Worked for a year, now says not charged when plugged in

Steps to Update Magellan Roadmate 1200 GPS :
1. Go to official website of Magellan and choose "support" option. After selecting the support you will find the various options. You have to select "Manual and Software Update".
2. Choose your product from the drop down the menu and select Roadmate series. A pop up will display on the screen and choose I want to download this update.
3. Hit the "Download Now" button.
4. Checkout every connection under "Redesigns and Maps" to buy Latest Magellan Roadmate Gps Update . "Add the lives maps which are available to your Cart," at the time of proceeding to the "Continue to Checkout."
After completing the process you will get an email from the Magellan. It will later to download the Update on the SD Card itself.

Hello,

check the battery, it might be very weak or the battery cell is dead.

Take care.

Remove battery and then reinstall.
www.magellangps.com

Nevermind. I found out that it just needed to be charged. Everything is working great now.

Did you ever get an answer on this Sara ???

make sure green light is on if using the car charger and let it plugged in for awhile, then hold the power button (up to ten seconds) until it starts..

if you tried charging it with both house charger and car charger and tried to start it like i explain and it still will not start, its most likely a bad power port which is very common with this model and many other magellan models.

bill

check that your battery is fully charged use an AC charger if you have one.
Check Baud rate and port are set in accordance with manual

the usb connector block on the unit may have actually broken off from the main board. I thought I had a charging problem too until I opened the unit.

The USB must be for charging the unit and downloading updates when it becomes available. You have to unplug the USB and use the battery power to put in addresses .My 1200 does the same.

Send it back GET A REFUND.. I am ditching my Roadmate 700 (cost over £800 34 years agao) .. Magellan Support is so useless, they don't respond. .. just don't seem to care - how French! (and I say this with 28 years working knowledge in France)

Am now buying a Tomtom 720T with cameras preloaded - it upadtes automatically when you sit the satnav in a cradle attached to your PC/internet.