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The Magellan RoadMate 6000T for North America is a remarkably versatile GPS navigation system. Equipped with viewing and entertainment options, cell phone connectivity, and of course navigational coverage for the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada, the 6000T meets most of your mobile needs. Loaded with a wide variety of options to help you plan daily commutes, vacation trips, and errands, the 6000T packs advanced technology in an easy-to-use unit to make your driving experience the best it can be. 
The 6000T is a complete GPS navigation system with simple touch screen menus, Bluetooth, and turn-by-turn guidance.
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Find your way fast with easy-to-navigate menus. | 
The unit can also function as a hands-free device for Bluetooth enabled phones. | 
Play MP3 or WMA files stored on an optional memory card. | Made to be user-friendly, the Magellan 6000T has a 3.5-inch touch sensitive screen that displays vibrant colors and sharp images. Simple menus and smart keys provide quick access to the 6000T's features, which include preloaded detailed maps, bird's eye 3D viewing to give you a clear sense of your surroundings, and over six million points of interest such as gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, airports, parks, historic sites, museums, and much more. The 6000T lets you select up to 20 destinations and optimize the most direct route between them, as well as store your favorite locations for the trips you take frequently. You can also customize mapping selection with the 6000T, which lets you select routes based on driving time, distance, and traffic congestion, or exclude routes you prefer to avoid, such as toll roads. And with the Auto Re-route feature to guide you, the 6000T adjusts your course if you take a detour, so you be able to get back on track easily even if you miss a turn. And because the 6000T is equipped with Bluetooth and a microphone, you'll be able to use it for hands-free calling with a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. You can talk safely while you drive, as you keep up-to-date with what's going on at the office, catch up with friends and family, or give out arrival updates. The 6000T fits easily into any vehicle without the need for special installation and works for you at any hour of the day. The auto night view feature adjusts brightness and contrast for easy viewing at night, and the voice guidance option provides friendly turn-by-turn instructions to get you to your destination. With SmartVolume adjusting the sound level of your system when you speed up or slow down, the 6000T makes sure that the directions you get are clear and easy to understand. And for the first three months after your purchase of the RoadMate 6000T, you'll have a free subscription to Magellan's LIVE traffic reports. With detailed, up-to-date traffic incident reports at your fingertips, you'll be able to find alternate routes and avoid traffic congestion created by accidents, road construction, special events, and more. In addition to having the features that make it a first-class navigation system, the 6000T is also a music player and a picture viewer. Through the integrated speaker, the 6000T plays MP3 and WMA music files for your entertainment. And if you're outside your vehicle, you can also plug in a set of earphones to listen. (For safety reasons, please remember never to use earphones while driving.) The picture viewer is ideal for road trips with friends or family as well as for gatherings such as parties and picnics. Upload the pictures you've taken with your digital camera and you'll be able to share a slideshow with everyone right away. Housed in a high-impact plastic case and able to operate in a temperature range of 14 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 to 60 degrees Celsius), the 6000T is versatile and durable enough to go wherever you want to go. At 8.64 ounces and measuring 4.8 x 3.8 x 1.4 inches, the navigation system is extremely portable. The update rate of once per second means the 6000T gives you the latest information, and the powerful 1350 mA rechargeable lithium ion battery provides up to four hours of continuous use. Multilingual options make the 6000T perfect for speakers of English, French, and Spanish.
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 Best Portable Automobile GPS on the Market |
| Review Date: October 10, 2006 |
| Reviewer: H. Edward Ferguson, Birmingham, AL |
I have had the Magellan 6000T now for 2 months and I can't imagine traveling without it. I have traveled for 19 years and made more U-turns than I can shake a stick at.
This system has it all... Blue tooth, spoken street names, easy to navigate touch screen, extremely bright screen (automatically darkens at dusk).
This system gives you more heads up about upcoming turns than any other system on the market. For instance, it will let you of a turn two miles ahead, then one mile, then 0.5 mile. Then it has a 0.2 mile yellow bar graph that shrinks as you come to your turn.
I am very glad I got this system with the spoken street names. It gives you that much more information while you are in unfamiliar territory. The street name voice is a different voice from the turn by turn voice. The street name voice has more of an edge which helps you listen easier to the street name.
It has locked up about 4 times (what high tech electronic gadget never locks up) but it was easy to reboot the system.
One of the best features is the traffic alert. I was in Charlotte, NC which I was unfamiliar with driving during rush hour to the other side of town for a meeting. After I left the hotel, it was directing me turn by turn to the Interstate. While sitting at a red light, I happened to notice it flash "I-85 accident" and then it recalculated the route. I couldn't believe it when I got to the interstate, it had brought me to the entrance ramp just ahead of where all three lanes were blocked because of the wreck!!!!! I was very impressed!
