Portable GPS Ratings

Magellan Maestro 4700 4.7-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

The premium Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS device boasts the acclaimed and exclusive OneTouch favorites menu and an ultra-slim 4.7-inch widecolor touch screen. The preloaded NAVTEQ maps and six million points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico make the Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS product ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use premium features, such as AAA TourBook, voice command, highway lane assist, predictive traffic, and Bluetooth compatibility for hands-free calling, give you confidence on the road and deliver an exceptional navigation experience. Highway Lane Assist - Realistic highway signs point you in the right direction when approaching interchanges and exits, and ensure that you’ll choose the correct lane well before your next turn. Bluetooth Compatibility - Easily make or receive calls using a compatible cell phone and even synch up to 1000 numbers directly from your phone. Plus, the noise cancelling microphone keeps road noise down so you are heard clearly. Predictive Traffic Routing - Automatically analyzes past traffic patterns when creating a route to help you avoid known delays. Multi-destination Routing - Plan a trip with multiple stops in the order you want or will optimize it for the most efficient route. Text to speech - Hear street names of when to make the next turn while you keep your eyes on the road. NAVTEQ Maps - The entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada maps are pre-loaded on your device. What’s in the Box - Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS, windshield mount, adhesive disc for dash mounting, vehicle power adapter, USB cable, user handbookThe premium Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS device boasts the acclaimed and exclusive OneTouch favorites menu and an ultra-slim 4.7-inch color touch screen. Preloaded NAVTEQ maps and six million points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico make the Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS product ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use premium features, such as AAA TourBook, voice command, highway lane assist, predictive traffic, and Bluetooth compatibility for hands-free calling, give you confidence on the road and deliver an exceptional navigation experience.

	Exclusive OneTouch Favorites Menu Easily bookmark favorite destinations and searches with personalized bookmarks so you can find them anywhere you travel. Find your favorite cafe or restaurant in any city with a single touch. The Magellan Maestro 4700 device definitely delivers “your favorites at your fingertips.”
	Exclusive AAA TourBook Guide No membership required. Invaluable to anyone who travels, the AAA TourBook guide, which contains information on all 50 states and Canada, is built into your Magellan Maestro 4700 and provides ratings and descriptions on AAA approved places to stay, play, dine, and save.
	4.7-inch Touch Screen The wide, ultra-slim 4.7-inch color touch screen shows your position on the unit including map route, destination, ETA, Points of Interest (POI), OneTouch favorites, street names, and more–all at a glance. The large 4.7-inch screen is 16% larger than a 4.3-inch screen.
	6 Million Points of Interest (POI) Easily find whatever service you need. Gas stations, restaurants, hotels, ATMs, and hundreds of other businesses are intuitively categorized and searchable from the built-in POI database.
	Voice Command Safely navigate hands-free by speaking a variety of commands to control the Maestro 4700. You can “Go Home” or find the “Nearest Gas” just by using your voice.
	Highway Lane Assist Realistic highway signs point you in the right direction when approaching interchanges and exits, ensuring that you’ll choose the correct lane well before your next turn.
	Bluetooth Compatibility Easily make or receive calls using a compatible cell phone and even synch up to 1000 numbers directly from your phone. Plus, the noise cancelling microphone keeps road noise down so you are heard clearly.
	Predictive Traffic It automatically analyzes past traffic patterns when creating a route to help you avoid known delays, saving you time and making your journey less stressful. Choose to stay on your current route or go with the new less-traveled route.
	Highway Exit POI Search Search for gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more near upcoming highway exits.
	QuickSpell with SmartCity Search Enter destinations with only a few touches. QuickSpell with SmartCity search helps you quickly enter addresses and narrow location searches, making destination entry easy.
	Multi-destination Routing Plan a trip with multiple stops in the order you want, or have it optimized for the most efficient route. Easily reorganize, add, or remove destinations.
	Spoken Street Name Guidance Hear street names and directions for a clear understanding of when to make the next turn, while you keep your eyes on the road.
	3D Landmarks Visual cues, such as stadiums and bridges, let you navigate safely and easily.
	Find your Car Easily remember the location of your car in parking lots, airports, malls, universities, amusement parks, or stadiums. When your day is done, the Maestro 4700 will automatically guide you to your car.
	NAVTEQ Maps Travel the entire United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada with all the maps you need, pre-loaded on your device.

What’s in the Box?
Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS receiver; pre-loaded maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico; windshield mount; adhesive disc for dash mounting; vehicle power adapter; USB cable; user handbook; user manual on CD-ROM.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars An Outstanding Navigational Tool
Having gone through my fair share of slow and inconsistent GPS products ranging from Garmin, TomTom and yes even Magellan through the years, this model kept popping up on my radar screen. Unavailable at Amazon at the time of my purchase, I had to settle with buying the Maestro 4700 from Best Buy. Relatively new, even the employees were limited on product knowledge. No worries. As usual when buying any item, I do my homework.

