Just in time for spring break and summer travel, drivers have a new portable vehicle navigation system that goes the distance. Count on the portable Magellan RoadMate 500 Plus. The latest from Thales Navigation, provider of Magellan GPS solutions, including the Magellan RoadMate 500, the flagship Magellan RoadMate 700 and the Hertz NeverLost system, offers twice the memory of the available ones. More memory for more maps.
The Magellan RoadMate 500 Plus includes a 256-megabyte compact flash card for storing volumes of user-selected maps from supplied mapping software, in addition to a large, high-resolution, color touch screen, turn-by-turn, voice-prompted guidance and text directions, and a convenient windshield mount.
Compact, lightweight, and portable, Magellan RoadMate 500 Plus is designed for fast set up without professional installation so that consumers can use it in multiple cars, at home or when traveling. It offers detailed maps using the most up-to-date maps for the United States and Canada. Any map area in the United States and Canada can be downloaded, and larger or multiple compact flash cards can be used to store larger map areas. The device displays a clearly visible, full-color route on a moving map to show the driver’s progress. In addition, the route is viewable as text directions, or as a 3-D graphic showing one turn at a time. While in route, convenient turn-by-turn voice-guidance minimizes the driver’s need to view the display.
Using either the touch screen or keypad, drivers can obtain a route from their personal address book, which stores up to 100 frequently visited destinations, by entering a street address, or by choosing a destination from the database of more than two million points-of-interest, including restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, hotels, parks, airports, tourist attractions and more. The Magellan RoadMate 500 Plus offers navigators a choice of several routing methods, including “Shortest Time,” “Shortest Distance,” “Least Use of Freeways” or “Most Use of Freeways.” In addition, the system automatically recalculates a route after a missed turn.
