Magellan RoadMate 1475T 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic Receiver

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• Product Dimensions: 2.7 x 1.2 x 2.3 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00281FXFQ
• Item model number: RN1475SGXUC
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,432 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 29, 2009

Product Description

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Amazon.com Product Description The Magellan RoadMate 1475T device boasts the acclaimed OneTouch menu, a 4.7-inch color touch screen, Traffic Link, and an ultra-thin design. Preloaded maps and points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico make the Magellan RoadMate 1475T unit ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use, premium features give you confidence on the road and deliver a powerful navigation experience.

Easy-to-use, premium features give you confidence on the road and deliver a powerful navigation experience. Click to enlarge.

OneTouch favorites menu affords instant access to your personalized bookmarks of favorite places and searches anywhere you travel. Click to enlarge.

AAA TourBook provides ratings and descriptions on AAA approved places to stay, play, dine, and save. Click to enlarge.

Highway lane assist signs show highway signs to point you in the right direction when approaching interchanges and exits. Click to enlarge.

Multi-destination routing with route optimization lets you plan your trip with multiple stops in the order you want or optimize a trip for the most efficient route, helping you save time and money. Click to enlarge.

QuickSpell with SmartCity search narrows your address and city searches, making destination entry easy. Click to enlarge.

The Magellan RoadMate 1475T includes many premier features, starting with Magellan's exclusive OneTouch favorites menu, QuickSpell with SmartCity search, Traffic Link, and highway exit point of interest (POI) search, to name a few. Magellan's attention to detail delivers a superior user experience.

Intuitive and robust navigation
The RoadMate 1475T lets you bookmark your favorite destinations and searches with the OneTouch favorites menu so you can access them anywhere you travel. With a single touch, find your favorite cafe or restaurant when you're traveling within any city.

QuickSpell and Smart City search help you quickly enter addresses and narrow your address and city searches, making destination entry easy. Multi-destination routing with route optimization lets you plan your trip with multiple stops in the order you want or optimize a trip for the most efficient route, helping you save time and money.

Traffic Link is included
It's frustrating to sit in traffic, waiting impatiently for traffic updates from your favorite radio station. Get out of grid lock- even avoid it before you reach it - because you've got the Traffic Link vehicle power adapter to give you subscription-free, live traffic updates.

Safety first on the road
You can keep your eyes on the road as you drive because spoken street name guidance announces the street name along with audible turning cues. Highway lane assist offers visual aids to point you in the right direction and ensure that you'll choose the correct lane well before your next turn.

Should your vehicle unfortunately break down as you travel, the AAA locate screen provides your location so help will know where to find you. Get support fast with the AAA Member Roadside Assistance1 phone number and your location displayed on the RoadMate 1475T screen.

Ready to roll
You're ready to travel with preloaded maps and points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico that make the Magellan RoadMate 1475T ideal for both business trips and vacations. (Mexico map activation available for purchase on www.magellangps.com).

With millions of points of interest at your command you can easily locate gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee shops, and much more. If you need more information or you want to save money, select the AAA search menu after your search entry. AAA TourBook provides ratings and descriptions on AAA approved places to stay, play, dine, and save.

When you're traveling down the Interstate and need to find gas, food, or lodging in a hurry, touch the highway exit POI icon to see which upcoming highway exits have the services you need.

Turn it on and go!
The Magellan RoadMate 1475T is loaded with premier features you'll need to get you where you want to go.

Magellan RoadMate 1475T Features

• OneTouch favorites menu affords instant access to your personalized bookmarks of favorite places and searches anywhere you travel. With a single touch, find your favorite cafe or restaurant when you're traveling within any city.
• Traffic Link provides subscription-free, live traffic updates.
• Redesigned 4.7-inch color touch screen provides powerful navigation that's easy to view and use.
• AAA TourBook provides ratings and descriptions on AAA approved places to stay, play, dine, and save.
• AAA Member Roadside Assistance gets you help fast with a toll-free member service number to assist you in finding an AAA approved tow truck or repair shop. The menu also shows your exact GPS location so you can provide precise information to your location.
• Highway lane assist signs show highway signs to point you in the right direction when approaching interchanges and exits, and ensure that you'll choose the correct lane well before your next turn.
• Spoken street names and directions so you can hear and see where you need to turn next.
• QuickSpell with SmartCity search narrows your address and city searches, making destination entry easy.
• Multi-destination routing with route optimization lets you plan your trip with multiple stops in the order you want or optimize a trip for the most efficient route, saving you time and money.
• Preloaded maps give you information and directions as you travel the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. (Mexico map activation available for purchase on www.magellangps.com).
• Millions of points of interest (POIs) help you easily find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee shops, and much more.
• Highway exit POIs search shows you gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more near upcoming highway exits.
• Branded POIs display your favorite coffee shops, restaurants, and more by their respective logos.
• Traffic Link provides live, onscreen traffic notification updates. (This accessory is sold separately).
• Customizable route method lets you select the shortest distance, fastest time, most use of freeways, or least use of freeways to customize your route.
• Address book enables you to create and store contact information.
• Auto night view adjusts your screen's color and contrast for easy night viewing.
• Automatic re-route lets you quickly get back on track in case you missed a turn.
• Plan route on map by simply touching a destination on the map screen and then directly routing to it.
• Rechargeable battery gives you the freedom to drive wireless or plan your trip when your vehicle's engine is turned off.

