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Page 1: ...Magellan Navigation Inc 960 Overland Court San Dimas CA 91773 Magellan RoadMate 1230 User Manual...

Page 2: ...congestion It is your responsibility to disregard any unsafe hazardous or illegal route suggestions Keep the Magellan RoadMate safe from extreme temperature conditions For example do not leave it expo...

Page 3: ...nditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Caution Any changes or m...

Page 4: ...unction with any other antenna or transmitter The information provided in this document is subject to change without notice Improvements and enhancements to the product may occur without any formal no...

Page 5: ...ecting Power 5 Check Connection and Final Adjustments 5 Security 5 Region 5 Fundamentals 6 Powering on the Magellan RoadMate 6 Turning the Magellan RoadMate On 6 Turning the Magellan RoadMate Off 6 Se...

Page 6: ...Creating a Home Address 18 Creating a Route to the Home Address 18 Changing the Home Address 18 Accessing the Home Address from the Address Book 19 Enter Address 20 Entering an Address 20 Creating a...

Page 7: ...est POI 29 Categories and Subcategories 29 Creating a Route to a POI by Category 29 Creating a Route to a POI by Name 30 Enhanced POIs 30 Loading a POI File 30 Selecting Categories for Display on the...

Page 8: ...47 Exit POIs 49 Routing to a POI Near an Approaching Freeway Exit 49 User Options 50 Selecting Map Region 50 Accessing System Settings 50 Checking Battery Life 50 Adjusting the Volume 50 Adjusting th...

Page 9: ...ay 55 Setting Detour Options 56 Using the Simulator 56 Setting Tone Options 57 Setting Text To Speech Use 57 Viewing Technical GPS Information 57 Setting the GPS Position 58 Backing Up and Restoring D...

Page 10: ...d routing information to many destinations View POIs that are ahead of you on the freeway The exit POI function provides you with a list of gas stations restaurants hotels and auto repair shops locate...

Page 11: ...dMate 1230 2 Magellan RoadMate 1230 A Power Button B Reset Button C FM Antenna connector traffic D USB connector Power input from vehicle power adapter cable or AC power adapter 5 VDC 2A E SD Card slo...

Page 12: ...from the Magellan Store at www magellanGPS com if one was not supplied with the Magellan RoadMate If planning to use the adhesive disk a smooth surface on the dash board will need to be selected Do no...

Page 13: ...used or the adhesive disk Push the lever at the base of the swivel mount all the way down until it snaps in place Carefully let go of the assembly making sure that it is securely mounted Attaching the...

Page 14: ...the swivel mount for optimum viewing Tighten the adjusting knobs on the swivel mount to hold the Magellan RoadMate firmly in place Press the power button again to turn the Magellan RoadMate off and tu...

Page 15: ...ss the Main Menu 2 Tap the Next arrow to access the Main Menu Page 2 3 Tap User Options 4 Tap System Settings 5 Tap Power 6 Select Auto Power Off time Never 10 Minutes 20 Minutes or 30 Minutes 7 Tap S...

Page 16: ...tem Settings 5 Tap Brightness 6 Tap inside the brightness adjust bar to set the desired brightness 7 Tap On the Brightness screen there is a checkbox for On battery dimming 75 When checked the Magella...

Page 17: ...book my addresses or to create a route to an intersection See the chapter on Routing to an Address for details Points of Interest Displays the Search Points of Interest menu Search for POIs by enteri...

Page 18: ...route to it User Options Accesses the User Options menu This menu can be used to access functions used to customize the Magellan RoadMate to your personal needs Home If you have created a Home address...

Page 19: ...lan RoadMate Keypad Overview Special Keys Alphabetic Keypad Numeric Keypad Symbols Keypad Spacebar Backspace Accept Cancel Selecting From List After tapping OK to accept your input you may get a list...

Page 20: ...ed but you can step through the list and probably be able to find the correct spelling Check for apostrophes and hyphens If you are not seeing the POI you are looking for in the POI list check to see...

Page 21: ...where you can save your position into your Address Book C Zoom out D POI icon Sample shown here is for a gas station Tap on the POI icon to create a route to that POI Note If there are multiple POIs...

Page 22: ...screen G Distance to next maneuver Tap to repeat the last voice command H Main Menu button Tap to go to the Main Menu screen Note that the Main Menu screen is different when there is an active route S...

