Magellan® RoadMate™
Reference Manual
Instructions for Operating the
Magellan RoadMate 360
*** IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS ***
The Magellan RoadMate 360 is a vehicle-navigation aid designed to assist you in arriving at your
selected destinations. When using the Magellan RoadMate, these safety rules must be followed
to prevent accidents that can result in injury or death to yourself or others:
• When driving, the need to view the display is minimal. Voice prompts will guide you to
your destination. The driver should enter data or program the unit only when the vehicle is
stopped. Only a vehicle passenger should enter data or program the unit while the vehicle
is moving.
It is your responsibility to comply with all traffic laws.
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• While every attempt is made to ensure that the database is accurate, roadways, points of
interest, and business and service locations may change over time. The database does not
include, analyze, process, consider, or reflect any of the following: legal restrictions (such
as vehicular type, weight, height, width, load and speed restrictions); road slope or grade;
bridge height, width, weight, or other limits; population density; neighborhood quality or
safety; availability or proximity of law enforcement, emergency rescue, medical, or other
assistance; construction work zones or hazards; road or lane closures; road, traffic, or
traffic facilities’ safety or condition; weather conditions; pavement characteristics or
conditions; special events; traffic 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 exposed to direct sunlight for an extended period of time.
• Laws in some states prohibit wearing stereo headphones while operating a motor vehicle.
Please contact your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles for information.
• Take care when mounting the unit in your vehicle, whether using the windshield mount or
other mount or accessories, that it does not obstruct the driver's view of the road, interfere
with the operation of the vehicle's safety devices such as air bags, or present a hazard to
occupants of the vehicle should the unit be dislodged while driving. You assume the risks
associated with damage to your vehicle or vehicle occupants as the result of your choices
in mounting the unit.
• Please refer to the Read Me First document supplied with your Magellan RoadMate for
installation instructions.
© 2005 Thales Navigation, Inc. All rights reserved. The Magellan Logo, Magellan, RoadMate,
Turn it on and go, TrueView, TrueFix, and QuickSpell are trademarks of Thales Navigation. No
part of this user manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the
purchaser’s personal use, without the prior written permission of Thales Navigation.
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Contact Information
If you need support for your Magellan RoadMate and you wish to contact Thales, please use the
following information to direct your questions/comments to the proper person.
Technical Support
If you need technical assistance or “how-to” help, or if you have a technical question about the
functionality of your Magellan product, please contact us on the Internet at www.magellangps.com or
reach us by fax or by phone.
Our Technical Support phone representatives are available Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. PST/PDT. After hours, you may leave a detailed voice mail message that will be returned within the
next business day.
Telephone: (866) 868-2259 or (909) 394-5000 (Outside North America)
You may also reach Technical Support by Fax: (909) 394-7050 [Attn: Tech. Support]; or E-Mail:
magellansupport@thalesnavigation.com
Warranty Service
To obtain warranty service on your unit, you must contact us for a return authorization before you ship
the product. Packages arriving at our dock without an RA will be refused.
To obtain an RMA, simply contact our Technical Support group at: Telephone: (866) 868-2259 or (909)
394-5000; Fax: (909) 394-7050 [Attn: Tech. Support]; or E-Mail: magellansupport@thalesnavigation.com
Customer Service
If you need to order accessories, you can call our Customer Service Department Monday through Friday,
6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST/PDT, or visit our Web site at www.magellangps.com.
Telephone: (866) 339-0488 or (909) 394-5000 (Outside North America); Fax: (909) 394-7078.
