Product Description

The Triton 400 is so easy to use that its user manual may never make it out of the box. It reinvents handheld GPS by combining exclusive compatibility with National Geographic TOPO!® maps, new Magellan VantagePoint¿ content management software, a rugged, waterproof design, and the advanced feature set that outdoor enthusiasts need and expect.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13571 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Magellan
• Model: Magellan Triton 400
• Dimensions: 8.40" h x 3.10" w x 6.00" l, 2.25 pounds

Features

• Memory Boost: Storing data, including additional maps, terrain, and geocache data is easy with the Triton 400¿s SD card slot
• 2.2" (5.59 cm) full-color display delivers vivid imagery in the field.
• Extremely rugged and waterproof to IPX-7 standards
• AA batteries provide a readily available power source
• SiRFstarIII¿ delivers the fastest GPS position acquisition in the industry

Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description Magellan Triton reinvents handheld GPS. Amazingly easy to use, Triton 400 is perfect for the first-time GPS user. And the full-color display, SD-card compatibility, enhanced features, fast signal acquisition, reliable signal lock and precision positioning make Triton 400 an excellent choice for the advanced navigator.

The next-generation handheld GPS for precision outdoor navigation. Click to enlarge.

Simple menus, instant access buttons, intuitive scroll pad and crystal clear graphics let you navigate with ease. Click to enlarge.

See your direction of travel, distance and position of destination, heading, bearing, speed and more on the beautiful graphic compass screen. Click to enlarge.

Ready to guide you on any adventure. Click to enlarge.

SD-card compatibility maximizes your navigation capability. Add an unlimited amount of marine cartography, topographic maps and other content to navigate all your outdoor adventures. Plus, Triton is the first handheld GPS to offer compatibility with National Geographic TOPO! State series and Weekend Explorer 3D maps. These highly detailed nation-wide topographic maps based on USGS 1:24.000 series quads, offer seamless scalability, multi-layer overlays and much more.

The smartly designed interface with simple menus and intuitive button and scroll pad control make navigation fun and effortless. The full-color crystal clear display shows all your maps and navigation information in brilliant, easy-to-view graphics. Instantly see all your maps, locations and saved tracks and waypoints with just a click or two. Unlike other complicated devices that require you to scroll through page after page, Triton 400 gets you to the information you want with a few keystrokes.

Exclusive VantagePoint software enables easy management of maps, user generated content, updates and upgrades on your PC. View saved routes and tracks. Customize them for future trips or create new ones.

Triton is designed for precision navigation, offering the fastest GPS positioning acquisition in the industry with the SiRFstarIII chipset. An integrated high-sensitivity antenna provides reliable signal reception even in heavy cloud cover, canyons or deep woods. Built-in signal augmentation reception (WAAS/EGNOS) provides 3-meter accuracy.

Rugged and waterproof, the Triton 400 is built to withstand intense use, accidental impact and immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes (IPX-7). It's ready to guide you on any adventure.

The advanced features are also easy to use. View the elevation profile for the trail ahead (or any route). See the precise time of sunrise/sunset any day of the year. Get a calculation of the best hunting and fishing time. And much more.

Triton is built on the experience of GPS users over nearly 20 years of precision positioning technology from Magellan: the first name in navigation.

Magellan Triton 400 Features

Amazing ease-of-use
Reinventing handheld GPS, simple menus, instant access buttons, intuitive scroll pad and crystal clear graphics let you navigate without the need for a Ph.D.

Full-color 2.2" display
The large display shows maps, simple menus, navigation screens and other data in brilliant color.

SD-card compatibility
An invaluable feature enables you to use an unlimited amount of map data for topographic and marine navigation.

Add detailed maps
Upload optional marine cartography, topographic maps, and more, including the highly-detailed and feature-packed National Geographic TOPO! State series and Weekend Explorer 3D maps to your own SD cards.

Built-in maps
Basemap of the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, and Canada (major highways, city centers, bodies of water and more) plus worldwide geographic boundaries.

Access exclusive VantagePoint software
Lets you easily manage user generated content, updates and upgrades on your PC. View saved routes and tracks. Customize them for future trips or create new ones.

Compass screen
See your direction of travel, distance and position of destination, heading, bearing, speed and more on the beautiful graphic compass screen.

3-meter accuracy
SiRFstarIII chipset and integrated multidirectional antennae offer superior GPS accuracy using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

What's in the Box
Triton 400 GPS receiver, Quick reference guide, manual on CD-ROM

Customer Reviews

It's useless. Run far away from this GPS!
I only gave this product one star because zero stars wasn't an option!

Do yourself a favor. Do a quick online search and find all of the bad reviews for this product. They are all accurate.

These are just some of the bugs I have personally experienced:
- frequent lock ups, operating system crashes. See "Fatal error OutdoorNav.exe".
- cannot store more than 100 geocaches/waypoints without seizing up.
- odometer indicates 180% of actual mileage logged.

I can only think of a few pros for this product:
- satellite acquisition is good, even indoors.
- color screens are nice.
- it's inexpensive compared to other brands with similar features (although these advertised features don't actually work).

You are on your own if you buy this product and experience difficulties. Magellan has extremely poor customer support. Telephone support is outsourced and ignorant of the product's features. Online support is vague and slow to respond.

Retailers (including REI) have pulled the Triton line from their shelves.

Save yourself the hassle and check out other GPS units, such as Magellan's eXplorist line or Garmin's units. I did, and exchanged the Triton 400 for a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx. The evidence is overwhelming -- look elsewhere.

Actually, not so bad
I probably wouldn't have purchased this unit, but I had an Explorist 500 that wasn't working right and even though it was out of warranty, Magellan gave me the Triton 400 as a replacement. I also got the National Geographic Weekend 3D map for my area. I got the map to load, although it was slow. It's a neat map topographically, but I use the Triton on my bicycle and the map doesn't list all the street names. Also, it was last updated in 1981 for portions of the covered area, so it's woefully out of date. However, I found on Magellan's website step by step instructions for loading the Mapsend TOPO 3D disks that I got with the Explorist. I tried that it it worked great. So I now have good street maps loaded and the unit seems to be working just fine. Picks up satellites quickly. I'm still waiting for the firmware update to allow you to turn tracks into trails but found that any trails I try to create still turn up as blue paths on the map. The firmware update promises to allow different options for creating these things, but it would have been nice if they got all this together before releasing the product. So, far, so good, though. I haven't experienced the lockup that's been talked about.

Magellan Triton 400
After reviewing various GPS systems, I decided to purchase the Triton 400. I must say the majority of the reviews I read must have come prior to the firmware update currently available on the Magellan website. Once updated this unit has performed better than any GPS system previously owned (Non Magellan). I could not believe the sat. lock time. It was literally seconds inside my home. While traveling outdoors it seemed to lock as soon as I booted up the system. As for the manual, dont bother with what came inside the box. Just go to Magellan site and you will find a 60+ page well documented manual. Like any other technical device, it took a couple outings to determine the most efficent manner of performing the expected task. As for the previous reviews - I would recommend looking at current reviews (post firmware update)and discount the older ones. If you are a Geocacher than this device will suit your needs + some. It actually has a menu area just for Geocaching (Gives basically all the data fields you would find on the actual Geocache site. Again, I gave this device a 5 due to functionality, quality, and price.