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(More customer reviews)I've been using Lexus Navigation systems for 4 years (2001 Lexus RX300), and wouldn't own a car without Navigation. That said, I bought a RoadMate 760 to be able to program destinations at my desk, and not have to be in the car. The unit allows creating destinations (address book) and "trips" which are a collection of destinations. The unit has a slot for a Compact Flash card for backup and restore, but no way to program the card on a computer, or read the data on the card. A software program to enter destinations on the card would be great, but it's not to be found. You can program Points of Interest with the software provided, but they are LAT/LON locations with names, not "addresses" in postal service format, so to use this feature, you need a program to get LAT/LON for any address (I use Streets and Trips 2006). Apparently Magellan can provide other functionality via the Flash memory card, but what that might be hasn't been announced, to my knowledge.
A programmer Software Developer Kit (SDK) would also be nice, for those of us who can write programs that could read, and write to the unit via the USB port, but after looking for the SDK, it's not available (or it isn't easy to find). An SDK for one of the other Windows Nav programs would be good to lookup Lat/Lon for street adress formatted points, convert to LAT/LON, and store in the RoadMate 760 -- that would be a useful if a program could interface with Streets and Trips, and write points of interest data to the RoadMate 760.
The in-route navigation is great. Clear voice guidance, street names spoken out by the unit, turns, alarms, etc., so for navigating, it is great. No more asking the wife to look at a map (that never worked anyway). You can have the unit speak in English (both US dialect and BBC sounding English for those who are heading for their polo match and need help finding the field -- tally ho and all) and either Male and Female voices. In the UK English menus, cities are called towns, etc. etc.
Other languages are provided as well, but I don't speek French, Italian, etc., but if you did, or wanted to learn street directtions in some other language, go for it, the 760 will talk to you in French, faire un tourne-à-droite instead of make a right turn. Fun eh?
Program your home address into the special destination icon and you can get home from anywhere. Maybe keep you out of trouble or having to pull over and ask directions.
Another thing I like, 3 user configurations. You can use any of the 3 "users" as either users with their own special addresses, or 3 configurations and preferences.
It would be nice to have a yahoo group called RoadMate 760 to share notes and ideas, but basically, once you learn the basic interface and how it works, you really won't need much help. But that first hour or so can be challenging.
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There's no denying that the RoadMate 700 is one of the best in-car GPS navigation systems available. Can it get better? Magellan answers that question with a resounding "Yes!" with a new version, the RoadMate 760. With innovative features like "Smart Detour," intelligent route optimization, an enhanced points of interest database and more, the 760 adds even more brains to an already brilliant companion.
Don't worry, the 760 offers all the good stuff folks love about the 700. You still get the same WAAS reception that delivers accuracy to within three meters. And the same massive 20 GB hard drive is present, fully-loaded with detailed maps, as is the intuitive, user-friendly, touchscreen interface. With the 760, gone are the days of having to fiddle with selecting map regions from a CD-ROM and then transferring the data from a PC. Plus, if you keep your addresses on a PDA with infrared connectivity, you can upload addresses from your PDA address book to the RoadMate wirelessly and then navigate to them with ease. Each of the 760's three available user profiles are allotted space for 200 addresses, making a total of 600 addresses quickly accessible. Of course, the most important address, home, is just a few finger-presses away from any menu. You can select destinations by entering an address or intersection, selecting an address from the address book, touching a point on the map, or by choosing among more than 7 million points of interest such as airports, gas stations and restaurants, nightclubs, and more. And fortunately, all of this is ready to go right out of the box and the 760 also ships with the newest device firmware. You just affix the 760 to your windshield with the included hardware, plug it in via the included cigarette-lighter adapter, turn it on, and start navigating.
It's deep within the 760's software that this new model really shines. The new "Smart Detour" function automatically routes you around stopped traffic on the freeway and plots alternate routes to help you keep moving. Meanwhile, new route optimization features let you sort multiple addresses and destinations by shortest time of travel to all of them, and you can now view any destination on the map prior to routing it. New points of interest functionality lets you limit your choices to destinations that fall within a 3.5 mile corridor along your route. You can also easily route to gas stations, restaurants, ATMs and other locations along the way by touching their respective icons on the map. There's even a new SmartVolume feature that offers automatic volume control by raising the volume level when the vehicle exceeds 45 mph. And last, but certainly not least, the 760 includes maps for all of the contiguous 48 states, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, and yes, even Europe (additional unlock fee required for European maps).
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