- Compatibility: iPod touch 2G, 3G; iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
- Transform your iPhone or iPod touch into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation
- Charge your device while mounted; built-in GPS receiver enhances performance
- Noise-cancelling, hands-free speakerphone with powerful amplified speaker
- Works with any navigation or location-based app, including Magellan's RoadMate app
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Technical Details
| Brand Name | Magellan |
| Item Weight | 12.8 ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 5 x 8 x 5 inches |
| California residents | Click here for Proposition 65 warning |
| Item model number | AP0300SGXXX |
| Power Source Type | AC |
| Number of Items | 1 |
Additional Information
| ASIN | B002WN30IM |
| Shipping Weight | 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) |
| Shipping | Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. |
| Date First Available | November 18, 2009 |
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Product Description
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The Magellan Premium Car Kit transforms your iPhone into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation. Simply place your iPhone in the cradle and connect the power. There's no need to remove your protective case--the cradle adjusts to your needs.
 Transform your iPhone into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation. Click to enlarge. |
 Secure, adjustable vehicle mounting. |
 Works with any navigation or location-based app. |
Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone / iPod Touch
Requires purchase of a navigation app. Sold separately.
The Premium Car Kit lets you use great navigation apps like the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation) and instantly enhances your navigation experience.
This powerful, built-in receiver boosts GPS reception, ensuring accurate directions. Simply place your iPhone or iPod touch into the cradle and connect the power. The cradle even works with most turn- by-turn routing applications available today, including the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone (sold separately).
The Premium Car Kit connects via Bluetooth (iPhone only) to deliver a superior hands-free calling experience. The powerful, amplified speaker delivers crystal clear calls and turn-by-turn directions. No need to even remove your protective cover--the cradle adjusts to accommodate most cases or skins.
Navigate in confidence with the Magellan Premium Car Kit!
Features
- Built-in GPS receiver enhances performance
A powerful, sensitive built-in GPS receiver provides faster and more accurate location information to your iPhone or iPod touch
- Turns your iPod touch into a GPS navigator
The built-in GPS receiver adds GPS capability to your iPod touch (2nd generation)
- Fits hard shell cases or silicon skins
Accommodates most cases or skins for maximum flexibility when inserting into the cradle
- Works with most navigation or location-based apps
While optimized for the Magellan RoadMate app for iPhone, the cradle is compatible with most GPS navigation apps
- In-car charging
The cradle automatically powers and charges when connected. No need to worry about running out of battery.
- Noise-canceling, hands-free speakerphone
Full duplex speakerphone for crystal clear calls
- Powerful, amplified speaker
Use the volume control for loud and clear voice guidance
- Secure, adjustable vehicle mounting
Quickly secure the cradle to your windshield or dashboard and easily adjust for portrait or landscape viewing
- Audio line out for music playback on your car stereo
Listen to your favorite tunes through your car's audio system
Car Kit Compatibility
- iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
- iPod touch 2G, 3G
- Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and purchase of navigation app (sold separately).
What's in the Box
Premium GPS Car Kit, Vehicle Mount, Adhesive Disc, Vehicle Power Adapter, Getting Started Guide
Product Description
AMPLIFIED HANDS-FREE CALLING USING BLUETOOTHIN-CAR CHARGINGPOWERFUL SENSITIVE BUILT-IN GPS RECEIVER PROVIDES FAST & ACCURATE DIRECTIONS EVERY TIMEWORKS WITH MOST NAVIGATION OR LOCATION-BASED APPSCRADLE IS COMPATIBLE WITH MOST GPS NAVIGATION APPS WHILE OPTIMIZED FOR THE MAGELLAN ROADMATE APP FOR IPHONEIN-CAR CHARGINGNOISE-CANCELLING HANDS-FREE SPEAKERPHONEPOWERFUL AMPLIFIED SPEAKER USE THE VOLUME CONTROL FOR LOUD & CLEAR VOICE GUIDANCESECURE ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE MOUNTING QUICKLY SECURE THE CRADLE TO WINDSHIELD OR DASHBOARD & EASILY ADJUST FOR PORTRAIT OR LANDSCAPE VIEWINGFITS HARD SHELL CASES OR SILICONE SKINSCOMPATIBLE WITH IPHONE 4 & IPOD TOUCHUPC : 763357123760Shipping Dimensions : 2.80in X 5.60in X 6.10inEstimated Shipping Weight : 0.9
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
150 of 157 people found the following review helpful
By iPhone user
Amazon Verified Purchase
Well I have been using this for a bit over a week now and here are my impressions:
Pros:
-Excellent build quality; very solid and holds my iPhone (in a Speck PixelSkin case) very sturdily.
