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| Magellan Maestro 4250 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $259.99
You Save: $340.00 (57%)
New (65) Used (4) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  207 reviews
Sales Rank: 100
Color: Silver/Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: Unknown
Display Size: 4.3
Clothing Size: 2GB
Size: 2GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 9.8 x 2.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: Magellan Maestro 4250
Model: Magellan Maestro 4250
UPC: 763357118032
EAN: 0063357118033
ASIN: B000V4PZCI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 great buy July 19, 2008
I like it. This is awesome...takes me wherever I want to go accurately. I like the built in AAA Trip feature...great buy....five star rating.
 BUYERS BEWARE****** July 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
THIS COMPANY IS NOT ONE YOU WANT TO BUY FROM OR DEAL WITH! I bought a brand new gps online, and after I received it, it malfunctioned on the 2nd day of having it! It was stuck on a settings screen--unable to be used. I tried to reset it, but it was evident that my new unit was defective when I got it. Magellan doesn't have customer service on the weekends, so...... I had to wait until Monday to talk to a technical support person. I was told to send it to the repair center. I talked to about 5 representatives who all must be overseas, and no one was concerned about my defective unit. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and I was sent around in circles without getting any help. I have wrote letters, made calls and even got the better business bureau involved. THIS COMPANY IS NOT WILLING TO BACK THEIR PRODUCTS. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO SATISFY THEIR CUSTOMERS. If you received a defective unit, tough.....now you have to pay to get it to the repair center. Evidently, they do not invest in testing their products beforehand or pay a little more for American representatives to service Americans. HOW CHEAP! BEWARE!!! I've read reviews before where people received defective units, and I said, oh, that's just one in a million--it won't happen to me. Well, you never know, do you? If they are not willing to back their products, how reliable will their products be? How many times will I have to send it off for repairs?
On its use, its probably near the same as other gps devices. On several occasions, I tried to go a certain route that I knew, and the gps would recalculate my route and tell me to go to the next exit and turn around to get back on their route. How absurd! I didn't want to go that way, so I expected it to reroute me a different way. It didn't. The Bluetooth wanted to turn off when I wasn't talking on it, even though I wanted to keep it enabled while driving. So, forget it, enough hassle. When typing in a point of interest by name, the buttons are sensitive and letters get repeated. When using the trip planner, I wanted to find out the route from one destination to another, but I couldn't get that info until I reached the first destination, then it would take me to the next one. Great idea, but this trip planner needs some work. I would definitely suggest looking into a reputable company for a gps, not Magellan.
Magellan Maestro 4250 ROCKS! July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have tried several different units, (Garmin, Navigon 2100 maxx, Magellan 1412), before getting this unit. This one is the best by far. I upgraded the firmware immediately upon arrival and the unit is working flawlessly. Bluetooth works great with my Blackberry Pearl. I like the fact that these units have an audible signal that sounds when you are at your turn, the Garmin unit did not have this. Plus it came with a nice travel pouch in the box and installed with no problems in my car with the suction cup. A big plus was that I got a free year of traffic updates with the unit. If you are looking for a really good portable GPS unit with a nice screen, this is the one to get!
 love directions - question blue tooth July 17, 2008
The Magellan is very helpful in finding what I want while on the road. Lots of information right there without getting out a map or book. However, I was hoping for something that would find my bluetooth phone without any action on my part. You have to push an icon to connect to the phone each time you start up the car. It was also difficult to set up the Bluetooth the first time. An email to the manufacturer resulted in a reply of no use. Solved it by randomly selecting items. Written directions for bluetooth are not very helpful.
Very poor quality, poor OS - Died within an hour of arrival July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well it's my first time with any Magellan and going by my experience, I am not terribly convinced to purchase another Magellan. First some of my background so readers can assess accordingly. My first GPS was the NavMan it was okay. Next came Garmin Nuvi 650 - VERY expensive but good overall. I had a TomTom 510 - as some of you may know they use the "supposedly" less accurate TeleAtlas maps. I did see sign of that Vs the Garmin (although I can't say the Garmin was impressively accurate). But what I loved about the TomTom was the excellent support for the Mac. The customization options etc. The map data was so, so. But I am hoping this would have improved to an acceptable level by now.
I ordered the Magellan by second day air. I was planning on a long trip. I got the unit, went to get the subscription code (traffic) at the Mag website, got the code, tried to enter it on the GPS. No matter how many times I tried, it kept saying it's incorrect code. I knew (from reading the reviews/support pages etc.) that there was a firmware update available. I like to keep things up to date so went to get the update. Too bad I can't do it on my Mac (even Garmin has data transfer support for the Mac). So I had to find a PC. While installing the update, it says there was a data read/write error. Then the Mag froze at the System Settings. I can select the menus on the System Settings, go forward/next but can't go back to the main screen/home screen. After talking to the customer support (and they ran the system through the same steps I had run it through - force shut down, reset etc.). They tell me "well, we have done everything we can. You can send the unit back to us or you can return it to the place where you bought it from" - all this happened within a matter of two hours! - Now how is that for good customer experience?! The fact that I come from a Macintosh background where things are just expected to work (nothing is perfect but still...) does not make this experience any more bearable... Then I realized it's WindowsCE OS. Had I known this beforehand I would have been more hesitant to purchase this unit.
It's one of the worst experiences I have had and that too failure after failure, not just minor ones mind you!
I have decided to return the unit and get a TomTom (unless I can afford the higher end Garmins). I'll begin to like the map correction feature of the TomTom... but enough of Magellan for me!
Update on 7/23/2008 (approx. 10 days after purchase):
Before returning the unit, I decided to give it one more try and it worked, so with great reluctance I tried to like it (and said to myself, I'll return it if I don't like it soon. I had not bought it directly from Amazon, instead from an Amazon seller who charges restocking fee etc.). So even with my intentions to like it, I find it difficult. Here's the reasons:
1. I realized that one of the features for which I had bought it for does not work the way I thought it did. I had taken for granted that a bluetooth phone connection lets users DIAL from the phone book on the phone. My year old TomTom did this. So yes, you could use this as a hands-free calling device but if you think that it will let you browse/access/dial from the addressbook on your phone, forget it. If you are driving, you'll be forced to take out your phone, dial the number it will then go on the Magellan. (Hello! I might as well use the speaker phone on my phone?!)
2. Support just told me that I have to pair the devices manually EVERY time I get into my car! This is absurd (again I might be spoiled by my prev. experiences with Garmin & TomTom, but the Magellan isn't keeping pace here...)
3. Choosing the "Fastest Time" does not guide you through the highways! instead it makes you get off the exits and takes you through the back roads! Yes, I have ruled out the fact that it is NOT due to traffic congestions on the highways.
4. May be I am used to the routing algorithms of the TomTom and the Garmin but I am not terribly impressed with that of the Magellan. Numerous times it takes me on routes that are not the most efficient. I am checking this in my neighborhood which I am most familiar with. (I would never know this if it did this unfamiliar areas - consequently I don't feel confident that it WOULD route efficiently in unfamiliar areas)
5. Once you calculate a route, there's not much you can do if you want to explore another destination. The TomTom allows you to freely lookup other destinations and then add it to the existing route if you like. Here the only option is to cancel the current route.
6. The TomTom gives exciting free updates and ENHANCEMENTS on their devices, this is infrequent on the Magellan (after exploring the updates/enhancement frequency on their site)
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