Magellan® MaestroTM 4700 GPS Receiver User Manual 960 Overland Court, San Dimas, CA 91773
IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS The Magellan Maestro receiver is a vehicle-navigation aid designed to assist you in arriving at your selected destinations. When using the Magellan Maestro receiver, these safety rules must be followed to prevent accidents that can result in injury or death to yourself or others: • Please check the applicable regulations in your state regarding windshield mounting. Certain States prohibit the mounting of any items on your windshield. Go to www.magellanGPS.
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. The information provided in this document is subject to change without notice. Improvements and enhancements to the product may occur without any formal notification. Check the Magellan website (www.magellanGPS.com/ support) for product updates and additional information. © 2009 MiTAC International Corporation.
Table of Contents Magellan Maestro 4700 Series Receiver................................................................................... 1 Magellan Maestro ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Installation Instructions ............................................................................................................ 3 Selecting the Location ..............................................
Clearing the list of Previous Destinations ................................................................................................... 18 Address Book ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Accessing an Address in Your Address Book ............................................................................................... 18 Routing to an Address in Your Address Book................
Enabling/Disabling Audible Maneuver Warning .......................................................................................... 31 Pairing Additional Bluetooth-ready Phones ................................................................................................. 32 Importing Contacts ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Calling Home ..............................................................
Enabling Live Traffic ................................................................................................................................... 38 Enabling Predictive Traffic.......................................................................................................................... 38 Showing All Traffic Events or only Traffic Events along your route. ............................................................. 38 Enabling Voice Recognition ..........................................
Magellan Maestro 4700 Series Receiver The Magellan® Maestro® receiver is a vehicle navigation product that utilizes GPS signals from satellites to calculate your precise location and compute navigational information that can be used to guide you to your destination. Knowing its position and movement, it can then overlay this information on detailed maps to provide a visual representation of your location.
Magellan Maestro A B C (A) Power Switch (B) Micro SD card slot (A micro SD card is optional and is used for backing up and restoring data.) (C) USB connector. Power input from vehicle power adapter cable or AC power adapter (+5 VDC / 1A).
Installation Instructions Installation of the Magellan Maestro receiver is simple and easy. The hardest part will be picking the best location. Selecting the Location A few tips on selecting the proper location. • Mount the Magellan Maestro receiver in a place where it can be easily seen and will not interfere with your view of the road.
Attaching the Magellan Maestro receiver to the Car Cradle Slide the Magellan Maestro receiver on the car cradle so that the slot on the Magellan Maestro receiver aligns with the tab on the car cradle. Slide the Magellan Maestro receiver all the way down until it rests on the 'feet'. You should notice a click when the receiver is fully mounted in the cradle. Adjusting the Mount for Optimum Viewing Loosen the adjustment locking knobs and position the Magellan Maestro receiver for optimum viewing.
Security It is recommended that the Magellan Maestro receiver is not left in plain view while unattended for reasons of theft. Please note that the Magellan Maestro receiver is a receiver only and does not transmit GPS location signals. Neither the receiver nor the vehicle can be tracked using the Magellan Maestro receiver.
Fundamentals Powering on the Magellan Maestro receiver The Power On/Off switch is located on the top of the Magellan Maestro receiver. Turning the Magellan Maestro receiver On 1. Slide the power switch to the left. 2. After the initial splash screen the Warnings screen is displayed. Read and tap . Turning the Magellan Maestro receiver Off Slide the power switch to the left to turn the Magellan Maestro receiver off. You have a 5 second delay to resume using the receiver if you change your mind.
Setting Button Sounds on or off 1. Access the Main Menu. 2. Tap the Settings icon . 3. Tap Sound. 4. Tap the check box for Button Sounds. Check to have button sounds played, unchecked to turn them off. 5. Tap to save and exit. Brightness Accessing the Brightness Control 1. Access the Main Menu. 2. Tap the Settings icon . 3. Tap System. 4. Tap Brightness. 5. Tap inside the brightness adjust bar to set the desired brightness. 6. Tap to save and exit.