That said, the Maestro 4700 measures in at over 5″ wide x 3.5″ height and weighs about 6 ounces. The biggest draw for me personally is the large 4.7″ color touch screen, predictive traffic, and the lane guide arrow features. Unlike previous models that I have owned, the Maestro 4700’s screen is viewable in all lighting conditions. The user friendly one touch interface is definitely a winner.

Even though this system is primed for Bluetooth, not all mobile devices are compatible. The Maestro 4700 easily paired with all three of our mobile phones. Granted it is a great working feature, however I don’t see myself giving up my wireless ear piece anytime soon.

Coming out of the box, this unit worked perfectly without the usual hiccups of other systems. Powering up is a breeze. The download time for entering starting point to destination is about 45 seconds. The One Touch screen is on the money. The menu allows for simple editing for one’s own personal choices. The gurus at Magellan put a lot of thought in the Predictive Traffic Feature. In short, it creates alternate routes for known traffic tie ups.

Quick Spell automatically fills in the blanks and makes locating a destination easy. One of the sweetest features is the lane guide arrows (Highway Lane Assist) program that sounds a bell when my next turn is coming up. It quickly guides me into the correct lane without the usual “Oops, how did I miss that exit?”

The clarity of the Spoken Street Name Guide with text to speech feature is simply outstanding. Definitely a big selling point alone. The Voice Command feature is give or take and one of those add ons that I will seldom use. The 3D Landmarks is definitely a nice touch. I have yet to use the Find My Car feature. The free, no membership required AAA Guide is loaded with great up to date information.

The Maestro 4700 comes preloaded with maps of the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. Additional maps can be stored onboard via SD Card. Included accessories are a windshield mount, storage pouch, dash mounting disk, car power adapter, handbook, USB cable, and an informative CD. Magellan loses points for not including an AC power supply plug. I recommend buying a good protective case.

After getting burned a few years ago with a useless electronic device, doing extended research in product warranties is automatic. As with most electronics, this system includes the standard 1 year warranty. One key thing to remember is Magellan’s warranty policy. If this item is returned within the applicable warranty period, Magellan will replace the defective GPS receiver, but with a reconditioned unit of the same model or at their discretion another model equal or of lesser value.

That said, I strongly advise all buyers to think extended warranty packages. After conferring with friends and associates, I found that one continually overlooked offering is the warranty plan offered by most major credit cards. For me personally, my credit card warranty has been a worthwhile, cost effective investment. With pennies on the dollar cost, it is a warranty that backs up my products one hundred percent.

With an occupation that keeps me on the road, a working navigational tool is a must have. It goes without saying, that I am very pleased with the on time delivery of information and features of this product. The Magellan Maestro 4700 is undoubtedly one of the better systems out there. Without any reservation, I highly recommend this fine NAVAID tool.

4 Stars Reliable GPS
I got the Magellan Maestro 4700 from BestBuy before Amazon had it in stock. Immediately opened the box to use it for my trip back home. It rings a bell in advance before your next maneuver, allowing ample time for you to make a lane change.

The Bluetooth had a few kinks while connecting to my LG Shine, it took two tries after it froze the first time, but worked perfectly afterward. The sound quality is fine, the person on the other end said it sounded too soft, so one might need to speak a little louder than usual.

Voice recognition was very bad. It takes too long to understand what you are saying and it is useless, I turn it off permanently. A list of voice commands can be found in Magellan’s online manual. However, it does not explain how to use the “Find my car” feature, so I am in the dark to how to use it.

Lane guidance is pretty useful, but there was one incident when exiting, there was two signs to I-90 E, and I-90 W, with three arrows pointing up, confusing to know whether the middle arrow leads to E or W. Overall, guidance is very good as text-to-speech helps to let the driver know which street to turn on.

The unit can be very slow at times while searching for a route or starting up. It takes about a minute from start to set your destination. The AAA guidebook and Magellan’s POIs are great. Predictive traffic was quite useless as well, having not encountered any incidents which let the feature prove itself worthy. The windshield mount works badly with the charger, you have to mount the unit on the car, and then plug it into the port at the bottom of the unit, right next to the base supporting the unit. Quite a hassle as you cannot see the port and you have to guess on the location. Should have just put it by the bottom right corner? By the way, the battery lasts for less than two hours.

Overall, a reliable unit from Magellan… now I won’t lose my way again! A tip: if anyone as a USB wall charger, that will work to charge the unit so you do not have to get the AC charger or sit in the car and wait for it to charge - you cannot plug it into the computer to charge for some reason… the screen stays on.

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