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I used to have the Magellan Maestro 4040 (S/N: 0726401640231) that I bought from Costco in 2006 and sadly it was stolen from a car break-in.
Magellan 4350 is a great improvement for me and worth the money in compare to its competitors.
Improvement features that impressed me:
1. High-sensitivity GPS street level tracking
2. Quick re-route after missing a turn
3. FM transmitter to play MP3 on my car-radio.
4. Almost accurate Estimate Time of Arrival (ETA)
5. Able to continue GPS navigation from Car-travel to OnFoot-travel
6. Comes with wall-charger to charge the GPS unit in hotel room for next day OnFoot-travel navigation while visiting new cities.
Wish-list feature on this product:
1. Live time traffic.
2. Able to upload street maps for Asia countries for travelling.
"Information for prospective buyers"
2009-10-31
- Reviewed By User: AXU5JYXYSXMPF
Like most prospective GPS buyers, I agonized over which brand and model of GPS to buy. After reading pretty much all of the professional and customer reviews on Amazon, GPSMagazine, GPSReviews.net etc., I decided on the Maestro 4350 from Magellan. I just placed the order today with RadioShack (on sale for one hundred and seventy, until 10/31/09) and have not received my navigation unit yet. The reason I am writing this review is because I wanted to share a couple of pieces of information regarding the technical glitches and poor customer service related to Magellan in general and Maestro 4350 in particular, that other reviewers had written. To test the customer service experience prior to purchasing my 4350, I called Magellan Customer Service to inquire about the technical issues and whether they have fixed those now.
Here is what I experienced:
1) My call was answered within 3 minutes after being placed in to the phone queue
2) The Tech Support analyst was very forthright about the issues, and stated there is a firmware upgrade available that had addressed some of the technical issues. Yet, he alluded that most models may still experience lockups occasionally during use once in a while. This is not unlike Windows XP or Vista. His recommendation was to completely power down the Nav unit when not in use (for example, when you have stopped overnight at a way point in your route), thus issuing a cold boot when the unit is powered back up. Your previously created route will be saved and resumed upon bootup. I decided I can live that, heck, I have to reboot my Windows based PC just about as often! And, I appreciated the honesty of the tech support agent.
3) I was informed that the optional media card format is MicroSD, not MicroSDHC. The 4350 cannot read high capacity cards, so the biggest capacity card you can use is 2GB.
Here are my reasons for picking the Maestro over a Garmin or Tomtom:
1) Ease of finding addresses using Quick Spell
2) Ease and flexibility of creating and using multisegment routes
3) Lane guidance that works, unlike the Garmins
4) OneTouch feature
5) Chime announcing the pending turn and text to speech of street names
6) AAA TourBook
7) Speed Limit warning
8) Built-in Traffic monitoring (although there is an annual service fee)
9) FM transmitter where audio from the 4350 can be sent to vehicle audio system
10) Media Player (MP3, pictures and video)
11) 3D Maps
12) High volume level from built in speaker
13) Much better value than competing brands
I shall update my review after using the new nav in a week or two.
"Nice unit BUT"
2009-10-22
- Reviewed By User: A10ULGD47A9CW5
This unit has saved me on a couple of ocassions, but I have been really frustrated with it when you reach your destination. It doesn't say if it (your destination) is on the right or left side of the street and it doesn't give you the street number. We had to drive around looking for the address after stopping and looking up the number on my saved address file. The address was in an office complex so we had no idea where to look.
It pronounces very common street names in an unusual way and they are sometimes difficult to understand.
Appreciate that the map tells you how far you have to go to the next turn or direction and the direction (right or left) is noted so you know what lane to be in.
Used the AAA feature but the restaurant we were looking for was not listed, even though it was in other cities.
"Much better than Garmin"
2009-10-16
- Reviewed By User: A1P3R8UN2XG5QJ
This GPS system is not as intuitive to use as the Garmin, but the Garmin was infuriating in so many ways. This one has easily adjustable zoom for the maps, and the volume. The picture is very clear. The voice is totally non-offensive (unlike the Garmin). The only real flaw I've found so far is that its initial estimates of length of travel seem to be way longer than the trip actually is. But at least you get there before you expected to.
"It works as expected and even better!"
2009-10-03
- Reviewed By User: AVTZAKQ999MDE
Pros: I like the hands free bluetooth with caller ID and the SD card slot to view photos and play music through the radio tuner.
Cons: In rural areas it can loose the road for a few seconds. Sometimes in traffic you can misinterpret the turn and turn early or too late. Sometimes identifies an address as being on the wrong side of street.
I have looked at these for years and hesitated. Now with this model being highly praised and loaded with features I finally broke down and got one. I 1st used it to navigate to places to I have used map notes to get to, then later to completely unfamiliar addresses. Make a mistake and you will be recalculated to a new route. I have learned to trust it and for the price I fell it is well worth it. It pairs with your bluetooth phone easier than most headsets. It also will play mp3 music files by tuning to the radio at several frequencies. Display is big but not distracting.
"froze and keep saying "batteries are critcally low" when it is not"
2009-09-20
- Reviewed By User: A2FNDWU4FMX15Y
This is acutally my second one. I lost my first one. The first one I have tend to freeze on me. The bad thing was I was driving from MD to NJ to visit my brother for the first time. It froze on me halfway. I have to talk and drive at the same time to get to his place. It also froze couple other times. GPS always keep saying "batteries are critically low" even though I am charging it as I go.
I lost the first GPS. I bought another one (exactly the same model) from Amazon.com. I am still having the same problems with the second one. I thought there was a glitch with the first one but it seems like it is the model problems.
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