Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1200 Series Magellan
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960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91 773 Magellan ® RoadMate ® 12xx Series GPS Receiver User Manual.
i IMPORT ANT SAFETY W ARNINGS The Magellan RoadMate receiver i s a vehicle-navigation aid desig ned to assist you in arriving at your selected destinations.
ii communications. However , there is no gua rantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause ha rmful interference to radio or television reception, .
iii IMPORT ANT NOTE: IC Radiation Exposure Sta tement: This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure lim i ts established for an uncontroll ed environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructio ns for satisfying RF exposure compliance.
960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91 773 Table of Contents Magellan RoadMate G PS Receiver ..................... ................................................. 1 Magellan RoadMate ...... ................ ............................................
960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91 773 Entering an Inters ection ....................................................................................... 15 Entering a City Ce nter .....................................................................
960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91 773 Multi Destination Routes ...... ............................................................ ................. 28 Creating Additional Destinations with Go To ....................................................
960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91 773 Traffic .................... .................................................................. ....................... 36 Coverage ............... ................ .............................................
1 Magellan RoadMate GPS Receiver The Magellan ® RoadMate ® receiver is a veh icle navigation pr oduct that utili zes GPS signals from sa tellites to calculate your precise location and compute navigati onal information that can be used to guide you to your destination.
2 Magellan RoadMate (A) Powe r Switch. (B) Micro SD card slot (A micro SD card is opti onal and is use d for back i n g up and restoring data.) (C) USB connec tor .
3 Installation Instructions Installation of the Magellan RoadMate receiver is simple and easy . The hardest part will be picking the best location. Selecting the Location A few tips on selecting the proper location. • Mount the Magellan RoadMate receiver in a place where it can be easily seen and will not i nterfere with your view of the road.
4 Attaching the Magellan RoadMate receiver to the Car Cradle Slide the Magellan RoadMate receiver on th e car cradle so that the slot on the Magellan RoadMate receiver aligns with the tab on the car cradle. Sl ide the Magellan RoadMate receiver all the way down until it rests on the two 'feet'.
5 Security It is recommended that the Magellan RoadMate receiver is not left in plain view while unatte nded for reasons of theft. Please note that the Magellan RoadMate receiver is a recei ver only and does not transmit GPS location signals. Neither the receiver nor the vehicle can be track ed using the Magellan RoadMate recei ver .
6 Fundamentals Powering on the Magellan RoadMate receiver The Power On/Off switch is located on the top of the Magel lan RoadMate receiver . T urning the Mage llan RoadMate receiver On 1. Slide the power switch to the left. 2. After the in itial splash scr een the Warnings screen is displayed.
7 On the Brightness screen there is a Dim on Batte ry Po wer option. When Dim on Battery Power is checked, the Magellan RoadMate re ceiver will reduce the brightness when operati ng exclusively on battery power and you have not used the touch scr een for a few seconds.
8 Keypad Understanding the keypad while entering an address is an i mportant part of using your Magellan RoadMate receiver . The keypad is the most common method for enteri ng data into the Ma gellan RoadMate receiver .
9 Smart City Search The Magellan RoadMate rece iver utilizes a feature known as “Sma rt City S earch”. What this d oes is it attempt s to predict the city you are looking for . This prediction is based upon tw o major factors; your position and cities you’ve gone to before.
10 Map Screen The most commonly used screen is the Map screen. Whether you are follow ing a route or just tr aveling around a city , the chances ar e that the Map screen will be displayed. The Map screen can be displayed i n two unique modes: normal an d routing.
11 (F) Information d i splay . Disp lays speed, time of day , elevation, compass di rect ion. While r outing it also can also display distance to destinati on, estimated time of arriva l (ET A), and time remaini ng. T ap on the information field to change.
12 Current Location Screen This screen can be accessed from the Options screen or from the Map screen. The Current Location sc reen displays approxim ate address of your current position, the next and previou s intersecti ons, your latitude, longitud e, and heading.
13 4. The Magellan RoadMate receiver recalculates the route and the Map screen returns. Vo l u m e The volume can be adjust ed or muted from the Map screen. (The volume can al so be adjusted from Settings > Sound.) Changing the V olume from the Map Scree n 1.
14 Enter Address If you know at least a part of the address, it is the quicke st way to select th e destination of the route. This function is use d to create a route from: • an exact address, inclu.
