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Magellan RoadMate 1430 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator |  | Brand: Magellan Category: CE
List Price: $449.99 Buy New: $89.00 as of 9/6/2010 09:06 CDT details You Save: $360.99 (80%)
New (17) Used (5) Refurbished (1) from $69.99
Seller: kewlgadgets Rating: 22 reviews Sales Rank: 9833
Media: Electronics Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Number Of Items: 1 Batteries Included: Yes Native Resolution: 1024 x 768 Display Size: 4.3 Includes MP3 Player: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 9.8 x 2.1 nv:Condition: New Type: Automotive WAAS Enabled: Yes GPS Accuracy Position: 3-5 meters Display: Color Screen Size: 4.3" Touch Screen: Yes Voice: Yes Expansion Slots: SD Card Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Battery Life: 3 hours Antenna: Integrated multidirectional patch Special Features: Traffic Ready Special Features: Spoken Street Names Maps Included: United States Maps Included: Canada
MPN: Magellan RoadMate 1430 Model: Magellan RoadMate 1430 UPC: 940356719662 EAN: 0940356386840 ASIN: B0014L6RH4
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| • | Magellan RoadMate 1430 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic | | • | Pre-loaded with maps of U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada | | • | SmartDetour automatically prompts you to route around sudden slow freeway traffic. | | • | Rechargeable battery lets you Navigate for up to 3 hours when power is unavailable. | | • | 6 million pre-programmed POIs make it easy to find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee and more. |
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Product Description Get full turn-by-turn navigation, LIVE traffic capability, 6 million Points of Interest, SayWhere text-to speech, an extra large 4.3" wide-format, full color touch screen and more. The Magellan RoadMate 1430 has a built-in traffic receiver with LIVE traffic reports that appear on the interactive touch screen with delay advisories for incidents along your route. A 3-month FREE subscription is included. Built in maps of the entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada are also included. Intuitive User Interface Ultra-thin design Interactive POI icons Tow truck icon - shows detailed information about your current location so you can provide clear direction to roadside assistance Home icon - Program any location into the Home button and find your way back from wherever you are QuickSpell - Enter destinations with a few keystrokes SmartDetour - prompts you to route around suddenly slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically calculates the quickest detour Birds eye 3D view - Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D Auto re-route whenever you take a detour Auto NightView - Color and contrast adjusts for easy viewing at night Customizable route methods Multi-destination routing - Select up to 20 destinations and choose the order Address Book - Create and save personal Points of Interest Rechargeable battery - Navigate up to 3 hours The Centrality Atlas III processor provides accurate and reliable positioning and navigation within three meters
Amazon.com Product Description Get full turn-by-turn navigation, LIVE traffic capability, 6 million Points of Interest, SayWhere text-to speech, an extra large 4.3-inch wide-format, full color touchscreen and more. The Magellan RoadMate 1430 has a built-in traffic receiver. LIVE traffic reports appear on the interactive touchscreen with delay advisories for incidents along your route. Your GPS calculates ETA by intelligently factoring traffic flow and prompts you to re-route whenever a quicker way is available. A free 3-month subscription is included. (Fees apply after introductory period.) Clear 4.3-inch QVGA color touchscreen shows your position, POIs, route, ETA, and more on the interactive map. | Innovative easy-to-use interface makes it a breeze to find the route to your destination in seconds--without even needing to read the instructions. Click to enlarge. | Adjustable mount for your windshield or dashboard. | An expanded Points of Interest database offers 6 million built-in destinations. Find fuel, food, lodging, ATMs, and hundreds of other businesses and services with a few touches of the screen. Plus, built in maps of the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Use the intuitive menu options to pick your destination and choose how you navigate to virtually anywhere. If you want to stay on the freeway, avoid freeways, travel the shortest distance, or arrive in the quickest time, your Magellan RoadMate enables you to navigate the way you want. You can even exclude specific roads or freeways from your route and also avoid toll roads. SayWhere text-to-speech tells you street names with every turn-by-turn direction. The advanced QuickSpell feature intelligently searches addresses and Points of Interest, offering you a simple list of available locations. It even checks spelling so you can enter a destination with just a few touches of the screen. SmartDetour prompts you to route around sudden slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically re-calculates the fastest detour. The integrated rechargeable battery offers navigation for up to three hours. Search destinations, plan trips and enter addresses and personal Points of Interest from a meeting place, restaurant or anywhere power is unavailable. Key Features Include - Large wide-format 4.3-inch WQVGA color touchscreen shows your position on the map, route, destination, ETA, surrounding Points of Interest, signal strength, next maneuver, street names, and more at a glance.
