Comments on: Review: Magellan RoadMate App and The Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:06:23 +0000

I downloaded the magellan 2110 USA and it reads that the GPS reciever has been turned off. I cannot find how to turn it on.
Any Ideas?

By: Lenn

Lenn — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:07:09 +0000

I purchased the Magellan Premium Car Kit for my iTouch from a local retailer here in Vancouver BC Canada and the RoadMate US & Canada from iTunes store.
I am reasonably pleased with the performance, even though the interface could be more intuitive.
There are a few irritants from perspective that bears mentioning:
1. Every so often when I start up the system, The GPS will not find my current location and the only way out of this is to reboot my itouch! Strange to say but RoadMate doesn’t seem to provide a RESET button. I am still trying to find out how to avoid getting into this fix.
2. The address book only works with a few of my addresses, and nothing in the instructions seems to indicate if there is a special for required in order for RoadMate to find these addresses.
If there is someone out there with solutions for this, I would appreciate your suggestions

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:44:06 +0000

I have had the MPCK since February and have found quite a few quirks with the device. First of all the volume is incredibly soft coming out of the speaker even at full volume. I have since discovered that if I start the application prior to placing the iPhone in the dock the volume is much louder and actually audible while driving. Unfortunately as soon as you get a call or something else pulls you out of the app, the increased volume goes away and it becomes inaudible again. Secondly, ever since the upgrade to iOS4 on my 3GS I have experienced numerous occasions where it will start charging, stop charging, start charging basically every 20 seconds or so and it plays the charging chirp every time it turns back on which can be incredibly annoying not to mention distracting when you are trying to get directions. It does increase the GPS reception which is nice however sometimes it does get a little crazy and starts jumping my position all over the place and I have to undock the iPhone and then dock it again. My third complaint is the placement of the speaker. I don’t understand why they would place a speaker on the unit so that the sound is traveling away from you instead of towards you. When you place the unit in the window and then angle it so you can see it, you either point the speaker towards the floor, towards the windshield or towards the passenger side depending on how you have the iPhone in the unit. There is no way to have the speaker point towards you and still be able to see the screen. Had they positioned the speaker on the front it might help with the volume issues. Overall it’s a good piece of hardware as long as you have an aux cable to plug it in and aren’t going to rely on the speaker.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:12:00 +0000

FYI, mine worked with the 3GS, but doesn’t work with the 4!!

By: Darwin

Darwin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:16:48 +0000

It would be useful to know how much better the GPS is in the iPhone 4. It seems a lot better in mine.