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Magellan RoadMate 1470 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
| Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $127.79
as of 3/18/2010 12:43 CDT details
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Seller: hdpop773
Rating:  173 reviews
Sales Rank: 274
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows
Display Size: 4.7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 0.7 x 3.3
nv:Condition: New
Type: Automotive
GPS Accuracy Position: 3-5 feet
Waypoints: Millions
Screen Size: 4.7"
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Expansion Slots: microSD Card
Battery Type: Li-ion recharageable battery, vehicle adapter 12-24 or AC adapter
Battery Life: Up to 3 hours
Antenna: Integrated multidirectional patch
Special Features: Spoken Street Names
Special Features: Lane Guidance
Maps Included: United States
Maps Included: Canada
Maps Included: Puerto Rico
MPN: 1470
Model: 1470
UPC: 763357122978
EAN: 0763357122978
ASIN: B001VEIYAC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wide 4.7-inch color touchscreen and ultra-thin design for powerful navigation in a compact package | | • | Includes maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico with 6 million points of interest | | • | Features multi-destination routing, highway lane assist, spoken street names, AAA TourBook, and Roadside Assistance menu | | • | Personalized search icons let you easily bookmark favorite destinations so you can find them anywhere you travel | | • | One-year limited warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Magellan RoadMate 1470 GPS device boasts a unique 4.7-inch color touchscreen and ultra-thin design, delivering powerful navigation in a compact package. This easy-to-use device gives you confidence while on the road with premium features, including AAA TourBook, highway lane assist, spoken street names, multi-destination routing, and pre-loaded maps of North America.  Powerful navigation in a compact package. Click to enlarge. | The exclusive Magellan OneTouch personalized search icons let you easily bookmark favorite destinations so you can find them anywhere you travel. Find your favorite café or restaurant in any city with a single touch. The RoadMate 1470 device delivers your favorites at your fingertips. Features include: - Ability to personalize OneTouch search icons with your favorite places
- Announces street names and directions at each turn
- Ultra-wide 4.7-inch touchscreen display
- AAA TourBook and Roadside Assistance menu
- Permits multi-destination routing
- Maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico
4.7-Inch Color Touchscreen
The large wide-format color touchscreen shows your position on the map, route, destination, ETA, surrounding Points of Interest (POI), signal strength, next maneuver, street names, and more--all 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 United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada with all the maps you need, pre-loaded on the device.  Brilliant 4.7-inch touchscreen. Click to enlarge. |  Announces street names and directions at each turn. Click to enlarge. |  Easily find what you need from the built-in POI database. Click to enlarge. |  Add Traffic Link for live traffic info. Click to enlarge. | 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. QuickSpell with MultiCity Search
Enter destinations with a few keystrokes. QuickSpell searches locations and checks spelling to provide you with a simple list of available destinations. Auto NightView
Color and contrast adjusts automatically for easy viewing at night. Multi-Destination Routing
Select several destinations and choose the order to plan a trip in advance and repeat the same trip again. Easily reorganize, add, or remove destinations. Add Traffic Link for Live Traffic Info
Stop sitting in traffic waiting for traffic updates on your favorite radio station. Traffic Link will alert you on current traffic conditions for the area in which you are travelling. Simply plug in the Traffic Link device to your compatible Magellan GPS device, and you'll receive free information on the type of incident (e.g., accident or slow traffic), status of surrounding freeways/interstates, and approximate time until you come upon the issue. With the touch of a button, Traffic Link will provide you with an alternate route so that you can avoid delays, saving time and money. With the Traffic Link service, you'll also receive special offers from premium vendors. Simply touch the information on the screen to obtain details on how to take advantage of the various deals being provided. Stop sitting in traffic. Get Traffic Link, turn it on, and go! Features include: - Free automatic traffic updates for life!
- Intuitive user interface clearly displays traffic events
- Reroutes you around reported traffic jams
- Valuable promotional offers from premium vendors
What's in the Box
Magellan RoadMate 1470 GPS receiver; pre-loaded maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico; windshield mount; adhesive disc for dash mounting; vehicle power adapter; USB cable; user handbook; user manual on CD-ROM
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 173
 Paper Weight March 10, 2010
L. Henry (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
I recently purchased this Magellan 1470 and used it once for 2 hours. I was checking out the website and it recommended a firmware update. Following all the instructions I completed the update and it promptly turned my brand new gps into a paper weight. It was stuck on the startup screen. After calling customer service several times I had to return my gps. In exchange I was to get a reconditioned one back. After again making several more calls I was told that they would indeed send me a new gps. This was only after I pointed out that the gps was only three days old and that doing their firmware update actually broke it.
The product is very nice but since they actually broke it, it would suggest you go a different direction.
 ..only disappointment... March 9, 2010
bud (Collegeville, PA)
is that the POI are not very current.... there are some new streets/malls in area thatare over a year old with street dedication..yet not in their list.
biggest disappointment is that the updates to current maps are not avaiblable for free with initial purchase...
love how loud it is and the POI it does have work great!
would never buy a car wuth built in GPS again March 7, 2010
M. Massey (MARLTON, NJ, US)
Have used GPS systems in every Lexus i have owned from 1997 on
the last car i purchesed did not have one standard, and it was $1,700 more
with it, i declined and missed it very much, i bought this one and it's with
out a doubt the best GPS i have ever used, My LS460 had Traffic it was nice
i have not tryed the Traffic on this yet but i am sure i will in the next several months
Read all other reviews before i decided on brand and models and it help alot
so i thought i should comment
Getting there made easy March 5, 2010
Richard F. Eggleton (Los Angeles)
I spent days and days researching GPS devices, going to stores, reading online reviews, visiting manufacturer's sites and talking to people who owned GPS devices. I even bought and returned two other units - A Magellan 1445T and a Navigon 7200. I thought my research would guide me to the best unit for me. Boy was I wrong and did I waste a lot of time.
