Magellan 750M 3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

by Magellan

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000066SUE
• Item model number: DRW-7500600-00
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,985 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The 750M portable navigation system from Magellan provides 750NAV functionality without requiring a permanent installation. Compact, lightweight, and rugged, the 750M's portability and easy set up makes it ready for use in minutes--without the cost and inconvenience of installation. It's the ideal navigational tool for road warriors, frequent travelers, fleet and lease-car operators, recreational vehicle owners, and multi-vehicle families.

Smaller and lighter than many notebook computers at seven pounds, the 750M comes pre-assembled and self-contained in an attractive carrying case with a shoulder strap for easy transport. It includes free map coverage of the entire United States and Canada and features an off-road navigation option. The included power adapter, battery, and battery charger provide system power. Simply attach the Battery to the system, plug the system into the accessory power port, place the antenna on the roof, and you're on your way.

The intuitive 750M gives you visual and voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions to any domestic location--at any time and in any vehicle. It combines map-matching, inertial navigation technology, and continuous free data from Global Positioning System satellites to provide extremely accurate guidance data. The unit's color display shows the driver's position on detailed maps of streets and highways. You can exclude routes with construction, traffic, or accidents, and you have the option of choosing the fastest or shortest route. If you take a wrong turn along the way, the 750M automatically recalculates your route from your current position. It powers on and off through ignition sensing.

Other features include the option to choose a male or female voice from seven languages, view routes in four formats, and store 100 frequent destinations. The 750M also shows services available at each highway exit and works off its database of more than 500,000 businesses, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, government facilities, and business-related retailers.

Magellan also offers a mobility kit that converts the 750NAV to a portable system (includes all 750M components except the navigation computer and display; additional displays are available).

What's in the Box
A navigation computer, a color display (visible in bright sunlight), a five-foot display cable, a rechargeable backup battery, a carrying case with shoulder strap, a docking station, a quick-mount bracket, a battery charger, an in-vehicle power adapter, and a 12-foot-cable magnetic GPS antenna.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experienced User, November 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Magellan 750M 3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

Definitely recommended. You have to know the street address and the correct city/town name to get optimal results, but there is absolutley NO comparison between having this in the car and using maps or hand held units. You can not only use it to guide you, but to check the traveltime, distance, etc., when planning road trips. Unlike web based map services, when there is a recent change to conditions, routing, accessibility, etc., the unit instantly recalculates and provides revised and optional routing. I believe that this is a "must have". The newest software also offers travel services, including gas stations, restaurants, business services, points of interest, etc...like the cell phone and email, how did we ever get along before we had this?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply The Best Portablr Navigation Money Can Buy, September 13, 2002

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Dr. Hani Almashhadi (NEWPORT BEACH, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magellan 750M 3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

I live in Switzerland and keep going forward and backward to the USA doing business every time in a different place. I use to rent cars from Hertz with their Never Lost Navigation system which also is a Magellan 750 but not portable. It was okay for me except I had to rent Hertz every time, and sometimes I find better deals at other rent a car or even Price Line. So I looked for the portable unit at the time and found out that this system is the best comprehensive portable navigation available. This system is so easy to install in less than 2 minutes. Now it has West and East maps and it covers the entire USA on road and off road navigation. What makes this system so easy to use is it's huge database of all kind of point of interests from Airports, Restaurant, Tourist Attraction, Hospitals to Shopping Malls. You name it has it. It eliminates the need to enter addresses manually or look up the address for a hotel or a restaurant. You can also look up point of interests by their distance from your location, like the nearest restaurant from where you are.

I love this system because you do not need to change CD's for different states like other units. All the info is stored on a large hard drive for easy access. Simply take it with you from one city to the other and from one car to the other.

The only advantage DVD navigation has over the Magellan 750M is it's a bit faster in calculating routes, and until now I am not a ware of any company that makes DVD portable navigation systems.

Finally, I know this unit is expensive but it is worth every dollar you pay for it.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible!, April 19, 2003

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Rumi "Ceci" (Starkville, MS) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Magellan 750M 3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

Mine is on the way back to Amazon for a refund. Large stores that have been available around my area for 5 years are not included in the database. This includes a large Target and a super grocery store. Roads where I live changed 2.5 years ago, but the maps in the unit still don't reflect this. To top it off...my hometown, Columbus, MS, isn't even in the system! That's a town of about 50,000 people! Many, many state parks aren't listed, and no campgrounds are mentioned at all.

Just to see if it was all a fluke...I had a friend try to route to his family's house in Nampa, ID. The unit found Nampa, but not his family's street. It's a newer neighborhood true....but it's been around for 4-5 years. Not good performance at all.

If you're a full time RVer as we are...save your money. Exit information includes no phone numbers (so you can't call a service center for a tow even though they show up on the exit services screen). Gas stations have no info as to whether they sell diesel, propane, or have big rig parking. These needs may sound like niche requirements....by up to date maps and a robust cross referenced databases would solve them. Nothing fancy is required...just accuracy.

Until GPS manufacturers start to address the usablilty of their units in real world situations, I'm keeping my money in my pocket. So, my recommendation is, for the money, pass on this unit. The Garmin Street Pilot isn't much better, but at least it can find most state parks and has real exit service information. It's databases don't cross reference, so you'll have to run 3 types of searches to find out whether a service is really near the exits along your route....but it is quite a bit cheaper and much more mobile. For me....I'm still waiting....I've tried the Garmin unit also and find it not very useful for full time RVers either.