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Table of Contents
Information ....................................................................................................................... 1
Technical Support .....................................................................................................................2
Warranty Service .......................................................................................................................2
Customer Service .......................................................................................................................2
About Satellite Navigation ..............................................................................................................1
How Satellite Navigation Works ......................................................................................................1
Line of Sight ..............................................................................................................................1
Precision ...................................................................................................................................1
Placement of Your GPS Receiver for Optimal Satellite Reception .......................................................2
A Word on the Safe Usage of GPS Maps ..........................................................................................2
From Source to Destination .........................................................................................................2
GPS Maps and Your Safety ..........................................................................................................3
Care and Use of the Pre-Installed Secure Digital (SD) Card ...............................................................3
To Insert the SD Card: ................................................................................................................4
To remove the SD card: ..............................................................................................................4
Magellan RoadMate .......................................................................................................... 5
Front View .................................................................................................................................5
Rear View ..................................................................................................................................5
Left- and Right-Side Views .........................................................................................................6
Bottom View .............................................................................................................................6
Installation ....................................................................................................................... 7
Installing the Windshield Mount .....................................................................................................7
Installing the External Antenna .......................................................................................................8
Basic Operation ............................................................................................................... 10
Turning the Magellan RoadMate On ...........................................................................................10
Inputting Text Characters ..........................................................................................................11
Additional Characters (More) .....................................................................................................12
Numerical Characters (123) ......................................................................................................12
Using QuickSpell® and AutoFill™ .............................................................................................12
Help with Street Names ............................................................................................................13
Selecting Destinations ..................................................................................................... 14
Choosing the Route Method .........................................................................................................15
Changing the Route Method .........................................................................................................16
Cancelling a Planned Route .........................................................................................................17
Detouring from the Planned Route ................................................................................................18
Excluding a Maneuver in a Planned Route .....................................................................................18
Accessing Regions ......................................................................................................................19
Selecting a Destination Using “Select Address” .............................................................................21
Selecting a Destination Using “Address Book” ...............................................................................23
Previous Destinations ...............................................................................................................23
Routing to A Previous Destination ............................................................................................23
Saving a Previous Destination to your Address Book ...................................................................24
List Addresses .........................................................................................................................25
List All ..................................................................................................................................25
Route ................................................................................................................................26
Edit ..................................................................................................................................26
Delete ...............................................................................................................................27
List Favorites .........................................................................................................................27
Route ................................................................................................................................28
Edit ..................................................................................................................................28
Delete ...............................................................................................................................29
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Search Address Book ..............................................................................................................29
Route ................................................................................................................................30
Edit ..................................................................................................................................31
Delete ...............................................................................................................................31
Create New Entry .....................................................................................................................31
Select on Map ........................................................................................................................31
Select Address .......................................................................................................................33
Dining, ATM, Gas... ................................................................................................................35
Search POI by Name ..........................................................................................................35
Search Nearest POI ............................................................................................................38
Intersection ...........................................................................................................................41
Trip Planner ............................................................................................................................43
New ......................................................................................................................................43
Edit ......................................................................................................................................45
Delete, Rename .....................................................................................................................46
Delete ...............................................................................................................................47
Rename ............................................................................................................................47
Selecting a Destination Using “Dining, ATM, Gas...” ......................................................................49
Search POI by Name ................................................................................................................49
Nearby Current Position ..........................................................................................................49
Nearby City Center .................................................................................................................50
Search Nearest POI ..................................................................................................................51
Current Position .....................................................................................................................52
By City Center ........................................................................................................................53
By Airport ..............................................................................................................................54
Selecting a POI on the Map .......................................................................................................55
Selecting a Destination Using “Intersection” .................................................................................57
Traveling ........................................................................................................................ 59
Guidance Information Screens ......................................................................................................59
Map Screen .............................................................................................................................60
Changing the Map Zoom Levels .................................................................................................60
Maneuver List Screen ...............................................................................................................61
