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Magellan RoadMate 800 Portable GPS NavigatorUser Review: - Steer Away from MagellanHad to give a rating so gave it 1 star - would have preferred to leave it at 0. The only thing worse than their product is their customer service. You won't be able to talk with anyone in the US. The 800 number is direct to India. They will repeatedly lie to you - and you never get to talk with the same person or a supervisor - they'll tell you a supervisor will call you back - don't wait for the call. You can call their corporate headquarters in the US - the only problem is that nobody is there. Steer clear - look at a different manufacturer - anyone EXCEPT magellan. User Review:  - Comparison of Magellan 800, Magellan 1412 and Navigon 2100 maxI used to have Magellan Roadmate 800 and a few weeks ago I purchased Magellan Roadmate 1412 then I found a coupon for Navigon 2100 max. And here is the comparison chart; some of the entires are my personal opinions and might not reflect everyone's opinion... here it is: M08- Magellan Roadmate 800 M14- Magellan Roadmate 1412 N21- Navigon 2100 max Device specific features M08- Heavy; can play mp3s; can store JPGs M14- Slim and light N21- Slim and light (not as light as Mag 1412 tho) User Friendliness M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not as good as Magellan - buttons can be too close to each other depeding on the menu and the screen Volume M08- Can set up the volume manually with a control on the edge of the device; Volume increases at certain speed M14- Can set up the volume through the touch screen; Has only 5 settings; Volume doesn't increase over certain speed which can be hard to hear N21- Could not find the volume settings; Volume setting for over a speed can be set (No increase / Low increase / High Increase); Voice can be staticy Text-to-speech M08- No M14- Funny pronounciations on certain words; "in" sounds like "an" ... "Turn Left in 2 miles" sounds like "Turn Left then 2 miles" - "Freeway entrance" sounds like "Freeway an trans" N21- Pronounciation is more accurate then Magellan 1412 Live Traffic M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately; reroutes based on the traffic Zagat - Restaurant Ratings M08- No M14- No N21- Yes - Might have to be purchased seperately POI M08- ~1 million POIs M14- ~6 million POIs with wide range of categories N21- ~1 million POIs with limited range categories; shows actual brand logo on the map Lane Assistance M08- No M14- No N21- Yes Mount M08- Easy to mount M14- Easy to mount N21- Hard to mount, hard to take it off Password protection M08- Yes M14- No N21- Yes Compass M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Not by default, has to be modifed in settings Recalculation M08- Screen goes blue with a progress bar until the calculation is over M14- Immediately N21- Immediately Vehicle Type M08- Car only M14- Car only N21- Car / Bicycle / Pedestrian Arrival Time M08- Display approximate number of minutes the route will take M14- Displays the arrival time N21- Displays the arrival time and the minutes it takes to the destination Distance left M08- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination M14- Shows the miles left until the next move N21- Shows the miles left until the next move; Shows the miles left until the destination Turn by turn view M08- Yes M14- Yes N21- Yes Better for M08- Within the city travel M14- Within the city travel with better POI options N21- Long distance travel with live traffic and lane assistance Sluggy M08- Smooth menu items, sluggy map over time M14- Not sluggy N21- Sluggy menu items, smooth map Route options M08- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway M14- Fastest Route; Shortest Route; Most use of Freeway; Less use of Freeway N21- Fastest route; Optimum route; Shortest route; Scenic route Tollway option M08- Can not avoid M14- Can avoid N21- Can avoid or forbid Allowing U-Turn (or not) M08- Not modifiable (Allows) M14- Not modifiable (Allows) N21- Can allow or forbid U-Turns User Review:  - Magellan Roadmate 800Maps were not perfect. I needed European maps and was appaled at the price tag of dowload. It would be cheaper to buy a new device with European maps than downloading them. Works well mostly but can freeze if you press a few commands in a row. Good screen and battery life. I never used the storage capacity for pictures or music. User Review: - Worst GPS I ever bought I bought this GPS Magellan Roadmate 800 in June 2006 for $600 and in next 6 months the battery stopped working and unit is only works if my car is running and I am able to charge the battery, but it don't operate the unit.I called magellan ant they told me that it will cost me $130 to fix this, so I decided not to send it to them.Now when I turn it on in my car, it takes around 45 minutes for this unit to find the GPS location and by the time you already reach some where and lost, I take mapquest directions along with this. I will never but any Magellan GPS in future. User Review: - Bad Manufacturing QualityI bought this for 599.00 and it works fine but manufacturing quality is really bad. Insertion pin for AC/DC adapter completely fell apart into pieces. This happened after a month of usage. It can not be even fixed. |
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