ORDER LINK WWW.AMAZON.COM Customer Reviews: “This is my second Maestro!! I bought a 3.5″ a couple years ago and its performed super!! The only reason I bought this new one was because of the bigger 5″ screen! I passed my first one down to my daughter (Lord knows she needs guidence!! LOL). The Magellan are very easy to use and very intutive. My first GPS was a Garmin and its a bit more complicated. The one option that I purchased with this new one was the weighted dash mounting pad. In MN its against the law to mount it to the windshield so it mounts to the pad and sits firmly on the dash. The bonus is that you can remove it from the dash and hide it out of sight and there is no tell-tale suctioncup mark telling everyone that theres a GPS inside. Thats a real security plus in my book. I called tech support once for help and they were very friendly and helpful. The only negative is that it comes with a CD as an instruction manual. To obtain a print version you have to print it out on your home printer. I would like a print instruction manual to refer to instead of putting the CD in my computer. I would even be willing to purchase it as an option. BOTTOM LINE: Get the Magellan for ease of navagation! Very quick to learn and use. Enjoy the journey. Enjoy EVERY journey!” “I got my Magellan Maestro 5310 today and tested it thoroughly. This is my first GPS Navigator and I liked it a lot. It works with no problems. Pros: It talks a lot: the actions you take, the street names …
DISCOUNT LINK WWW.AMAZON.COM Customer Reviews: “Price paid 299 Instruction manual is below average. No telephone customer support, only email. GPS: Tracks position quickly. Accuracy of voice prompts is perfect. Road names only given for highways. Lets you know if exit ramp is on left or right side of highway. Can use shortest time or shortest distance. Somewhat tedious at times to use the menu for POI’s. Route can also be made by tapping the desired location on the map. Overall decent functionality of GPS. A step below my prior GPS (Lowrance iWay 500c) in terms of ease of use and the appearance of the display. In fact, one of the weaknesses is the somewhat cheap appearance of the map display. XM: Uses the XM mini tuner which needs to be purchased separately for 30. Excellent display for the XM. 30 presets. No record feature. While a bit bulky to carry, there is a battery and I have used the NVXM1000 on the go as well. Not small enough to exercise with but good to bring to a ball game, etc. Requires an XM antenna connected to the back of the device. (I had an old 25 foot antenna that I delicately cut and spliced down to about 2 feet. This was a bit difficult – there is a small firm central wire, then a clear insulating layer, then wires, then the outer shell of the wire. I gingerly separated the central wire, removed its insulation and soldered the two central wires together. The outer wires were then soldered together.) The FM transmitter is a bit weak and uses channels …
DISCOUNT LINK WWW.AMAZON.COM Customer Reviews: “Price paid 299 Instruction manual is below average. No telephone customer support, only email. GPS: Tracks position quickly. Accuracy of voice prompts is perfect. Road names only given for highways. Lets you know if exit ramp is on left or right side of highway. Can use shortest time or shortest distance. Somewhat tedious at times to use the menu for POI’s. Route can also be made by tapping the desired location on the map. Overall decent functionality of GPS. A step below my prior GPS (Lowrance iWay 500c) in terms of ease of use and the appearance of the display. In fact, one of the weaknesses is the somewhat cheap appearance of the map display. XM: Uses the XM mini tuner which needs to be purchased separately for 30. Excellent display for the XM. 30 presets. No record feature. While a bit bulky to carry, there is a battery and I have used the NVXM1000 on the go as well. Not small enough to exercise with but good to bring to a ball game, etc. Requires an XM antenna connected to the back of the device. (I had an old 25 foot antenna that I delicately cut and spliced down to about 2 feet. This was a bit difficult – there is a small firm central wire, then a clear insulating layer, then wires, then the outer shell of the wire. I gingerly separated the central wire, removed its insulation and soldered the two central wires together. The outer wires were then soldered together.) The FM transmitter is a bit weak and uses channels …
DISCOUNT LINK WWW.AMAZON.COM Customer Reviews: “Price paid 299 Instruction manual is below average. No telephone customer support, only email. GPS: Tracks position quickly. Accuracy of voice prompts is perfect. Road names only given for highways. Lets you know if exit ramp is on left or right side of highway. Can use shortest time or shortest distance. Somewhat tedious at times to use the menu for POI’s. Route can also be made by tapping the desired location on the map. Overall decent functionality of GPS. A step below my prior GPS (Lowrance iWay 500c) in terms of ease of use and the appearance of the display. In fact, one of the weaknesses is the somewhat cheap appearance of the map display. XM: Uses the XM mini tuner which needs to be purchased separately for 30. Excellent display for the XM. 30 presets. No record feature. While a bit bulky to carry, there is a battery and I have used the NVXM1000 on the go as well. Not small enough to exercise with but good to bring to a ball game, etc. Requires an XM antenna connected to the back of the device. (I had an old 25 foot antenna that I delicately cut and spliced down to about 2 feet. This was a bit difficult – there is a small firm central wire, then a clear insulating layer, then wires, then the outer shell of the wire. I gingerly separated the central wire, removed its insulation and soldered the two central wires together. The outer wires were then soldered together.) The FM transmitter is a bit weak and uses channels …