Magellan RoadMate 1412 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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The Magellan RoadMate 1412 is pocket-sized, ultra-thin, and stylish, and features an extra large 4.3-inch wide-format, full color interactive touchscreen. The expanded Points of Interest database offers 6 million built-in destinations for an incredible value. Find fuel, food, lodging, ATMs and hundreds of other businesses and services with a few touches of the screen. Plus, it includes built-in maps of the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Clear 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen shows your position, POIs, route, ETA and more on the interactive map |
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.
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. |
Adjustable mount for your windshield or dashboard. |
Key Features Include
- Large wide-format color 4.3-inch WQVGA 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.
- 6 million Points of Interest: Easily find what you need. 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.
- Expanded NAVTEQ maps let you Travel the entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada with all the maps you need, pre-loaded on the included SD memory card.
- SayWhere text-to-speech lets you 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.
- Bold, intuitive menu options make it easy to pick destinations and choose how you navigate, without even reading the instructions.
- Uniquely stylish and compact, it’s 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.
- Program any location into the “Home” button and find your way back from wherever you are.
- Enter destinations with a few keystrokes. 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 Birds eye 3D view.
- Never miss a turn with Auto re-route and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.
- Auto NightView controls color and contrast adjusting 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.
- Multi-destination routing: 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 its 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 1412 4.3-inch widescreen portable GPS navigator, adhesive disk for dash mounting, basic cradle, swivel mount, vehicle power adapter (12-24 watts), quick reference guide and CD, alcohol pad
Features
- 4.3-inch WQVGA, full-color, anti-glare, touchscreen display
- 6 million searchable points of interest: Customers can easily search for restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations, and more.
- SayWhere: Text-to-speech tells drivers the street name of their next turn.
- Widescreen, ultra-thin form factor with the functionality and navigation features that GPS consumers expect
- SmartDetour: Prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic
- Dimensions (W x H x L): 10 x 2 x 5 inches
- Weight: 3 pounds
Great deal
got it fast ,, it work great,, got a good deal on it
GPS
I have a MAC so I would prefer it to be compatible luckily I have an old PC that I can update with. Live Traffic would have been nice.
Excellent Product
We have one Magellan and now purchased this one for the other automobile. We feel the Magellan is easy to use and generally accurate. This one is better than the older one because it tells you in audio the street you will be turning onto. The other did not announce the names of the upcoming streets. We feel the Magellan is a good value.
Great GPS, battery, not so much
I’m pretty happy with the performance of this GPS unit, save for one category — battery life. On a full charge, the GPS lasted only two hours or so. This was with frequent use — I’m a delivery driver, so I was punching in addresses every 15-20 minutes.
As far as it working as a GPS — no complaints there. The widescreen display is nice, and helps me visualize more of the surrounding area, as I get to use the bigger map. The most useful utilization of the wide screen is a split-screen function. As you approach a turn, the screen splits to show both your current position, and what the oncoming turn will look like. This is particularly helpful on freeway interchanges, where the turns aren’t always run-of-the-mill 90 degree numbers. I also appreciate the GPS reminding you to “keep left” or “keep right,” as a previous GPS I’d used didn’t. Also helpful is its little chime reminding you of upcoming turns.
I didn’t know this wasn’t always standard on a GPS, but it does say street names.
The POI file seems adequate, although I can’t really comment there as I haven’t had to rely on it too much. It has all the obvious POI such as major chains and business and such, but not some of the less obvious such as local businesses.
This is a big negative for me — it’s not Mac-compatible, so I have to wait to find a PC to update the firmware/maps. This, along with the obvious gigantic negative of weak battery life. Also a little annoying is this little quirk about the car power adapter: the plug end that fits into the GPS itself points towards the window, rather than the cabin, so the cord has to make an extra loop if you’re using it.
The windshield holder leaves a little to be desired too. It adjusts using a tooth-gear and a thumbscrew, meaning you’re stuck with the angles that it comes with. Quite a bummer having used a holder with a balljoint adjustment. The holder is awfully large as well.
Pretty Good
I’ve had this for about six months now, and have used it on several road trips.
Pros:
Acquires satellites pretty quickly. I find that it does it a lot quicker if you turn the unit on where you last turned it off.
Clear screen, clear directions, great, loud voice commands
Pretty easy to use
Cons:
POI database is not that good. For example, if you look up police stations in my area, you get only courts.
It came with a map that was 2 years old. You can upgrade for “free,” with a $10 shipping charge. I paid the price, and quickly received the latest update, which was about six months old. If I were buying this, I’d expect to pay $10 for the upgrade.
Not Mac compatible for firmware updates.
Overall, it’s pretty good.
Bed product
Bought this Aug. 2008. Used just a few times. Now the battery can not be charged. This is a bed product.
I RATHER BUY A TOM TOM AGAIN
THIS MACHINE DOES NOT FIND REALLY BIG LAND MARKS BY IT SELF LIKE MY TOM TOM BUT IT’S IMAGES LOOK GREAT, THATS IT.
