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Magellan RoadMate 1340 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

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Average Customer Rating:	3.5
Brand:	Magellan
Model:	RoadMate 1340
Weight:	4 pounds
Dimensions:	3.7 inches x 7 inches x 3.1 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Portable Vehicle GPS; Vehicular GPS; Text to Speech; 3.5 Inch; 3 to 3.9 Inches; 1 to 4 Hours; North America; Street; 2009; 12 Inches & Under

Product description

The newly redesigned Magellan RoadMate 1340 GPS device boasts a 3.5-Inch color touch screen 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. Exclusive Magellan OneTouch personalized search icons let you easily bookmark favorite destinations so you can access them anywhere you travel. Find your favorite café or restaurant in any city with a single touch. The RoadMate 1340 navigation device delivers your favorites at your fingertips.

The Magellan RoadMate 1340 device boasts the acclaimed OneTouch menu, a 3.5-inch color touch screen, and an ultra-thin design. Preloaded maps and points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico make the RoadMate 1340 ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use, premium features give you confidence on the road and deliver a powerful navigation experience.

Turn it on and go! 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 1340 includes many premier features, starting with Magellan's exclusive OneTouch favorites menu, QuickSpell with SmartCity search, 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 1340 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 with 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.

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 1340 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 1340 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.

Do you often find yourself tied up in traffic? The RoadMate 1340 is Traffic Link compatible, offering live onscreen traffic-incident reports. (The Traffic Link accessory is sold separately).

Turn it on and go!
The Magellan RoadMate 1340 is loaded with premier features you'll need to get you where you want to go.

Magellan RoadMate 1340 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.
3.5-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 1340 GPS receiver, Pre-loaded maps of the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, Windshield mount, Adhesive disc for dash mounting, Vehicle power adapter, User handbook, USB cable, User manual on CD-ROM

Features

Includes maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico

Text to Speech Announces street names and directions at each turn

Features a portable 3.5-Inch color touch screen

Features AAA TourBook and Roadside Assistance menu

Personalize OneTouch search icons with your favorite places

Customer reviews

« Road Mate 1340 - great aid »

Nice compact unit with AAA tourbook built it. The unit does a good job of getting me from point a to b. I had a problem with a software upgrade and had to send the unit to Magellan. They retuned another unit within a week. The upgrade is a vast improvement with the extra custom buttons, qwerty keypad and auto time zone change.

It was great on a recent trip I took from Chicago to Virginia. While travelling in PA, we were able to pull up restaurants on the GPS while traveling to call ahead for hours and make a reservation to get seated quickly. The routing was good.

I found that if one is traveling off the beaten path, it does not necessarily select the best or fastest route. For example, on a trip to Burlington, WI, the GPS rerouted me 20 miles out of the way and added an extra 1/2 hr to my travel time. Also, I was parked in a shopping center in Lexington, KY searching for a Starbucks, the nearest one was 0.3 miles away. The GPS could not locate me in the parking lot, so it gave me a round about way to get there. When we arrived, we recognized the shopping center on the other side of the lot. I guess I really needed that cup of coffee.

I also purchased the traffic link. It saved me traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago by rerouting me around more congested expressways. However, I also have received alerts that were old. So the jury is still out.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2010-01-23

« Voice prompts fuzzy at high volume »

I can barely understand the voice prompts coming from this unit. I drive a diesel Ford F250 truck and when I turn up the volume high enough to hear over the sound of the engine, the voice prompts are fuzzy and distorted. I have to look at the screen to figure out where it wants me to go instead of just listening to the voice prompts. ...Makes it a little dangerous while driving.

The screen is small, but you get what you pay for. This is a low end unit. I would say that if you don't have a vehicle that has a lot of engine noise, this unit is ok. But if you do have a lot of engine noise, definitely buy something else.

