Magellan RoadMate 2200T Navigation System Silver
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02nd of December 2008
Get the 1st full featured, pocket sized, expandable car navigation system! Simple touch screen menus make it simple to choose virtually any destination and get turn by turn voice and visual guidance. Pre loaded with in depth maps of the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Waterproof to IPX 4, so there is no have to worry about coffee spills, rain, humidity or it to get wet. Avoid traffic with SmartDetour or upgrade your device to offer real time incident reports. Turn your car navigation system in to a Crossover GPS with the Magellan RoadMate 2200T upgrade enabling you to add in depth topographic maps for navigating your outdoor adventures. The sleek, rugged design with integrated rechargeable battery and fitted antenna enables you take it wherever you go. Advanced features include, SmartDetour to automatically re route around sudden slow freeway traffic, multi destination routing, 1.5 million pre programmed points of interest and SayWhere text to speech that tells you the street name of your next turn.
Review:
If you do not own a car with own navigation system, and you are tired of looking up places on the internet and printing the results or worse, stopping to ask for directions the Magellan 2200T make be just what you are looking for. Its tough and easily movable design, simple operation, and multi function capability make it a great choice for any journey.

Small, rugged, and powerful, the Magellan 2200T packs everything you need for navigation, and nothing you do not. View bigger. |

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A user friendly browser allows you to search through and display your photos. View bigger. |
Design
The Magellan 2200T is compact and hard, making it simple to bring along wherever you go, also as allowing a sense of confidence that it can survive the bumps of bruises that come with the mobile lifestyle. It measures just 3.7 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches W x H x D and weighs 7.8 ounces, making it only a little chunkier than your average PDA or Smartphone. The 1st thing you will notice on its outside is nearly complete lack of buttons. This is because all interaction with the 2200T happens between the touchscreen and your finger. In the interest of simplicity, there isn't a stylus that can fall to the floor and roll under your the seat of your car. The only button you will find on the device is the recessed rubber power button on the top right.
All other connections are protected by rubber covers that may be peeled away for access. Below the power button you will find ports for USB, headphones, and the external power supply. On the left is an SD/MMC card slot, a reset button, and a useful hold button that puts the device in a temporary power saving mode.
Setup and Interface
Setup is as easy as turning the device on, since it comes loaded with maps of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, and is prepared to go right out of the box. We found interacting with the touchscreen to be intuitive and dependable. With this device, there is really no need for a stylus or navigation buttons, which simplifies things on the road. The screen itself is sharp and clear with its 320 x 240 pixel resolution display and support for 64,000 colors. The 2200T comes with a dash or windshield mount, a wall charger, a USB cable, a CD with software for photos and music. Unfortunately, a car charger isn't included, but.
The 2200T not only gives audible commands for turns, but can point to street names using a text to voice system Magellan calls "SayWhere." We found this to be a useful feature, particularly when attempting to navigate in an unfamiliar city, though some of the street names were hard to understand, especially those resulting from Spanish.

A useful music player makes enjoying tunes on the go a breeze. |
Navigation
The major function of any car GPS device is to take you reliably from point A to B. Here the 2200T performs nicely indeed, some number of alternatives for finding your destination. To get going you may be able to choose either a street address, a particular point of interest, a destination from the address book, or an intersection if you are not sure of the exact address. To speed up text entry, the unit employs a QuickSpell feature that displays only the letters that spell an item in its database. This largely decreases the letters from which you must decide to tell it where you want to go.
Once it knows where you're headed, the device offers you the choice of shortest time, shortest distance, most use of freeways, or least use of freeways. you will also find a trip planner that allows you to layout and save many places.
Other Goodies
Like some other alike devices, the Magellan 2200T also houses an MP3 player and a nice photo/slide viewer. it is a breeze to drop music files or photos into the folders already located on the included SD card. We found the music player intuitive, with no serious learning curve. You can not listen to tunes and navigate simultaneously, but.
The device is ideal for sharing snapshots of summer vacation with grandma once you make it over the river and through the woods. Colors are crisp and bright, and showing your photos is idiot proof for anybody who has ever used a computer or digital camera.
The 2200T is a rugged and working GPS navigator that's easy to use and dependable. If basic navigation is what you need, and you may be able to do without the bells and whistles of Bluetooth connections and real time traffic info although Magellan states that real time traffic info may be added to the 2200T as an accessory, this may be just the ticket.
Pros
- Rugged device with many functions and alternatives
- Easy to use
- Reliable map included on SD card
- Includes MP3 Player and Photo Viewer
Cons
- Can't listen to MP3 player and navigate simultaneously
- No bells and whistles
What's in the Box
Magellan RoadMate 2200T, windshield mount, DC power adapter, USB data cable, fast reference guide, reference manual on CD ROM, car holder, and sticky dashboard disk.
Small, powerful, and expandable, the Magellan RoadMate 2200T GPS car navigation system can be upgraded to add outdoor and traffic potential. useful features are simple touch screen menus, turn by turn voice guidance with SayWhere technology, and it sports a IPX 4 waterproof ranking, so there is no have to worry about coffee spills, rain, humidity, or it to get wet.
This advanced car navigation system features a 3.5 inch touch screen display that you may use to enter an address or choose a point of interest. you will instantly get the best path using the shortest time, shortest distance, most freeways or least freeways it's all up to you. And the 1.5 million pre programmed points of interest enable you to swiftly find gas stations, airports, hotels, restaurants and more. And while you are en path, the Secure Digital SD memory card compatibility and fitted music player and picture viewer will let you enjoy lots of entertainment along the way.
Convenient and easy to use, the RoadMate 2200T gives you one touch access to in depth info about a destination, as well as phone numbers when available. Simply touch the icon on the screen, and you are prepared to go. You may also save your personal points of interest to swiftly navigate to recurrent places. When time is of the essence, take benefit of some of the RoadMate's advanced features, as well as useful technology that routes you around sudden slow freeway traffic, a multi destination routing choice, QuickSpell software to swiftly enter your destination, and a 3D "bird's eye" view to obviously see your surroundings. you may be able to choose up to 20 places in advance to prepare out where you have to go. And lastly, the 2200T is traffic upgradeable, a feature which lets you to view live traffic incident reports when you add the Magellan TrafficKit Requires service subscription after introductory period.
Great picture quality is a ensure, thanks to the 20 channels SiRF Star III receiver, which changes color and contrast for easy night looking at. In case of an emergency, you will never have to worry about being stranded, just one touch displays your exact place so you may be able to quickly tell roadside help or emergency services.
The RoadMate 2200T also comes with a high impact plastic case that protects against marks and scratches while the fitted battery delivers uninterrupted use for up to three hours. Easy to move between some number of different vehicles, and with an SD card expansion slot, this system is ideal for business and personal travel.
What's in the Box
The RoadMate 2200T comes with an integrated rechargeable Li ion battery, a Magellan RoadMate 2200T CD Rom, a windshield mount, a USB data cable, a fast reference guide, a reference manual on CD Rom, a car holder, and an sticky dashboard disk.
Magellan RoadMate 2200T