Shopping CartSkyCaddie SGX Golf GPS
date : September 10th, 2011Golf Course GPS Units
Review : 3 Reviews
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List Price : $ 429.95
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Tags : Golf, SkyCaddie
Features For SkyCaddie SGX Golf GPS
- Ready-To-Play Preloaded Courses*: Store up to 30,000 pre-loaded, ground-verified course map
- Durable, sleek design with a large 3″ high resolution
- Dual Navigation: Golfer friendly, one-handed operation provides more precise positioning
- TruePoint GPS™ Precision Positioning Technology: High-performance GPS engine
- Omni-directional, high-performance GPS antenna locks quickly to more satellites
- Better accuracy without obscuring screen information with fingers and smudges
- Stays locked to optimize performance and accuracy in all terrains, even under tree foliage
- Store up to 50 full-featured courses through a SkyCaddie® Membership Plan
- Transflective TFT-LCD screen for brilliant images in the brightest sunlight
Description For SkyCaddie SGX Golf GPS
Limited Time Offer! Instant Rebate On SkyGolf SGX GPS Digital SkyCaddie…Now Only 9.95! Buy Either A NEW SkyCaddie SGX Or A New SG5 Plus Any Silver Advantage Membership & Receive A 0 Dining Certificate FREE. *See details below. FREE AutoView Software Upgrade! Utilizing buttonlessand touchless technology, AutoView enables golfers to change between their most popular screens with just a simple turn of the wrist. AutoView Technology is controlled by the SGXs built-in accelerometer to provide three viewing positions one portrait position and two additional landscape positions. Combined with Auto-Course Select, Auto-Hole Advance and Auto-Zoom, AutoView technology eliminates the need to push buttons or touch points on an LCD Screen. By simply rotating the SGX device to the right, youll go from the brilliant Interactive HoleVue screen to IntelliGreen for a detailed view of the green. Turn the SGX to the left, and youll instantly see the New Digital Scorecard so you can enter your s
List Price: $ 429.95
Price: $ 299.00
Great unit, steep learning curve,
I waited for about a week from release to order the SGX skycaddie from Amazon. The negative review on synching with windows worried me. After reading the user comment I went ahead and ordered the unit figuring that, if it didn’t work I could always return it to Amazon.
I had no problems synching it, and it downloaded the courses I selected without any problems. It is very important to note that Quick Vue does not work with SGX, only Hole Vue does. I didn’t realize this and wondered why he courses I play did not show the hole view. It turns out only two of them were listed as having Hole Vue. If this is important you need to check on the skygolf website to make sure that your courses are mapped for Hole Vue. I believe this will get resolved soon as they get their mapping up to date.
On the course, I found the ranges accurate which are what this rangefinder is really about and is the reason I did not get any of the satellite mapped rangefinders.
The controls consist of three small keys, which might be a little too small for people with big fingers and also have a tad of a learning curve to get to use them properly. There is a button/joystick to navigate the cursor around. It does double duty as selection button when you press on it; this may cause problems for some but there is a workaround in the settings menu, where you can disable the select function from the joystick and just use the right key for that.
Two additional small buttons on either side of the joystick serve to take you out of golf menus and into your scorecard.
There are two larger buttons at the bottom corners:
The left one (with a ball logo) is used to mark your ball position to use the stroke distance measurement. You hit the button where you hit the ball from and when you get to the ball the display shows (in numbers that are too small and easy to miss) the distance to the spot you hit from. (Note that the manual is wrong and you should not hit the ball button again.)
The right one with a flag takes you to the green view.
You have a choice to have your unit keep your score for you. It will also track number of fairways hit and how you miss them, as well as number of putts per hole. It will keep 10 scorecards in memory and synch them to your account in SkyGolf, which is rather neat.
The biggest negative for me is the learning curve. It takes a while to learn all the features and how to use them.
All in all, I like the unit and recommend it. I may edit this after I have a chance to play with it some more.
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|sync a problem but worth it,
I recently purchased the SGX and like most people had a problem trying to register the product. When I tried to sync on my computer with Windows 7 and 64 bit, I never did get it to sync, so I took it to office and was able to work on my XP machine. The have a temporary fix for Windows 7, but real fix will come shortly. As far as use and ease of use, this is the best GPS I have had and I have had a previous sky caddie and most recently a upro. What I like best is the clearity of the screen and how fast it reads the yardage. As with any product brand new on the market, there are normally a few bugs, but this product is worth the hassle. I would have given it 5 stars if it did not have the sync problems.
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|Don’t buy it yet,
The new SkyCaddie SGX started shipping the first week of April 2010 and I received mine directly from the company yesterday. It was released without a proper driver for Windows applications being available and as a result you are currently unable to sync the unit with the Sky Golf website. I found a work around process for Windows to accept the existing driver (F8 at start-up) by using a Google search, but it still didn’t solve the sync issue. The SkyCaddie customer service organization is slammed with complaints and I have been unable to talk to anyone even after being on hold for the better part of an hour. They give you an alternative of sending them an email with your questions however that process is also not currently functioning. Much to no one’s surprise, they were able however to process my credit card charge for the unit and membership fee.
My advice would be to wait to buy until they have resolved their software issues and you can get some feedback on how well the SGX units function, as I should have done. I find it extremely short-sighted that they started shipping the units before they were ready to support them. Maybe that’s why they elected to give you the first 30 days “limited use” without a membership fee.
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