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Magellan Maestro 4000 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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Hear turn-by-turn directions as you enjoy your driving experience virtually to any destination in the continental U.S.. Built-in AAA travel information, including member roadside assistance details and more. 1.5 million Points of Interest (POIs), 2D and 3D views; customizable address book. 4.3-inch WQVGA full-color, anti-glare touch screen. Measures 5.0 x 3.75 x 0.88 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 8.5 ounces.
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Customer Reviews
for Magellan Maestro 4000 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator --- Magellan
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Very Good Unit
I've used a Tom-Tom with a 3.5" screen before but the larger screen is worth the extra money. Split screens diagrans upcoming turns, chime signals you when you are at the turn, name of current street appears at top of screen, upcoming street at bottom.
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Great GPS System for Low Price
I recently purchased a Magellan Maestro 4000 GPS Unit and find it easy to use, very accurate and a great buy.
I didn't need a lot of fancy features, just a GPS unit to get me to my destination. This unit features a nice large 4.3 inch screen, and is extremely easy to program and understand.
I am very satisfied with this product.
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Great product so far
I've had the Magellan 4000 for about six weeks now. Although not needed on a daily basis, it has performed admirably when it was called into duty. I had no trouble getting it set up. The menu structure is intuitive and easy to navigate. It has been used around town and on a 400-mile journey and I have yet to experience a hiccup, either in terms of the stability of the unit's operation or in the directions I received. I especially liked the ability look in advance at services at exits along the way. In addition, I find the unit to be useful at night when traveling in areas that I am not real familiar with. During the day, navigation in less familiar areas is easy without a GPS. At night, however, it is very helpful to be able to track your progress and know distances to turns. Although I have no basis of comparison against other GPS models, I am very happy with the Magellan 4000 so far. It's a great product.
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A good product for a good price.
The Magellan Maestro 4000 has proven to be easy to use and is well worth the price. I received the unit just a couple of days before my wife was to take a trip and had no problem configuring the unit to take her to and from her destination. Even if you make a wrong turn it recalculates and will get you to where you want to go.
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Update Problems!
Got my 4000 a few months ago. Works great so far but you should check the route it has chosen before you head out. On one occassion it took me the long way, which could have been the fastest based upon speed limits. When I tried to update I got a "file error, cold boot and retry". Followed all directions, tried on two different computers and still the same. Called tech support and no luck. I suggested they have a center where you could send the unit for updates and that they could charge for the service. Still trying to update, no luck. My thought is to send the unit back for warrenty repair as it will not update. Let them figure out the problem.
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Everything you need and more, 02/22/08 Melbourne FL
This is a great product. It is accurate and very intuitive to use. Considering the price, I should have saved the big bucks.The touch screen is very nice and the unit's voice is clear and concise. All in all, this is very good GPS!I would recommend this product to anyone.
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no longer lost
Iam very happy With my Gps system i purchase the price is very reasonable and i should have bought one along time ago. I can go any wear in my car and i wont be worry if i get lost. very very happy to own one
sincerly no longer lost.
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Good for the Price, Could be Better
This is a good product with some nice features. The good; It comes with almost every thing you need. It does not come with an SD card to save address or perform updates. The Maps are hit and miss. I could not find an address that has been there since 1972. I can understand 2007, but 1972. Traffic Alert does not work. Also it will take you up to ½ mile out of your way to get to some destinations. Over all good product for Amazon's price.
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Pretty Good for the price.
I buy this magellan a month ago and it works fine. At first is really hard to learn how it works, you have to download the manual online because the one it comes with is not helpfull at all. It will take you some time to learn how to manage it so be prepared.
The only bad think I see from it is that when I click on Points of interest anywhere Ive been it tells me there are not points of interest on that area!! No restaurants, no shopping malls..nothing... the battery life is not also very good but it will work fine if u have it unplogged in ur car. The big screen is really good and the image also so I will go for it, unless you have move $ to invest on a bluetooth one.
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Magellan
I am very pleased with this GPS device. The screen is easy to see for us old guys,and it is very easy to use.
The voice instructions are clear and easy to understand
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"WHAT A TEAM...AMAZON & MAGELLAN"
I'M RETIRED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL PART TIME JOB AS A DRIVER FOR A LOCAL AUTOMOBILE DEALER. THIS INVOLVES DOING "DEALER TRANSFERS" OF NEW CARS,SUV'S & TRUCKS THRU-OUT THE SOUTH. FOR CHRISTMAS I PURCHASED THIS MAGELLAN MAESTRO 4000 TO USE BOTH IN MY VEHICLE AND ALSO ON THE ROAD WHILE TRANSFERING DEALER VEHICLES. I PRICE SHOPPED AND RESEARCHED FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS AND COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I SAW ON THE AMAZON WEBSITE..I SAVED OVER $200 ORDERING THRU AMAZON, AND THIS UNIT IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IN CLARITY, SPEED AND INFORMATION. BUY IT NOW!!!!!!
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Easy to Use GPS
I bought this for my dad who is not up to date on technology. This is so easy to setup and use right from the start. I like the AAA feature. Definitely recommended.
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PRODUCT REVIEW
EXCELLENT UNIT.
