Magellan Maestro 4040 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

Product Description

Elegance, simplicity and advanced features designed to save you time and effort on the road. Magellan Maestro 4040 makes driving more pleasurable and less stressful. Enter virtually any address on the freshly-designed graphical touch screen, or select from 4.5 million preprogrammed points of interest to get turn-by-turn voice guidance to anywhere in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. 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 enables error free spelling to minimize steps so you get a customized route to your destination with just a few touches of the screen. It offers several AAA features especially suited for members. Bluetooth wireless technology enables hands-free phone calls with your Bluetooth-enabled phone. Store or sync numbers and contact information for clear communication through the integrated microphone and speakers. Easily add LIVE traffic incident reports and Voice Command control. Voice Command-enabled - Add Voice Command control for hand's-free operation with a simple upgrade from www.MagellanGPS.com (Activation fee applies). Expected availability in Summer 2007 Birds eye 3D view - Clearly see your surroundings in 2D or 3D Rechargeable battery - Navigate when you don't have access to power Select up to 20 destinations and choose order that best fits your needs Prompts you to route around sudden slow freeway traffic (no fee or subscription required) Auto Re-route Auto NightView Slot for SD memory Size 5. 0 (l) x 3.75 (w) x 0.88 (h); Weighs 8.5oz

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. View larger - Side view

Easy to use navigation features SmartDetour and auto re-route. View larger.

Access built-in AAA information from your GPS touch screen. View larger.

AAA-enabled
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.

Maps outdated, even the "updates" (Angela Boyter, Ellicott City, MD USA, 2009-01-07)

I have had my Magellan for about 2 years and really liked it. I especially liked the specific clues it gives you when you are to make a turn. HOWEVER, I go about 3 times a year to the Charlotte NC area, which is rapidly developing and where many new roads are being built and others closed or moved. The maps had LOTS of errors for that area.I eagerly looked forward to updated maps. In the fall I saw a map update dated Spring 2008 and bought it, even though it cost over $70. I went to Charlotte for Thanksgiving and found the maps were WAY out of date still. Roads that were accurate on a AAA map dated 2007 were not correct on the Magellan. When I contacted Magellan and told them their map update did me no good and I wanted a refund, they said they do not give refunds on maps. Period. This product is no good if its maps are not reasonably current, and clearly the maps are not. They should refund a customer's money.
PS The maps also cannot find an ENTIRE zip code in Pennsylvania,Hidden Valley, 15502. If you go to Hidden Valley the maps show all the roads properly, but if you try to find Lake Road in 15502, it sends you to Lake Road in 15501, 16 miles away!

Works Great! (Amber Kopp, 2009-01-07)

My Fiance loves it. It works great and it got to us really fast. Thanks!

problems to look for (jim, north florida, 2008-11-24)

I purchased the model 4040 in january, 2008 the maps were last updated in july 2006. I contacted Magellan and was told there would be map update in the next quarter which kept shifting to the next quarter until november I contacted them three times by E-mail asking if I was supposed to pay for this up-date and received no response. The unit also has soft-ware issues such as directing you in circles, telling you to take private roads that lead to no-where and the voice in most cases you can not under-stand ie: turnpike has become tcup. I would have returned the unit if they had not kept re-assuring me that up-date was coming.

DON'T BUY THIS (Emily Maher, 2008-11-19)

I received the Magellan Maestro 4040 for my birthday in Feb. last year. After about 5 months, the voice completely stopped working. I called the technical help line, but they insisted that I need the proof of purchase, which I don't have because it was a gift. They also told me I could update it if I bought some SD memory. I wasn't sure why I needed to buy memory, though. I understand that this is their policy, But my mother-in-law paid over $300 for this, and it broke in less than a year. I will never buy a product from them again!

Magellan 4040 Refubrished (Happy Amazon cliant, 2008-11-16)

This product that I purshesed from Amazon.com.The magellan 4040 GPS was in very good condition. You can never tell that it was refubrished.
Thank you Amazon .com & thank,s to the company,s that you deal with them.
G.O