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Navigate without breaking your budget with nüvi 200. This affordable entry-level personal travel assistant comes with preloaded maps for the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. For even more mapping options, nüvi 250 features preloaded maps for all of North America, while the transatlantic nüvi 270 includes preloaded maps for both continents. Like all nuvi 200-series members, the 200 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design--perfect for everyday navigation.

The nüvi 200 comes preloaded with maps for U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and features an easy-to-use touchscreen and ultra-slim design.

Which nüvi is Best for You?: Click here to see a quick, simple comparison of features for all Garmin nuvi GPS navigators.

Smart, Powerful Design
The nüvi 200 is built with a high-sensitivity WAAS-enabled GPS receiver for extreme accuracy, as well as an SD card slot for storing your media and additional navigation tools, and a USB interface for loading data. All this is wrapped up in a package that measures 3.8 x 2.8 x .8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs just 5.2 ounces. The nüvi 200's 3.5-inch (diagonal) display is touchscreen-enabled, making it a cinch to control the device with your fingertips. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to five hours of battery life depending on use.

Navigate with Ease
nüvi comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps for the continental United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, including a hefty database of more than 6 milliong points of interest (P0ls), such as hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more, that are searchable by name or category. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. ln addition, the nüvi accepts custom (P0ls), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming P0ls.



lmportant note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every Garmin portable GPS navigator sold by will come with the most recent map version. lf you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our Garmin Store.




Easy To Use lnterface
Garmin's interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.





Beyond Navigation

Browse your stored pictures with an easy-to-use JPEG viewer.

nüvi accepts custom points of interest (P0ls). View larger.

Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi features travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. lt also comes with Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and configurable vehicle icons that let you select car-shaped graphics to show your location on the map.




This device is compatible with optional content plug-ins available via SD card, such as the  Garmin Travel Guides and Garmin SaversGuide provide detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nüvi for your travel needs.




Garmin has also added the ability for customers to add custom points of interest (P0l’s) from third parties such as school zones and safety cameras.



Trick Your GPS Ride

Custom vehicle icons let you ride in style, at least inside your GPS. See more icon option

All nüvis support configurable vehicle icons. These fun, customized car-shaped icons come in a variety of colors to add a personal touch to your vehicle's position on the map.

What's in the Box
nüvi 200, preloaded City Navigator NT for the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico (no Alaska or Canada detail), vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, and set up and go guide



Note: Like most USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me.

Which nüvi is Best for You?


Note: All nüvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.

	Screen Size inches (w x h)	lncluded Maps			Text-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)	Traffic	Bluetooth	Media	FM Transmitter (audio through car stereo system)	Multi- Point Routing	Battery life (hours)
		Cont. U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico	AK and Canada	Europe
nüvi 200	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 200w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 250w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 260w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 270	2.8 x 2.1							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 350	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 360	2.8 x 2.1					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 370	2.8 x 2.1					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 8
nüvi 650	3.81 x 2.25					FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 660	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 670	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver included)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 680	3.81 x 2.25					MSN (receiver included; 1-year free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 7
nüvi 750	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 760	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 770	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 780	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free) receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 850	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 880	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-enhanced (receiver inc.; 3 months free); FM (with opt. receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 5000	4.5 x 2.7					MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with opt. receiver)					external battery only

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Testimonials

Average Buyer Rating:

Buyer's feedback: - * Holy Crap, This Thing Is So Awesome!!! ...
I was a little reluctant to buy this, because of the negative reviews. Some complained about it having the old map, some say that the directions were wrong. So I worried.

But last week I went to a grocery store in my neighborhood where they had it on sale, and I say "Oh, what the heck," and bought it. Now, my reaction:

- I used it to find some tricky addresses in my city, and the thing worked beautifully. It took a while at first to find the maps and to recalculate directions when I purposely turned the wrong way, but after that, it only takes some 20 seconds to find the maps when I turn it on, and recalculating takes less than 10 seconds.

- The thing came with the 2008 map, so I was happy. But I decided to register, just so I could download some extra features they have on the website, and as a thank you, Garmin allowed me to download the 2009 map for free, so now I'm even happier. It's big though, over 2GB, but the link is in your account for 15 days, so you have time to download it. I didn't really see any difference in the map when it comes to my town. A school that opened a year ago isn't there yet, but if I had the address I'm sure it would have taken me there anyway.

- The screen is pretty good. You can't see it well when the sun is really bright, but you can see it well enough I guess. Besides, the voice directs you where to go anyway, so that compensates for that.

- Some people complain that it doesn't say the name of the streets out loud, and I'm still trying to figure out why that is bad. I really don't need that feature, since the instructions are so clear that you really have to have some severe problem to not understand them. And if you do, you shouldn't be driving anyway.

- The suction cup is the bomb. I put it in the window next to me, because I like having it at hands reach, but if you need to put it in the dashboard, it includes an adapter that you stick in there. I didn't think much of it, since there are so many extra suction cups they sell in addition to the GPS, but this one is more than enough.

Overall, a great product. It's not top of the line, but hey, you can get it for dirt cheap, so if you have a horrible sense of direction, like me, and don't have a lot of extra cash laying around, this is the thing.

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Buyer's feedback: - Must Own
This GPS does much more than I expected of it. I use it everytime I go out so I can learn how it operates. I do not always follow the route the it gives, but as soon as I go in a different direction, it recomputes and most times it is the route that I have planned. It has taken me over county roads with little or no traffic that I would never have found.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Garmin Nuvi ...
I ordered this after a neighbor and I were trying to find an address. She had one and it worked perfectly. It was very easy to use. I loved it so much I ordered two . One for myself and one for my husband.

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Buyer's feedback: - Great device
I wanted a good basic GPS. I did not need the expensive extras of most GPS units such as MP3 etc. My son is a college junior and accepted an internship at a plant in a town we'd never been to. The Garmin fit our needs exactly. It has assisted him in learning the area. I like the points of interest feature. My wife and I visited him one Saturday and using the poi were shown several restaurants to choose from and antique stores to shop. My son uses a cell phone instead of a land line. We did not have a phone book to refer us to these stores. And I did not have to buy a city map. I'll report back once I verify which map version I have and comment on how Garmin handles an upgrade should it be necessary.

I just registered my Garmin 200. A screen popped up informing me a map update is available. I followed the instructions and after about an hour and 20 minutes had the latest map installed. Outstanding

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Buyer's feedback: - * I can't get lost, that's a great feeling. ...
Now that I finally have a GPS I can't believe I went so long without one! I don't drive anywhere I am not familiar with, I get too nervous. Not anymore. Knowing that I can't get lost is great. I'm a Cup soccer mom and I travel to a lot of games, I use to have to arrange to follow people and now I don't have to do that anymore, now they follow me. I got the Garmin nuvi 200 and the only thing I wish is that it told me about traffic. It was the perfect price though. I highly recommend it.