1. I found that MAGELLAN has done nothing to get rid of glare during daytime hours and this is a MUST FIX situation. I had tried another person's TOMTOM ONE and NO GLARE. Having had the Magellan 760 in the past, I had the same problem.
2. The bell prompt that indicates exactly where the turn must be made occassionally comes too late to make the turn safely, unless you take eyes off the road to read the name of the street on the screen. ANOTHER MUST FIX SITUATION for safety.
ALL IN ALL, THE MAGELLAN MAESTRO 4000 IS AN EXCELLENT UNIT AND I RECOMMEND IT.
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Love it, Love it, Love it!!!
I absolutely love this Magellan Maestro. It is so simple to use, and if you make a wrong turn or if there is unknown road construction for example, it very quickly recalculates, I'd say within 10 seconds. Another feature that was a must for me as a real estate professional was the capability to input multiple destinations. Again, I just love it, not a single complaint, other than I have to keep taking back from my husband!
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Great Buy
I've used this GPS system on three trips since I made the purchase and I must say that I'm overall pleased with nearly every aspect of the Magellan Maestro 4000. The only thing keeping me from giving it a 5-star review is that it didn't blow my mind entirely and I reserve that rating for products that blow my mind.
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Magellan Maestro 4000 Portable GPS with 4.3 in screen
We love our new Magellan Maestro 4000, I gave it to my Husband for Christmas, but I'm the one using it so I can teach him, lol. I'm sure it will be a lot of help and fun when we go on road trips. A couple of things I am not happy about is that my Sister lives on a main US highway (US 581) in Bailey, NC. The road has been there forever, but my GPS does not show it at all, so I couldn't go to my Sister's for Christmas, lol, just kidding of course. Also here in our area of Henderson, NC, we have 2 new roads that were built and that we use a lot, but they too are not on my GPS. Yes, I did a recent update from the Magellan web site. That's another thing, the web site said that this particular GPS had not been updated since the 3rd quarter of 2006, I guess that's when it was put on the market. So I did the update, but still the things I mentioned above were not available. All in all I am very happy with it, it gets me home and to work, lol. I'm sure when the time comes it will also get us where we are going. We will try it at the end of the month when we take a 6 hour trip to western Maryland to my Dad's house.
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Excellent product
This product is easy to use and easy set up out of the box , accurate great points of intrest and quality product, much better than the 4.3 garmin product (POS) I have in my other car
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Pretty Good
I bought this GPS before a trip to Ft. Lauderdale from my new home in Athens, GA. I received it the day before the trip, so I didn't have much time to read the directions, other than how to charge the batteries. It was fairly easy to use, however, and made the trip much more enjoyable. I did, however, have two situations crop up, one in each direction, which were peculiar. The unit written instructions under the map were correct, yet the verbal instructions were incorrect at two major route changes. If you're following the verbal instructions, you find out you've gone the wrong way when the next verbal instruction you hear is "recalculating route". This was a bit annoying as it caught me the first time and I had to drive 15 miles before I could turn around. All in all it's pretty effective, but I would caution users that it's not 100% perfect.
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Magellan will never get you lost.
we first tried magellan gps in Scotland and Ireland in a rental car...we explored the countryside and never got lost....if we verved off the highway route it just brought us back on track...love the large screen, 4.2or3, so I purchased the magellan for my husband's birthday in January and received it and carrying case on time....love Amazon for all our purchases as it arrives on time and are easily reached via phone if a question or problem....our friends tried Tom Tom and Garman gps and seem to have more problems to our none.....
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Magellan Maestro 4000 - Seems to be a great device.
I have only been using this device for a few days, but have read the manual inside out and tested all the bells and whistles. I even did an update from the wesbite. That was the worst part yet. lol
So far - the device on right on target, and has proved seperior accuracy in showing me shortcuts that I would have never known. So far I am very impressed. As I said - the most difficult thing for me thus far was getting the update into the unit, but it finally did work. The other thing I am slightly confused about is the reasoning behind the SD/MMS card. When I was looking over instructions for the update - it said make sure you back up your address book to an SD card or the address book would have been erased. I went out and purchased card and backed up my address book as instructed...other than that - I am not sure I see a reason to even have a card in the unit. I know you are supposed to use it for some special features with POI, but when I put the CD in to check it out - I was totally at a loss for understanding ANYTHING. :(
If anyone can help - feel free to email me some advise here lbird64@comcast.net
So - all in all - I give this unit 4 stars for doing a great job with directions, shortcuts, and re-routing me when I want to go another way. I do not mind it not speaking street names in particular, and actually prefer the thing to talk less. It's distracting to have another "person" taking in the car with a 4 yr old in the back seat. I'd definitely rather be able to read it in large text right on the screen. Magellan was on the money there.
One note about the customer service - as I did see some negative comments about that. I called an 800# and they were pretty nice, but not SUPER helpful. I was getting an error with the downloading of the update, and the first guy said, "keep trying - your not getting the whole file...shut down your pc and start over", and basically rushed me off the line. The second time - the guy said that Magellan was updating the website, and I should try the download again Saturday...????? (This call was made today - on Thursday). Well.......I tried when I got home from work - on my own pc - and it was perfect and super fast. The site did appear to have a different design, so I believe the 2nd guy was telling the truth.
Recommended! Cool if you have AAA - get a free year warranty!
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