Page 23: ...ion and the red arrow points to your current location 3 To exit panning tap and the map is returned to your current position Saving a Position While Panning 1 Pan the map until the icon crosshairs are...

Page 24: ...tion screen displays approximate address information the next and previous cross streets as well as your latitude longitude To the right is a compass point in your direction of travel calculated eleva...

Page 25: ...while on an active route Excluding a Maneuver This is used to modify the route to possibly avoid routing on a particular street 1 Access the Maneuver List 2 Tap on the item in the list with the street...

Page 26: ...lect the zoom level that best suits your needs Setting Zoom Levels 1 While viewing the Map screen tap on the zoom in or zoom out Volume The volume can be adjusted or muted from the Map screen The volu...

Page 27: ...o be used as your HOME address 4 When the Address screen is displayed edit the information and top SAVE to continue 5 The HOME address is saved in your address book and you are returned to the Main Me...

Page 28: ...the Main Menu screen Accessing the Home Address from the Address Book 1 From the Main Menu tap the Enter Address icon 2 Tap the My Addresses icon 3 Tap Address Book 4 Tap List All 5 The list of addres...

Page 29: ...the method to enter the city Enter City Enter Zip Code or Previous City Enter City Use the keypad to enter the first few characters of the city name Tap OK to display the list of cities found The butt...

Page 30: ...s displayed You can use street prefixes N E W S etc if desired Samples the city Pasadena California However typing in NOR can give some unexpected results if you are trying to type in the word NORTH A...

Page 31: ...ou store addresses that you want to keep as future destinations as well as access addresses that you have gone to recently that may not be in your address book The address book can hold up to 100 addr...

Page 32: ...estination from the list of previous destinations 5 Tap on Edit 6 Apply any edits you want to make to this destination before saving 7 Check Favorite if you want this addresses store in your address b...

Page 33: ...address book as described in Accessing an Address in Your Address Book 2 Tap on Route 3 Select the Route Method and tap on the orange Calculate Route button to continue Editing an Address in Your Add...

Page 34: ...late Route button to continue Editing an Address from Your Favorites List 1 Access the address record from your Favoites as described in Accessing an Address from Favorites 2 Tap on Edit 3 Use the Edi...

Page 35: ...7 Tap Save Creating a New Entry to You Address Book by Entering an Address 1 From the Main Menu tap the Enter Address icon 2 Tap on the my addresses icon 3 Tap on Create New Entry 4 Tap on Enter Addre...

Page 36: ...Creating a New Entry to You Address Book from by Intersections 1 From the Main Menu tap the Enter Address icon 2 Tap on the my addresses icon 3 Tap on Create New Entry 4 Tap on Intersection 5 Select...

Page 37: ...name following the guidelines presented in Entering an Address Tap on the street from the list of streets 5 Search for the second street the same as in step 6 However the Magellan RoadMate uses Quick...

Page 38: ...tegories and tap on the desired category name 4 If a subcategory is displayed use the the scroll bars to view the subcategories and tap on the desired subcategory name Select ALL SUBCATEGORIES if you...

Page 39: ...ching by name will show all POIs that meet the name criteria regardless of category In the sample shown here there are home improvement centers Lowe s and parks Lowell Brandt Park Use the Prev and Nex...

Page 40: ...name to select or deselect the category Checked means this category will have its icon displayed on the map Tap Mark All to check all categories or Clear All to uncheck all categories 7 Tap Save when...

Page 41: ...I FIle 5 Select Set Alarms 6 Select the category from the category list whose alarm parameters are to be changed 7 Set the detection angle the first warning and the last warning by tapping on the butt...

Page 42: ...ct My POI 4 Select Select Category 5 Select the category containing the POI you want to route to from the category list 6 Select Nearest near your current position or Spell POI Name requires entering...

Page 43: ...mi data field There is also a bell that will alert you where the maneuver is to be performed This tone can be changed in User Options Tone Options Split Screen As a maneuver is approached the Magellan...

Page 44: ...et Address A route to a POI preloaded in the Magellan RoadMate Points of Interest A trip a route with multiple destinations Trip Planner A route to your home address Home Address Route Method Regardle...

