Magellan maestro 4250 aaa edition

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While we're seeing this technology pop up in upcoming models, such as the TomTom GO , this is the first model with voice commands that we've actually been able to test. Unlike the GO , the Maestro doesn't allow you to dictate street addresses, but you can perform a limited number of tasks with the sound of your voice. This includes rerouting; finding points of interest; routing to your home address; and getting your current location, distance to destination, and roadside assistance.

You can check out the Performance section for experience with this feature. Other navigation functions include automatic route recalculation, a detour function, multidestination trips, and support for traffic capabilities.

Magellan includes a complimentary three-month subscription to Navteq Traffic. With it, you can find out where there is congestion, lane reductions, road work, and accidents, and the Maestro can even reroute you around the area if you have this function selected in the User Option menu. The points of interest POI gets a healthy boost, increasing the number of entries from the Maestro 's 4.

This includes all the major attractions, such as gas stations, ATMs, lodging, and restaurants by cuisine type, as well as more specialized categories, including camping grounds, golf courses, and movie theaters.

While the database is extensive, we found some of the information to be out of date. For example, we did a quick scan of the restaurants around the Marina neighborhood of San Francisco, and found at least half a dozen listings that had been out of business for at least a year. On a brighter note, the Maestro continues to offer access to AAA TourBook listings for AAA Diamond-rated lodging and restaurants, complete with information such as hotel amenities, restaurant description, and hours of operation, admission prices for certain attractions, and so forth.

AAA members get a bit more benefit out of this feature since you can view listings for establishments that offer discounts to AAA members, and AAA-approved auto repair facilities. In addition, in case of an emergency, the unit will display the AAA member toll-free help number and your exact location, so you can give the operator all your information.

Finally, the system has integrated Bluetooth, so you can pair your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or smartphone and use the Maestro as a hands-free speaker system. With it, you can place and accept calls, view your call history, search the device's address book, and redial.

You can also directly dial any number associated with a POI. Unfortunately, your phone's address book and call history list does not automatically synchronize with the portable navigation system.

Performance As we stated earlier in the Design section, we experienced some performance glitches and delays with the Magellan Maestro There was some lag between triggering a task to the time it was actually executed. The first couple of times this happened, we thought the touch screen simply didn't recognize our tap so we pressed the icons again.

For our road tests, we took to the streets of San Francisco, and from a cold start, it took the Maestro about two minutes to get a fix on our position under clear skies, while subsequent starts were almost instantaneous. The system did a good job of tracking our position on drives throughout the city. The receiver was strong enough to survive the skyscraper-lined streets of the financial district, but as expected, the signal dropped once we drove through the Broadway Tunnel.

The good news is that the Maestro was able to quickly pick up our location again once we exited the tunnel. The system quickly created directions, and a quick glance at the maneuver list showed that the course was accurate.

The voice prompts were loud and clear, and we were pretty happy with the text-to-speech directions. It worked for me and I just installed the new maps on my It does take a long time for the install. Not too bad. I may upgrade after all. Can you be any more specific about "a long time"??

To install, it took approximately one hour or a little more. My puter is pretty fast and I'm not use to any install taking that long. I guess that installing into the GPS bogged things down. Instructions really emphasize and I know from experience that you could make a paper weight out of the device if not loaded correctly. How can you tell when the maps were updated? When I look up my Roadmate , it just says "Version 6". Yeah that is high. Let me know if there are some discount maps anywhere.

Log In Sign Up. Home » Magellan talk. Login or register to post comments. I too was beginning to think Magellan forgot about all of the users who purchased their product. I guess I would rather wait for an update that "worked" instead of one that gave me trouble. Thanks for the feedback, Jeff. I guess a Garmin will be my next GPS. You can search for restaurants by cuisine type, but in addition, Magellan includes separate listings for popular chain establishments like Dunkin' Donuts, Outback Steakhouse, and Jamba Juice.

In addition to the branded POI, the Maestro carries on the tradition of the Maestro and continues to offer TourBook listings for AAA Diamond-rated lodging and restaurants, complete with information such as hotel amenities, restaurant description, and hours of operation, admission prices for certain attractions, and so forth.

AAA members get a bit more benefit out of this feature since you can view listings for establishments that offer discounts to AAA members, and AAA-approved auto repair facilities. In addition, in case of an emergency, the unit will display the AAA member toll-free help number and your exact location, so you can give the operator all your information.

You won't get 3D models for all buildings, but the feature is still helpful in getting your bearings in unfamiliar areas since it gives you a visual reference point.

You can also turn this capability off if you don't want it. While you're driving, the map screen will show the current street, distance to, and street name of your next turn, estimated time of arrival, and more. In addition, the Maestro offers land guidance for highway driving, so the system will zoom in and overlay directional arrows on the street to show you which lane you should be in for your upcoming exit.

The system provides guidance by way of text- and voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, plus text-to-speech functionality, which Magellan calls SayWhere, so the system will speak actual street names. There is a simulator mode, so you can get a running demo of your route before actually heading out the road. The Maestro offers automatic route recalculation, so it can get you back on track if you happen to get off course.

The Maestro has integrated Bluetooth, so you can pair your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or smartphone and use the GPS as a hands-free speaker system.

For a list of compatible handsets, you can check Magellan's Web site. With it, you can place and accept calls, view your call history, search the device's address book, redial, and even receive and send text messages. You can also directly dial any number associated with a POI. Unfortunately, your phone's address book and call history list do not automatically synchronize with the PND. Last but not least, the Magellan Maestro features a multimedia player and image viewer.

The system also has a built-in FM modulator so you can pipe the PND's voice guided instructions and other sounds through your car radio. Performance As we noted in the Design section, general performance on the Magellan Maestro could be a little sluggish. The delays occurred mostly when we were navigating through the menus or entering trip information, and fortunately didn't affect performance while providing real-time route guidance. For our road tests, we took the GPS out on the streets of San Francisco, and from a cold start, it took about 5 minutes for the unit get a fix on our position, while subsequent starts were nearly instantaneous.

The system did a good job of accurately tracking our movement as we drove throughout the city, and maintained its lock on satellites as we drove through the Financial District where tall buildings often prevent a clear view of the sky. We planned two trips with the Maestro The PND was quick to create routes in both instances, and checking out the turn-by-turn maneuver list, we found that it provided accurate routes.

If you have the Smart Zoom feature turned on in the Map Screen Settings, the GPS will automatically zoom in and out of maps depending on where you are at on your trip. For example, if the course requires that you travel on one road or interstate for a long period of time, it will provide more of an overview map but as you get closer to a turn or maneuver, the Maestro will zoom in on the specified section of the map.