15 Entering an Intersection When the str eet number is not known , an intersecting street can pin point the loca tion. 1. From the Main Menu, tap the Go T o icon. 2. T ap the Inte rsection icon . 3. Enter C ity: Y ou have three ways to do this: • T o select the city from the list of previous city , tap the button.
16 • T o enter a ZIP code: if needed, tap the Zip Code button. Enter th e ZIP code. T ap to br ing up a li st of cities with the zip code entered. T ap on th e city name to select i t from the list.
17 7. When the deta ils for this a ddress are acceptabl e, tap the . 8. If you have selected to save this to the OneT ou ch menu, you need to select a the OneT ouch button you want to assign. Clearing the list of Previous Destin ations 1. Access the list of Previous De stinations as descri bed above.
18 6. Edit informati on: • T ap the Name field and use the keypad to enter a na me for the address book entr y . (Entering the name is described in de tail in chapt er Map Screen .) • (optional) T ap <Enter Phone Number> to specify a phone number for the address book entry .
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20 OneT ouch Menu In addition to Home Address, there are other icons in the OneT ouch Menu, the set of bookmarks of searches and favorite destinat ions. They can be used for easy access of frequent de stinatio ns and to get local informat ion when needed.
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22 Points of Interest (POI) The Magellan RoadMate receiver has prel oaded POIs that can be used a s a destination for a route. Selecting a restaurant or finding a gas statio n ne arby is at your fingert ips. Creating a Route to a POI by Category POIs are categorized into unique categories from gas stations to tourist attractions .
23 Creating a Route to a Highway Exit POI The Highway Exit POIs function provides a way of accessing commonly used POIs that are near an exit you are approaching while travelling on a high way . Highway Exit POIs includ e restaurants, gas stations, car repa ir facilities and hotels.
24 Home Address Y our most frequent destination can be entered and save d in the Magel lan RoadMate as the Home Ad dress for quick and easy access when you need to navig ate there. This does not need to be your real home address. Choose any address you visit frequently .
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26 T raveling on a Route Map Screen When a route has been calculated, it will be di splayed on the Map screen in green with small arrows indicating the direction of travel. The top of the screen displays the name of the street that comes next in your T urn List together with its distance.
27 1. From any screen with a OneT ouch icon, ta p the icon to display the OneT ouch menu. 2. T ap the cancel route icon. 3. Confirm that you want to canc el the route. T ap Ye s . Detouring off a Route 1. From the Map screen, tap Menu . 2. T ap the T rip Options icon.
28 Multi Destination Routes With the Magellan RoadMate you can create routes with more than one destina tion. Select one destination and create a single route first.
29 Saving a Multi Destinati on Route to Y o ur Address Book Multi destinati o n routes can be saved for later use from the address book. 1. From the Map screen, tap Menu . 2. T ap T rip Options . 3. T ap Edit T rip . 4. The Multiple D estination List is displaye d.
30 Settings With user Settings you can customize the Magellan RoadMate receive r to better su it your pers onal needs an d preferences. T apping the Back arrow T ap from an y of the Setting scree ns will not cancel the changes. Changes ta ke effect as soon as you make them.
31 Selecting Units of Measure Auto power is the duration of time that the Magella n Ro adMate receiver remains idle before turning off automaticall y . 1. Access the System Settings menu (above). 2. T ap Units. 3. T ap on the desired unit of measure. 4.
32 Sound Setting V o lume from Setti ngs 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. T ap Sound. 3. T ap inside the volum e slider ba r to set th e desired volume level. Muting the Sound from Settings 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon.
33 1. Insert a micro SD card in yo ur Magellan RoadMate receiver . 2. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 3. T ap Backup and Restore . • T ap Backup My Data to save your user data and settings on the inserted micro SD card.
34 T raffic Enabling T raffic This option is used wh en you want to turn tr affic off. (T raff ic information is avai lable only after p urchasing and installing the T raffic Link accessory .) 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. T ap Tr a f f i c .
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36 T raffic Live traffic information is an option a vailable for your Magellan Roa dMate using the T raffic Link accessory . The T raffic Link accessory connects to your Magellan receive r th rough the T raffi c Link power cable that i s supplied in the kit.
37 T raffic Incidents When routing, if a traf fic incident(s), slow traffic or stopped traffic will delay your arrival, the traffic icon on the Map screen will display the computed delay du e to traffic in the red box below the traffic icon.
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