Magellan and Good Sam have teamed up to produce theall-new RoadMate Pro 9165T, a robust GPS device that is specifically designed for those who love to "RV". An extra-wide, high-definition 7-inch touchscreen offers large vehicle and RV settings that map routes based on vehicle height, width, length, and weight. This intelligent navigator will plan routes according to your preferences, making the drive much more error-free and enjoyable for you, your family, and friends. The RoadMate Pro will be invaluable on your travels as it inspire-loaded with U.S. and Canada campground information from Trailer Life Directory, and Good Sam discount locations. The 9165T will give you guidance on million points of interest (POI) near and far, pet-friendly campground RVservice and parks.
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Nice, but no input for GPS coordinates
I was very disappointed to discover that you cannot enter GPS coordinates into this GPS device. This was developed in part by Good Sam; their large campground directory gives GPS coordinates for campgrounds....and yet their device does not accept them. I wrote to Magellan about this. They replied, telling me, in part, that:
"The Roadmate 9165T is mainly a vehicle navigation GPS unit that uses street addresses, highways and preloaded points of interests as destination routes. It is not built with outdoor navigation function for routing using coordinates which provides bearing/heading navigation. Coordinates such as Lat/Long coordinate formats cannot be entered as destination. Although, its Points of Interests database including Good Sam directory provides coordinates information. It is mainly designed to route to its given street address and the GPS unit will provide a turn by turn street route.
The ability to enter coordinates as destination may be considered as...
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Magellan RoadMate 9165T is a piece of junk -
This could be a quality RV GPS but it is not there yet!!! as of 11/01/11).
We used it on one short RV trip but tested it all 5 days we owned it (Yes, we promptly returned it).
The ad on the navigation screen that Magellan says only appears every 5 minutes actually appears every 60 seconds (and displays for 20 seconds. This is NOT an exaggeration. The glitches, and there are many (unit freezes, bluetooth wouldn't connect, menu buttons mislabeled/take you to the wrong info, ect), can be fixed with updates but after talking to Magellan the ads will stay - they pay for the "free" traffic alerts. There is no way to turn the ads off even if you turn the traffic alerts off. Even when unplugging the unit from the power source/traffic receiver the ads still appear.
I have let Magellan know my displeasure by phone and by returning their product. I give it one stars our of 5.
Not a good choice for RV'ers
We purchased this because they had teamed up with Good Sam Club and put all their good information in it. BUT,the Magellan RoadMate Pro 9165T is not RV friendly and we are returning it. Here are the reasons why.
FIRST, it is advertised for RV's, but when you get to "vehicle type" the only choices are Trucks/Semi.
More important than that:
SECOND, you can't plan a trip. I wanted to plan an upcoming trip from Kansas to Texas, but it starts me at my present location in Colorado.
THIRD, you can't save a trip, like the one I was trying to plan.
We had upgraded our CoPilot GPS software to CoPilot Live v8 software for the computer a few months back, but weren't too happy with some of their changes. This experience has made us look at this software again, and in doing so have taken the time to really work with it. Liking it more and more. It's amazing what reading the manual can do for ya!!
CoPilot Live v8 does have an RV...
Product Features :
- Extra large 7-Inch high-definition touchscreen
- Exclusive Good Sam Trailer Life Directory pre-loaded
- Customizable route per RV profile and navigation preference
- Free Lifetime Traffic Alert provides real-time traffic information along your route to help you avoid delays
- Bluetooth technology for hands-free calls
Rating : 3.0
List Price : $399.99
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