Great simple GPS
Simple, reliable GPS. Data is up to date, even on new developments, POIs are good, shows brand/symbols for easy recognition. Easy to startup, very intuitive controls & interface. Great buy & value for $100, can’t beat it.
Good item for your $
It has shown me new ways to get around without having to rely on congested highways. I like this part best!
1st time user
I bought this GPS after seeing it reviewed in my local newspapers tech report. I used it the first time driving thru downtown San Francisco to Golden Gate Park on surface roads. The signal reception was exelent. The voice directions gave me plenty of notice before a turn. Even when the road was blocked for an event and I had to turn the opposite direction, it gave me new directions to my destination within 2 blocks of my detour.
Overall, I’m very satisfied with this product.
Magellan Roadmate GPS
This is not our purchase of Magellan Roadmate 1412. We already have two and we bought these because of the excellent price at Amazon and to be given away as gifts. The Roadmate 1412 is a no nonsense GPS with not too many bells and whistles. When first turned on, it requires a good 5 minutes before it communicates with the satellites and knows the current location. However if placed in the front dash or attached to the windshield, it is much, much quicker. After that it is pretty much fine. Sometimes it seems it routes you through so many side streets just to get you in front of the destination so that you don’t have to cross the street. Overall though, it is a good unit with clear audio and video. The user settings are easy to set up. Sometimes when we seem lost on our own, this GPS will bring us safely home! It is also good in finding alternate routes when the freeways are clogged. It does not tell the traffic conditions at a given time and I am not sure if the unit supports this feature even if you buy a subscription for it.
Roadmate Review
I had had a Magellan before so I was very familiar with using it. The face is a little larger than the previous GPS I had but that’s what I liked about it. It gives clear directions and lets you know ahead of time of an upcoming turn then as you get closer, it tells you to prepare to turn. The maps were clear and it has the number of miles to your destination and the expected arrival time. It was very easy to use. My only minor problem was that it did not come with an AC adapter so I could recharge my unit in the house before using.I would recommend to anyone.
stolen GPS
i bought this GPS after my last onw was stolen from my car
. after i bought it i installed it in my car in the same place my last one was, and i’ve loved it since. and it’s cheaper then the first one i bought. i aslo used it while driving from indianapolis, indiana to san antonio, tx and it never got me lost or gave me the wrong directions.
Device stopped working after three months
I enjoyed this little GPS. It was easy to assemble, easy to operate and very reliable. I kept it in my vehicle. When I went on a recent road trip, however, the GPS wouldn’t start up. I’ve tried charging it but it just remains a blank, dark screen. Bummer.
GPS is good
The GPS is good, but I received an error when I tried put other map.
3 units with the same problem in each
To preface, I never abused any of the units I owned, never left them in the car to experience extreme temperatures, and always handled them carefully.
I purchased my first Magellan Roadmate 1412 at Costco in 2008, and despite being straight out of the package, the unit would not charge. I brought it back and received a replacement: unit number 2.
The GPS initially worked, despite buggy screen problems, until a few months later when the unit failed to charge again. When resetting the unit didn’t work, I called customer assistance who sent a replacement charger cable in case that was the issue. The unit still failed to power up so I sent it in to be serviced. The unit came back, worked for a month, then failed to charge again. I called to complain and was told to send in the unit for a complete replacement, and received my 3rd Roadmate 1412 unit.
I thought I finally had a good unit since there were no problems with it at first, until the unit once again failed to charge. Unfortunately by the time this unit broke, it was no longer under warranty, since replacements do not come with a new one year coverage term.
What You Need to Know
Before you buy, you may want to know that map updates are available (if necessary) for free during the first 30 days after purchase. After that, map updates are $75, which seems high. That is almost the current cost of the GPS new. I had to update it as soon as I bought it and customer service was excellent. They sent me a SD card with the update and I received it 4 days after I called.
To do the update, you have to update the firmware first. If not, the update will not work and you will need help. You update it by downloading the firmware update file from their web site, then connect the GPS to your USB port and withing a few minutes, it is done. You can do that before you get the SD map update. When you get the SD card, just insert it, push the reset button, and you are updated.
I does a good job of receiving the GPS signals and does an OK job of selecting routes. It does not have a lot of the bells and whistles of some other GPS systems, but it seems to be reliable and works well for the price.
wilderness
I was just wondering if this will work outdoors, in the wilderness. If it can track rivers, lakes and bays? We were caught out in a snow storm/white out and it would be helpful to have a gps.
Customizable GPS worth of its price
This GPS has a 300MHz ARM CPU and 51MB memory. It is enough for using almost all customization (unlocks). MioPocket 3.0 works well with it, although some program doesn’t run. It has a persistant registry by which you don’t have to reinstall MioPocket every time your hard reset. The best of it, it can run iGo and iGo Amigo nicely without any problem. In sum, it can be converted into a reasonably good PNA. It would have been perfect if it had a plug for headphone.
don’t get lost
Nice product, but it does have some wrong maps, led my husband to a deadend road and took us to a residentual area when we were looking for a resturant, but still good for the money