Magellan RoadMate 760 Portable GPS Vehicle Navigation System (Satellite TV)

Friday 24 October 2008 @ 4:00 pm


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Magellan RoadMate 760 Portable GPS Vehicle Navigation System There’s no denying that the RoadMate 700 is one of the best in-car GPS navigation systems available. Can it get better? Magellan answers that question with a resounding “Yes!” with a new version, the RoadMate 760. With innovative features like “Smart Detour,” intelligent route optimization, an enhanced points of interest database and more, the 760 adds even more brains to an already brilliant companion.

Don’t worry, the 760 offers all the good stuff folks love about the 700. You still get the same WAAS reception that delivers accuracy to within three meters. And the same massive 20 GB hard drive is present, fully-loaded with detailed maps, as is the intuitive, user-friendly, touchscreen interface. With the 760, gone are the days of having to fiddle with selecting map regions from a CD-ROM and then transferring the data from a PC. Plus, if you keep your addresses on a PDA with infrared connectivity, you can upload addresses from your PDA address book to the RoadMate wirelessly and then navigate to them with ease. Each of the 760’s three available user profiles are allotted space for 200 addresses, making a total of 600 addresses quickly accessible. Of course, the most important address, home, is just a few finger-presses away from any menu. You can select destinations by entering an address or intersection, selecting an address from the address book, touching a point on the map, or by choosing among more than 7 million points of interest such as airports, gas stations and restaurants, nightclubs, and more. And fortunately, all of this is ready to go right out of the box and the 760 also ships with the newest device firmware. You just affix the 760 to your windshield with the included hardware, plug it in via the included cigarette-lighter adapter, turn it on, and start navigating.

It’s deep within the 760’s software that this new model really shines. The new “Smart Detour” function automatically routes you around stopped traffic on the freeway and plots alternate routes to help you keep moving. Meanwhile, new route optimization features let you sort multiple addresses and destinations by shortest time of travel to all of them, and you can now view any destination on the map prior to routing it. New points of interest functionality lets you limit your choices to destinations that fall within a 3.5 mile corridor along your route. You can also easily route to gas stations, restaurants, ATMs and other locations along the way by touching their respective icons on the map. There’s even a new SmartVolume feature that offers automatic volume control by raising the volume level when the vehicle exceeds 45 mph. And last, but certainly not least, the 760 includes maps for all of the contiguous 48 states, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, and yes, even Europe (additional unlock fee required for European maps).
Customer Review: Blue screen of death after 4 months…
I got one of these after using the Hertz Neverlost system, which was fantastic. We like to call it the Magellan “Occasionally Lost and Sometimes Confused” system. Actually, it works very well most of the time. It does occasionally give wrong directions and more than occasionally tells you your target is on the wrong side of the street. That being said, overall it is a great tool. It has been my faithful sidekick for the past 4 months, and I feel comfortable going anywhere when it is with me. I think the pronounciation of street names by the synthesized voice is more than adequate. I love the touchscreen and all the points of interest that you can simply touch and get routed to. Even with its occasional quirks, I loved this unit, and I have had other GPS units. I bought the weighted dash mount, which works great. I also bought the small neoprene case, which is a little pricey but allows me to carry the unit in my pocketbook all the time and therefore use it whenever I need. The problems began after I had the unit 4 months. It started freezing up and I got the blue screen of death. This happened the day I was going to an appointment in Manhattan, and it could have been disastrous if not for my cell phone and a receptionist who knew how to give really good directions. Now I have to send the unit back and navigate the labyrinthine customer support based in India. My biggest problem will be not having my “trusty” companion for up to 3 “business weeks.” A unit this expensive should not have these problems and should come with better support. You will see from the reviews that reliability is a real problem. For these reasons, I can not recommend it. When you have a GPS you really rely on it, and if it breaks so easily, it’s not doing its job. Look for something with better reliability and better customer service.





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