-Good mounting of iPhone with swivelling dock connector and flexible/adjustable top clip.
-Fits iPhone perfectly with my Speck PixelSkin case. But be warned - it was adjusted to its highest point, so it wont fit a case larger than the PixelSkin.
-GPS fix more accurate than iPhone's internal GPS. This resulted in less jerky movements and less jumping around during GPS application usage.
Cons:
-GPS signal dropped out far more often than my standalone TomTom PND. This is unacceptable in a product meant to improve GPS reception that actually uses the same GPS chip as the TomTom PND I am comparing it with.
-With kit mounted on windscreen the iPhone overheated and stopped working (displayed a temperature warning message and forced itself into sleep mode) once. Mind you this was after three hours of driving, directly towards the Australian summer sun on a 35C/95F day. This is not a shortcoming of this Magellan kit, but rather an issue with mounting iPhones in car windscreens in general.
-When switching the car ignition from 'accessories' to 'run' and then to 'on', the Magellan kit naturally loses power momentarily. However when it powers back on, it often would not sync with the iPhone's Bluetooth as the power cycle was too fast. I would need to manually power cycle the Magellan kit (ie. remove power plug, then reconnect) allowing enough time for the iPhone to lose Bluetooth sync before re-establishing the power.
MAJOR MAJOR CON:
-When you plug a 3.5mm audio cable into the AUX connector on the Magellan kit (for attaching to a car stereo, or external powered speakers, etc.), the music and application sounds CONTINUE COMING OUT OF THE BUILT-IN SPEAKER!!! This is a ridiculous design, as it means to listen to music through your car stereo without the crappy built-in speaker ruining the music for you, you need to turn down the volume on the Magellan Kit (as this only controls the volume of the built-in speaker). But then if you receive a call, the call audio (via Bluetooth) cannot be heard (as you have turned the volume down on the built-in speaker, which is where the call audio is sent), so you have to manually turn the volume up on the Magellan kit again (using a fiddly little dial that is difficult and dangerous to find while trying to concentrate on driving). You have to do this EVERY TIME a call arrives... STUPID!
Why oh why was the kit designed like this? We will never know. However Magellan have responded to my question about it and have indicated that they will release some sort of firmware/software/application fix for this speaker problem in the near future.
Pros:
-Excellent build quality; very solid and holds my iPhone (in a Speck PixelSkin case) very sturdily.
-Good mounting of iPhone with swivelling dock connector and flexible/adjustable top clip.
-Fits iPhone perfectly with my Speck PixelSkin case. But be warned - it was adjusted to its highest point, so it wont fit a case larger than the PixelSkin.
-GPS fix more accurate than iPhone's internal GPS. This resulted in less jerky movements and less jumping around during GPS application usage.
Cons:
-GPS signal dropped out far more often than my standalone TomTom PND. This is unacceptable in a product meant to improve GPS reception that actually uses the same GPS chip as the TomTom PND I am comparing it with.
-With kit mounted on windscreen the iPhone overheated and stopped working (displayed a temperature warning message and forced itself into sleep mode) once. Mind you this was after three hours of driving, directly towards the Australian summer sun on a 35C/95F day. This is not a shortcoming of this Magellan kit, but rather an issue with mounting iPhones in car windscreens in general.
-When switching the car ignition from 'accessories' to 'run' and then to 'on', the Magellan kit naturally loses power momentarily. However when it powers back on, it often would not sync with the iPhone's Bluetooth as the power cycle was too fast. I would need to manually power cycle the Magellan kit (ie. remove power plug, then reconnect) allowing enough time for the iPhone to lose Bluetooth sync before re-establishing the power.