It also gives you four options for choosing your route which is twice as many as any other system.
I did a lot of research looking at the Garmin systems and Tom Tom. I printed out at least half a ream of paper of specifications and customer comments. The more I looked at Magellan, the more I realized it was the best value. I'm sure Garmins are good and they will work, but the Magellan 6000T matched their highest priced Nuvi systems feature for feature and was significantly cheaper.
It is easily portable and easily attaches and detaches to the mount. In the rental cars, I can easily mount it on the windshield. I have never had a problem with the suction mount.
On my Chrysler 300 company car, I use the flat disk and mount the system on the dashboard with no problems.
I do not regret my purchase at all.
If you travel, you need to seriously look at getting a portable GPS system. I would strongly recommend the Magellan 6000T.
It will be analogous to life before and after a microwave. |
Excellent Device
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| Review Date: November 9, 2006 |
| Reviewer: John G., SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA |
I recently used my new 6000T to find my way around LA/Orange County. I would still be trying to escape from the swirling SoCal freeway labrinth back to the relative simplicity of San Francisco had I travelled without it. When I made the occasional error at multiple-choice freeway interchanges, it guided me back on route. It recalculated my route several times to avoid slow traffic -- very helpful in the LA basin where there are alternative freeway routes between most points and all of the freeways are monitored for traffic incidents and speed.
Some of the particularly useful features:
1. A straightforward, intuitive user interface.
2. Almost instantaneous route recalculation when the driver errs in following instructions or when slow traffic is detected.
3. A multi-mode map display that usually manages to portray complex maneuvers clearly, e.g. a sequence of exits.
4. Repetitive voice prompts that permit full attention to the road when traffic is hectic.
5. Complete redundancy of controls between the touchscreen and the peripheral control buttons -- very useful if the touchscreen becomes disabled (as may occur if you install the anti-glare protective screen available on the Magellan website).
What could be better:
1. The voice prompts seem to stop occasionally for no apparent reason.
2. The verbal and textual descriptions should correspond more closely to the text on freeway interchange and exit signage, particularly at the multiple-choice maneuvers.
3. The map isn't quite current -- recent major changes in San Francisco freeway access are not reflected.
A device like this makes driving complex freeway systems with which one is unfamiliar much safer and more efficient than paper maps studied and memorized in advance and supplemented with navigation notes or Mapquest directions, and the 6000T seems designed to maximize these benefits.
By supporting driver attention to traffic demands rather than navigational difficulties, this is an accessory that can save lives. Make sure your next vehicle has an electronic stability control system, and buy one of these. |
Great Tool for City Driving
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| Review Date: December 11, 2006 |
| Reviewer: John Smith, San Diego |
I have had my Magellan 6000T for about two weeks and now wonder why I didn't invest in a GPS Navigation system long ago. I'm glad I did wait as this system not only provides great advance voice notification of an upcoming turn or freeway entrance and which lane you need to be in in order to make your turn, but also provides a doorbell like tone about 50 feet before the turn along with the street names or freeway you are entering. I understand announcing street names is a feature that most units don't have.
I travel a lot around San Diego County making approximately 10 to 15 stops at businesses and residences throughout the day. I just plug in my next address and without even having to refer to my Thomas Guide, the system navigates me to my next location with more than enough warning to negotiate any turns and freeway transitions. It is by far the best tool I have invested in and makes my day so stress free. I no longer have to reach for my Thomas Guide and thumb from page to page to map out my next stop. I punch in the next address and let the 6000T take me to my next destination. I also don't have to drive and refer back to my map book multiple times while driving to locate the next cross street or freeway exit.
This unit provides from 2 mile to .5 mile notification for freeway exits and a bell tone at the point where you should be making the turn. On surface streets the system provides frequent voice prompts with street names and a bell tone at about 50 feet or more before your turn, plenty of time if you are paying attention. Also, should you miss a turn the system immediately recalculates your route and gets you back on track. A totally amazing tool.
The only improvement I would like to see in this system is that when the voice prompt announces your freeway on ramp is that it should give a direction on the freeway you should be expecting to travel. Such as enter I-15 Escondido Freeway north bound or south bound. It just prompts to enter I-15 Escondido Freeway, but to its credit the bell signal prompts a turn within about 50 feet of the on ramp, which is plenty of time to make the turn the system has routed. Again if you are paying attention this will not be a problem. In such case if I don't hear the bell signal I continue on until the bell signal is sounded, that is when I know for sure which direction to drive.
My only negative encounter I have had with the Magellan 6000T is when I called their customer service number for operation instructions the first day I used it. I called three times in an effort to talk to someone who I could understand. Each time I called I reached a different person. I asked each one to please speak slowly with their directions and advice, but to no avail I could not understand them. I found them to be totally useless and aggravating. I read the instruction again and figured out what I was doing wrong.