Buttons on the Main Menu Screen Button Name Description Go To Displays the Destination menu. You can enter addresses, search for POIs, intersections, or choose from the list of previous destinations. View Map Displays the map with your current position (if computing a position from the GPS signals) indicated by the blue arrow icon. See the Map Screen chapter for details.
Numeric Keypad Displays a numeric keypad that can be used to enter streets or cities that have numbers in their name. (This is not to be used for entering an address number.) List (Enter City only) While entering a city, press the List button to bring up a list of cities beginning with the characters you have entered. Accept (Entering City) Accepts the suggested city that is displayed in the data field. (Entering street) Brings up a list of streets beginning with the characters entered.
QuickSpell Another feature the Magellan Maestro receiver has to make entering cities and streets easier is a feature known as QuickSpell. In the example to the right, “CE” has been entered for a street name in Chicago, IL. The Magellan Maestro receiver has predicted that the street name may be Cedar Ave. Also it has greyed out any letters that could not be used to spell a street name in the database. This provides quick and error-free city and street name entry.
Map Screen The most commonly used screen is the Map screen. Whether you are following a route or just traveling around a city, the chances are that the Map screen will be displayed. The Map screen can be displayed in two unique modes: normal and routing. In normal mode, your position is shown on the map along with the time. As you travel, your position will be updated, giving you a clear view of your position and surrounding streets. G B A F C E D Map Screen - Normal Mode (A) Current location.
(F) Information display. Displays speed, time of day, elevation, compass direction. While routing it also can also display distance to destination, estimated time of arrival (ETA), and time remaining. Tap on the information field to change. (G) Access the list of nearest Highway Exit POIs (available only when driving on a highway/freeway/interstate). Tap to display options to start a new trip or, when routing, to make modifications to an existing trip.
Current Location Screen This screen can be accessed from the Options screen or from the Map screen. The Current Location screen displays approximate address of your current position, the next and previous intersections, your latitude, longitude, and heading. Accessing the Current Location Screen There are two ways to open the Current Location screen. From the Map screen: 1. From the Main Menu, tap Local Options or Trip Options (depending if you are routing or not). 2. Tap Current Location. or 1.
4. The Magellan Maestro receiver recalculates the route and the Map screen returns. Volume The volume can be adjusted or muted from the Map screen. (The volume can also be adjusted from Settings > Sound.) Changing the Volume from the Map Screen 1. Tap the speaker icon . Additional controls appear. 2. Tap on the Mute button 3. Tap to mute the volume, or tap the '+' or '-' icons to change the volume levels. .
Enter Address If you know at least a part of the address, it is the quickest way to select the destination of the route. This function is used to create a route from: • an exact address, including street number, • the midpoint of a street, • an intersection, • any of the above, starting the search with the ZIP code, or • the center of a city. Entering an Address When creating an address, the first step is to indicate which city the address is in.
Entering an Intersection When the street number is not known, an intersecting street can pinpoint the location. 1. From the Main Menu, tap the Go To icon. 2. Tap the Intersection icon. 3. Enter City: You have three ways to do this: • To select the city from the list of previous city, tap the button. • To enter a new city: use the keypad to enter the first few characters of any significant word in the city name. Tap on the city name in the top field or the if the city you are looking for is displayed.
• To enter a ZIP code: if needed, tap the Zip Code button. Enter the ZIP code. Tap cities with the zip code entered. to bring up a list of Tap on the city name to select it from the list. 4. A screen appears with the address of the selected location, the estimated time of arrival (ETA), the distance to travel, and the routing method (e.g. Fastest Time). 5. (optional) Tap Options if you want to change the routing method. 6.
7. When the details for this address are acceptable, tap the . 8. If you have selected to save this to the OneTouch menu, you need to select a the OneTouch button you want to assign. Clearing the list of Previous Destinations 1. Access the list of Previous Destinations as described above. 2. Tap Delete All to clear the list. 3. To confirm the deletion, tap Yes. Address Book Accessing an Address in Your Address Book 1. From the Main Menu, tap the Go To icon. 2. Tap the Address Book icon.
6. Edit information: • Tap the Name field and use the keypad to enter a name for the address book entry. (Entering the name is described in detail in chapter Map Screen.) • (optional) Tap to specify a phone number for the address book entry. • (optional) Tap Assign to correct the location or to add text information to the address book entry. 7. When the details for this address are acceptable, tap the . 8.
