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Magellan RoadMate 300 GPS Portable NavigatorUser Review: - Worth the moneyThe product is quite adequate and functions well. Don't believe their suggestion to buy a 256MB SD card however, unless you are satisfied with 2 or 3 state coverage. I got the 1.0GB SD card and it gives me detail access to over 2/3 of the lower 48 states. I found a quirk while being instructed to enter a south bound highway from the east. It instructed me to go over the highway and make a "hard Left" (an illegal turn), rather than make the right onto the cloverleaf entrance. Be careful. -- The internal antenna works quite well but the placement, in my vehicle, required the use of an external antenna. DO NOT BUY the Magellan External Antenna. When the weather gets even slightly warm, the antenna sets off a continues false alarm on my Cobra Radar Detector. Technical Support has been absolutely useless. After 6 tries, I've given up and bought a Gilsson antenna that works much better, has no problems and costs less. Magellan (Thales Navigation) either does not understand English or chooses to deliberately misunderstand the problem. They will also not offer any refund on their antenna with the design problem. -- In general, I am quite satisfied with the RoadMate 300, but don't expect any intelligent Technical Support. User Review: - GREAT for the priceI just purchased one of these and was a little sceptical after reading some of the reviews that stated how difficult it was to load the information into the unit. I had no problem at all. In fact it was quite simple. I am truly amazed at how acurate and easy to use this unit is. For the price, you can't beat it. User Review:  - Roadmaps are not accurate in New York and New Jersey!I bought the product and tested it for about 6 months ago. Here are some of the problems I encountered: 1. The roadmaps are outdated and about 2 years old 2. Parts of Route 18 in Piscataway, NJ is missing from the database 3. Cities are listed under townships in New York, and New Jersey; for instance, Bethpage, NY is listed under Oyster Bay, Town of, NY 4. Address are listed under wrong towns; for instance, UPS in Trenton, NJ is listed under Hamilton, NJ 5. Sometimes, the voice directions do not match the drawn picture on the screen 6. The Magellan GPS calculates arrival at destination based on total distance traversed, which in many occasions is inaccurate 7. Many time, you would be asked to make a left turn on a major highway even when the road is at a different level 8. The road exclude feature does not work especially on the New Jersey Turnpike, NJ 9. Trips are divided into small segments, and you are constantly routed on and off the same highway 10. Technical support always states that buying Model 700, or Model 760 is a better choice, and fixes for Model 300, and Model 360 would be availabe in the near future Otherwise, satellite locks are fast, and screen updates are pretty good. The GPS is worthless if you plan on travelling excessly in New York or New Jersey User Review: - Excellent buy!I bought this unit after much research. And I am glad I made this decision. The size, both unit and the screen is perfect. I compared with Garmin's I3 and 2610. Unit handling is good and not bulky like the 2610. The screen size of this unit is ideal, with all the info that needs to be accomodated on the screen. I found my unit quite responsive and had good satellite reception (even when I placed it in my cup holder!). Color coding of signal strength is a great plus. Unit has a ton of options on locating points of interests. I also checked the speedometer in the unit and it was accurate down to the last mile. I was really impressed. The only thing I found unacceptable was the long upload time for the maps into the unit. But I have heard units from other manufacturers too have the same issue. But on the road performance is fantastic for the price that I paid at Sears. User Review: - Full disclosureThe device is great. Advertising does not make clear, tho, that the maps themselves are not in the device, and a memory card has to be separately purchased to load maps. Would have liked to know this up front so device could have been operational much faster (would have bought the memory card at the time of initial purchase of the device). The advertising makes it sound like you can just turn on the GPS and go, and you can't! |
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