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| Magellan Maestro 3250 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (77) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 462
Color: Black/Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: Unknown
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 9.8 x 2.1
nv:Type: Receiver
Waypoints: 6 million
Display: Color
Touch Screen: Yes
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: Magellan Maestro 3250
Model: Magellan Maestro 3250
UPC: 763357117950
EAN: 0763357117950
ASIN: B000V4PZBY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 3.5-inch QVGA full-color, anti-glare, touch-screen display | | • | 6 Million Searcheable Points of Interest: | | • | AAA TourBook guide travel information | | • | SmartDetour prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic | | • | Newly designed, intuitive user interface makes the Maestro series the easiest to use |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Product Description -- November 13, 2007
We've been big fans of Magellan's Maestro line since it came out in early 2006. The Maestro interface is incredibly easy to use, even for those who are not completely comfortable with electronics. At the same time, Magellan was ahead of the industry with useful innovations like multi-destination routing and pre-loaded reviews for points of interest like hotels and restaurants (from AAA). With its 3200 and 4200 series, Magellan has improved the Maestro line giving them a SirfStar III chipset that provides super-fast. satellite lock and making them thinner. In fact, at .7 inches, these are -- at the time of this writing (November 2007), the thinnest portable GPS navigators available. Distingushing between models is also fairly easy.
3200 and 4200 Family of Navigators
Distingushing between models is also fairly easy. The 3200-series navigators feature a 3.5-inch screen, while the 4200s have a 4.3-inch widescreen display. The 3200 and 4200 offer great, basic navigation with turn-by-turn spoken directions, pre-loade maps of the 48 contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and 1.3 million POIs. The 3210 and 4210, add maps for Canada and Alaska, AAA travel information (see details below) and bump you up to 6 million POIs. The 3220 and 4220 add maps of Mexico. The top-of-the-line 3250 and 4250 add a host of other features, including text-to-speech directions that give real street names, bluetooth for hands-free phone calls, integrated traffic (with a free 3-month subscription), and voice command.
What Makes the Maestro 3250 Exceptional?
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Easy to use navigation features SmartDetour and auto re-route. View larger. | 
Access built-in AAA information from your GPS touch screen. View larger. | Easy To Use Interface
The intuitive user interface makes the Maestro series incredibly easy to use. Use the big icons on the 3.5-inch touch screen to search for your destination by address, intersection, or any of 6 million points of interest (POIs), including restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations, and more. You can even touch an onscreen icon for a nearby destination, see name and address, and get an instant route. Turn by turn visual and spoken directions guide you every step of the way.
Auto re-route gets you quickly back on track whenever you make a detour or miss a turn. QuickSpell feature intelligently searches and checks spelling when you enter addresses. The 3250 offer multiple view options, including 2D, 3D, and TrueView that shows your upcoming turn using a 3D split screen. Maneuver List displays the full turn-by-turn details of your route. Auto night view adjusts color and contrast for easy night viewing.
Click to see a video on the Magellan Maestro 3250's Voice Command system. | Voice Command and Control
Voice Command further enables hands-free operation so you can keep your eyes on the road. Say a command to access the most used navigation functions. Find the nearest coffee, restaurant, gas and ATM or get an instant route home. Plus, you can ask for your location, the distance to your destination and quickly get details for the nearest roadside assistance and more, all with the sound of your voice.
AAA-enabled
With built-in AAA travel information, the Maestro 4250 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 3250 also provides AAA members roadside assistance details, with exact location and a toll-free number. Plus, the Maestro 3250 is 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.
Bluetooth for Hands-Free Calling
The Maestro 3250's Bluetooth wireless technology lets you make hands-free phone calls with your Bluetooth-enabled phone. You can store or sync numbers and contact information through the easy-to-use touch screen, and even place calls directly through the Maestro 3250's integrated microphone and speakers.
Integrated Real-Time Traffic
The integrated traffic receiver offers onscreen RDS-TMC traffic incident reports in real-time. A free 3-month traffic service subscription makes it easy to avoid accidents, slow downs, road closures, severe weather and more. Your Maestro 3250 automatically recalculates your estimated time of arrival based on traffic conditions and prompts you to reroute when a quicker way is available.
One of the thinnest portable GPS navigators on the market | Take It Anywhere
The 3250 is super-thin, lightweight and fits easily into any pocket. The integrated rechargeable battery enables you to operate the Maestro 3250 away from your vehicle for up to three hours. The battery recharges while driving via the included vehicle power adapter.
