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I'm about to throw it out since my husband just bought a Garmin Nuvi for his car and it is SO MUCH better. I've owned this Roadmate for almost a year. It is constantly in "thinking" mode and never updates my position quickly enough (sometimes it takes up to 15 minutes) and I've only traveled 5 miles from my last destination. We traveled over 100 miles and it found us within 1 minute. Magellan needs a new product name - maybe Columbus instead.
My only drawback is that I wish it had built in traffic link, and bluetooth. I can honestly say that when I have been to a new town that i'm not familiar with my 760 has never let me down.
I have had it for almost three years now and it has never let me down. I love my magellan 760 roadmate.
My only problem is that I have lost my antenna, and I can't find one anywhere, so I was forced to by an external high performance antenna. The screen is easy to read, and the buttons are easy to use.
There are so many features on here so you get a lot for the dollar. I have had those moments where i didn't know anything about where i was going and had to rely solely on my 760 and it was a success each and every time.
Other than those this is a flawless unit.
Time to destination: the 760 says XX minutes, my last Garmin showed I would arrive at 10:38am or whatever time AND show minutes to destination, but the the WORST thought up blunder of this unit is you can download music MP3 files into the device and connect to your car stereo ala mini headphone jack, BUT YOU CAN'T play the music files AND navigate at the same time, it is one OR the other. Why you ask would I say get a Garmin. When you are navigating, there is no speed shown on the screen (big thing I miss), when you come to a turn or a destination, the device will only tell you.1 mile, not XX feet as the Garmin does. That is just BAD design IMHO. I am unloading mine ASAP , and going to repurchase a Garmin, and hope that the scumbag that stole my Garmin from my truck get Ricketts, Herpes, Malaria and any other plague he/she runs into.
i am overall satisfied with this productcompared to the other GPS available at that time in the markethere are the positives 1- extremely accurate directions2- powerful reception even in busy downtown buildings3- lots of very useful features that you really need and not the fancy features others like GARMIN offer4- loud and very clear voice guidance5- large and clear display6 - light changing easy to ready display in any light conditions7 - excellent re-routing and quick8- good customer carenow the BAD features1 - no battery backup poweer, so will shutdown asap if the power cord is shaken and takes time to restart and so always need to be plugged in2 - huge and bulky3 - not good window mounting4 - cradle very sensible to damage and so loose contacts5 - some of the POI's were not update, but overall POI were fine
The RoadMate gets the job done. It isn't the sleekest or smallest GPS but it will get you from A to B, at a very affordable price. The only issue I have faced with the RoadMate so far, is the cost of map updates (around $50.00), but I haven't needed it yet.
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