated many times by others, you have the ones who are diehard Garmin fans and you have Rand McNally diehard fans.

enough said on this I think...

Mark

 

If I buy a used u it will I get lifetime maps and will I be able to reset it to factory stock

 

Used from who? Easy enough to put it back to factory... and the Reset does not do that...

Mark

 

I would assume he means from a private party but why would that matter.

Do did answer any of his questions.

Of course the reset puts it back to factory defaults but dose that include putting it back to the map data it had when bought or will it keep the last map it was updated to? Will he be able to get lifetime factory maps?

 

Used from someone online. Will I get lifetime updates on a second hand unit.

 

He posted very basic information. I needed more information. If from a private user or used off of Amazon. This makes a difference in warranty.

 

Let me very clear about this. The Reset button does not and I will mention it again, it DOES NOT put the unit back to factory condition. It is like a soft boot on a computer. All it does is restart the device without using the power button.

If you are buying off of EBay, I would strongly and I mention strongly be aware of what you are getting. I just had someone buy an T5C off of EBay to come to find out that it was a Test Unit used by Beta Testers. How did I know? I found my labels on the back from 5 years ago and it had a Demo Lic. The T5C has maps that are about 5 years out of date and are not supported with LTM's.

If you are not buying a 520/530/720/730 off of this "deal" then I would not spend the money on the earlier models. LTM's are not really supported on the older models.

It all depends on the model if you will be supported with LTM's or not. I need the model number.

Again, setting it back to factory settings is not hard. You just need to delete the user files and "fake" the Dock to download the latest maps for the model you are thinking of buying.

Again, Buyer Beware of used units off of EBay or private persons buying online.

You have enough posts. Start a "Conversation" with me and send me the link to the unit you are thinking of buying.

Mark