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Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit

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★★★★☆
4.0

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Pros

  • Acquires satellites quickly (17)
  • Compact (15)
  • Easy menus (13)
  • Easy setup (13)
  • Easy to read (13)
  • Large screen (13)
  • Reliable (11)
  • Simple controls (11)
  • Has no manual (1)
  • Very accurate (1)
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Cons

  • Inaccurate (5)
  • Poor battery life (4)
  • Acquires satellites slowly (2)
  • Flimsy mounting (2)
  • Complicated controls (1)
  • Difficult for fat fingers (1)
  • Difficult menus (1)
  • Slow continious sat respn (1)
  • Slow responsewrong turns (1)

Best Uses

  • Faster routes (11)
  • Finding specific address (11)
  • Planning trips (11)
  • Rural navigation (11)
  • Urban navigation (7)
 
 
 

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The Magellan RoadMate 1412 is pocket-sized, ultra-thin and stylish, and features an extra large 4.3" wide-format, full color interactive touch screen. 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, built in maps of the entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada!

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.

4.3" WQVGA color touch screen: The large wide-format color touch screen 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: 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: 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.

Intuitive User Interface: Bold, intuitive menu options make it easy to pick destinations and choose how you navigate, without even reading the instructions.

Ultra-thin design: Uniquely stylish and compact, it's easy to transfer your Magellan GPS between vehicles or toss it in a suitcase to take anywhere.

Interactive POI icons: Select the types of services and amenities you'd like to see and interactive icons appear on the map. Touch an icon for a nearby service to see address, phone number (when available) and get an instant route.

Home icon: Program any location into the "Home" button and find your way back from wherever you are.

QuickSpell: Enter destinations with a few keystrokes. QuickSpell searches locations and checks spelling to provide you with a simple list of available destinations.

SmartDetour: SmartDetour prompt you to route around suddenly slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically calculates the quickest detour. No fee or subscription is required!

Birds eye 3D view: Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D.

Auto re-route: Never miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you take a detour.

Auto NightView: Color and contrast adjusts automatically for easy viewing at night.

Customizable route methods: 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.

Address Book: Create and save personal Points of Interest for easy reoccurring trips.

Rechargeable battery: Navigate up to 3 hours when power is unavailable.

Centrality Atlas III: The Centrality Atlas III processor with integrated GPS receiver provides superior GPS performance for accurate and reliable positioning and navigation within three meters.

Specification Description
Model 1412BUN, 92418F54, 980-0145-001, 9800145001
UPC 763357120653
2D/3D view Yes
Accuracy 10-16 feet (3-5 meters)
Address search Yes
Antenna Internal
Auto routing/rerouting Yes
Available for Store Pickup Spec Name: rshStandard Yes
Battery Type Product
Benefits 4.3" WQVGA color touchscreen shows your position, POIs, route, ETA and more on the interactive mapPOIs make it easy to find gas, rest
Capacity UOM mAh
Color support Yes
Country Of Origin China
Day/Night mode Yes
Description Header Asking for directions is a thing of the past.
Detail mapping capability Yes
Display Catalog Number 55028174
Display size (diagonal) 4.3 inches
End Product Indicator Yes
External antenna connection Yes
Features Uniquely stylish and compact, it's easy to transfer your Magellan GPS between vehiclesTouch onscreen icons for a nearby destination t
GPS type Car
Included in the Box Magellan RoadMate 1412 receiverVehicle power adapterAdhesive discWindshield mountBasic cradleMap
Inputs 1 x (USB connector)
Manufacturer Labor Warranty 12
Manufacturer Part Number 980-0145-001
Manufacturer Parts Warranty 12
MAP Price 0.0
Maps Entire U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada
Menu navigation Touchscreen
Model RoadMate 1412
Mounting options Windshield or dash
Number of waypoints per route 20
Operating Temperature UOM ° F
Other features SayWhere text-to-speech, QuickSpell, SmartDetour, Auto NightView
Outputs 1 x (USB connector)
Points of interest 6 million
Processor Centrality Atlas III
Product Depth 0.73
Product Dimensions UOM inches
Product Height 3.27
Product Type Car
Product Width 4.57
Rechargeable Yes
Routing options Fastest Time, Shortest Distance, Least or Most Use of Freeways and Avoid Toll Roads
Supported Languages English
Touchscreen Yes
Traffic/Weather Yes
Trip computer Yes
Type WQVGA
Updatable Maps Yes
Uploadable Maps SD memory card
Voice Guidance Yes
WAAS, DGPS or USCG-enabled Yes