Tons of Data
The 3250 comes pre-loaded with Navteq maps of the United States and Canada, and 6 million points of interest (POIs). POI data includes telephone numbers and addresses.
It also has an Address Book in which you can create and store POIs and addresses that you use frequently.
Flexible Routing
The 3250 provides a particularly large number of routing features relevant to its price point. Multi-destination routing lets you select up to 20 destinations and find the best route to get to all of them. SmartDetour prompts you to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic.Customizable route methods let you choose between several different routing methods, including "Fastest Time", "Shortest Distance", "Least or Most Use of Freeways", and "Avoid Toll Roads". Route exclusion lets you pick streets and freeways you want to avoid. What's in the Box
Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS receiver, Adhesive disk for dash mounting, Basic cradle, Vehicle power adapter (12-24 watts), Quick reference guide and CD, Windshield mount
Optional Accessories
AC Wall power supply/charger, USB data cable
About Magellan
Magellan is a leader in the consumer, survey, GIS, and OEM GPS navigation and positioning markets. Recognized as an industry innovator, the Company is the creator of the award-winning Magellan RoadMate series and the Magellan Maestro portable car navigation systems, the Magellan eXplorist and the Magellan Triton outdoor handheld navigation devices, and the Hertz NeverLost car navigation system, the best-selling single frequency GPS survey product line on the market. The Magellan Maestro series includes such unique features as built-in AAA travel information and voice command and control driving which no other portable GPS manufacturer in the U.S. or Canada offers. The company is recognized worldwide through its Magellan brand and has experienced dramatic revenue growth as GPS technology has proliferated across a range of consumer and commercial applications. The Company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with European headquarters in Carquefou, France.
Product Description
The Magellan Maestro 3250 GPS system offers one of the most intuitive and feature rich travel experiences out there, and with a price that makes the competitors tremble. With an integrated AAA TourBook Guide, SayWhere text to speech delivery and Live traffic reporting capability, and BlueTooth connectivity and Hands free calling features, the Maestro 3250 is popping up in new vehicles and pockets daily.With Voice Command and Control say something to your Magellan 3250 to access your most popularly used functions and navigation systems. Use your voice to find the nearest coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, gas stations, bank machines and more. Talk to your Maestro 3250 and ask for you exact geographical location, how much longer and the distance to your desired locations and so much more with this powerful voice recognition system.Browse the exclusive AAA TourBook and collaborate with users to get ratings and reviews on hotels, restaurants and more. Find great discounts and coupons as well to these points of interest along your journeys.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 64 more reviews...
Great little navigator! July 24, 2008
I purchased the Maestro 3250 as a replacement for the Road Mate 300 I've had for a few years. The RM300 worked fine but it's obsolete - no new maps. The 3250 has the same size screen but does not require SD cards for maps. All maps are internal. There IS an SD card slot which is used to backup user settings and the address book.
The screen is very bright and quite readable on a bright sunny day. The suction cup base works great on the provided disk that I put on the top of the dash. It is much easier (than the RM300) to set up a location to route to and/or enter the location in the address book. Text to speech works real well. Some names may be harder for the unit to pronounce than others but all were understandable. Although limited, I really like the voice response capability. It worked quite well while driving. The built in battery is a nice touch and makes the unit portable with about 3 hours battery time. All in all, this is a very good device for the cost.
I did run into a problem during set up. It locked up and wouldn't clear using the reset. After using Ask Maggie on the Magellan website I was able to correct the problem by pressing and holding the power switch for several seconds. There was a firmware upgrade that I later installed that addressed some problems, including this one hopefully. Hasn't locked up since.
 Great unit; traffic registration is a pain July 23, 2008
The other reviews discuss the unit in some depth. I will give a few observations, but then move on to the part that is a pain.
First, I chose Magellan because when I looked at a broad variety of units, it was the fastest. It boots quickly, syncs to satellites quickly, and the POI locator is really fast. You can very quickly find the nearest gas station, grocery store, park, or whatever else it is that you need. It is an easy to use unit, with all the features you could want.
I bought this one instead of the wider screen 4250 because of the incredible price on amazon. At the price I paid for this unit, it was impossible to resist. Plus, it will be very easy to carry with me when I am walking through cities and don't want to get lost.
