Magellan RoadMate 2000 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
- Advanced vehicle navigation system gives you one-touch access to detailed information about a destination
- Simple touch-screen menus and 40 built-in, interactive maps of the contiguous United States let you select virtually any destination
- Features a 3.5-inch color touch screen display for easy access to navigational information
- Nearly 1.3 million pre-programmed points of interest enable you to quickly find gas stations, airports, hotels and much more
- Measures 4.28 x 3.15 x 1.12 inches (W x H x D); weighs 2.0 pounds
Product Description
980889-01 Roadmate 2000TAmazon.com Product Description
Small, powerful and affordable, with a SIRF StarIII chipset for quick GPS signal acquisition, the Magellan RoadMate 2000 makes it easier than ever to get where you need to go. Simple touch-screen menus and 40 built-in, interactive maps of the contiguous United States let you select virtually any destination and enjoy voice and visual turn-by-turn directions as you drive.
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Magellan RoadMate 2000 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
Actually this COULD have been a great GPS! And, it has a “really nice” opening for a SD Memory Card. But, I just called Magellan and was told, “Oh, the European Maps won’t be made available for this model.” That’s ridiculous in my opinion—-to make a product that won’t accept “maps from other countries”. I mean, someday, in about 10 years, you MAY want to go to London…or Paris….or Rome…and drive around in a rented car, right? So, then you find out yourself—-because Magellan won’t tell you up front—-you find out yourself, “oh, I have to buy another GPS that will accept European Maps.” Phooey! Magellan should have in big letters on the box: “WILL NOT WORK WITH EUROPEAN MAPS”. But, it leaves that information up to the customer to seek out. I wouldn’t buy this product for that reason alone! If you agree or disagree email: boland7214@aol.
PS: If you want to bring your GPS to Europe, check out Garmin GPS. Also the Garmin C530, for example, has a screen that is easier to read because the information is in BIGGER LETTERS and always on top.
PPS: To be fair, if you are SURE you only want to drive in The USA The 2000 is worth looking into because it worked very well for me around my neighborhood. And, there is another similer model for $100 more (!) that I was told “will have capability to work with European Maps IN THE FUTURE SOMETIME!” That model is the Magellan 2200T.
Rating: 1 / 5
I just recvd this unit a week ago. I live in SW Missouri between Springfield and Branson, MO. The unit is easy to use but the directions it gives sux! the maps are out of date! There are street around here that where built over 3 years ago that are not even on the map it shows while u r driving! Going down to Eureka Springs I decided to put it to the test! Had i followed this GPS i would have ended up in a farm field had me turning on road that where not there! I would not recommend this GPS infact iam taking mine back cause it works like crap!
Rating: 1 / 5
I don’t know what pretend people.. this magellan is basic in all sense.. don’t have bluetoot, don’t have mp3 but if you need something to go from a to b quickly and easy, this is the gps.
Magellan help me navigate every day in california delta, thousand littles routes are memorized in this little gps; this magellan drive from San Francisco all the way to New York, withound any problem at all..
Finally it’s inexpensive, simple and functional.. the rest.. well.. the rest can buy an expensive garmin or tomtom… magellan is enough for me..
Rating: 5 / 5
First off, We have a GPS that is built in to an Infinity I35 that if very good. The Roadmate 2000 is nowhere near it. The screen is too small to and does not give clear directions when there are a mass of roads in the small screen. Some suggested exits are not clear on the screen and could cause you to get in an accident trying to figure out where it’s telling you to get off. It tells you to exit at ridiculous places when it is no where near where you are trying to go or the exit you really should get off on. It will in fact eventually get you there, and that is at the fastest route setting. I will say it is fantastically quick about re- routing you when you miss a turn, I am talking, almost immediately. It took me through eight turns in Mississippi to get somewhere when all I had to do was go one block straight ahead and turn left once to get there. It did this several times using fastest, mostly interstate, and two other settings. I tested this on locations where I knew the fastest and easiest route to a location. I would definitely NOT buy this unit.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is a warning to people buying this product. Warranty does not cover physical defects.
The touchscreen can shatter on this unit and it will cost you $150 to repair it. Without the touchscreen the item is completely useless. The last thing you want to happen is that when you’re on the road, you find one morning that the touchscreen has shattered and you have no directions to get out of there.
I called support (in India) and they said warranty only covers software defects. I bought it 2 months ago and they said no physical defects was covered in the warranty.
I suggest getting a different product or a laptop based GPS receiver (way cheaper and more functionality)
Rating: 1 / 5