Magellan Maestro 4370 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished)

Magellan Maestro 4370 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished)

from: Magellan List Price: $249.99 Price: $189.99 You Save: $60.00 (24%) as of 11/24/2009 15:57 EST Third Party New Price: $189.99 Refurbished Price: $155.00 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Electronics Brand: Magellan EAN: 0763357120868 Item Dimensions:400700300300 Label: Magellan Manufacturer: Magellan Model: MA4370RGXNA MPN: MA4370RGXNA Publisher: Magellan Studio: Magellan Features: Personalized drop-down menu featuring shortcuts to favorite destinations and points of interest Lane guidance for confident highway driving Announces street names and directions at each turn Voice guidance through the car¿s FM stereo Includes maps of United States, Puerto Rico and Canada Related Items: 3 year GPS Warranty: Top Consumer Rated. 5-day Service Guarantee - GPS $100-125 2 year GPS Warranty: Top Consumer Rated. 5-day Service Guarantee - GPS $100-125 Removable Air Vent Mount For Magellan GPS Bracketron UFM-100BL Nav-Mat GPS Friction Dash Pad MAGELLAN 930-0084-001 Suction Cup Mount see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Effortless navigation! Get instant access to your favorite places, features, and points of interest with the Magellan Maestro 4370 OneTouch menu. Magellan’s exclusive OneTouch interface puts your favorite routes, searches, and applications just a single touch away. Simply customize the menu to display the icons of the items you want easy access to - restaurants, banks, businesses, and so many more. Now with OneTouch, you’ll have your favorites at your fingertips. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - refurbished Magellan 4370 GPS issues I received my refurbished Magellan 4370 GPS from Amazon with much excitement. Plugged it in to charge overnite only to find out in the morning that the internal battery will not keep a charge. Called Magellan and sent the unit to them for warranty service. Two weeks later I received the unit (different S/N, so I received a different refurbished unit), charged it overnite, and guess what? This unit will not hold the charge either. So much for Magellan's Quality control in their Repair Center. I called them back and am sending the second GPS back to them for repair on their dime this time. Rating: - Beautiful, but not without personality... This is probably one of the best looking GPS on the market, an for the price of the refurbished model I wouldn't recommend anyone buy anything else; on that note however the device does have its querks. Everytime it turns on you have to accept it's warning screen before it shows you the GPS map. This can be pretty annoying since you'll have to get in the routine of turning on your car and tapping "ok" on the GPS. If you don't, the screen never goes away (which for me is not only annoying but distracting). It's next querk is it tends to anticipate your route. If you are on the highway and getting off at an exit, it may take a second or so to realize that you got off the highway and will have to adjust where you are on the map. This isn't a problem when driving somewhere with the device routing the way, it's just noticable when it's on stand-by following you around town. The system doesn't always pick up the Bluetooth automatically either on your cell phone. You'll probably have to click on the phone icon and select the phone's profile to connect (though it does connect automatically occassionally). That's all my complaints. Pretty minor things. It's a gorgous device, both externally, and the maps (much nicer than Garmin's maps) and it's quite a bargin with all it's features. Oh, that reminds me, I've had some trouble playing music and videos on it. They successfully transfer to the SD card, yet the device doesn't indicate they are there. Photos work fine though. And the FM transmitter also works well. It is a great device. I don't want to come across as negative, I would rather you know now about what few problems there are as opposed to after you drop the $$$. Rating: - Works as advertised, except for WAAS Works as advertised except for WAAS compatibility. The WAAS satellite is listed in the unit's sat. table, but signal strength from it is always 0. I know that is not correct because my Delorme GPS unit gets a good signal from the same WAAS satellite. WAAS compatibility gives you positional accuracy less than about 20 feet, but for some reason even though WAAS capability is offered, it is disabled on this unit. Having said that, the positional accuracy is still very good, within 100 feet or less after the unit acquires 3 or more satellites. I like: the high-res / wide screen, FM transmitter that allows you to hear directions and mp3 thru your car's stereo speaker system, traffic alert system ($39 per year extra), clear voice directions with good pronunciation, fast gps acquistion, processing speed and stability. Don't like: the menu system could be better for creating and saving routes. You are always competing with the processor when you try to establish your own routes, even when you know the route you want the unit to take. It can be accomplished using "via" points, but you have to use several "via" points to get the exact route you want. Unit was refurbished, but was in excellent condition. All the features on it worked, but will never use the Bluetooth system, so have it disabled. Note: UPS Stores sell a 3 inch wide clear shipping tape ($8) that works beautiful for protecting the 4370 screen. Rating: - Sweet GPS! I've had several Garmin and Magellan GPS's over the years and this unit is aces for the money. Rating: - Maestro 4370 BTW My devise was refurbished The blue tooth never worked The traffic is good for nothing The maps are from 2008 The battery only lasts 30 min. other than that its OK Amazon has an amazing customer service!!! Thank you Amazon for your service see more