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2010-01-04

« Disappointed with Megallen Roadmate 1340 »

I bought Roadmate 1340 3 months back when there was a very good deal. I like the GPS except for 3.5" screen. But that is fine. It was good GPS with really good features untill the time it started rebooting while on the road and will not come back to the previous destination. So I send it back and got a new unit for the same model. Becaused I liked the value for money for this GPS. Then came the most frustating part. My GPS takes 10 to 15 minutes to capture signal. Also while on the go it hangs and will not show the root any more and this happens while it tries to recalcuate the routes. At this point I was totally disappointed and I returned the GPS.
I feel Garmin Nuvi is better than Magellan Roadmate series. I'm search for deal on Garmin.

Thanks,
AMA.

Rating: (2 out of 5) @ 2009-12-30

« Excellent User Interface, but Questionable Routing on First Try »

This is the second GPS unit I have ever owned. The first one is a very old Garmin model with a tiny black and white screen. I used that one religiously for probably 5+ years all around the U.S., Canada, and even Hawaii, with no problems whatsoever. Notably, I never once had my Garmin give me wacky routing from point A to point B. When I first plugged in this unit, I was impressed with the nice user interface. I never had to open the user manual for anything. It was a breeze to figure out. However, user interface is not the most important feature of a GPS unit. It is more important that the unit does its job--to get you where you want to go. On my first journey--a 20-mile trek across town--I ran into trouble right away. Mind you, I was not in a new area with new roads. I started in a town that is over 100 years old, and the Magellan GPS had me drive past the road where I knew that I should have turned right, then make a right on the next road, make another right, and then make a left onto the road I already crossed. There would have been no problem just making the right turn on the correct street, but the Magellan took me on the "scenic route" through a residential neighborhood. I was so intrigued by where it was routing me that I followed like an idiot, even though I knew I had missed my turn. Let's just say that you wouldn't want this to happen in a bad part of town, where the scenic route could mean driving down a dark alley or side street when you could be on a main road. I have used this unit maybe 4-5 times since that first experience, and it has worked fine. However, first impressions are lasting, and it will take me a while to put that experience behind me and believe in this unit. Again, my Garmin was a trusted co-pilot for many years. I even named her--Carmen my Garmin. Then, I kicked her to the curb when a better looking co-pilot came along. If Maggie my Magellan turns out to be a dimwit, I still have Carmen in her pouch.

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2009-12-19

« Loved it Until... »

I am VERY disappointed in this product. I originally purchased it in July 2009 at a major membership warehouse store. I really thought is was going to be reliable and enjoyed using it for the first 3 months I had it. Then, suddenly one day, the display froze. I turned off the unit and tried to restart it. It wouldn't fire up.
I tried several different methods to contact their support group. I can safely say their customer support was absolutely the WORST I have ever dealt with. Naturally, as is customary now, I wound up speaking to someone off-shore, probably in India, who was difficult to understand and who had difficulty relating to trying to solve my problem.
Finally, I was given an R.M.A. number and told to return the unit and a replacement would be sent out 7 to 10 calendar days after they received my defective unit. I followed their instructions and waited, the replacement unit (refurbished), was sent out. They provided tracking for the FedEx Ground shipment. Thirteen business days later, after frequently trying to track my package, I got the message on the FedEx website that my package had been delivered. I did not receive anything. I checked with my neighbors, they didn't get it. Finally, I found that the FedEx Ground delivery driver had left it sitting on TOP of my rural delivery mailbox, on the street about 1/4 mile from my home, in a plastic bag in the pouring rain.
The replacement unit worked fine though, so I thought I was out of the woods.
Recently, however, I went onto [...] and noticed there was a firmware update available for my unit. I downloaded it and followed the updating instructions to the letter. 3/4 of the way through the update a message appeared saying a file could not be loaded and the update failed. My unit wouldn't even turn on.
Magellan support wanted me to send it back again, at my expense, for another replacement. After several emails, I finally was able to get them to send me a prepaid label for the return. I guess that could be considered a bright spot. Two GPS unit failures in a five month period is unexcusable however.
Moral of story, FOLKS, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT BUYING ANY MAGELLAN GPS PRODUCTS!! THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS AND THE SUPPORT ABSOLUTELY SUCK!!!
I have since purchased a Garmin nuvi 265WT. The price was only slightly more than the Magellan Roadmate 1340 but the features and reliability are far superior.