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Magellan RoadMate 2200T 13 page review

Dec 20, 2006 gps navigation, magellan, reviews

Continuing our coverage on the new Magellan RoadMate series, today we have a 13 page review of the RoadMate 2200T, which sells for $400 on Amazon. If you are considering to buy the 2200T for yourself go ahead and read the whole 13 page review, but if you are getting as a gift we’ll just give you the summary within a few bullet points:

Pros

• Updated NAVTEQ maps
• SiRF GPS receiver
• Good routing engine
• Flexible routing options
• Route Exclusion feature allows you to exclude certain roads or highways
• Well designed map screen
• Exit POI feature allows you to view POIs at upcoming highway exits
• Locate feature useful for telling emergency services where you are
• Multi-destination routing capable (via the Trip Planner)
• Ability to search for an address by zip code

Cons:

• Dimmer screen than some other units
• Slight vibration in the mount while driving
• Cannot route to longitude/latitude coordinates (Magellan plans to sell an outdoor/geocaching kit that will make this possible)
• No ability to optimize a multi-destination route
• Unit sometimes feel a bit sluggish
• Photos in the manual show different (older) mounting hardware than the mount that ships with the unit
• Manual is inaccurate or missing information in several places. For example, the manual calls My POIs “Custom POIs”, and makes no mention of the “Premium POI” button at all. There’s also no mention of integrated traffic data anywhere in the manual
• Cannot play music while navigating, making the music player fairly useless
• You have to exit the navigation application altogether to adjust the volume (although you can mute the volume directly from the map screen)
• Text-to-speech not as good as some other GPS units, including Garmin and TomTom
• Reduced POI database (1.5 million vs. 6+ million on some other units)

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