- Integrated Magellan TrafficKit traffic receiver with 3-month FREE subscription provides real-time traffic updates. Delay advisories along your route appear on the touchscreen with details about the incident. Your Magellan GPS calculates your ETA based on traffic conditions and automatically offers a new route option when there's a quicker way. (Fees apply after introductory period.)
- Easily find what you need with 6 million Points of Interest--Gas stations, restaurants, hotels, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services are intuitively categorized and searchable from the built-in POI database. Most include the phone number.
- Travel the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada with Expanded NAVTEQ maps--all the maps you need, pre-loaded on the included SD memory card.
- Hear street names with every voice direction and have a clear understanding of when to make the next turn while you keep your eyes on the road with SayWhere text-to-speech feature.
- Bold, intuitive menu and user interface options make it easy to pick destinations and choose how you navigate, without even reading the instructions.
- Uniquely stylish, thin, and compact making it easy to transfer your Magellan GPS between vehicles or toss it in a suitcase to take anywhere.
- Select the types of services and amenities you'd like to see and interactive POI icons appear on the map. Touch an icon for a nearby service to see address, phone number (when available) and get an instant route.
- Convenient "tow-truck icon" shows detailed information about your current location with a single touch so you can provide clear direction to roadside assistance.
- Program any location into the "Home" button and find your way back from wherever you are.
- Enter destinations with a few keystrokes with the QuickSpell feature. QuickSpell searches locations and checks spelling to provide you with a simple list of available destinations.
- SmartDetour prompts you to route around suddenly slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically calculates the quickest detour. No fee or subscription is required!
- Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D with 3-D Birds Eye View feature.
- Never miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour with help from the Auto re-route feature.
- Color and contrast adjusts automatically for easy viewing at night.
- Choose the way you want to navigate to use the most freeways, least freeways, fastest time, shortest distance and avoid toll roads. Exclude specific streets or freeways after a route is calculated to get there the way you want.
- Select up to 20 destinations and choose the order to plan a trip in advance and repeat the same trip again. Easily reorganize, add or remove destinations.
- Create and save personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.
- Navigate up to 3 hours when power is unavailable with the RoadMate 1430 rechargeable battery.
- The Centrality Atlas III processor with integrated GPS receiver provides superior GPS performance for accurate and reliable positioning and navigation within three meters.
What's in the Box Magellan RoadMate 1430 receiver, vehicle power adapter, adhesive disk for dash mounting, windshield mount, basic cradle, preloaded map on SD card, user manual on CD-ROM, quick-start guide, reference manual
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Dumbest GPS I Ever Used August 21, 2010 James D Davis (CLEVELAND, OH, US) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I normally don't write product reviews but feel it's necessary for me to warn others about this GPS. I purchased this product a couple of months ago for my business with the hopes it would save me time and make me a little more efficient on the road. Boy, was I wrong. First of all, the unit you buy may be "new" but the installed software is very old. In fact, I have a 7 year old map that lists streets that this GPS doesn't. In order to upgrade, Magellan wants another $50 from you. Since the software is more than 7 years old most of your points of interest are also out of date. I don't know where Magellan got their information, but some of these locations never existed in the first place. For example: One day I was looking for a health food store. It told me one was on a certain street about 2 miles away from my present location. When I arrived at the location all I found was a vacant lot! The lot never had a building on it let alone a health food store. So far I noticed only about 40% of the points of interests are accurate. My biggest problem with this GPS is that no matter what, it always seems to take the round-about way to get you to your destination. I live 2 miles from a major freeway where there is an entrance and an exit however, this unit always directs me to the one that is 6 miles away. I use this GPS daily for my business where I'll put in a dozen or more stops into it. I was hoping it would map out a logical route for me to follow so I can save time and gas. This unit does the opposite. I waste more time and gas zig-zagging all over town than if I was just using a map. I can see on a map the most logical route to get to my destination, but for some reason this GPS loves taking the scenic route. Granted, you will eventually get to your location (if your street is listed) but it won't get you there in the most logical or efficient way. Even when I approach my home street it will tell me to make a u-turn, go around the block and approach my street from the opposite direction. ??? I don't know how many times I just want to throw this stupid thing out the window. It doesn't even pronounce the names of some streets correctly. My unit pronounces the simple name, "State Road" as "Stage Road". And rarely, does it announce your arrival when you actually arrive at your destination. It will either announce it before or after you pass your destination. I've adjusted my location many times, but it still doesn't make a difference. Also, if you are heading in one direction and your next location is in the opposite direction, this unit doesn't have enough sense to have you turn around and go in that direction. Instead it will have you traveling in the same direction until you come to a street where you can make a big circle....even if that means traveling 10 or more miles out of your way!! I know GPS technology isn't perfect, but this is by far the dumbest GPS I ever used. When I can see clearly on a map how to get to my destination and this thing consistently takes me 1 or 2 miles out of my way, something is wrong. This GPS is okay for occasional use in an area you're familiar with but I wouldn't count on it while traveling to unknown locations. My advice: Buy a much more dependable Garmin or just use a map.
