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Procedures a little complicated. Although I was given a method to extend my warranty through AAA - it was impossible to contact either Magellan or AAA to have that supposed guarantee offered. Should not promise any promotions and then keep a customer waiting so long for a reply that the offer expires. Would be reluctant to do business with such offers again as an incentive.
It sometimes takes me on up, down and crooked roads. I have not gone on a long trip, so can't comment on road changes. I travel around the Blue ridge mountains some. She is very happy with it, so I recently purchased one for my Son.I particulary like the bluetooth, being able to speak commands to it, anouncing the street names and the chime when I reach my next turn.I have found new and better routs to places that I have been going to for years. In June I purchased my referbished unit. Saved about $30.00 each. The new map has more and updated points of interest. Simply insert the card, turn the unit on and push the reset button.
I will probably get one for my Grand Daughter. I have learned not to rely on it in the mountains.I just updated the map (Spring 2009 version), in mine with no problems. It performed so well, I purchased one for my Grand Daughter a few months later. Just purchased an update for my Son, and will install it this weekend. It evedently does not know if a road is good or bad. It was duck soup. I foung great prices on them at Amazon. I had some problems with my Son's unit, and Magellan was punctual and very good to work with.
A qwerty keyboard would have been nice, and you only get one female voice. The voice recognition is not that good as the unit has trouble recognizing certain words, but the "magellan go home" feature is nice when you just want to get out of somewhere quickly.
Anyway, the unit came with updated firmware and maps, so that was nice. Magellan replaced a faulty Roadmate 6000T with this model after numerous phone calls to their extremely poor customer service, but that's another story.
So far it is pretty accurate and I am quite impressed with it. The 4250 is not bad at all, it acquires a signal pretty quickly and recalculates very swiftly if you make a wrong move.
I like the amount of warning signals the unit provides before your turn and the split screen as you get close. Overall the 4250 is a capable "get you to where you need to go" type of device, the only bells and whistles feature is the rather sketchy voice recognition, which can be disabled.
The AAA guide is also quite handy.
My gripe list includes: (1) Do something about the weakness of the audio. The improvement in the unit's operation was profound. Lacking experience with competing products for comparison, I have been more than satisfied with it. But it would be great if the unit's audio could be patched through my Bluetooth earpiece.
The software update went smoothly. I've had my Model 4250 for about eight months. An external jack for an earphone would be welcome. When AAA touted a slightly higher-end one to me as a bargain at $250, I sprang for my new one from Amazon for $170. By not registering immediately upon purchase, I may have cheated myself out of the `09 map update.
I cannot imagine using this device as a Bluetooth speaker phone. Now, when there are plenty of refurbished ones much cheaper than that, this model is well worth recommending. I never got around to registering or updating the unit until the screen froze a few days ago. (2) I cannot get it to respond consistently to voice commands. (There is no way to tell which generation of maps it has).
Instances of the unit's having wrong or outdated map information have been very few and minor.Thankfully, I have had no occasion to find out if customer service is as bad as others have said. Also, it often mistakes something said on the radio for a voice command, and has to be brought back to the previous mode manually.After reading customer reviews for many GPS products, the AAA tie-in was what got me to go for this one. But be sure you know where you will stand regarding warranty: Magellan will not register units bought on auction sites.
Very good in all. Drove from washington to california and never lost service. I bought the refurbished one. And VERY worth the price. Its very accurate, everything works perfectly. Thank you very much.
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