OneTouch Menu In addition to Home Address, there are other icons in the OneTouch Menu, the set of bookmarks of searches and favorite destinations. They can be used for easy access of frequent destinations and to get local information when needed. Furthermore, you can assign POI search criteria to OneTouch icons. Saving an Address to a OneTouch Icon These instructions only apply if you have not yet assigned a function to a OneTouch button. 1. Tap the button in the top right corner. The OneTouch menu appears.
Points of Interest (POI) The Magellan Maestro receiver has preloaded POIs that can be used as a destination for a route. Selecting a restaurant or finding a gas station nearby is at your fingertips. Creating a Route to a POI by Category POIs are categorized into unique categories from gas stations to tourist attractions. Most, but not all categories are further organized into subcategories.
2. Tap the Points of Interest icon. 3. Tap Search By Name. 4. Spell the name of the POI to be used as the destination. You need not enter the full name, but the more characters you enter, the easier it will be to find the exact POI you are searching for. Tap the . 5. Select where you want the search centered from (Near Current Position, Near City, or Near Address). 6. If you select Near City or Near Address you will need to enter the city or address information. 7.
Home Address Your most frequent destination can be entered and saved in the Magellan Maestro as the Home Address for quick and easy access when you need to navigate there. This does not need to be your real home address. Choose any address you visit frequently. You can access it at any time with the first button of the OneTouch menu. Saving the Home Address These instructions only apply if you have never entered a home address. 1. Tap the button in the top right corner. The OneTouch menu appears. 2.
Traveling on a Route Map Screen When a route has been calculated, it will be displayed on the Map screen in green with small arrows indicating the direction of travel. The top of the screen displays the name of the street that comes next in your Turn List together with its distance. If you are not in the city in which the next street is, the name of the city is displayed instead. As the route progresses, voice alerts will be used to prompt you of upcoming maneuvers.
1. From any screen with a OneTouch icon, tap the icon to display the OneTouch menu. 2. Tap the cancel route icon. 3. Confirm that you want to cancel the route. Tap Yes. Detouring off a Route 1. From the Map screen, tap Menu. 2. Tap the Trip Options icon. 3. Tap Detour. 4. Different detours are calculated using the same routing method that was used to create the route. The list of alternate routes is displayed. 5.
Multi Destination Routes With the Magellan Maestro you can create routes with more than one destination. Select one destination and create a single route first. Then turn it to a multi destination route by selecting additional destinations. Creating Additional Destinations with Go To Using the search functions of the Magellan Maestro you can easily create a route with multiple destinations. 1. From the Main Menu, tap the Go To icon. 2. Tap Address, POI, Previous, Address Book, Intersection, or City Center.
Saving a Multi Destination Route to Your Address Book Multi destination routes can be saved for later use from the address book. 1. From the Map screen, tap Menu. 2. Tap Trip Options. 3. Tap Edit Trip. 4. The Multiple Destination List is displayed. 5. Make changes as needed. 6. Tap . 7. Tap Save. 8. Tap Yes to save the route to your address book. 9. The Add To Address Book screen is displayed. Tap on the Name if you want to change it. 10.Tap 27 .
Voice Recognition The Magellan Maestro includes voice recognition software providing a means by which you can control many of the functions hands-free. IMPORTANT Screens that can accept voice commands will have a listening icon displayed at the bottom of the screen when voice commands can be given. When the screen first appears there is a slight delay before commands can be given. A beep will prompt you when commands will be accepted.
Partial List of Available Commands and Variations Home Previous Destinations Where Am I? Nearest Restaurant Nearest Restaurant by type Show All Restaurants Done (Exits voice recognition and goes to the Map page) Main Menu (Exits voice recognition and goes to the Main Menu) Help 29 Go Home Take me home Take us home Directions home Go to (my/our) house Take (me/us) to (my/our) house Destination to home Drive me home Show previous destination Recent destinations Previous destinations Where am I? Displ
Cancel Route Stop routing End route Cancel Trip Item in list Number Select Item number The (first | second | third | fourth | fifth Next More Go to next page Previous Page up Back (returns to the Say a Command screen) Cancel (cancels voice recognition and returns to the Map screen) Scrolling the list Cancel 30
Bluetooth Please note that not all of the features of the Magellan Maestro Bluetooth will work with all phones as features of cellular phones vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. Pairing your Bluetooth-ready Phone for the First Time Before you use the Bluetooth function of the Magellan Maestro receiver you must pair your Bluetooth-ready phone to the Maestro. A list of compatible phones can be found on the Magellan web site at www.magellangps.com/support.
