12. Magellan's Exit POI Feature

Figure 59: Accessing the Exit POI Feature

Ever been driving on the highway and wondered what restaurants, food, and gas stations were available at each exit along the way? Another excellent feature unique to Magellan is "Exit POIs". The Exit POI function provides a way of accessing commonly used POIs that are near an exit you are approaching while traveling on a freeway. Exit POIs include restaurants, gas stations, auto repair, shops, and hotels. Note that Exit POIs can only be used while driving on a highway (either en route to a destination or just driving around).

To access the Exit POIs, tap Menu from the Map screen and then tap the Exit POI's icon, shown above in figure 59.

Figure 60: Using the Exit POI Feature

The Exit POI screen, shown above, displays a list of upcoming exits, along with the 4 categories of POIs: food, gas, auto repair, and lodging. To see the available POIs for a given category at an exit, tap on the category icon.

For example, to see all the gas stations at a particular exit, tap on the gas icon for the exit you want to view, and Maestro produces a list of all gas stations located at that exit (shown below).

Figure 61: Viewing POI Details via the Exit POI Menu

You can route to any POI found via the Exit POI feature by selecting the POI.

13. AAA RoadSide Assistance

Figure 62: Accessing the AAA RoadSide Assistance Screen

Tapping the tow-truck icon from the Main Menu brings up the "AAA Roadside Assistance Screen", shown below:

Figure 63: AAA RoadSide Assistance Screen

The "AAA Roadside Assistance" screen contains all of the information you will need to provide AAA Roadside Assistance emergency services so they can pinpoint your current location (or any other roadside assistance, for that matter). If you have a valid AAA membership, you can enter your membership # into the Maestro so that everything you need to call AAA is displayed on this screen (including the toll-free number to call).

14. Using the Address Book

Figure 64: Accessing My Addresses (Address Book)

"My Addresses" is where you store addresses that you want to keep as future destinations as well as access addresses that you have found to recently that may not be in your address book. The address book can hold up to 200 addresses (up to 50 of those can be marked as favorites).

To access the "My Addresses" menu, from the Main Menu tap the "Enter Address" icon, then tap on the "my addresses" icon. From here you can view previous destinations, view addresses that have been marked as favorites, view the address book, or create a new entry in the address book.

15. Setting the Home Address

Figure 65: The Home Address Icon

Your home address can be entered and saved in the Magellan Maestro as a quick shortcut for telling the GPS to route you back home. Once the home address has been set, you can quickly tell the GPS to go home by tapping on the home icon (house), as shown above in figure 65.

Figure 66: Setting the HOME Address

The first time you press the Home button, the 4250 prompts you to enter your home address. You can always change the home address later via the User Options menu.

16. Where Am I? Magellan's Locate Feature

Figure 67: Where Am I? (Locate) Icon

Magellan's GPS units have long had a wonderful feature that I love: the Locate, or, Where Am I?, screen. The Locate screen provides details about your current location, and is accesses via the map screen by tapping ont he direction icon in the upper left corner.

Figure 68: Magellan's "Current Location" Screen

The "Current Location" screen displays approximate address information, the next and previous cross streets, as well as your latitude/longitude. On the right side of the screen is a compass that points in your direction of travel, calculated elevation, and speed. The bottom bar displays the current date and time.

This screen also allows you to save your current location by tapping on the "Save" icon. This can be handy if you want to save a location that isn't in the POI database, for example, or a location that doesn't have an actual street address.