Buy Used/3rdParty More product information	Magellan RoadMate 800 Multimedia GPS Travel Companion List Price: $1,099.99    Our Price: Too Low To Display Manufacturer: Magellan MPN: RoadMate 800 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Number of Media: 1 Features: Includes Bird’s-eye, 3-D Viewing, Multi-destination Route Optimization, Voice Guidance and Trip Planner features Only 10.8 ounces in weight and 3.15 x 1.55 x 6.26-inches (W x D x L) in dimension Portable, plug and play GPS guidance system with MP3 player and photo viewer 4.5 GB available memory for music and photos Holds over 6 million points of interest, one million custom POIs, and 200 personal addresses for quick reference
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Product Description While you're navigating your way to your next destination, there's no reason you can't entertain yourself along the way. The Magellan RoadMate 800 Multimedia GPS Travel Companion lets you do exactly that. With a built-in MP3 player and photo viewer, along with Magellan's leading GPS navigation system, there's nothing quite like the Roadmate 800 for your next road trip. Customer Reviews Very Nice GPS I test drove 3 GPS models. The Garmin Street Pilot C340, Magellan Roadmate 360 and now the Megallen Roadmate 800. I'm pretty satisfied with the 800. My second choice would have been the roadmate 360. I bought this GPS for it's GPS qualities, NOT for the MP3 or Photo viewing feature. One HUGE difference I noticed in this model is the POI's in one word, amazing! Almost every POI I looked up was in there. The 800's build quality is very nice. The GPS has a nice feel. Buttons are dramatically improved on this model versus the 360. You would expect that anyway. At $1000.00 price tag, being top dollar for a GPS of this nature. The only real complaint I have so far with the unit it's self, is that I have to keep the radio off in order to hear the voice commands. I.e. it does not turn up very loud. The 800 boasts a self adjusting volume control, however my experience is that if you don't leave the volume turned up all the way, you will not be able to hear it. We actually purchased two 800's at the same time. My friend that purchased her's with me does not share that complaint however. She suggested a hearing aid (grin) My ears get tested every year and to the best of my knowledge I have normal hearing. My car too is a late model Mercedes, so the road noise is pretty suppressed. The voice commands would be useless in perhaps a large truck and for sure in a convertible. The internal battery is nice, but it will only last about an hour or so when you're running the GPS portion. I have no idea as to the battery life during MP3 mode. One advantage to the Garman's battery was it's 5 hour plus battery life. You did not have keep the Garmin plugged into a dangling cigarette lighter plug if you were on a short trip. As for tech support? Pretty bad! Magellan is very difficult to get hold of. I personally feel that Magellan should provide a quicker higher quality level of customer support for Roadmate 800 owners, that are spending top dollar for their GPS But back to the product, I would recommend this GPS. I found that using the text to voice feature on the Garmin product was novel, but I found myself looking for street signs, instead of the road. The feature I love with the Magellan is that the screen displays a bar type countdown feature before your next turn. Much like the bar graph you would see on a PC when your uploading files. The bar starts out bright yellow and turns to black as you approach your turn. You also get a pleasant chime that gives you ample warning that yes! The next intersection is where you are to turn. I hope this was of some help. More features less features The 800 is built tough with a flashy exterior that likes up with blue buttons to make it easy to see at night. It is all the the Hertz Neverlost is, well, almost. Unlike the lesser cousins like the 760, this new 800 gives you a battery, memory slot, and tunes-on-the-go in exchange for no longer supporting the SayWhere text-to-speech technology that reads you the name of the street you are going to turn on! This was a product differentiator for us, and for this reason, and only this reason, we had to return the product. We even went to www.magellangps.com and used their comparison feature. SayWhere wasn't mentioned. Silly us for assuming Magellan would never delete a feature when launching a new top-of-the-line unit. What is Magellan thinking by deleting the one feature that makes sure you don't drive into a mall entrance, a driveway, or the wrong side street at a complex intersection (by reading you the street name so you can be sure you understood the direction)? We are getting the 760 instead, because, really the GPS unit is the best on the market... I Love It! Some of the reviews on this product say that it's not a great MP3 player, and it's not, but if I wanted a great MP3 player, I would get an MP3 player. However, if you are looking for a GPS system, you won't be disappointed. This is my first GPS navigation system. I was able to learn this system and start using it within 15 minutes, without referring to the manual, so I would definitely categorize it as easy to use. The screen is easy to read and easy to switch between line by line directions and 3D view. I haven't had trouble getting a signal and most of the points of interest I've searched for have been found (with the exception of some newer restaurants). I am very happy with this system and highly recommend it.

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