Pairing Additional Bluetooth-ready Phones 1. Access the Bluetooth Settings screen. 2. Tap Pair Phone. 3. Follow the instructions above for pairing a phone. Importing Contacts 1. Access the Bluetooth Settings screen. 2. Tap Import Contacts to begin importing contacts from your Bluetooth phone. Calling Home 1. Access the Phone menu by tapping the Bluetooth icon on the Main Menu. 2. Tap Call Home. 3.
4. Enter the phone number or tap the Address Book button to select a phone number from your Address Book. 5. When the phone number is displayed at the top of the screen, tap the green checkmark. Speed Dialing a Phone Number 1. Access the Phone menu by tapping the Bluetooth icon on the Main Menu. 2. Tap Speed Dial. 3. Tap the button with the phone number you want to call. 4. The Magellan Maestro will begin calling the number. Answering a Call 1.
Settings With user Settings you can customize the Magellan Maestro receiver to better suit your personal needs and preferences. Tapping the Back arrow Tap as soon as you make them. from any of the Setting screens will not cancel the changes. Changes take effect Accessing System Settings 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon . 2. Tap System. Setting Languages 1. Access the System Settings menu (above). 2. Tap Languages. 3. Tap on the desired language. 4. Tap the back arrow . 5.
Selecting Units of Measure Auto power is the duration of time that the Magellan Maestro receiver remains idle before turning off automatically. 1. Access the System Settings menu (above). 2. Tap Units. 3. Tap on the desired unit of measure. 4. Tap the back arrow . Map Options Night Mode Setting Auto Night Map Display Normally the map is displayed in vivid colors for daytime use and with dark tints for night use.
Showing 3D Landmarks The Magellan Maestro includes 3D representation of select landmarks. You may choose to show or hide them. 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Map Options. 3. Checking Show 3D Landmarks enables this function. Showing Contour Map The Magellan Maestro also includes a contour map displaying the contour of the area when you zoom out. You may choose to show or hide them. 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Map Options. 3.
Navigation Preferences Setting The Default Route Method 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Navigation Preferences. 3. Use the drop-down menu to select the default routing method. Setting The Turn Warning Alert Sounds 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Navigation Preferences. 3. Use the drop-down menu to select the default sound you want played when alerting you to a turn. Enabling U Turn Guidance 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2.
Traffic Enabling Live Traffic This option is used when you want to turn traffic off. (Traffic information is available only after purchasing and installing the Traffic Link accessory.) 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Traffic. 3. Checking Enable Live Traffic allows the receiver to display received traffic information. Enabling Predictive Traffic 1. From the Main Menu screen, tap the Settings icon. 2. Tap Traffic. 3.
Backing Up and Restoring Data Backup and restore provides a way of storing the address book and other data on an optional micro SD card inserted in your Magellan Maestro receiver. When the data has been backed up, it can be restored at any time. Please note that when you restore from backed up data, address book and other data will be replaced with the restored data. The Magellan Maestro receiver cannot append backed up data to your existing data. 1. Insert a micro SD card in your Magellan Maestro receiver.
Traffic Live traffic information is an option available for your Magellan Maestro using the Traffic Link accessory. The Traffic Link accessory connects to your Magellan receiver through the Traffic Link power cable that is supplied in the kit. There is nothing you need to do other than to connect the power cable, traffic information is automatically activated and there are no traffic subscriptions to buy.
Traffic Incidents When routing, if a traffic incident(s), slow traffic or stopped traffic will delay your arrival, the traffic icon on the Map screen will display the computed delay due to traffic in the red box below the traffic icon. Across the top of the display is the banner for coupons and offers that are available for Traffic Link users.
