Magellan Maestro 4040 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
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Magellan Maestro 4040 delivers elegant design and ease of use, Bluetooth hands-free cell functionality plus voiced routing instructions.../ Magellan Maestro 4040 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator / car safety
Amazon.com Product Description With built-in AAA TourBook® travel information and member roadside assistance details, the Magellan Maestro 4040 Portable Auto GPS System is the ultimate travel companion. Re-engineered for easy use, it combines advanced features, elegance, and simplicity to make driving more pleasurable and less stressful. A few simple touches are all the Maestro 4040 needs to audibly guide you with turn-by-turn street name directions to virtually any destination in the United States and Canada. You can even customize your navigation method or route to get there quicker and stress-free.
With fresh graphics and an intelligent touch screen, the Magellan Maestro 4040 is the ultimate travel companion.
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With built-in AAA travel information, the Maestro 4040 gives you instant access to the most trusted source for trip planning; searchable AAA TourBook® listings, Show Your Card & Save® locations for member discounts, approved auto repair facilities, attractions, events, and more. The Maestro 4040 also provides AAA members roadside assistance details, with exact location and a toll-free help number. The Maestro 4040 is also Bluetooth-enabled, so you can connect your Bluetooth cell phone directly to AAA for immediate help when you need it most.Note: AAA member roadside assistance requires AAA membership. Easy-to-Use Navigation
Enter virtually any address on the freshly designed graphical touch screen, or select from 4.5 million preprogrammed points of interest and get turn-by-turn voice guidance to anywhere in the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, right out of the box. Just turn it on and go. SiRFstarIII™ gives you the fastest GPS position accuracy in the industry, while SayWhere™ text-to-speech tells you the street name for each maneuver so you can focus on driving. Smart buttons and Magellan's unique QuickSpell™ function enable error-free spelling to minimize steps and give you a customized route to your destination with just a few screen touches. Bluetooth, Traffic Updates, and More
The Maestro 4040's Bluetooth wireless technology lets you make hands-free phone calls with your Bluetooth-enabled phone. You can also store or sync numbers and contact information through the easy-to-use touch screen and make calls via the Maestro 4040's integrated microphone and speakers. Add the optional Magellan TrafficKit™ to this device and you'll be equipped with live traffic incident reports, so you'll never get stuck on the freeway. Additional Product Features
- Sophisticated and simple: Streamlined touch-screen buttons minimize steps to locate a destination
- Sleek design: Integrated GPS antenna provides excellent satellite reception in a slim and compact design
- Graphical interactive maps: Maps and destinations for the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada are built-in, so you can travel far and wide and always know where you are and where you're going
- Traffic-enabled: Add the Magellan TrafficKit™ to your Maestro 4040 to get live traffic incident reports; activation and subscription fees apply
- Voice command upgradeable: Add Voice Command control for hands-free operation with an upgrade from Magellan; activation fee applies
- Bird's-eye 3D view: Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D; also choose between Map View, TrueView™ 3D split screen, and Maneuver List
- Rechargeable battery: Navigate even when you don't have access to power
- Multi-destination routing: Select up to 20 destinations and choose the order that best fits your needs
- SmartDetour™: Automatically prompts you to route around suddenly slow freeway traffic
- Auto re-route: Never miss a turn and quickly get back on track whenever you make a detour
- Auto night view: Adjusts color and contrast for easy night viewing
- QuickSpell™: Easily enter addresses with unique auto-complete feature that even corrects spelling
- Complete mobility: Transfer to any vehicle with no installation
- 4.5 million points of interest (POIs): Optimized database to easily find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, and more. And with smart location you can search by name, category, and region. There's even a Coffee category so you can quickly find caffeine whenever you need it.
- Interactive POI icons: Touch an onscreen icon for a nearby destination, see name and address, and get an instant route
- Customizable route method: Fastest time, shortest distance, least or most use of freeways, avoid toll roads
- Route exclusion: Select streets and freeways to avoid so you can get there your way
- Address book: Create and store personal points of interest for easy reoccurring trips
- Instant locate: One touch shows your location; quickly advise roadside assistance or emergency services
What's in the Box
Magellan Maestro 4040 Portable Auto GPS System, windshield mount and cradle, adhesive dash mount disk, cigarette lighter power adapter (12-24 watts), AC wall power supply/charger, quick reference guide, reference manual CD, and USB cable..../ Magellan Maestro 4040 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator / car safety
- Built-in AAA travel information, including member roadside assistance details and more
- Bluetooth hands-free calling for added safety (Compatible Bluetooth phone required, sold separately)
- SayWhere turn-by-turn voice guidance allows you to hear the name of the next turn
- 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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Needs work, retain and maybe some re-engineering. : Magellan Maestro 4040 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
Magellan 4040 purchased 11/19/07 requested a returned 11/26/07
Advise: If you want something to take you to a definite address Don'T Buy a 4040! (See update dated 12/01/07 below)
The 4040 is a breathtaking Gps navigator from point A to B, but fails getting you to C (the finale address)! It gets the major routes right every time. It is getting to the definite address that it fails miserably! My Son also has a 4040. We took both units in my car and compared them side by side to see if it was just my newer unit. I had the new firmware upgrade (2.24) but he did not. They acted in unison down to the finale address "You have arrived" over 10 times on 10 separate destinations. You would "arrive" 9 out or 10 times either 500 feet to 2 miles past or before your definite address! On one occurrence it was 2 miles off. It Rarely tells you if your destination is on the right or left side of the road. So if your night driving you will have to bring a flashlight to see address, especially since it will say "you have arrived" feet to miles from your real intended destination. It does get you to the right street 9 out of 10 times. Also my sons 4040 had a major melt down while the test. It locked up and had to have it's major reset button pushed, then it took 5 minuets to lock onto the satellites again.
The Only time the two units were dead on target was when we were driving south in the fast lane of a 4 lane divided city road when the two 4040's said "you have arrived" as we passed our intended target on the opposite side of the road on a un crossable divided road. The unit never told us which side of the road the destination was on, just "you have arrived". You have to whip your head nearby and physically look for your destination, then find somewhere to make a U turn to get back to it rather than it routing you straight through the former stop light into the destinations parking lot.
All the features of this unit are excellent! The off ramp "exit Poi's" were very helpful, yet again when you use them, they are 500' to 2000' off. It gets you close so you can see it go buy, or look for it after it says "you have reached your destination". I had a Magellan road mate 800 that was Dead On target 90% of the time. I would rather have it than this 4040! I am leaving the Magellan house for a Garmin Nuvi 360. I hope it is more like my old Road Mate 800!
I would like to add that 6ave (Sixth Avenue Electronics) have been very helpful on this matter and have promised a full refund! I would do business with them again!
Update 12/1/07
I aquired a Garmin Nuvi 360 before I had sent this 4040 back. I did a side by side comparison with the two units on my dash. Believe it or not the Magellan 4040 was better! Both units are Not strict to get you to the exact address. Both will get you within 3 to 4 houses of your desired address. someone e-mailed me and sugjested "setting the gps" to a spicific address to "calibrate" it. Also Magellan aid sugjested doing this. You just tell it where it is by giving it your street address and it aquires the satelites and says "done". I opinion this was used more to aquire satelite signal where the unit is having problems, but I guess it helps it frame out where it is also. either way the 4040's error factor went down to 3 to 4 houses (100-500 feet) from 500 to 2000 feet or more. allembracing the Magellan 4040 has good features, Poi's, and useability than the Garmin Nuvi 360.
I will post a new tell on my side by side assessment of these two units but this post is allready too long to read! I am sending the Nuvi 360 back and keeping the 4040!
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