Magellan RoadMate 360 North America GPS Receiver

Don't buy it!

By Larry  Aug 1, 2006 | 4 out of 4 found this Magellan RoadMate 360 North America review helpful

Pros: Takes forever to locate

Cons: May be price

Magellan 360 is not just plug and play as the company claims. You need more info to run it. Fist time I turned it on, I was in Northern California and it kept showing me in Southern California. No where in the manual was mentioned to initialize the G...PS through diagnostics. I found that out playing with the system. Even after initializing, the GPS could not locate itself and kept showing it was in Southern California. It’s not very user friendly. Manual is not well written, it just tells you about the general stuff that you can learn yourself also playing with the system. It does not give the details required. Magellan 360 takes too long, about 20- 30 minutes, sometimes even longer, to locate itself the fist time after startup, and that’s a long time when you are driving. Since it doesn’t have batteries, every time you start the car it starts up again, initializes and locates itself, takes 10- 15 minutes and by the time you see the arrow moving you are at your destination already. That’s pathetic! After experiencing this kind of performance, I m going back to store today to return it for a better system. Read more Less