Magellan RoadMate 800 North America
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26 Reviews
| From: CNET Reviewed by: DANOMAN10 Posted: Nov 24, 2007 Type: User Review |
"WASTE OF MONEY- USE A MAP"
Mag support is terrible. Map update doesn't work. Support is India and they promise and don't deliver. Don't waste your money and buy something with online continuous map updates.
PROS: Portable unit
CONS: maps out of date/poor support/poor signal acquisition
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 1.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: fulya1313 Posted: Oct 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
"Waste of Money !!!"
I read many reviews before i decided to buy this product. One of the review said he has used mercedes and bmw navigation systems and this product is far better than all. It is absolutly lie. It is not even comparable to bmw or mercedes.This guy absol
PROS: I can't list any.
CONS: ohh so many !
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 0.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: coachgeorge Posted: Jul 18, 2007 Type: User Review |
"The maps are better than my Roadmate 700"
Magellan has a good concept, they just forgot to finish it. Consider: 1-Very accurate GPS mapping system 2-User friendly 3-Plays music 4-Shows pictures 5-Built in battery. What they forgot: 1-FM modulator so the music could come through the car stere
PROS: Non Removable antenna, built in battery
CONS: Low volume, can't listen to music when using as GPS.
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 3.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: cnetcdt Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
"As good as the maps it uses."
I do travel all over the USA for business and found that the maps are very outdated. Most metro areas that had road construction completed many years ago does not revlect these in the RM800 making it's navigation useless.
PROS: Easy to operate
CONS: Maps are about 10 years old
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 1.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: elizabeth.parker Posted: May 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
"Terrific Unit, Lots of POI, very accurate."
I ordered this from the shopping club for my mom and dad as I felt it would be one of the easiest for them to learn, my mom is over 70. It was very easy for them to learn and having all maps preloaded is awesome. My husband is a long distance servi
PROS: Pop up of turns, very easy set up, nice window mount.
CONS: On line manual only, and needs firmware upgrade.
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 4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: Tom Whitcombe Posted: Apr 20, 2007 Type: User Review |
"a good product fascinating technology"
After I had used the unit for a couple of weeks, I began having connectivity problems with the satelites. These problems got progressively worse until the unit would drop connection for no apparent reason and would not connect at all after dark. I
PROS: on board controls so you don't have to use the touchscreen
CONS: refreshes a little slowly in 2D mode
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4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: haris7552 Posted: Jan 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
"excellent product. nice small but big screen"
excellent product. I bought this for my wife this christmas. I used a garmin and a tomotm but I like magellan the best
PROS: big screen. nice and readible. Product very sharp looking
CONS: sometimes sends you out of the way but all gps do the same
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4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: recall randy Posted: Dec 16, 2006 Type: User Review |
"Best of all systems on the market"
I use it to travel all over the US and regularly do over 100 stops a day and have to enter the data in segments of 20 per route. It's only downfall is that I cannot upload an excel spreadsheet to be able to not have to enter each and every address fo
PROS: Ability to route over 1000 stops in segments of 20
CONS: That you would have to enter them manually as it is not compatible with Microsoft Excel or any other program that makes it an automatic entry.
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4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: philakid Posted: Nov 07, 2006 Type: User Review |
"Poor Magellan support/response"
The maps come from NAVTEQ but updates to the map must come from Magellan. I have found many errors with the maps and the directions (interstate exits appear as forks, missing streets that have been there at least 5 years, different routing depending
PROS: Ease of use, preloaded maps, large HD
CONS: Map updates non-existant, bulky for portable device
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 2.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: tm1jones Posted: Sep 30, 2006 Type: User Review |
"It's a cool thing to have, show off to your friends"
You don't have to pay for any service, which is huge. But creating Points-of-Interest is difficult, Transfering music and pictures is confusing,
PROS: Good size, Mountable, Portable, Color
CONS: Menus, Music Playback, Picture Playback
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2.00/5 |
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