| nüvi
(The Ultimate Travel
Companion )
IIntroducing
the nüvi: A versatile travel assistant that’s
approximately the size of a deck of playing cards.
The nüvi is a portable
GPS navigator, traveler’s reference, and digital entertainment
system, all in one. Combined with detailed maps, the nüvi
provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions,
and finger-touchscreen control—making it easy to find
your way anywhere.
Travel Kit™
The nüvi also offers
a travel kit of useful travel tools to help keep any journey
fun: MP3 player, audio book player from Audible.com, JPEG
picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency
converter, measurement converter, and calculator. In addition,
optional software packages such as the Language Guide and
Travel Guide (sold separately on SD Data cards) can be added
for language and content support.
Language Guide™
software (optional)
Users can access an optional
Garmin Language Guide, with data provided by Oxford University
Press. This software suite contains a multilingual word
bank, phrase bank, and five bilingual dictionaries. The
multilingual word bank and phrase bank supports nine languages
and dialects, including American English, British English,
French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European
Portuguese, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.
The Language Guide lets travelers look up and translate
more than 17,000 words or 20,000 phrases per language. Through
the unit’s text-to-speech interface (offered only
on the nüvi 350), users can get a spoken pronunciation
of each entry in the word bank—along with gender and
part-of-speech information.
Travel Guide™
software (optional)
The new Garmin Travel Guide
is loaded with information provided by Marco Polo. These
guides put in-depth travel information—such as reviews
and recommendations for restaurants, tourist attractions,
and more—at the user’s fingertips.
Travelers can use the nüvi
to navigate to an address or search points of interest (POIs)—places
like hotels, restaurants, shopping, and tourist attractions.
The nüvi automatically calculates the fastest route
and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along
the way. Thanks to the nüvi’s text-to-speech
functionality, the unit audibly announces the name of upcoming
streets—letting drivers keep their eyes on the road
while navigating through busy traffic and tricky roadways.
If users stray off course, the nüvi automatically calculates
the quickest way to get back on track.
Traffic
The nüvi even provides
traffic alerts (in select cities) when used with a compatible
traffic receiver. By adding traffic services and a receiver
to your nüvi, you can avoid traffic tie-ups by simply
pushing a button to calculate a new route.
The nüvi also supports
custom points of interest (POIs) and configurable vehicle
icons — fun, customized car-shaped icons in a variety
of colors that show your position on the map.
The nüvi comes
in two configurations:
nüvi 300
This unit is sold exclusively in Europe. (Contact your Garmin
European distributor for pricing.) Customers can purchase
one of eight regional coverage areas:
- Italy and Greece
- Switzerland, Austria,
Eastern France, Northern Italy, and Southern Germany
- Germany and Czech Republic
- U.K. and Ireland
- France
- Spain and Portugal
- Nordics
- Benelux
The nüvi 300 comes
with approximately 200 MBs of internal memory for storage
of supplemental maps, MP3s, and audio books (available from
Audible.com)
nüvi 350
The European version contains full European mapping right
off the shelf. North American versions include pre-loaded
City Navigator NT maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
The nüvi 350's unique
"text-to-speech" feature calls out turns by street
name. In addition, this text-to-speech interface, gives
users the spoken pronunciation of each entry in the word
bank—along with gender and part-of-speech information.
The nüvi 350 also comes
with an A/C charger and approximately 700 MBs of internal
memory for storage of supplemental maps, MP3s, and audio
books (available from Audible.com).
nüvi Features:
- Receiver: high-sensitivity
WAAS-capable GPS receiver by SiRF
- Display: 2.8”
W x 2.1” H (3.5” diag.), 320 x 240 pixels;
bright, TFT display, 64K colors, with white backlight
and touch screen
- Unit dimensions: 3.87"
W x 2.91" H x 0.87" D (98.3 mm x 73.9 mm x 22.1
mm)
- Weight: 5.1 ounces (144.6
grams)
- Battery: built-in lithium
ion battery — between 4-8 hours of battery life
depending on use
- Supports FM TMC traffic
alerting
- Includes Garmin Lock™,
an anti-theft feature
- Voice announces streets
by name (nüvi 350 only)
- Preloaded maps for all
of North America or Europe (nüvi 350); preloaded
- maps for one European
region (nüvi 310)
- Fingertip touch-screen
interface
- Look up addresses and
points of interest
- Choose 2D or 3D map
perspective
- Upload custom POIs,
including alerts for speed zones and safety cams with
POI Loader
- Built in Travel Kit
includes MP3 player with sample MPs, audio books, picture
viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters,
calculator and more
- Add optional software
such as Travel and Language Guides to personalize nüvi
- SD memory card expansion
slot
- USB interface for loading
data
*Traffic services available
only in select cities where RDS-TMC coverage exists. Requires
the GTM 10 FM TMC traffic receiver and subscription fee
to enable traffic capability.
Please note: Like most USB
Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with
Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Package Includes:
- nüvi™
- Vehicle suction cup mount*
- Carrying case
- 12-24 volt adapter cable
- Dashboard disk
- USB interface cable
- Sample Language Guide content
- Sample MP3s
- Quick-reference guide
*Notice to Drivers in California and Minnesota
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