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Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS Unit | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sonocaddie
Category: Sports
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $387.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2316
Size: Each
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 5 x 1.1 x 2.3
MPN: V300
Model: V300
UPC: 020972103127
EAN: 0020972103127
ASIN: B0018OXHYS
Release Date: May 1, 2008
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| Features:
| • | The easiest and most advance Golf GPS available with full color display. | | • | Personalized course information for each hole and green to match the exact course layout | | • | No Annual Fee required! The first 5 courses are free with each unit purchase and after that you can choose from 3 plans if more courses are needed | | • | Digital scorecard and game analysis available at your fingertips. | | • | Includes rechargeable batteries with estimated 12 hour battery life and charging cord. Built in antenna with 14 channel GPS receiver. 2.2" High resolution LCD with backlight. |
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Product Description
Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS System : First five course downloads are free. Now with no annual fee! The most critical information in golf is distance . How far to clear that water hazard? How far to the center of the green? Which club should I use? Now you no longer have to find yardage markers, pace off distances or even worse, guess at distances on the golf course with the advanced and powerful Sonocaddie V300 Golf GPS . This powerful color screen GPS unit has a 3-D display that shows your distance to critical targets including front, center and back of green, water hazards, bunkers, lay-up areas etc. A revolutionary user interface shows your actual position on the golf hole in real time. Other features include shot distance measuring and tracking, digital scorecard, game analysis and personalized course mapping. The tracking system tracks each shot for later review. The Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS System has a simple interface, one-handed operation, downloads courses easily online, is compact and can hold up to 20 courses at one time. Features: No annual fee Full-color 3D hole layout screen Walking golfer icon shows your position in real time Easy, one-handed operation Adjustable backlight Drive distance Tracking system for each shot Scorecard and game analysis function Specifications: Waterproof to IPX6 Dimensions: 4.3" x 2.3" x 1.1" GPS:
Amazon.com Product Description
The most critical information in golf is distance. How far to clear that water hazard? How far to the center of the green? Which club to use? But with the Sonocaddie V300 Golf GPS device you can forget about finding yardage markers, pacing off distances or even worse, guessing at distances when you are unfamiliar with a course. The V300 does all that work for you, helping you to minimize poor shot selections and in the process shaves strokes off your game. How does it do it? Through a unique combination of technology and a flexible, simplistic design. 
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but powerful enough to take strokes off your game. |
Utilizing the most advanced and sophisticated high-tech GPS satellite technology available, the Sonocaddie V300 calculates the distance from any point on the course to the green or any other target, even without a clear line of sight. All players need to do is download the particular course--domestic or international--that they will be playing to their V300 via a PC and detailed course information covering every curve, contour, slope and sandtrap will be at the placed at their fingertips. But that's not all. Other features built into the Sonocaddie V300 include shot distance measuring and tracking, digital scorecard and game analysis functionality, and personalized course editing and mapping. Shot measuring allows players to leave the driving range behind as you accurately measure the length of individual shots, while the tracking system strings each shot in a round together cumulatively for later review. The unit's digital scorecard and game analysis functionality allows players to toss out their paper scorecard and tiny pencils for good as they keep track of their game digitally and perform an analysis based on pre-determined data points at the end of each round. And although the V300 is designed to download every known aspect of the courses of the world, no course's links are static. This is where its editing and mapping functionality comes in. Whether it's the filling of a bunker, the lengthening of a tee or a removal of a tree, with the V300 players can map, edit and save changes noticed on their favorite fairways right on the spot. Finally, the unit's memory and optional Sonostar membership club perks allow for all the flexibility that even the most avid of golfers could need. The V300 ships with enough built-in storage space to simultaneously accomadate data on up to 30 courses as well as track 100 rounds and record 100 scorecards. Course data can always be recorded manually, but the V300 also includes 5 free course downloads, with each additional download purchased at either a nominal ala carte rate or with unlimited downloads available when registering your V300 and paying a one-time lifetime Sonostar GPS membership fee*. Either way users are getting the most advanced GPS golf solution on the market. Specifications: 
The V300's distance calculator. |
- Size: 4.3 by 2.3 by 1.1 inches (108 by 58.3 by 28.4 mm)
- Weight: 140g (4.95 ounces)
- Storage: Stores up to 30 golf courses, 100 scorecard
- Power: Rechargeable battery, Up to 15 hours
- Display: 2.2" High-Resolution Color LCD with backlight
- Language support: English
- Waterproof: Yes, IPX6
- Regulation: CE, FCC, WEEE, RoHS Compliance
- Antenna: Built in
- Internet connection: Required
- Membership: Required*
What's in the Box?