Page 45: ...ion or hotel for the exit required 4 A list of POIs in the category selected that are near the exit chosen will be displayed 5 Tap on the POI in the list that you want routing directions to 6 Select t...

Page 46: ...mation to get you to your original destination using the routing method you selected when creating the route However if you want to change the routing method while on or off the route you will need to...

Page 47: ...nd on the back of the unit Write this number down as you will need it later S N 2 Locate the subscription coupon that is included in the Magellan TrafficKit At the bottom of the coupon is a Subscripti...

Page 48: ...ble Understanding How The TrafficKit Works Please read the following statements before using the TrafficKit 1 You can enable and disable Traffic event categories By default all categories are enabled...

Page 49: ...checked 5 The existing categories of Traffic events are listed at the beginning of this manual in the Glossary 6 Checking an option in this list implies that 7 The Map screen will show ALL the receiv...

Page 50: ...ent that affects your route is received The receiver will analyze the impact this event will have on your route A Re calculating the route message will pop up on the screen along with the reason for t...

Page 51: ...only 20 miles Reminder at 10 mi Same as above but the distance from the event is only10 miles 6 Select Save to validate your choices and then come back to your usual guidance screen Traveling with th...

Page 52: ...ffic event Detailed information can also be displayed by tapping on an event icon displayed on the map Viewing Traffic Details at Higher Zoom Levels To avoid cluttering the screen as you zoom out beyo...

Page 53: ...l test the next one until it finds a station that delivers Traffic data If none of the 5 frequencies can be used the TrafficKit module will start scanning the entire FM band It will search for the bes...

Page 54: ...in a name for this trip 4 Tap OK 5 Begin by adding the first destination in the trip Tap Add 6 Select the method to be used to find or create the destination icon Enter Address Address Book POIs or I...

Page 55: ...sired destinations 12 Tap Save Optimizing a Trip While creating a trip or editing a trip you can optimize the order of the destinations but using the Optimize button 1 View the trip list either while...

Page 56: ...2 Select Edit from the Trip Planner Menu 3 Select the trip to be edited from the stored trips list 4 Tap on the destination to be edited You can Add a destination following the one selected Move the d...

Page 57: ...ge 2 of the Main Menu tap the Trip Planner icon 2 Select Delete Rename from the Trip Planner Menu 3 Tap Rename 4 Select the trip to be renamed from the stored trips list 5 Use the keypad to edit the n...

Page 58: ...a freeway Also when you create a route to a POI near an exit the original route will be cancelled if you are travelling on a route You will need to reset the original route when you are ready to cont...

Page 59: ...s are found in the System Settings section of User Options 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap System Settings Checking Battery Life 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2...

Page 60: ...he auto power setting will define the time that the Magellan RoadMate will automatically turn off if it hasn t moved or the touchscreen accessed 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap S...

Page 61: ...isplaying Contact Us Information 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap System Settings 3 Tap 4 Tap Contact Us 5 Tap Back arrow Displaying Product Information 1 From page 2 of the Main...

Page 62: ...f the trip This information can be saved to a file for easy access when the information is needed 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap Trip Computer 3 Select the Current Trip or a Sav...

Page 63: ...obal The chapter on addresses discusses how to delete individual addresses from the address book Address Book Options provides a way of globally deleting addresses from the address book 1 From page 2...

Page 64: ...f the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap Map Options 3 Tap Auto TrueView to turn set it to on or off Checked is on and the TrueView image will be displayed 4 Tap Split TrueView to set the TrueView displ...

Page 65: ...etour on or off Checked is on and the Magellan RoadMate will automatically offer detour routing when it computes you are stuck in slow or stopped traffic situations 4 Tap Save to record the changes an...

Page 66: ...m page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap Navigation Instruction 3 Tap Announce street name or Announce exit ramp name to select when text to speech will be used to indicate maneuvers 4 Tap Sav...

Page 67: ...been backed up it can be restored at any time Please note that when you restore from backed up data address book and other data will be replaced with the data The Magellan RoadMate cannot append backe...

Page 68: ...ptions 59 6 Operation successful Tap OK 7 Tap Back arrow to exit Viewing Map Information 1 From page 2 of the Main Menu tap User Options 2 Tap Map Information 3 Tap Back arrow to exit Map Information...

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