What's in the Box
RoadMate 1470 GPS receiver, Pre-loaded maps of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, Traffic Link vehicle power adapter, Windshield mount, Adhesive disc for dash mounting, User handbook, USB cable

Product Description

The Magellan RoadMate 1475T device boasts the acclaimed OneTouch menu, a 4.7-inch color touch screen, traffic link, and an ultra-thin design. The Magellan RoadMate 1475T unit is ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use, premium features give you confidence on the road and deliver a powerful navigation experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great GPS Unit On the Market - Better Than Garmin nuvi 1490T at Lower Price!, September 20, 2009

By	J. Chu (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Unlike other reviewers who have predisposition to certain brand, e.g., someone who used a Garmin for long time and now came to criticize the Magellan, I am a long-time user of GPS of both Magellan and Garmin since 1998. My first Garmin cost me about $1500 and my first Magellan cost me about $2000. My later Garmin and Magellan cost me $800, $500, $300, etc. When the baby TomTom came to market, I also tried it.
One thing that is lacking in most of the previous reviews of this product is an objective opinion. People usually write the review based on their predisposition, not based on objective criteria.
The biggest advantage of any Magellan is its routing capability. For example, when you only have vague idea of the address of your destination, a Magellan would provide adequate context for you to figure out where you need to go. One time, I had forgotten the street number and exact spelling of the street name. I simply type in whatever part that I could remember and the Magellan gave me a list of the road names to choose from. Eventually it took me to where I need to go. Based on that experience, I formulated a test for evaluating any new GPS unit I buy. All the Garmin I tried failed that test. A TomTom unit I tried passed that test.
Another marvel of a Magellan GPS unit is its bell sound signaling the turning point or highway exiting point. This is extremely useful in the complicated highways like in New Jersey, I never miss a turn with a Magellan GPS, but often take a too-early turn with other brands.
The spoken language of Roadmate is clearest of all the GPS units over Garmin or TomTom. When I used Garmin nuvi 680, it would mispronounce "state road 1" as "stage road 1"
I also like the seamless integration of the traffic information into the routing. It only provides the traffic incidents related to your route, or if you do not have a route, it provides only the incidents within 15-mile radius of the current location. It does not provide too much traffic information to burden you unnecessarily. With Roadmate 1475T, the traffic is free forever. In contract, with a Garmin nuvi 680, I had to pay $19/year for traffic subscription! And in nuvi 680, the traffic information is completely separate from the routing, and I have to make decision of which traffic incidents are relevant to my trip.
Other strong points of Roadmate 1475T are its large screen size, clear view of the screen, and its customization of the screen menu to fit anyone's taste.
However, Magellan does share some weakness of all the GPS units. For example, the less perfect map accuracy. There are occasions that a Magellan would say the destination is on the left side of the road when actually the destination is on the right side, and so do all Garmin or TomTom units. One time, my Garmin nuvi GPS attempted to direct me to drive into the middle of a lake! Another weakness of any GPS is the confusion of which direction (left or right) to go at the beginning of the route, and the efficiency within a city. My suggestion of using any GPS is to also print a routing map from Yahoo Maps or Google Maps before you go on a trip so that you have some idea of the routing.
Update on Nov 30, 2009:
I also published a comparison of Magellan Roadmate 1475T and Garmin nuvi 1490T under real-time situations in my car side-by-side. It contains more details of the feature comparison of these two GPS units. To read that review, please click the link "See all my reviews" above next to my name.
More explanation of the bell sound of Magellan GPS I mentioned above: it makes a distinctive bell tone depending on the kind of turn you will be making: a "Dong-Ding" for a right turn, a "Ding-Dong" for a left turn, and a "Ding-Dong-Ding" for a U-turn if allowed.

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Loved my previous Magellan, am returning this one, October 8, 2009

By	Daniel Will-Harris (Point Reyes, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I have had a Magellan 3225 for over a year and love it. A friend wanted to buy my old one and I wanted traffic service on a new one, so I bought the 1475t[...]because it included lifetime free traffic service (as opposed to other models that charge $60 a year for traffic).[...].

While the 1475 is an improvement in terms of speed (very fast startup and response, super-fast routing, the ability to see the various proposed routes, predictive city names means less typing, and of course, free traffic service to help route you around traffic jams. All very useful.

Unfortunately, the new model has several basic problems that make it far less useful than the previous one--in fact, these limitations make the unit unacceptable for me.

