Magellan RoadMate 6000T 980874-01 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
The Magellan RoadMate 6000T is the complete solution for people on the go. Intelligently designed for easy right or left hand driving, Magellan RoadMate 6000T provides advanced turn-by-turn voice and visual GPS guidance for worry-free navigation. SayWhere text-to-speech offers the added benefit of hearing the street name for each turn (North America only). Use the touch screen and simple menus to enter an address or select from over six million points of interests to instantly route to virtually any destination. Built-in detailed maps of the U.S. and Canada show your position, destination and route as you travel. The integrated traffic receiver provides LIVE traffic reports so you can easily avoid traffic jams, accidents, road work and more. Your Magellan RoadMate provides warnings along your selected route as you approach an incident. Icons identify the location of traffic issues on the interactive map. Touch an icon to get detailed information about the incident. Your Magellan RoadMate will automatically route you around traffic problems whenever a quicker way is available. Bluetooth wireless technology, built-in microphone and speaker enable you to use your Magellan RoadMate 6000T to make hands-free phone calls using your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone.Take entertainment on the road with the integrated rechargeable battery, music player and picture viewer. Listen to your favorite tunes, watch a slideshow or navigate when you are away from your vehicle.
Magellan RoadMate 6000T 980874-01 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator Features
- Preloaded detailed maps with bird's eye 3D viewing to give you a clear sense of your surroundings
- Bluetooth wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker allows for hands-free calls
- Easily fits into any vehicle without the need for special installation
- Free temporary subscription to Magellan's live traffic reports
$399.99
As a gps the unit functions ok and acquires satellites reasonably quick, the level of street accuracy is ok too. However there are some annoyances, firstly you have to obtain an ac charger to get the firmware update which is highly recommended. So I bought the ac charger and downloaded the firmware only to get an error message saying that "the update is not valid for my unit".
So therefore with out the new firmware you cannot add map updates, which renders the damn thing useless in the future. Another pain is the buttons are located on just about every area of the casing, making it difficult not to touch one by mistake. Overall it functions ok but I think I will get a Garmin, as the issues are too much to bare.
UPDATE: In my effort to update the firmware so that I can update the map I called support, big mistake! The tech told me to download and install firmware 1.22 over my 1.15, I was apprehensive as I hadn't gotten 1.16 to install on my device, but proceeded upon his advice. Well the update installed on my unit and then locked up and would not start, so I had to call them back and explain the whole thing to someone else only to get "oh well it must have been a problem with the firmware update, it happens", Erm no, it should'nt happen actually, I said. And was given a number so that I can return my unit for another at my expense of course. We'll see how long it takes to get a unit back.
Am really wishing I hadn't bothered with the whole damn thing. I like the gps and some of its features, it's the support and customer service that let this company down.
OMG. Beware, if you send back your unit for repair you will get a refurbished unit back that you have absolutely no history on. Magellan sent me a refurbished unit instead of fixing my unit, after five minutes of use the touch screen would not respond, so who knows how many hours of use the thing had? So that has been sent back to their "repair"(what a joke) center. Magellan have told me that I may get another refurbished unit if one is available or they may give me an upgraded unit. I said that I would prefer an upgraded unit after all the hassle, and a new unit at that and not some piece of junk that has been cleaned up and sent out, to which the technical support dude (another joke as they know absolutely nothing) just laughed at my suggestion. So who knows what the hell I'll get back. I will never buy another Magellan product.
Update: After almost two months and calling the support line weekly Magellan sent me an upgraded Maestro 4250 (refurb) as an alternative, and the length of hassle they put me through. If you are thinking about a Magellan gps consider that if you have a problem. A) there tech support is a joke, the supposedly qualified technicians will tell you to use the reset button, which you probably already tried before calling the fool! B) They will get you to send in your unit at your expense and you will most certainly get back a refurb rather than fixing your unit. Magellan products are ok until they go wrong, and being that they operate on windows they will go wrong, so good luck. -- Not a bad GPS, but definetley has some issues.
I purchased this unit as a refurbished model. I purchased it from one of the companies that is not on the site anymore. I never could get it to work, so I contacted Magellan. They immediately exchanged units for me. They took care of everything. I was extremely impressed. So, I have an excellent unit for $99. Have not had a chance to use all the extra features, but I use it for day to day travel and it's excellent. -- Good product for the price
It's a wonderful and great product, but i don't know how to sinc.my cell phone to the bluetooth.Great buy for the Bucks!!!! -- wonderful
