Magellan RoadMate 3065 4.7-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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The Magellan RoadMate 3065 is premium 4.7″ navigator packed with features perfect for commuters. Know all about traffic delays before you even start your car with Traffic Wakeup. Get detailed mileage reporting on your business road trips. Other key features include Bluetooth hands-free calling, lifetime free traffic, highway lane assist and built-in AAA TourBook. Free Lifetime Traffic provides real-time traffic information. Avoid traffic jams, detours and construction zones. Highway Lane Assist shows realistic highway signs to guide you and ensure that you’ll choose the correct lane Built-in AAA TourBook guide provides ratings and descriptions on AAA-approved places to stay, play, dine, and save. Large 4.7-inch color touch screen is easy to view. Spoken street names and directions so you can hear upcoming turn directions. Highway exit POIs search finds gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more near upcoming highway exits. Multi-destination routing lets you plan your trip with multiple stops. Choose the order you want or automatically optimize your route. Saving time and money. AAA Member Roadside Assistance1 shows the AAA phone number and your exact location on the GPS navigator screen for easy reference. Preloaded premium maps give you the latest maps and directions as you travel the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Millions of points of interest (POIs) help you easily find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee shops, and much more. Route customization lets you choose the shortest distance, fastest time, most use of freeways, or least use of freeways Address book enables you to create and store contact information. Automatic re-route lets you quickly get back on track in case you missed a turn.Specifications Case – High-impact plastic Pre-Loaded Maps – US, Canada and Puerto Rico Screen Size – 4.7 Memory – Micro SD slot Antenna Type – Integrated multidirectional pa
Features
- GPS for the daily commuter with 4.7-inch touch screen, lifetime traffic alerts, highway lane assist, OneTouch favorites, AAA TourBook and Bluetooth
- Pre-loaded NAVTEQ maps of U.S., Canada & Puerto Rico with six million searchable Point of Interest
- Enjoy safe, hands-free navigation with voice command and calling with on-board Bluetooth
- OneTouch favorites menu affords instant access to your personalized bookmarks of favorite places
- Highway lane assist points you to the right exit with realistic highway signs
- Dimensions (W x H x L): 0 x 0 x 0 inches
- Weight: 0 pounds
Spoken Directions Good; Died In Heat
I bought this product at a big box store, on sale at the same price. I mounted it on one of those beanbag dash mounts; worked fine. The directions are clear; super-accurate. It updates when I deviate from course almost immediately, except once when my local knowledge flummoxed it for about 15 seconds.
The screen would be easy to see (less the sunglare) if it weren’t just too close for my driving glasses and just too far for me to peer over them. That’s my personal problem. Maybe I need bifocals. The spoken directions are clear and well-timed, so a detailed look at the screen isn’t really necessary.
The traffic wake-up is virtually useless; it has to be connected in the car to work, and I am not leaving the unit in the car overnight, and certainly not in the garage at work, having already lost a stereo. Plus my car needs the key in the Accessories position to power the cigarette lighter, and I suspect that would not be a good idea. I haven’t encountered any traffic to test it on the road, yet (which I guess is a good thing).
I had it about a week when it died: in the car, on the floor (the advantage of the beanbag mount) while I was in a store for about an hour. It would not turn back on. The Magellan support was excellent: I called, got an RMA number, shipped it, and expect a new unit (not a refurb) back in a few days (7-10 after shipping). I’ll be a little more careful about heat, though you would expect that a device designed to sit exposed to the sky…
Assuming the replacement keeps its cool, I would recommend this, or one of the similar models.