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Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
Studio : Magellan
by Magellan
Brand : Magellan
Model : Magellan RoadMate 1412
Display Size : 4.3
Publisher : Magellan
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0763357120653
UPC : 763357120653
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 52 reviews)
List Price : $299.99
Our Price : Too low to display
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New 4.3" WQVGA, full-color, anti-glare, touch-screen display
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6 Million Searchable Points of Interest: Customers can easily search for restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations, and more. Results include telephone numbers and addresses.
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SayWhere: Text-to-speech tells drivers the street name of their next turn.
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Wide-screen, ultra-thin form factor with the functionality and navigation features that GPS consumers expect
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SmartDetour: prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
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The Magellan RoadMate 1400 is uniquely stylish, with a wide-format, full color interactive touch screen and an ultra-thin design.Use the intuitive menu options to pick your destination and choose how you navigate to virtually anywhere. If you want to stay on the freeway, avoid freeways, travel the shortest distance or arrive in the quickest time, your Magellan RoadMate enables you to navigate the way you want. You can even exclude specific roads or freeways from your route and also avoid toll roads.The advanced QuickSpell feature intelligently searches addresses and Points of Interest, offering you a simple list of available locations. It even checks spelling so you can enter a destination with just a few touches of the screen.SmartDetour prompts you to route around sudden slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically re-calculates the fastest detour.The integrated rechargeable battery offers navigation for up to three hours. Search destinations, plan trips and enter addresses and personal Points of Interest from a meeting place, restaurant or anywhere power is unavailable. |
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decent, but buggy as an ant farm |
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I use this unit on the job where I have to go to multiple addresses, and need to find the most efficient route. This is why I chose this unit: it has a function (trip planner) that allows you to route multiple destinations in the most efficient way possible. This saves me so much time by preventing me from doubling back on myself, etc. You are also able to edit the saved route at any time. It also acquires satellites within seconds. The unit is great, overall, except for a few flaws that cost it two stars on this review. The first star was taken because it freezes up a-la Windows once a week. I don't know why I'm surprised at this, since it's run on Windows CE. There's no way to tell that it has frozen until you notice that it hasn't made any noise or moved its display in a while, at which time you've probably missed a turn or two. The display's refresh rate is pretty slow too, so it's not that noticeable when it freezes. The other star was yoinked because it will plot your route in a very indirect way. For instance, there may be a direct, straight-line route that you can plainly see on the display (if you zoom out a bit), but the unit will direct you in a circle around that straight line. WTF? I have found it prudent to check the route before departing by touching the lower left icon on the map screen so you can decide which directions you want to disregard. This has prevented a great deal of cussing and all around stress while using this GPS. |
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Magellen RoadMate 1412 |
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The Magellen RoadMate 1412 is very easy to operate and extremely accurate. A reliable product at an affordable price. |
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The good and not so good... |
After extensive review of lower end gps units with text to speech capability, I purchased this unit. I returned the unit less than one week later after extensive testing in locations I knew well.
It has numerous good points, a few are clear and loud voice, good visibility screen, adjustable voice from main screen, good window mount, prompt return email from customer service, maps remarkably tracked what were basically gravel trails and logging roads near and just off of the North Shore Drive of Minnesota, auto change to night mode on screen, ability to drag the map from the screen to see what's ahead in each direction without zooming out, favorites for locations.
A negative was the POI's were not available for stops that were present in the location of interest, ie, coffee shop in the area wouldn't show up even though there was one in the area. Though that's not what I purchased the unit for.
I obviously did purchase the unit for directions. That's where it repeatedly failed, regardless of which of the four options were chosen, fastest route, shortest route, etc. The unit failed most every time I used the device for navigation. It continually chose indirect, more time consuming and undesirable routes to destinations. I wanted to keep the unit. However, it's a somewhat expensive gps purchase not to be able to use the navigation feature. Maybe the 1412 would perform better in other areas of the country? |
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Doesn't power up |
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After a couple months and rarely used I can't power it up. I have charged it up for 4 hrs. and nothing. Can someone advise? |
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Magellan |
UPS ground took a very long time....7 days ... like pony express.
I ordered another package UPS Ground from Santa Clara and it only took 2 days UPS ground
hmmmm
otherwise all is well |
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