1) The voice is not as good as it was on the 3225. It's the same voice, but it sounds choppier, mushier. And when it goes from canned text to text-to-speech (street names), the tts is so mushy it's almost unintelligible. Its really poor--especially considering that the older model's tts was very clear.

2) The power plug is on the bottom. Some people have complained it's too close to the bracket. My complaint is that it means you MUST use a bracket or mount. I don't want a visible mount because in large cities this encourages car break-in, as theives look for GPS to steal

I have a silicone mat that holds the GPS in place--and this worked perfectly with the 3225 that has the power plug on the side. But with the 1475's power plug on the bottom, there's no way for the unit to sit flat! This combined with the larger size means it also doesn't fit in my car. (Speaking of larger--the wider screen really didn't seem very valuable--when you drive, you are going "up" on almost all GPS, so a taller screen might make sense, but a wider one didn't seem more useful to me).

3) The touch-screen requires that I use my fingernail to get it to respond properly. I noticed that with the demo model in the store, but thought that was just because it had been overused. But my brand new GPS had the same thing--a touch with the fingertip often got no response, so I had to use my fingernail. This makes it harder to use--and I'm not sure how the screen will wear over time.

4) The traffic feature (the main reason I bought it), has yet to work. It's always "acquiring signal" and never managed to acquire it. Perhaps I wasn't close enough to a road that was covered by the system (though I was only about two miles from the 101 freeway), but even so, it should be able to get a signal so it can give me an accurate time for the route, shouldn't it? And yes, I have the proper traffic cable, which came with the unit as advertised.

I also have quibbles about the interface--the screen space taken for the large +/- buttons at the bottom could be better used showing useful information--like all the data that's crammed into the lower left corner and requires repeated presses to see. I don't need the GPS to tell me my speed, my car has a speedometer for that purpose. If the GPS would tell me when I was speeding, then I could see the use of that function, otherwise, it's superfluous. I'd like to be able to see the distance remaining and ETA together, but I can't, because giant +/- buttons I will never use while driving are taking that space. Plus, the poor voice calls ETA simply "TA" - why?

When I press on the top line to hear the next maneuver, it sometimes gives me the one touch menu--I don't want that, but the design makes it difficult to get the right result on a click.

Finally, a complaint about Magellan's routing: sometimes they get a route in their head and won't let go. And if I miss a cutoff or take a different street, instead of simply rerouting, their route of choice is often, "When possible, make a legal u-turn."

I can understand if this is the ONLY navigation option, but a GPS's job is to get me from where I am to where I want to go--so if where I am isn't where it thought I should be--it should figure it out, not insist I make a u-turn and go back where it wanted me to be. Recently with my older model, construction blocked a route, and the GPS kept insisting I make a U-turn back to the road that was now impassable. That wasn't helpful. I had to drive miles out of my way before it stopped telling me to turn around! To credit the 1475, it's so fast that it quickly finds a new route--but still only after first wanting me to pull a u-ey.

Last but not least, a question about traffic service. I don't understand why this unit has lifetime free traffic reception (if it could actually receive it, as mine couldn't), whereas models such as the 3250 (which have the form factor and voice I prefer) require a $60 a year subscription for the same data? I'm sorry, but that sounds like price gouging--if the service can be offered for free on some units, why does it cost so much on others?

BOTTOM LINE: Overall the 1465t has many worthwhile features and it's tremendous speed is noteworthy. It's too bad that poor plug placement and a hard-to-understand voice get in the way--since both the voice and plug were well done on their previous generation.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Played navigator with both Magellan and Garmen on my lap before purchase, September 29, 2009

By	Grace (Alaska) - See all my reviews

I am delighted with this purchases.

My brother, a serious RV'er and computer whiz, told me his friends were sold on either Garmin and Magellan and the others got tossed. He said that these two used different logic and that people loved one or the other depending on how they think and suggested I use them before I bought one. I borrowed a Magellan and Garmin before taking a trip in the Washington country side and used them both together and apart. Both machines got you there more or less the same. However these features made a big difference:

The Magellan remembers just like my computer...(if I put in a "ya" it takes me to Yahoo) so I don't have to write out cities each time. It also helps narrow choices so when put in a "Fi" it will bring up all the streets starting with Fi. Having to write in "Washington" "Ellensburg" on the Garmin for each place I wanted to go in that city was a pain.

The Magellan has a trip planner so if you are going to five stops it gives you the optimal route. You can add, subtract, or re-order stops (addresses or POI, etc.) as you go. Garmin has a similar feature but it is spendy.

It gives me all the AAA info without going for the books. If you want a place to eat or sleep you know if you're looking at $ or $$$$ before you get there. Also it suggests interesting sights along the way and rates them. Garmin doesn't have this.

I like the way the Magellan is organized. I find things were at my finger tips and I didn't have to hunt for what I use the most.

The traffic warning feature doesn't cost a thing after purchase.

I love my GPS and am glad I did my homework.