Sonocaddie V300, mini USB Cable, rechargeable Battery, user's guide, belt clip, AC charger adaptor, carry pouch. System Requirements for Course Download - Windows 2000/XP/Vista 32-bit
- CD-ROM
- Minimum of 512 MB RAM (XP) / 1 GB RAM (Vista)
- Minimum of 12 MB of hard disk space
Manufacturer's Warranty
Three months to a one-year extended warranty depending on which Sonostar membership plan chosen. See your user's guide for details. About Sonostar
At Sonostar, we strive to be leaders in high quality creation, and development of new products. Breakthrough ideas and innovations are what give us our competitive edge. Sonostar is a great developer of technology with a strong financial backbone, enabling us to maintain a competitive edge. Sonostar employs the very best people in research and development engineering; mainly in GPS technology and other related microprocessor products. Sonostar was founded with the vision of creating affordable microprocessor solutions designed to merge advanced technology into sports activities in order to provide players a higher level of performance. * A Sonostar GPS membership is not required to obtain GPS signals and to manually map locations on courses on your Sonocaddie V300, but to utilize the system's 3D graphics, its more advanced functionality and to download course data you must choose from one of the three optional plans. See your user's guide for details and rates.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Makes Skycaddie users jealous! October 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love it! The first time I took the Sonocaddie out I hit more greens than I ever have on the approach. The full-color, full hole layout makes golf a real pleasure to play, on any course you choose. Nice little tip for the beginner is to start out just using the basic features of the Sonocaddie, yardage and the normal scorecard. Did I mention the scorecard feature is AWESOME??! The thing lets you keep track of your total score while you play, and if you use the pro scorecard feature tracks your percentages and stats as you play. Very handy for tuning the parts of your round that need attention.
The only bummer I can see two: you can't keep track of your buddies' scores on this unit, and for courses that don't have all the information entered it might take a couple more steps to use (full course info includes hole layout, yardage, and scorecard par for all holes). But nonetheless, even the Skycaddie users I've played with love the flexibility and color feature of this unit (haven't run into an SG5 user yet though). $50/lifetime is also hard to beat for the membership fee (one time!).
Makes Golf Fun!
Sonocaddie V300 Color GPS Unit September 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We bought this for our son's birthday - he absolutely loves it! Does everything it says it does, now my husband wants one of his own!
Ultimate golf toy September 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Now this is the best toy a golfer can buy! Easy setup (Can't wait for them to get the software for Vista 64 so I can move it to my personal unit but for now it is on my laptop). Course description is perfect, yardages are spot on. The only thing I hate is that little golfer guys shows that I am in the rough a lot!
 V300 NOT QUITE THERE YET September 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is with disappointment that I am returning this unit. I have used it for about a month and on several courses trying to evaluate it.
First the pros: There are no annual fees associated with the Sonocaddie. I signed up for the one time "Birdie" level that allows me to download any course in the US so that is a real bargain. The setup and operation are very easy and I did not have any trouble downloading the software or understanding it. The graphics are quite good as well. The best thing I can say about the Sonocaddie V300 is that the customer service is TERRIFIC. If not for the customer service I would have rated the product even lower.
Now the Cons: It just did not work very well. On one course that I used it on it worked quite well compared to the yardages that were provided on sprinkler heads, yardage markers, etc. On the other 3 courses I used it on there was as much as 100 yards difference in what the V300 showed and what it actually was. Most of the time it was 20-30 yards off. I had excellent satellite reception (9-10 satellites). I contacted the manufacturer about this and was told to provide a course layout and they would re-evaluate it (again the response was within a very short period). The problem with this is, is that I bought the device to have someone tell me how far I am. I also believe that the inherrent problem is that they do not have any "people on the ground" so to speak doing the actual measuring. I think they are relying on maps and drawings instead.
I do believe this may become a useful tool in the future if they make some changes in how they acquire yardages. In the meantime (and at a little more expense) I think there are better products on the market.
Quality GPS Unit August 30, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is something I can say certainly that delivers as promised. I have always struggled with my distances, especially in unmarked or poorly marked courses. Let's ignore the shots in the other fairway... This little gem really let me step up to the ball with confidence knowing I had the right club in hand, and that is truly valuable in a game as mental as golf. That said, I found the marked items within ~5yds at worst of the mapped spots on the downloaded courses. Rumors aside, they take your course request, use a satellite map and upload gps coordinates. 5yds is close enough for a cruise missle and frankly I'd like to meet an amateur golfer who lands their shots in less than +/- 5yds accuracy regularly. They take a couple weeks max but plan ahead if you are taking a trip or your home course isn't uploaded yet and get that email in! You can map it yourself too and if you are reallllly nice, you can upload it so others may use it. It won't have the right shapes to the holes but that's a minor point. That said once around the course and I had the coordinates updated making them less than 6ft off. Very nice but it didn't change anything as mentioned above. Side benefit- IT REALLY SPEEDS UP PLAY!! I wish everyone had one.
Other features-
I LOVE THE ADVANCED SCORECARD! I put in shots, sand hits, fairways hit, greens hit, and putts and not only do I have an accurate card but I get pro stats like fairway %, sand saves, ave putts per hole total putts, etc. It really makes your weak spots stand out and allows you to focus your practice time.
The driving distance feature is fun but a fairway drive on a marked course will do the same thing. Still.... it's fun to see 315yd on the screen!
Theres a tracker that shows you where you were on the hole. It maps a point at intervals you define (10 sec, 1 min, etc.) and draws a line. I don't know how useful this is but it's hilarious to go back and trace your path (amazing how many circles I made in the woods!). You can mark your shots with another feature that allow you to see your progression on a hole. I don't know how useful this is to an amateur.
Overall I found the customer service to be a 10/10. They are responsive, polite, and eager to make you happy. Bravo!!! No yearly fee (though a one time subscription I don't understand, just up the price a little). If I had to do it all over again, I would just as happily slap down the 400 bones for this little bad boy.
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