Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS System
With the Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS you can quickly locate amenities and points of interest along your route. It uses powerful, 14-channel GPS positioning that's accurate to within three meters thanks to Magellan's TrueFix technology. Turn-by-turn voice prompts guide you on your way and automatically recalculate your route when you get off track, while intelligent routing lets you plan a trip based on shortest travel time, most or least use of freeways, or avoidance of tolls.
Meanwhile, the locate feature displays your current location and allows you to save it to the address book. Finally, 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 from more than 1.7 million points of interest like airports, gas stations, and restaurants. All of these features make the RoadMate 300 a snap to use right out of the box.
Weighing in at just under nine ounces and with an integrated GPS antenna, the RoadMate 300 is compact and portable. The tough, rubberized exterior is built for abuse, while the 3.5-inch TFT color touchscreen makes address entry easy--no need for an awkward stylus. The intuitive keypad is backlit and highly visible, night or day. A headphone jack lets you catch the next turn command in a car full of noisy kids.
You can also choose a map view, or the maneuver list.
While maps of major North American roads--including those in Hawaii and Puerto Rico--are stored in the unit's 128 MB of internal memory, you can add more detailed maps of specific areas to your available internal memory or through the SecureDigital card expansion slot (SD card not included). Using your Windows PC and a USB connection, the RoadMate 300 can be loaded with predefined routes from included trip-planning software, or you can load addresses from your Outlook contact list for easy mapping of the locations of clients, coworkers, and friends. You can also play back and view data from trips you've already taken, or have the unit speak in one of six languages in addition to American English: French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, or British English.
Quickly locate amenities and points of interest along your route.
Map View
Maneuver List
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Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Specifications
Internal Storage Space: 128MB total (approx. 80MB for maps)
Storage Expansion: Yes, via SD Card slot
Touch Screen: Yes
Screen Size: 3.5 inches
Voice Turn-by-turn Guidance: Yes
Integrated Speaker: Yes
Audio Out: Yes, Headphones
Processor: ARM 7
Map Information Date: Q1, 2004
Trip Planner: Yes, 20 trips x 3 users, up to 20 destinations per trip
Address Import: Yes, import addresses from Outlook via PC
Number of Addresses: 200 x 3 users
Routable Points of Interest Displayed on Map: Yes
Points of Interest Arranged by Subcategory: Yes
Number of Points of Interest: 1.7 million
Previous Destinations: Up to 50
Track Recorder: Yes, 30 tracks total, up to 2000 points per track
Password Protection: Yes, per user
Features
Simple, powerful and portable--the first vehicle navigation device for everyone
Same user-friendly interface as Magellan RoadMate 700 and Hertz NeverLost system
Major North American roads map preloaded into 128 MB internal storage, more map storage available via SD Card slot
Turn-by-turn voice prompted guidance with automatic route recalculation
No professional installation required; includes USB interface and cable
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
4.3
Customer Reviews:
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bigwill5150 on
Dec 11, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
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5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
In my experience of working with GPS, I have yet to find as good a unit for the money. Not only did this provide the best ''bang for my buck'', I also received a free (didn't even pay for shopping) regional SD card. There are other turn- by-turns with more features, already loaded with all of North America for $1000 or more but I have no problem manually loading maps, on the rare occasion I need them, for over $600 savings. If you have no tech savvy, then I recommend you stay away from them altogether, otherwise this is the best deal you'll find for turn-by-turn. I have yet to find this unit for less than $600 in town. Good luck
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Happy User on
Oct 14, 2005 Customer Rating:
4.0
Value
4.0
Features
4.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
Not bad for $319 + shipping. The map is pretty acruate. However the instructions are not all correct. Hey, it is a machine. It does not know my local traffic pattern. I saved entire Southern CA, Las Vegas, Phoenix area in the internal 80 MB memory. Magellan is also giving 256 MB SD Pre-loaded map free right now. It makes this deal even better.
Reviewer:
Pointer on
Jul 15, 2005 Customer Rating:
4.0
Value
4.0
Features
4.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
This is a very powerful personal and business travel tool! First, keep in mind that this is not a ''plug & play'' electronic device. It requires you to follow the instructions and download maps into a SD memory card. This is easy and setup is a breeze as long as you follow the instructions. I can imagine that a lot of users just put the thing in their car without properly setting it up, and IT WON'T WORK, duh! A shortcoming of the 300 model is that there is not a battery, so you have to be using it plugged in with the included 12v power cord. Also, Magellan does not include a SD memory card...you have to go buy one yourself. You'll need 128MB minimum, which is around $20. This thing works great in the Memphis area, and I've also used it traveling to FL. The current maps seem to be updated and very accurate. Go get one and you'll never get lost again!
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Mfg Part No:
RF980668-02 UPC No:
0113480068146 Box Size:
( Length:
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8, Depth:
4 )
Shipping Weight:
2.0000 pound(s)
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