Readmore! Magellan Maestro 4350 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth & Integrated Traffic
Technical Details
- New 4.3-inch wide-screen, full-color, anti-glare touch display- OneTouch User Interface: The fastest, easiest, and most personalized user interface available saves frequent POI and category searches by personalizing shortcuts to commonly used destinations and favorites such as coffee shops.
- Integrated Live Traffic Functionality: Includes a free 3-month traffic subscription, which provides real-time traffic updates and automatically reroutes drivers when an alternate route is available.
- Pre-loaded with maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, all available in 2D, 3-D, and street-level
- 3D Landmarks: 3D versions of historic landmarks, including stadiums and bridges, in key U.S. metropolitan areas help drivers and pedestrians better orient themselves with their surroundings.
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By Rachel L Nislick (Massachusetts, USA)
Gets you where you want to go.....only AFTER it takes 10-15 minutes to acquire a signal. The thing spins and spins and spins and says "acquiring signal" for about 10 minutes each time you want to use it. I have not gotten into the habit of taking it into my house, punching in all the info and then letting it acquire a signal for the 10-15 minutes before I leave the house. Then by the time I am ready to leave, it works. Buy something else.
By D. Johnson
I purchased this unit approximately 9 months ago and have not been pleased with its performance. More specifically...
(1) Unit is prone to locking up, requires frequent resetting. This is particularly problematic in the middle of a trip.
(2) Trip routing is ok, but you need to review them ahead of time to make sure you know the route. This is because the unit regularly instructs me to exit the highway, inappropriately. For highway exits where there is a parallel access road, the unit will instruct me to get off on the exit then re-enter the highway. On a recent trip on the Capital Beltway near DC this occurred at almost every exit.
(3) Battery life is poor. I realize the large screen and frequent dialogue will put a drain on the battery, but it will only operate for an hour or so without being plugged in.
(4) Slower to synch up with the satellite. My previous Magellan Roadmate was much quicker.
(5) The blue tooth option isn't useful for more than a couple second conversation (although, I think this is not much different that other models, our Garmin is not either).
Finally, the unit recently stopped powering up and I need to send it back for repair/replacement.
There are legitimate benefits to this unit, including a good display and I love the AAA database.
I wanted to like this unit and specifically sought out a Magellan brand product based on my satisfaction with my previous unit. However, I am very hesitant to recommend this model.
By Kathryn A. Trusty
well..this is the 2nd Magellean Maistro I have purchased. This one is OK, but lacks the sound indication like the 4250 that lets you know are 'exactly' where you need to turn. The little "be-beep' sound. It tells you you have say 1/4 mile before left turn onto 'x' street exit and stay left but when at the exact spot to turn, does not sound the chime to let you know THAT is where the turn is..right now!
I much prefer the 4250 feature for that chime but other than that and the occasional wrong turn on the map (other one did the same thing) it works great. No worries with the wrong turn...it resets itself to reroute instantly so wasn't a big deal.
I would definately recommend both the 4250 and 4350 to anyone. Great product for the price!
By Richly
Since I received the initial Maestro 4350 a little over six months ago, three of them have failed in quick succession.
After three months, the first simply stopped updating the car's location in the middle of navigating to an unfamiliar location (that was not a lot of fun, when after 20 minutes, I finally realized that we were nowhere near the location on the screen), and it stopped responding to screen taps. When reset, it lost all the information I'd entered, all previous destinations, home location, everything. It worked for a while and then locked up again. It always had trouble holding a blue tooth connection on the few occasions when it actually made the connection.
The second unit lasted less than a week. It locked up and reported that it couldn't load a specific file. It then stopped responding to screen taps and had to be reset (but without losing the home location this time).
The third one arrived a couple of days ago, and despite being charged almost the entire time since it arrived, either through the 110V adapter or through the car adapter, it reports "Battery level low" every time it is disconnected from its charger.
Note that in each case, tech support confirmed that the unit had the latest version of the software.
Each return has taken over an hour on the phone to arrange. Magellan requires the defective unit be delivered to a full service FedEx office, not just a local drop box or shipper; Magellan won't arrange for a pickup. They managed to set up the latest two returns incorrectly, so I've had to drive to FedEx repeatedly.
You'd think that if Magellan's quality control were any good, this situation could simply not occur.
I've purchased several different Magellan GPS units over the last several years for myself and my family -- I like their features -- but my latest GPS purchase was a TomTom. We'll see...
By Mario Fendry Utama (San Francisco, CA USA)
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.
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