TrueView Screen ......................................................................................................................61
Current Location .........................................................................................................................62
Displaying Information About Your Current Location ....................................................................62
Save Location ..........................................................................................................................62
User Options ................................................................................................................... 63
User Option Menu .......................................................................................................................63
Trip Computer ............................................................................................................................64
Stopping or Starting the Trip Computer ......................................................................................64
Saving the Current Trip Report ..................................................................................................64
Resetting the Trip Computer .....................................................................................................65
Viewing a Saved Trip Report ......................................................................................................65
Deleting a Trip Report ..............................................................................................................66
Track Recorder ...........................................................................................................................67
Start Track Recorder ................................................................................................................67
Stop Track Recorder .................................................................................................................67
Save Track Record ...................................................................................................................68
View Track ...............................................................................................................................69
Delete, Rename Track ..............................................................................................................70
Configuration ..............................................................................................................................72
Brightness ...............................................................................................................................72
Volume ...................................................................................................................................72
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Auto Power Off ........................................................................................................................73
Language ................................................................................................................................73
User Settings ..............................................................................................................................74
POI Selection ..........................................................................................................................74
Map Options ............................................................................................................................75
Map Orientation .................................................................................................................75
Units of Measure ................................................................................................................75
Map Guidance Option .........................................................................................................75
Select Map Color ......................................................................................................................75
Route Preferences ....................................................................................................................76
Split TrueView .........................................................................................................................76
Menu Colors ............................................................................................................................77
Tone Options ...........................................................................................................................77
Diagnostics ..............................................................................................................................78
Video Test .............................................................................................................................78
Touch Screen Test ..................................................................................................................78
Keypad Test ...........................................................................................................................78
Audio Test .............................................................................................................................78
Headphone Test .....................................................................................................................79
Product Information ................................................................................................................81
Simulator Mode ......................................................................................................................81
System Messages ...................................................................................................................82
User - Edit Name .....................................................................................................................82
Password Settings ....................................................................................................................83
Appendix ........................................................................................................................ 84
GPS Status Screen ...................................................................................................................84
GPS STATUS Screen Structure-first page .................................................................................84
Bad fix code ..........................................................................................................................84
GPS STATUS Screen Structure - second page ...........................................................................85
Typical GPS STATUS Screen Display ........................................................................................86
POI Categories .........................................................................................................................87
Specifications ..........................................................................................................................89
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About Satellite Navigation
Global satellite navigation is an exciting technology, providing enhanced productivity and accuracy in a vast number
of industries. It adds a new level of enjoyment and safety to a wide range of navigation, sports, and recreational
activities.
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a network of satellites that transmit high-frequency radio signals
containing time and distance data that can be picked up by a receiver, allowing users to pinpoint their precise
locations anywhere around the globe.
There are two Global Navigation Satellite Systems in operation: the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the
Russian GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS). These systems are constantly being upgraded to meet
higher standards of reliability. A third GNSS named GALILEO, after the Italian astronomer of the early 1600s, is
being developed in Europe specifically to provide a higher standard of integrity and reliability, required to ensure the
safety of lives during transport by air, land and sea, without the use of additional augmentation systems.
While the GPS and GLONASS satellite networks are being developed to achieve maximum performance, Satellite-
Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) have been established to provide improved accuracy. SBAS provides
differential signal corrections for GPS and GLONASS transmissions with the use of ground stations and
geostationary satellites in specific regions. This is GNSS-1, the first phase in establishing the required integrity for
high-precision satellite navigation.
GNSS-2 requires the launching of new satellites into orbit and a complete upgrade of the existing satellite systems.
This second phase is already well underway. GALILEO, scheduled to begin service in 2008, is being developed to
meet the standards of GNSS-2 for rapid and reliable, certified precision positioning.
How Satellite Navigation Works
Global navigation satellites continuously transmit time and distance information as they orbit the earth in a precise
formation. Navigation satellite receivers use this information to calculate an exact location through triangulation.
Every point on Earth is identified by two sets of numbers called coordinates. These coordinates represent the exact
point where a horizontal line, known as latitude, crosses a vertical line, known as longitude. The receiver locks on to
at least three satellites and uses the information received to determine the coordinates of the receiving device.
By comparing the time the signals were transmitted from the satellites and the time they were recorded, the receiver
calculates how far away each satellite is. The distance of the receiver from three or more satellites reveals its
position on the surface of the planet. With these distance measurements, the receiver might also calculate speed,
bearing, trip time, distance to destination, altitude, and more.
The satellite-navigation device may display its position as longitude/latitude, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM),
Military Grid (MG), or simply as a point on an electronic map. Many Thales Navigation receivers provide
comprehensive mapping data, making satellite navigation an easy tool to enhance your recreational and industrial
activities.
Line of Sight
Satellite-navigation receivers operate by line of sight with global-positioning satellites. This means that at least three
satellites must be in “view” of a receiver in order to calculate longitude and latitude. A fourth satellite must also be
within line of sight to calculate altitude. On average, eight satellites are continuously within line of sight of every
position on Earth; the more satellites in view, the more accurate the positioning.
Though the radio signals of navigation satellites will pass through clouds, glass, plastic, and other lightweight
materials, satellite-navigation receivers will not work underground or in other enclosed spaces.
