Magellan RoadMate 1200 - Automotive GPS Receiver, User Manual

Page 1: ...Magellan Navigation Inc 960 Overland Court San Dimas CA 91773 Magellan RoadMate 1200 User Manual...

Page 2: ...rd any unsafe hazardous or illegal route suggestions Keep the Magellan RoadMate safe from extreme temperature conditions For example do not leave it exposed to direct sunlight for an extended period o...

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: ...conjunction 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 forma...

Page 5: ...the Mount for Optimum Viewing 4 Connecting Power 4 Security 4 Region 5 Fundamentals 6 Powering on the Magellan RoadMate 6 Turning the Magellan RoadMate On 6 Turning the Magellan RoadMate Off 6 Selecti...

Page 6: ...evels 17 Volume 17 Changing the Volume from the Map Screen 17 Home Address 18 Creating a Home Address 18 Creating a Route to the Home Address 18 Changing the Home Address 18 Accessing the Home Address...

Page 7: ...to You Address Book by Entering an Address 28 Creating a New Entry to You Address Book from a POI 28 Creating a New Entry to You Address Book from by Intersections 29 Intersection 29 Creating a Route...

Page 8: ...s Information 44 Displaying Product Information 44 Performing Diagnostics 45 Accessing the Trip Computer 45 Selecting POIs to be Displayed on the Map 46 Deleting Addresses from the Address Book Global...

Page 9: ...tion 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 located nearby exits yo...

Page 10: ...Magellan RoadMate 1200 2 Front View Side Views Back View A A Power B USB connector Power input from cigarette lighter adapter or AC power adapter 5 VDC 2A C SD MMC card slot D Reset B C D E Speaker E...

Page 11: ...face on the dash board will need to be selected Do not attach the adhesive disk to the windshield Make sure that the Magellan RoadMate or any cabling will not be disturbed in the event that the airbag...

Page 12: ...n place Carefully let go of the assembly making sure that it is securely mounted Adjust the Mount for Optimum Viewing Loosen the adjustment locking knobs and position the Magellan RoadMate for optimum...

Page 13: ...for the lower 48 United States If you are travelling in Hawaii or Puerto Rico you must change the region in User Options 1 From the Main Menu tap on the right arrow to access the second page of the Ma...

Page 14: ...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 15: ...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 16: ...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 17: ...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 18: ...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 19: ...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 20: ...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 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...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 24: ...ile 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 y...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...een The Current Location screen can be accessed from the Main Menu or from the Map Screen From the Main Menu 1 Tap From the Map Screen 1 Tap the direction indicator The Current Location Screen The Cur...

Page 29: ...name for this location Tap on any of the three work home mobile phone buttons to enter a phone number Tap on the Edit Information line to add additional information Up to 35 characters can be entered...

Page 30: ...1 From the Main Menu tap the Enter Address icon 2 Select 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 cit...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...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 35: ...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 36: ...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 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ...ess 5 The top portion of the display shows detailed information about the highlighted POI in the list The arrow and distance indicates the direction and distance in a straight line from your current p...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...9 until the trip is complete with all desired 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 b...

Page 47: ...activate a trip that goes from your current position to Arcadia and then Home 5 Select the routing method to be used and tap the orange Calculate Route button Editing a Trip 1 From page 2 of the Main...

Page 48: ...Confirm the deletion of the trip Tap Yes Renaming a Trip 1 From page 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...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...n Menu tap User Options 2 Tap GPS Options 3 Tap GPS Status PRN pseudo random number that identifies the satellite AZ Azimuth of the satellite EL Satellite elevation SNR Satellite signal to noise ratio...

Page 58: ...h available space into the SD slot of the Magellan RoadMate Note that backing up data will overwrite any back up files on the SD or MMC card 3 Tap Backup and Restore 4 Tap Backup 5 Confirm backup Tap...

Page 59: ...User Options 51 2 Tap Map Information 3 Tap Back arrow to exit Map Information Screen...