Amazon.com Product Description -- November 13, 2007 We've been big fans of Magellan's Maestro line since it came out inearly 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 it's 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. 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 4200 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 4.3-inch widescreen touch screen to search for your destination by address, intersection, or any of 1.3 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 4200 offers 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
Take It Anywhere
The 4200 is super-thin, lightweight and fits easily into any pocket. The integrated rechargeable battery enables you to operate the Maestro 4200 away from your vehicle for up to three hours. The battery recharges while driving via the included vehicle power adapter.
Tons of Data
The 4200 comes pre-loaded with Navteq maps of the 48 contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and 1.3 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 4200provides a particularly large number of routing features relevant to its price point.
- Multi-destination routing: Select up to 20 destinations and choose the order that best fits your needs.
- SmartDetour: Prompts you to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic.
- Customizable route methods: Choose between Fastest Time, Shortest Distance, Least or Most Use of Freeways, and Avoid Toll Roads
- Route exclusion: Select streets and freeways to avoid so you can get there your way
What's in the Box
Magellan Maestro 4200GPS 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. |
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- 4.3" wide WQVGA color touch screen: The large touch screen shows your position, Points of Interest, route, ETA and more on the interactive map
- Innovative easy-to-use interface: Amazingly easy-to-use, route to your destination in seconds without even needing to read the instructions
- Pre-loaded U.S. maps: Built-in maps enable you to travel the 48 contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
- 1.3 million Points of Interest: Pre-programmed POIs make it easy to find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee and more
- SmartDetour: Automatically prompts you to route around sudden slow freeway traffic
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| Review Date: July 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: fax man, |
| i wish it spoke the name of the streets. other than that it is awesome. |
Would buy this again & did!
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| Review Date: September 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Cindy in PA, Allentown, PA |
This is my 2nd Magellan I've bought because my 1st one I bought for myself was always missing from its spot in my home. My 2 daughters, 19 & 23 live with me. Need I say more? Some one was always using "The Nav".
I bought the same name brand because we love the color, the clarity of the voice, the little "Ding-ding" when to make a turn. The menu was easy to use without reading directions - it's basically plug it in, turn it on, add address and go!
The price was perfect for our needs - being directions to locations! And Amazon delivery service is superb! Every household should have this Nav.
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Great GPS
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| Review Date: September 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: P. W. Hall, Seattle, WA |
| This is a terrific GPS. It always calculates the best or shortest route and it is easy to use. A very good value. |
Cruise with a Magellan
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| Review Date: September 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. A. Easton, Unadilla, NY USA |
| Had a real good opportunity to use my Magellan 4200 to attend a wedding out of state. Put in the address of the church and within 5 hours of driving time arrived at our destination without any trouble. Love it and plan to use it every time we travel to unfamiliar places. Never have to worry about getting lost and the extra features are great when traveling long distances.Listings of restaurants and gas stations, hotels and motels are all available on the Magellan. Don't leave home without it!! |
GPS is good, but map is old
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| Review Date: May 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: 8Dmax, VA, USA |
The GPS works well, but the map is out of date. Mine is Spring 2007. Update is NOT free, so I didn't update it.
No text-to-speech as indicated. But it doesn't matter. |
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