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(More customer reviews)I got this as a second unit/backup for the Navigon 7200T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigation with Bluetooth, Text-to-Speech, and Free Traffic Alerts.
These are my first 2 portable car GPS units (the others were OEM in-dash units for the Infinity G35 coupe and Acura MDX), so my experience to these are new.
So the review will be more of a comparison.
THE GOOD
-It's a lot more tactile and responsive to the touch than the Navigon, which maybe with its extra bells and whistles responded slower after an input. You don't have to press hard on the Magellan's screen, which is really useful for inputing certain things on the move.
-The speaker is VERY LOUD, which is great. Beats the Navigon hands down.
-The map screen is not as cluttered as the Navigon's. You can also zoom in and out which is good if you want to see more of your surrounding.
THE BAD
-Map screen is not as detailed or nice as the Navigon. It's quite boring to look at it. Let's face it - this is a bare bones model.
-There is no text-to-speech, so street names and freeways/highways are not pronounced, just generic terms and directions. The Navigon is AWESOME in pronouncing the right names. If you live in/travel to places with not so common names, or even English names, you will really appreciate this feature.
THE UGLY
-Yup, it's pretty ugly, not as sleek looking or slim as the Navigon.[...]
PS- the refurbished model looked almost as new, not a scratch or blemish anywhere. You can only tell it's refurbished because of the box/packaging.
This review was done only after a couple days of trying out the Magellan, so maybe I'll do a follow-up soon!
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This is a refurbished GPS. Refurbished generally means that the unit has been returned to the manufacturer, who brings the navigator back to like new conditions. Some GPS may contain cosmetic blemishes.
Get full turn-by-turn navigation at a breakthrough price with the Magellan RoadMate 1400. Pick a destination and choose how you navigate to virtually anywhere in the continental United States and Hawaii. Features include a 4.3-inch wide color touchscreen, intuitive menu options, and an ultra thin design.
The Magellan RoadMate 1400 is uniquely stylish, with a 4.3-inch wide-format, full color interactive touchscreen 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. Built in maps of the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico, plus 1.3 million pre-programmed Points of Interest make it easy to travel the country and easily find gas stations, ATMs, hotels and much more.
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.
Key Features Include
Large 4.3-inch WQVGA wide-format color touchscreen shows your position on the map, route, destination, ETA, surrounding Points of Interest, signal strength, next maneuver, street names and more at a glance.
Turn-by-turn voice guidance saves time getting directions before leaving the house and enables you to keep your eyes on the road.
Intuitive User Interface and menu options make it easy to pick destinations and choose how you navigate, without even reading the instructions.
Uniquely stylish and compact ultra thin design makes it easy to transfer your Magellan GPS between vehicles or toss it in a suitcase to take anywhere.
Travel the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico with all the maps you need, pre-loaded on the included SD memory card.
1.3 million pre-loaded points of interest make it easy to find what you need. Gas stations, restaurants, hotels, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services are intuitively categorized and searchable from the built-in POI database. Most include the phone number.
Interactive POI icons let you select the types of services and amenities you'd like to see and interactive icons appear on the map. Touch an icon for a nearby service to see address, phone number (when available) and get an instant route.
Convenient "tow-truck icon" shows detailed information about your current location with a single touch so you can provide clear direction to roadside assistance.
Program any location into the "Home" button and find your way back from wherever you are.
Enter destinations with a few keystrokes. QuickSpell feature searches locations and checks spelling to provide you with a simple list of available destinations.
SmartDetour feature prompts you to route around suddenly slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically calculates the quickest detour. No fee or subscription is required.
Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D with birds eye 3D view.
Auto re-route feature makes sure you never miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.
With Auto NightView color and contrast adjusts automatically for easy viewing at night.
Choose the way you want to navigate to use the most freeways, least freeways, fastest time, shortest distance and avoid toll roads. Exclude specific streets or freeways after a route is calculated to get there the way you want.
Select up to 20 destinations with multi-destination routing and choose the order to plan a trip in advance and repeat the same trip again. Easily reorganize, add or remove destinations.
Address Book: Create and save personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.
Navigate up to 3 hours when power is unavailable with the rechargeable battery:.
The Centrality Atlas III processor with integrated GPS receiver provides superior GPS performance for accurate and reliable positioning and navigation within three meters.
What's in the Box Magellan RoadMate 1400 receiver, vehicle power adapter, adhesive disk for dash mounting, windshield mount, basic cradle, preloaded map on SD card, user manual on CD-ROM, quick-start guide, reference manual
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