Another thing that is great about the unit, and like any GPS, is that people with guy genes don't like to ask directions. I will hardly ever stop to do so. But, I am very happy to ask a gadget for directions. Thus, if you are a man, you can get great directions all the time and not have to fight against millions of years of genetics. Instead, you get to use a guy-toy. If you are a woman, this makes a great present for a guy. He will love it, and not realize that you are simply saying you are sick of him being lost and not stopping for directions. Everyone wins.
Now to the annoying part.
The first thing I wanted to do was install the live traffic reports. I live in Seattle. Our traffic is terrible and the roads are constantly under construction, so I figure the unit will pay for itself if it helps me avoid traffic from two ballgames.
First you need to register to get a code. This involves signing up on the website and then typing in the long annoying registration code. Which then gives you the access code. I didn't check if they are the same, but I have a feeling that they aren't.
In order to register you need to type in the unit serial code. This is printed in microscopic print on the back of the unit. You have to type it in twice (copy and paste works...). For me, figuring out which numbers were 8's and 6's almost required a magnifying glass. You might need to find someone who is too young to drive in order to read the digits. Wouldn't hurt if they printed it just a little bit larger.
Next, you get the code, but there is a warning saying you need firmware 4.6 to use traffic reports. My unit came with 2.3. Believe them. Being a guy, I tried the code anyway and it gives a nice message "invalid code". This doesn't mean you typed it incorrectly. It means you have to upgrade your firmware to the latest version.
This might be why the units were at such a great price... In short, if you want traffic, you need to upgrade the firmware.
To do so, you need to go to the Magellan site and download the firmware. They tell you the unit has to be fully charged and this can take 4 hours using the car charger. Wow. That is about $50 of gasoline these days... Since it doesn't come with a wall charger, you can charge it from your USB port. In my case I used a phone charger ... it takes the same miniUSB connector that Blackberry's, Motorola's, and many other phones use. Maybe the gps charger you pay for works much faster... for me, after charging overnight, the battery still wasn't fully charged.
Next, you need to download the software. This is easy enough to do. Note that the software says XP or 32 bit Vista only. I figured maybe they were being overly cautious. Since I mostly run Vista/64 I thought I'd try that. Nope. They mean it. The installer hangs Vista/64 nicely, tying up the machine until it finally decides your hard drive is full. On XP, however, it runs quickly. (It is a 75M download... make sure you have a broadband connection to download it)
Once that is done, upgrading the firmware is a snap. It said it could take 20 minutes or so, which is why they want the battery fully charged. For me it took about 3 minutes.
Now it is time to type the magic code in again. This is a 24 character alphanumeric string. On a keyboard, these strings are annoying enough. But on the GPS, typing MJ2PQ4 isn't 6 keystrokes. It is M J [123] 2 [ABC] P Q [123] 4. Thus, 24 characters to type is closer to 36 characters to type. That is a pain.
Using mixed alphanumeric rather than just alpha adds a lot more security to a password. For example, for a two character password it is 1296 choices rather than 676. But note that a three character alpha only password would give 17576 choices. Thus, if instead of making us type in 36 characters going back and forth between the alpha and numeric keys, Magellan made the magic code alpha only and a few characters longer, they could have the broader security they want and we could type in far fewer keystrokes. Also, it isn't as if anyone is going to try to crack the code with the GPS keypad. The security is a bit overblown, and again, could be more secure and easier for users at the same time.
In short. I really like this unit and it is a great deal for the price. Getting traffic reports to work will take effort.
Magellan Maestro 3250 July 21, 2008
I've been using it for a month and love it. I've done a lot of research about GPS'in general, and this model really stands out. Very intuitive, great POI selection, and for me being an AAA member is a great way to communicate in case of an emergency. I really love that the next turn announcement spells out the street name to make a turn on(so many other GPS'don't).So far I didn't have to use the dreaded customer service support, so I can't tell hoew this works. Overall very satisfied.
Worth trusting July 21, 2008
When I relocated to Ohio ,Magellan GPS really came in handy. It rerouted me when I needed to be. And I swear it never failed me. It may have problems with turning the unit on at times but other than that, Magellan 3250 knocks out all its competitors.
Great little GPS July 15, 2008
I like the GPS a lot. The voice recognition needs some refining, but I dont use that option often. Has gotten me everywhere I need to go, and can recompute the route quickly if I choose to ignore the original directions.
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