Ask yourself what is really important to you before you buy. For me that was FREE lifetime traffic alerts, lane guidance, an easy to see and read display, QWERTY input and accuracy. That narrowed the field considerably. What I found out was the two major manufacturers focus their sales pitch on "features and benefits" but pay little attention to clear concise descriptions of what their device really does or how it works.
I got my Magellan 1470 last week. I didn't buy the 1475T since I bought a second Traffic power cable/FM receiver when I got my 1445T and couldn't get it to work and kept the receiver.
I unpacked the unit and eagerly fired it up; no luck the battery wasn't charged enough. Since Magellan has forgone an AC power cord to keep costs down and wants an arm and leg for their brand I had to wait until I had someplace other than the grocery store as a destination. The instructions say it may take 3 to 4 hours to fully charge the unit.
Alpine here I come - on a rainy Saturday afternoon the 90 miles would stretch to two hours mostly on the only corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego the busy, nasty Interstate 5.
I mounted the suction cup, attached the unit and plugged in the power supply firing up the device and programmed my destination into the unit. The unit took about 10 seconds to start, found the signal wihtin about a minute and off I went; so far so good. ERG. Getting on the 5 I wanted to see what traffic problems where on my way and when I pressed the traffic alert got the "acquiring signal" message I'd gotten with the 1445T. Oh no, not again! I could never get that unit to acquire a signal, spent hours on the phone with customer (lack of) support being told that "coverage in LA is spotty" by someone in India who did what I did, pulled up the coverage map from the Magellan website. LA county is huge so yes, some areas don't get great signal but come on Magellan but those customer lack-of support people a clue.
I'd driven for an hour before I got to Oceanside in North San Diego County and traffic ground to a halt just like always. I looked at the unit and found to my surprise there was a red outline to the traffic triangle - yay, success it must be getting some signal! It did and showed me not the traffic jam I was in but two others on my route 18 and 32 miles away. The Oceanside back up was normal and heavy rain slowed it down more. But 3 minutes later I was back up to 60MPH.
Out in Alpine (30 miles east of downtown San Diego) it's hill country in the high desert so when I got in the car for the drive back I didn't expect a signal; to my surprise the traffic icon had a green outline and when pushed indicated a strong traffic signal. Yay...maybe I had a keeper?
What I like: The unit has a great display - strong colors easy to read. Inputting destination data is easy - ZIP code entry is a good start not available on the comparable Brand X units which require you to input the state, then city, then street. If you are a PC I suggest you update the software ASAP, if you are a MAC you are SOL - Brand X offers compatibility for both.
What I don't like:
It's hard to input data and requires use of a fingernail or stylist; I suppose that's good and cuts down on input error.
There is no "quick start" guide in the box and no CD so Magellan has decided that their devices are so intuitive that it isn't necessary to include those - keeping the cost down. Hey Magellan, it's really hard to figure the unit out if it won't power up so you can sit at your computer and read this stuff on your website.
No AC power cable. With all the cool routing ability it would be nice to sit down and program in your address book, multiple trips with multiple locations rather than struggle with this in the car.
No address book interface.
No MAC compatibility.
Card slot for pictures is a complete waste of time. If you are driving there is only one thing you should be doing, driving, not looking at pictures.
No ability to change the voice.
The worst customer service on the planet.
Can't move the icons on the home display or order them so "home" is in the lower right corner and the more GoTos you add the harder it becomes to find.
High price/high margin accessories. Come on guys $24.99for the AC power cord? And customer service makes a big deal out of using anything but Magellan - actually locked up the 1445t when I charged it with a standard adapter.
My conclusion is that this is a very good unit for the price as long as you don't pay retail. It's easy to use and gets you there better than the $2200 unit in my wife's late model German car that always thinks we live across the street.
Remember to write down what you need out of a unit and shop based on your needs. This is a perfectly good unit for those of us who drive in the Los Angeles, San Diego megaplex of freeways, highways, city streets and by-ways. Don't waste a lot of time on research, buy what you think will work and try it. If you don't like it return it and buy something else. Magellan RoadMate 1470 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
It's a good buy if you get one that will upgrade to the 2.2 firmware update March 5, 2010
Travis M. Erck (Chicago, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got my first Roadmate 1470 and the POI search was terrible taking well over 5 minutes in most cases to locate business'. I also didn't like the style keyboard since it wasn't QWERTY. But, I found out 2.2 firmware update on MAgellan website will fix all that so I downloaded it and it bricked the unit.
Amazon did a next day shipment on the return and sent me another one. Amazon return process was very nice.
This second unit I received I was hesitant to update it so I waited a few weeks. I then decided to call
Magellan as I got impatient with the POI search and told them on the phone my experience and that I was nervous
about updating this unit and asked for some resolution to this since the POI search didn't work well with 1.1 firmware. Magellan said the firmware update that was download a few weeks ago should be deleted from your drive and redownload and try to upgrade it. He said there have been reports of corruption on download of that file.
So, I redownloaded and viola the second unit updated succesfully and no bricked unit that would get stuck on boot up with a spinning clock.
The problem I had are solved the POI search is awesome and everything works fine and I have my QWERTY keyboard.
I gave this bad marks on reliability because of all the hassle but keep trying you'll get a unit that will upgrade now. I paid 87 dollars for a refurb unit and let me tell you even thought this was a hassle to get a unit that would work right was well worth this money. A new one is significantly more and now I have a unit that will update.
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