MAJOR MAJOR CON:
-When you plug a 3.5mm audio cable into the AUX connector on the Magellan kit (for attaching to a car stereo, or external powered speakers, etc.), the music and application sounds CONTINUE COMING OUT OF THE BUILT-IN SPEAKER!!! This is a ridiculous design, as it means to listen to music through your car stereo without the crappy built-in speaker ruining the music for you, you need to turn down the volume on the Magellan Kit (as this only controls the volume of the built-in speaker). But then if you receive a call, the call audio (via Bluetooth) cannot be heard (as you have turned the volume down on the built-in speaker, which is where the call audio is sent), so you have to manually turn the volume up on the Magellan kit again (using a fiddly little dial that is difficult and dangerous to find while trying to concentrate on driving). You have to do this EVERY TIME a call arrives... STUPID!
Why oh why was the kit designed like this? We will never know. However Magellan have responded to my question about it and have indicated that they will release some sort of firmware/software/application fix for this speaker problem in the near future.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By Striders
Amazon Verified Purchase
I am one of the early adopter, having bought this kit early when it was first available. I travel by car quite a lot as part of my job and I had the chance to test this kit extensively.
As the title stated, here are the major problems:
1). CHARGING
When I plug my iPhone 3GS, about 3 out of 5 I'll get a message on the iPhone saying that "This accessory is not for iPhone". I have tried every possible way to ensure that I am plugging the iPhone properly, which it does because the shape of the kit prevent the iPhone to be plugged in other ways, yet I still get that dreaded message and the iPhone DOES NOT CHARGE. it seems that the connector is not designed well and it does not recognize the iPhone most of the time.
UPDATE: Here's another thing I found about the charging issue: the car kit is SUPPOSED to CHARGE your iPhone while you are using the naVigation apps (TomTom, Navigon, Magellan Roadmate) at close to high brightness (due to sunlight). But when you do this, the car kit WILL NOT CHARGE your iPhone. I have tested this with 2 iPhone 3GS and none of them charge when I use any GPS application. Since the Iphone is running continuously, this car kit adapter cannot keep up with the power need.
2). GPS
The GPS inside the kit, when it work, it worked great. But most of the time, it DOES NOT WORK. Many times, my Magellan GPS or Navigon app will suddenly lose signal. I thought it was the application itself, but when I mounted my iPhone to a normal car kit with no GPS, I never lose GPS signal unless I am inside a tunnel or under heavy foliage cover
I tried my best to test this car kit, even beyond the 30 days return policy. Alas, this kit just perform badly.
Do not buy this kit!
As the title stated, here are the major problems:
1). CHARGING
When I plug my iPhone 3GS, about 3 out of 5 I'll get a message on the iPhone saying that "This accessory is not for iPhone". I have tried every possible way to ensure that I am plugging the iPhone properly, which it does because the shape of the kit prevent the iPhone to be plugged in other ways, yet I still get that dreaded message and the iPhone DOES NOT CHARGE. it seems that the connector is not designed well and it does not recognize the iPhone most of the time.
UPDATE: Here's another thing I found about the charging issue: the car kit is SUPPOSED to CHARGE your iPhone while you are using the naVigation apps (TomTom, Navigon, Magellan Roadmate) at close to high brightness (due to sunlight). But when you do this, the car kit WILL NOT CHARGE your iPhone. I have tested this with 2 iPhone 3GS and none of them charge when I use any GPS application. Since the Iphone is running continuously, this car kit adapter cannot keep up with the power need.
2). GPS
The GPS inside the kit, when it work, it worked great. But most of the time, it DOES NOT WORK. Many times, my Magellan GPS or Navigon app will suddenly lose signal. I thought it was the application itself, but when I mounted my iPhone to a normal car kit with no GPS, I never lose GPS signal unless I am inside a tunnel or under heavy foliage cover
I tried my best to test this car kit, even beyond the 30 days return policy. Alas, this kit just perform badly.
Do not buy this kit!
49 of 59 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful GPS enhanced mounting solution for iPhone and iPod owners
January 13, 2010
By James Keh
I received my Magellan premium car kit finally. I have already downloaded the Magellan GPS app from the iTune store and I'm very excited about how wonderful this car kit functions.
Not sure about some of the other reviewers but this Magellan car kit makes my iPhone so much better with much louder audio volume, I had to turn the volume down on the car kit because it was too loud.
The Bluetooth paired up quickly and the GPS reception is so much better when the iPhone is connected to the Magellan car kit.
