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Now, advanced, easy-to-use vehicle navigationcomes with an integrated receiver for LlVE traffic incident reports (3-month subscription included). Easily avoid traffic with automatic re-routing around upcoming traffic problems. View incident locations and details on the touch-screen and get turn-by-turn directions around accidents, slow-downs, road closures, severe weather and more. Magellan RoadMate 6000T is the first in the series to feature an integrated receiver for LlVE traffic incident reports AND Bluetooth wireless technology for making hands-free phone calls with your Bluetooth-enabled phone. The built-in speakers and microphone make it easy to answer incoming calls. Get turn-by-turn directions to virtually any destination as you drive. Simple touch-screen menus let you enter an address or select from over six million points of interest. Standard or 'bird-eye' 3D view give you a clear perspective of your surroundings. Points of interest icons show nearby gas stations, restaurants, historical monuments, shopping centers and more. Just touch an icon to see detailed information, includingphone numbers, and get an instant route. Save personal points of interest in the Address Book and get an instant route any time, from wherever you happen to be.
Advanced navigation features include SmartDetour for automatic re-routing around sudden slow freeway traffic. SayWhere text-to-speech announces the street names with every direction so you don't have to look at the screen as you drive. Multi-Destination Routing and Route 0ptimization let you plan a trip with up to twenty stops and instantly see the quickest way between them with. Plus, the built-in music player, picture viewer and rechargeable battery enable you to enjoy entertainment en-route to your destination, even when you don't have access to power.

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The Magellan RoadMate 6000T for North America is a remarkably versatile GPS navigation system. Equipped with viewing and entertainment options, cell phone connectivity, and of course navigational coverage for the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada, the 6000T meets most of your mobile needs. Loaded with a wide variety of options to help you plan daily commutes, vacation trips, and errands, the 6000T packs advanced technology in an easy-to-use unit to make your driving experience the best it can be.

The 6000T is a complete GPS navigation system with simple touch screen menus, Bluetooth, and turn-by-turn guidance. View more details. See more pictures: Back - Side - Top.

Find your way fast with easy-to-navigate menus.

The unit can also function as a hands-free device for Bluetooth enabled phones.

Play MP3 or WMA files stored on an optional memory card.

Made to be user-friendly, the Magellan 6000T has a 3.5-inch touch sensitive screen that displays vibrant colors and sharp images. Simple menus and smart keys provide quick access to the 6000T's features, which include preloaded detailed maps, bird's eye 3D viewing to give you a clear sense of your surroundings, and over six million points of interest such as gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, airports, parks, historic sites, museums, and much more.

The 6000T lets you select up to 20 destinations and optimize the most direct route between them, as well as store your favorite locations for the trips you take frequently. You can also customize mapping selection with the 6000T, which lets you select routes based on driving time, distance, and traffic congestion, or exclude routes you prefer to avoid, such as toll roads. And with the Auto Re-route feature to guide you, the 6000T adjusts your course if you take a detour, so you be able to get back on track easily even if you miss a turn.

And because the 6000T is equipped with Bluetooth and a microphone, you'll be able to use it for hands-free calling with a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. You can talk safely while you drive, as you keep up-to-date with what's going on at the office, catch up with friends and family, or give out arrival updates.

The 6000T fits easily into any vehicle without the need for special installation and works for you at any hour of the day. The auto night view feature adjusts brightness and contrast for easy viewing at night, and the voice guidance option provides friendly turn-by-turn instructions to get you to your destination. With SmartVolume adjusting the sound level of your system when you speed up or slow down, the 6000T makes sure that the directions you get are clear and easy to understand. And for the first three months after your purchase of the RoadMate 6000T, you'll have a free subscription to Magellan's LlVE traffic reports. With detailed, up-to-date traffic incident reports at your fingertips, you'll be able to find alternate routes and avoid traffic congestion created by accidents, road construction, special events, and more.

ln addition to having the features that make it a first-class navigation system, the 6000T is also a music player and a picture viewer. Through the integrated speaker, the 6000T plays MP3 and WMA music files for your entertainment. And if you're outside your vehicle, you can also plug in a set of earphones to listen. (For safety reasons, please remember never to use earphones while driving.) The picture viewer is ideal for road trips with friends or family as well as for gatherings such as parties and picnics. Upload the pictures you've taken with your digital camera and you'll be able to share a slideshow with everyone right away.