Precision
On average, a satellite-navigation receiver is accurate to within 15 meters. Thales Navigation employs several
technologies to increase the accuracy of their professional and Magellan®-branded receivers. An accuracy of 3
meters or better is achieved using correction signals from satellite navigation-augmentation systems. In the U.S., an
accuracy of 3 meters is achieved using signal corrections from a network of ground stations and fixed-position
satellites known as WAAS (Wide-Area Augmentation System). Throughout Europe a similar system, EGNOS
(European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System), provides the same accuracy. In Asia, satellite navigation-signal
correction is provided by MSAS (Multifunctional Transport Satellite-based Augmentation System). Other ways to
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increase the accuracy of satellite navigation include the use of DGPS (Differential Global-Positioning System);
ground relay stations, set at known positions, transmit corrected satellite-navigation signals. Various methods and
applications of DGPS can increase satellite navigation accuracy from a few meters to within a few millimeters. Using
DGPS requires a differential-beacon receiver and antennae in addition to a satellite-navigation device. Accuracy can
also be increased using an RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) satellite-navigation system. This is a receiver capable of
transmitting a phase-corrected signal from a known position to one or more rover receivers.
A number of positioning errors can occur, limiting accuracy to within 15 to 25 meters. These errors are monitored
and compensated for in a number of ways:
Orbiting errors -- Occasionally a satellite's reported position does not match its actual trajectory. In the U.S., the
Department of Defense continuously monitors each satellite, making orbital corrections with onboard booster
rockets.
Poor geometry -- If all of the satellites within line of sight of a receiver are clustered closely together, or lined up
relative to the position of the receiver, the geometric calculations necessary for triangulating a position become
difficult and less reliable. The use of differential-correction signals from satellite-based augmentation systems or
DGPS can compensate for both orbital errors and poor geometry.
Multipath signals -- Signals may be reflected off tall buildings or other obstructions before reaching the receiver,
increasing the distance a signal travels and reducing accuracy.
Thales Navigation receivers make a number of complex mathematical calculations to effectively compensate for
other potential errors in positioning:
Atmospheric delay -- Satellite-navigation signals slow as they pass through the Earth's atmosphere. Thales
Navigation receivers calculate the average delay in nanoseconds to compensate.
Clock errors -- The clock built into a receiver is not as accurate as the atomic clock on a navigation satellite, which
is accurate to one second every million years. Each Thales Navigation receiver compensates for time differentials by
comparing the time signals of several satellites and adjusting its calculations and its clock to match.
Placement of Your GPS Receiver for Optimal Satellite Reception
FIrstly, before considering signal reception, it is important to understand that your GPS receiver is a sensitive piece
of equipment. You should never place it in an area of your vehicle where it may be struck by other items, or where
vibration may cause it to strike other items or parts of the vehicle. The windshield mount included in the box allows
you to place the receiver in such a way that the antenna can receive the satellite signal through the windshield
without being obstructed by other parts of the vehicle. However, tinted windows or other reflective coatings may
interfere with reception. In this case, it may be required to attach an external antenna (optional). The external
antenna mounts to the outside of your vehicle and is therefore not hampered by tinted windows. Other mounting
solutions are available but may require and external antenna.
External conditions also affect GPS signal reception. Although weather conditions do not affect the signal, tall
buildings and trees, driving through canyons, wooded areas, or tunnels, and sitting in a garage or covered parking
area will affect the GPS signal. The GPS receiver constantly monitors and updated the GPS signal status and will
reacquire the signal once it is clear of any obstructions.
A Word on the Safe Usage of GPS Maps
Just like paper maps, maps on GPS devices vary greatly in terms of information included and visual presentation.
Whether topographical maps, roadmaps or marine charts, each map and the data it presents is designed for a
specific purpose. For example, marine charts will often present only a minimal representation of roadways and are
not a substitute for street maps. Topographic maps usually provide minimal detail about bodies of water, and do not
contain marine navigational markers.
Maps also vary widely in scale: the smaller the scale, the more detailed the map. Therefore, when using GPS maps
(just as with paper maps) it is important to consider what type of map you are using in your explorations and to use
common sense.
From Source to Destination
Thales Navigation, maker of Magellan GPS products, is not a cartography company. We do not create the maps that
are used on our GPS devices. We seek to acquire map data from the best public and private sources available at the
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