Just love it July 15, 2010 Alex Verschoor This is my first GPS and I love it. Very easy to operate. At first I thought it wasn't working, but if you travel for more then 500 miles without using it you have to set the GPS location again. After that, it was working like a clock...
Updated w/ new maps (had it for a week, no regrets so far) June 26, 2010 thia (Miami, FL) This is my first GPS but some of my friends are up to their 4th. I'm directionally challenged and always wanted one but the complaints of friends with GPS and the huge price tag made me wait it out. With all the upgraded features and prices dropping so much, I could not resist buying one. I've only been testing it in my neighborhood and to work but it's been accurate; 1 error in a street name but the SD map was from 2008. I called company, asked for the "free" latest map within their 30 day of purchase window. Unfortunately, it's still 2009 since the 2010 won't be release until much later in the year; cost $10 for S/H to mail the SD map. Delivery was fast but now I need full charge before I can install the new software to use the new map. Since I only have the car charger and my drive to work is ~15 minutes, the battery still not max yet. I'll update after the upgrade and new map but the GPS is intuitive to use/program. I have no trouble figuring out the features, enter addresses and started using it out of the box. Low volume is a major complaint of most GPS but with the radio on I still can hear this one clearly on max setting. Love the street names, turns announcements; no need to even look at the screen. It also have a bell alert immediately before each turn. The bright blue screen was easy to see in bright daylight too. One person complained it was too bright for night; the reviewer may not know about the brightness setting. Tried it myself, not a problem. I did not tried the free 3 month traffic subscription yet. My Miami commute is nothing compare to other major cities I've been in.
I was hesitant about this model with all the low reviews I saw here but since most were from 2008 and early 2009 and for the price ~$90 plus some very positive reviews, I was willing to risk it. I think the company may have resolved the issues with upgrades, 30 days free map upgrade and better customer service. Like I said, I'll post my experience after the upgrade and new map to see if the company actually did fix the issues reported by some. The customer service I got was excellent.
I'm happy with the price and features of this unit so far. I'm purcahsing a wall charger for this unit for $5. I already have a USB data link for the upgrade. If you live in a city where there were no major changes to the freeway, highways or roads the last few years then you can save money and not upgrade the map or simply wait for a later model with more current maps. GPS seem to be getting cheaper by the month.
UPDATE 04-Jul-10:
Got my wall charger last week and downloaded the software update so I can use the new 2009 SD map. The SD map came so quickly after I faxed Magellan the receipt with date of purchase, I had to wait for my wall charger because you'll need a fully charge unit first. No problems with the download (took only a few minutes) but I had a problem after I inserted the new SD map. It was my fault because I did not remove the plastic screen protector and it cause an error that took me more than 20 mins to figure out why it wasn't responding to touch or reset. Once I removed the screen protector, it reset and responded well to touch and so far no problems with the unit so I believe they fixed the software problem that others complained about. The name error of the one street was still not corrected with the new map so save your money if you live in an area with no major changes to your roads in the last few years. Like other posters asked, do they really update those maps?!!
For the price and features, absolutely happy with the unit. None of my friends ever complained about the durability of a GPS so I think this unit will only be replaced in the future with a "better" unit or if the new maps at the current $80 are more expensive than buying a new unit.
nice product March 21, 2010 Charles L. Baldwin (Mississippi, USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very nice product but a little hard to get someone who is not technical to learn how to use it.
As good as any, and less money February 5, 2010 S. Corless (Atlanta) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
All these things screw up once in a while, but this is as good as any out there,and for 120 bucks and a year of free traffic update service (or was it 6 months ?) you cannot get a better GPS. It is popular with thieves, also; I have had to buy 4 of them due to Atlanta democrats stealing 3 from my vehicles.
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