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Product Reviews

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Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Reviews

 
 
 

Most helpful positive review

[29 of 36 customers found this review helpful]

Most helpful negative review

[12 of 18 customers found this review helpful]

 
★★★★☆
4.0
This is fun

"Bought it. Left town and drove to an address 250 mi away. I had fun. It seems very competent. Not perfect mind you but way more than I expected. Not sure even how it compares because I did very little study. I was pleased with the straight out of the box performance. Didn't even need the paper instructions. Leaving today on a 3000 mile tour. May let you know how it fairs when I get back...." Read Full Review »

Aug 08, 2008 by Kprime

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★☆☆☆☆
1.0
Terrible Product!

"This generated a 1500 mile route for a 700 mile trip that could have been almost straight line on interstates. Its navigation algorithm is really, really terrible. The menu selection mode is cute, but both outputs (map and directions) is almost unusable and extremely slow to work through. Ten year old GPSs had better interfaces and algorithms. I own several Magellin and Garmins; Magellin has insulted my intel..." Read Full Review »

Dec 03, 2008 by Don

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[29 of 36 customers found this review helpful]

Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Review

This is fun

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Acquires Satellites Quickly
  • Compact
  • Easy Menus
  • Easy To Read
  • Easy To Set Up
  • More »

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Faster Routes
  • Finding Specific Address
  • Planning Trips
 

"Bought it. Left town and drove to an address 250 mi away. I had fun. It seems very competent. Not perfect mind you but way more than I expected. Not sure even how it compares because I did very little study. I was pleased with the straight out of the box performance. Didn't even need the pape …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Aug 8 2008
Kprime
Texas
I am:
  • Frequent Traveler
  • Gearhead
 

[10 of 10 customers found this review helpful]

Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Review

We loved this unit

★★★★★
5.0

"We've considered a GPS for our car for some time. We looked at Tom-Tom's, Magellans, Garmins and Navigon. Magellan just came out with a new line of hand helds and they have had a bit of a rocky start. So, we were initially a little leary of this new addition to the Magellan Auto GPS line. But, one v …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jun 11 2008
carpetking
Pine Grove, Ca
 

[68 of 90 customers found this review helpful]

Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Review

Its not bad BUT

★★★★☆
4.0

"Cons

It hard to hear even with the volume all the way up dont open a window or you can hear at all it would be better if you could use the car radio and speakers



Additional Thoughts

the price is a bit high for it I think you can find a cheaper one with the same features. "

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Jun 25 2008
Camperbum
Davison Michigan
 

[12 of 18 customers found this review helpful]

Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Review

Terrible Product!

★☆☆☆☆
1.0

    Pros

  • Acquires Satellites Quickly
  • Compact
  • Easy To Read

    Cons

  • Complicated Controls
  • Difficult Menus
  • Inaccurate

    Best Uses

  • Faster Routes
  • Finding Specific Address
  • Planning Trips
  • Rural Navigation
  • Urban Navigation
 

"This generated a 1500 mile route for a 700 mile trip that could have been almost straight line on interstates. Its navigation algorithm is really, really terrible.



The menu selection mode is cute, but both outputs (map and directions) is almost unusable and extremely slow to work through. Ten ye …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Dec 3 2008
Don
Fort Collins, CO
I am:
  • Enthusiast
 

[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

Magellan ® RoadMate™ 1412 GPS Navigation Unit Review

Great value for the price

★★★★★
5.0

"As you can see by my pros and cons, I think this is a great unit. We bought it for a trip to Canada & it worked great.

The exit points of interests were very helpful because the highway we were on didn't have a lot of restaurants so we were able to find a restaurant that we wouldn't have known was t …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jun 5 2008
Visa711
Toledo, OH
 
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