Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System w/ Voice PromptingMPN: 98066802 See Product Details
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Items In GPS You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System w/ Voice PromptingDescription Now everyone can have global satellite navigation in their car. The Magellan RoadMate 300 portable auto navigation system makes navigation easy and fun, with friendly voice prompting, turn-by-turn guidance and touch screen technology.The Magellan RoadMate 300 calculates your route and automatically updates your directions when you decide to take a detour. Easily download regions you plan to travel in, to the internal memory, from 4 CD ROMs containing advanced detailed mapping of the entire U.S. and Canada1. The internal memory holds up to 110 MB of map data including the built-in North American basemap. Freely download unlimited map data to Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (sold separately) and create maps before traveling in different regions. So, do away with bulky paper maps and the time it takes to log on to the Internet to get directions. The Magellan RoadMate 300 puts the ease and accuracy of vehicle navigation at your fingertips.The Magellan Trip Planner enables you to select multiple destination points from your address book before setting out on your driving adventure. Your Magellan RoadMate 300 will guide you from one point to the next without the need to select a destination after each stop. Regardless of what town you?re in you can get gas, visit the ATM, pick up a relative and stop by the florist before meeting the family at the restaurant to celebrate mom?s birthday, all without re-entering destination points while on the journey.An extensive list of points of interest (POI) in your selected area makes it easy to choose your destination quickly. POIs are organized in categories and sub-categories for easy browsing or searching by name. Find a specific gas station, restaurant, hotel, ATM, amusement park and more to easily navigate to the nearest amenity or one along your planned route.Lightweight and truly portable, the Magellan RoadMate 300 goes wherever you go, from your personal vehicle to your business car, to your recreational vehicle. Quick Glance Product Type: Vehicle General Features: backlit display, ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival), Touchscreen, turn by turn navigation, voice guidance Display Type: color Summary Product Title: Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System w/ Voice Prompting Manufacturer: Magellan Power Score: 2.9 | 8 Reviews Physical Features Product Type: Vehicle Interface Connection: USB Navigation and Other Features General Features: backlit display, ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival), Touchscreen, turn by turn navigation, voice guidance Position Accuracy: 3 m Display Display Type: color Storage Memory Card Support: Secure Digital More Info URL: Manufacturer Link Reviews on Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System w/ Voice Prompting
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damon1974
- Oct 6, 2005
damon1974Strengths: The unit is very compact and lightweight. I carry it in my laptop bag. Price was great from PriceGrabber.Keeps getting cheaper. Unit uses a standard headphone jack. Voice prompts can be heard easily. Weakness: Screen Glare. Software in the Unit and for the Desktop. SD Card setup for the first time. Relying on firmware upgrades to fix unit flaws. Mapping software release schedule. Directional Pad navigation. The product was a good start for Magellan. They just didn't do the follow thru. The software in the unit is O.K. It is a very picky animal. On both the unit and the desktop you have to get the address just right for it to find it. (Boulevard = blvd) Any other format bombs. The SD card setup was confusing for some. You have to go to the website and get the card authorized.(Control Freaks,...
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yikes
- Jan 11, 2005
Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System...Strengths: Relatively thin compare to 500/700 or Garmin 2610/2620, easy to learn interface, good voice notification, and big bright screen. Weakness: No anti-glare for screen, very diffcult to set up the SD card, subpar performance compare to Magellan 500 or Garmin 2610, slow, cheap and poor windshield mount. My brother has the Magellan 500 for over 1 year now. I just bought both Garmin 2610 and this to compare. Boy, do I regret buying this. It is no competition compare to my Garmin, nor my brother's 500. During the initial setup, everything was fine until I decided to use my SanDisk 256MB SD card to load the maps. First, I had trouble getting the SD card to code with the 300. So I had to call...
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fidmas
- Apr 20, 2006
Worth to money.Strengths: Easy to use. Bright screen. Weakness: Sometimes instructs you to make illegal turns. Always picks main roads over shortest route. The 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 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...
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imn2vb
- Jun 14, 2005
Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System...Strengths: It gets you there. Voice prompts are effective. Maps are up to date. Weakness: It is definitely NOT a "plug and play" type of device. Once you get the device ready to go, it's wonderful! I had to call tech support twice (they were very helpful) to get it all set up. It can be confusing as to what map to get downloaded onto the unit, and then after I bought the SD card, I had to call for help to get even more maps downloaded onto the card. Once that is accomplished, it's smooth running.
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jannadem
- Jul 6, 2006
It looks good, but it is uselessStrengths: NONE Weakness: All. Totally impractical It was time to move up from my trusty Garmin eMap GPS. I used the new Magellan GPS on the way home from the store where I bought it but turned back to the store after 100 km to return it. I am sure that an owner of this GPS without exposure to anything else would be impressed with it. It looks good and talks good, but I found it to be almost useless: The detail map is perfect when zoomed in to...
reviewgist.com - Jan 6, 2010
Best Maps Magellan GPS Device
Navigation is Average according to 6 GPS Device experts. -- "outstanding performance"-reviews.cnet.com -- "terrific GPS navigation system"-products.howstuffworks.com -- "The Magellan RoadMate 300 is a wonderful navigation system that is ready to guide users to exciting new places."-products.howstuffworks.com Read more to find expert opinions on more features like Display, Maps, Usability, etc. Top
pocket-lint.co.uk - May 5, 2005
Magellan Roadmate 300 - EXCLUSIVE
A confused system that falls behind the competition TopAdvertisement  
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Magellan Roadmate 300 GPS Vehicle Navigation System...
Strengths: Very easy to read and hear directions.
Weakness: I wish the windshield mount could be separated from the GPS easier with one hand (when you want to hide the unit when parking)
Very easy to read and hear directions. Receives location within seconds - extremely fast. Very easy to operate. I believe the maps are very new since my street is only 1 year old and it found it. Windshield mount attaches very strongly to windshield. Very similar (but better) than the Never lost system in Hertz cars