This is the perfect solution since my family owns 5 iPhones, mostly 3Gs and not everyone own a GPS, with this Magellan car kit, we can share the car kit between our iPhones when someone needs to take a trip.
We all use protective cases and it's great that it is not necessary to remove our phones from the protective cases when we mount the iPhone to the car kit. This is a huge plus and a great design from Magellan.
I feel some reviewers may look into the mirror instead of blaming Magellan if they don't understand this car kit was probably designed for convenience more than cost savings. When they paid the $129 for the hardware, they should not expect the software to be included with the hardware.
The option is they can buy the Motion X software for $2.99 and use this car kit with a 3rd party navigation software and still enjoy the better GPS reception and BT features along with excellent audio volume output.
There will be some reviewers that may be disappointed but I would guess more will be delighted to find such options for their iPhones as the Magellan premium car kit.
I'm tired of carrying a cell phone and a GPS, and with this Magellan car kit, it made my life much more enjoyable.
Thank you Magellan for introducing us to this wonderful GPS solution for our iPhones.
Not sure about some of the other reviewers but this Magellan car kit makes my iPhone so much better with much louder audio volume, I had to turn the volume down on the car kit because it was too loud.
The Bluetooth paired up quickly and the GPS reception is so much better when the iPhone is connected to the Magellan car kit.
This is the perfect solution since my family owns 5 iPhones, mostly 3Gs and not everyone own a GPS, with this Magellan car kit, we can share the car kit between our iPhones when someone needs to take a trip.
We all use protective cases and it's great that it is not necessary to remove our phones from the protective cases when we mount the iPhone to the car kit. This is a huge plus and a great design from Magellan.
I feel some reviewers may look into the mirror instead of blaming Magellan if they don't understand this car kit was probably designed for convenience more than cost savings. When they paid the $129 for the hardware, they should not expect the software to be included with the hardware.
The option is they can buy the Motion X software for $2.99 and use this car kit with a 3rd party navigation software and still enjoy the better GPS reception and BT features along with excellent audio volume output.
There will be some reviewers that may be disappointed but I would guess more will be delighted to find such options for their iPhones as the Magellan premium car kit.
I'm tired of carrying a cell phone and a GPS, and with this Magellan car kit, it made my life much more enjoyable.
Thank you Magellan for introducing us to this wonderful GPS solution for our iPhones.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor customer support. Forget the AAA 2 year warranty
After 15 months the retaining arm plastic broke, and is flopping in the wind. The online site talks about extra year of warranty If you are and have been A AAA auto club member... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mighty smitty
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite Happy
I am happy with this transaction. The item was sent brand new, and unused, but was not sent in a sealed box. This doesn't matter to me, but others may be concerned. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Kiwisholland
2.0 out of 5 stars
Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPod
The product cradle is built well and looks good. The problem is the mounting. When driving it bounces around and is quite annoying. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rich "JK" R
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very cool product,
Very handy in the car. Allows for convenient GPS usage and listening to music loaded on the phone - all while charging.
Published 10 months ago by Mother
3.0 out of 5 stars
DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE 2G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me repeat.....
DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE 2G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE 2G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more
DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE 2G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOES NOT WORK WITH IPHONE 2G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more
Published 11 months ago by L. lien
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just Ok.
It works as an iPod Touch/ iPhone GPS Kit Car, but it is Just OK. The Magellan GPS Maps are not free-of-charge, however it works with other GPS Maps as Tom-Tom, iGo, etc. Read more
Published 12 months ago by LCZuim
4.0 out of 5 stars
magellan car kit
very good product ,sturdy, holds my iphone very securely.
easy to sinc with my iphone , works as i had expected
easy to sinc with my iphone , works as i had expected
Published 14 months ago by john
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great concept, but poorly-executed
I thought that this product was going to be the answer to what I'd been looking for, in that it fit (nearly) all of my requirements:
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Published 14 months ago by M. Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magellan GPS
My Magellan GPS works wonderful. I have not had any problems with it. It works great and fits my Iphone 4S just perfect!
Published 15 months ago by meganjoi
1.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap mount
Bought this just over a year ago and worked great(and still does). Unfortunately the lever on the mounting cradle that causes the suction broke. Read more
Published 15 months ago by H. E. Carpenter