This unit is quite the stress reliever and well worth its cost, especially from Amazon. Great price.
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Wonderful
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| Review Date: November 1, 2006 |
| Reviewer: James L. Wallace, Decatur, TN United States |
First some background about me so you can judge how relevant my review is.
I'm male, 38, & travel a decent amount for work. My company rents with Hertz, so I was familiar with the Neverlost/Magellan system already. I just bought the unit before going on vacation to Arizona & decided to try it head-to-head against the "stock" Magellan unit in my Hertz rental.
There were a couple of surprises that I found about this unit compared to the Hertz unit.
1). This unit announces the upcoming street name - sometimes the Neverlost (ver III in this case) did not do that.
2). I could not get the Neverlost to locate Arizona 89 Alternate in Sedona. However, my 6000T found it immediately.
Now - one negative point. On the interstate the unit will pull up a detour hot-spot for you to touch if your speed is significantly below average. However, using the actual detour function itself is spotty & sometimes not very helpful. If you want to exclude a certain road from your route the recalculated route is sometimes rather convoluted & not always even close to being the most efficient way, so be warned.
Other than that - I love it. Anyone know a good size leater case to fit the unit itself (not including mount) in? |
Safe and Free
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| Review Date: February 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: R. Bell, Atlanta, GA |
I did a lot of research before I bought this unit from Amazon. I read all of the product specifications and the customer reviews, both positive and negative. I read the same for other models and brands of GPS. I did research on the manufacturers' sites and at Consumer Reports.
This unit costs a bit more than I had in mind, but it is well worth the extra. The text to speech feature distinguishes this unit from the rest of the pack. It announces (in your choice of male or female voice) your turns by street name. It even pronounces my home street name better than most people I know. It oddly though pronounces Hwy. 92 as Hwy. 19 - 2. In other words, it says Hwy 19 and then rapidly two. Minor issue. No other such issues with any other street or highway.
The unit is easy to operate out of the box, but you will want to fully charge it before entering many addresses as it comes with only a low charge. I think that is usual for such electronic devices. The controls are simple to use. I remembered reading another review that said I needed to connect it to my PC first to register for use with the 3-months free trial of the traffic antenna. It includes a USB cable to do that and the instructions are easy to follow. Enrolling for the free trial is a breeze. I cannot say that it has helped me by having it since I normally travel surface streets and does not seem to have reports on traffic backups unless there is a reported accident. Some reviewers have liked this feature. I will probably cancel the subscription when the free trial expires. BTW, you do not need a credit card for the 3-months subscription.
I used the included window mount to mount it to my windshield in under a minute. Such things are usually difficult for me, so this was a plus. I don't know about other mounting options.
I am almost 60 years old and live alone. I drive alone most of the time. My eyesight is not getting better. I find it increasingly difficult to drive at night or in the rain. I have had near misses in traffic trying to read my printout of a Google map or look at hand-written directions. This unit may well save my life by keeping me focused on driving and telling me every turn.
It also gives me a sense of freedom. Since I am alone, I often would not try to go to places in the Atlanta area (where I live) because I was afraid of getting lost. No more. I put the address in before I leave, and off I go. The unit may not know every shortcut, but it will get you where you are going without worry. Seriously, this means a huge improvement in my standard of living. Plus, when I have to find a new doctor or dentist, I no longer have to get lost before I find it. Being a film buff, I can now easily find more obscure theaters to see the movies and films I want.
If you are getting older or have a family member who is, this may be something to save your life or theirs. Plus, the new freedom I have of not being afraid of getting lost is a bonus I had not even considered. You should consider this if you find yourself staying home more than you should.
I also had a customer service experience if that is something you want to consider. I could not find an address for a MARTA (subway) station. I was trying to enter Mount yada yada for the street. Customer service told me to enter it as MT and it worked. The zip code was a new one and not in maps yet, but I haven't found many problems entering addresses. Most are very easy to enter. I did have a 15 minute wait on customer service but they solved my problem, so I am pleased.
One final comment. I did not know the unit was made in China. I try to avoid Chinese products because of their horrible record on human rights. So I am eating crowe on this one because I like it so well.
UPDATE 29 May 2007:
I've been using this unit for several months now, and I wanted to report that I am still a happy user. I even extended the traffic service for one year after it helped me to avoid several freeway traffic jams.
BTW, the window mount is the bomb. Not only did it take me only two minutes to figure it out and mount it, but it also has a single button release to remove the unit from the mount, say to take in your house to add POI files. I did buy the AC adapter, which is useful during such times.
There has been one firmware update since I bought the unit and it installed with no problem. New maps are due later this year. |
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