Housed in a high-impact plastic case and able to operate in a temperature range of 14 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 to 60 degrees Celsius), the 6000T is versatile and durable enough to go wherever you want to go. At 8.64 ounces and measuring 4.8 x 3.8 x 1.4 inches, the navigation system is extremely portable. The update rate of once per second means the 6000T gives you the latest information, and the powerful 1350 mA rechargeable lithium ion battery provides up to four hours of continuous use. Multilingual options make the 6000T perfect for speakers of English, French, and Spanish.



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Buyer's feedback: - * Good, but not great! ...
Ok, I have had this unit for over two years. As stated before, yes I had freezing problems and it would reset and loose all the previous places I had been. I tried many times to upgrade the firmware to no avail and did spend countless hours on the phone with the India service center where I feel I knew more about a simple computer than the guy/girl on the other line.

Thank GOD I had an extended service program with the store chain I brought it from and they fixed it for me. Hope the map update goes a lot smoother.

The Unit now runs great and instead of the 5 seconds to turn the unit off now it's just two. Just wish they had a smaller mounting arm as the OEM one is too long which is funny that the new guys say theirs is too short. No one is ever content.

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Buyer's feedback: - Magellan 6000T decided to call it quits
I have had Magellan 6000T for over a year now and it seemed to be working fine overall with the exception of an occasional freeze up. However, from the past 2 weeks, the unit does not display the map and when any key is pressed, it responds after 5 minutes. The issue is not battery-related as far as I could tell since it is constantly charged and the battery indicator is green in color.
I had purchased the 6000T for 450.00 last year. From now on I'll stay with the cheap units. At least that way, even if the unit breaks one can discard it with less pain.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Absolutely terrible ...
I have had this product for over a year now and was surprised when travelling from Mtl to NYC how this device directed me to drive through off highway country roads. I have tried to upgrade to a higher version of software 1.16 with great difficulty. My PC is asking for the Magellan Roadmate software. The unit never came with it. When finally located my Microsoft PC is advising me not to install it as it does not conform with Microsofts software conditions and it may harm the system. I have tried to contact magellans help ware, but have had no response. After reading all the horrible experiences from fellow magellan owners, i am frustrated enough to trash this unit and proclaim the truth, THIS SYSTEM SUCKS, and I for one do not recommend anyone to purchase a Magellan unit. If the company had any morals they would refund the money or excahnge all of their 6000T units for a model that actually works.

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Buyer's feedback: - Hope you don't need customer service
The devil is in the details. The unit works as advertised, but the "lock ups" are something I've never encountered before. I have a built-in unit in my car, and it has never locked. Mine 600T locked so severely once, I couldn't even turn it off or reset. That brings up customer service. I called twice, and my wife called twice, and neither of us could understand what the reps were trying to say. Offshore CS is NOT OK if the reps don't speak the language of the customer - or vice versa. Also be aware that this unit is officially "not a current offering." Wonder when the support will stop? The unit came without a manual, so if you want instructions to take with you, be prepared to print out 140 or so pages. All in all - not impressed with Magellan. The good news is the price has been reduced by 2/3.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Stay away from this and Magellan in general ...
I bought the 6000T in April 2007 after doing research on the internet and looking at their website, which stated that you could download maps from their website and a map update would be available in August. Since I live in a area with a lot of freeway construction and the roads are changing all the time, I was very interested in this capability.

Come August and their website said the map update would be available in September. In September it said October. I called their support at the end of October and was told an update would be available by the end of the year. In the meantime I did download the 1.22 software update.

In December I checked the website again and came to find the update was available, but you had to purchase it on a CD for $80 - not the free download I was expecting. Since the unit was basically useless on the major freeways in my area I bit the bullet and bought it.

I got around to installing it the week before last, and come to find the map version it installed was Q3 2006 - already 18 months old. I tested it out anyway and as far as I could tell, there was no difference in the map database (at least for my area).

I called Magellan support today and spent an hour on the phone talking to various hindi individuals (I guessed they outsourced their call center sometime since October) only to be told over and over that the map update I purchased was the latest version (even though it was probably already on the unit when I bought it), and that there was nothing I could do about. Even when I pointed out that their website had posted misleading information about the nature of the update for the past 6 months, all they would say was (paraphrasing) "You're stuck with it - go away and leave us alone - there's nothing we're going to do about it".

If you need up to date maps, stay away from Magellan. Their products don't perform as advertised and the company does not stand behind them.

I guess they realized how crappy their products are because the Roadmate series has been pulled from their website.