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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: - * Decent Budget GPS ...
GPS is decent; however it has some good features like points of interest and intersection look up. I live in NYC and use it a lot to find places but just get intersections instead of addresses. The directions are sometimes a little strange and take you some odd ways. Also when you use the address function it doesn't really get you to the house it's supposed to get to but somewhat close. It gets me to the block and then I look for the house number. Also the points of interest don't have a lot of destinations in it. I haven't connected it to my computer to check for updates but should soon.
Other then that the GPS is a good budget GPS if you are looking for something to get you place to place even long distance trips. I went from Long Island to Cape Cod and had no problems along the way. I would recommend this for a gift to someone or just to get if you want a nice slim very useful GPS. If you want something to know exactly where you're going and find every place you're looking for I wouldn't recommend it for that.

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Buyer's feedback: - Very Functional
This little device is amazing. Lots of features and very affordable. Buy several and give them to friends and family.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Best GPS on the market. Will pay for itself on gas savings. BUY THREE! ...
I purchased two of these last Christmas and gave one to my girlfriend. Recently I gave one to my brother for a Birthday present. She says it is the best gift she has ever received and she uses it all the time, taking it with her when she travels. For myself. I like three things about it. I never get lost any more. I find new and quicker routes to places I go often. I suspect it has paid for itself on gas savings alone. Finally, even though I don't always follow it's directions, because on common routes I know quicker ways, I love the fact that it tells me what time I will arrive. It is very accurate on time estimates. If you are going to be late, you can give an estimated arrival time.

The display is fine. I see no need for a larger display. The touch controls are perfect. I've seen other brands with buttons. You don't want that. Touchscreen is the only way to go. There are more advanced models that include traffic reporting. My girlfriend often drive to Manhattan and through New York state from Connecticut to New Jersey--an awful route. She loves this model and does see the need for the traffic routing. That feature will triple your cost.

What else do I like. I like the favorites control. It is easy to use. I add place I go to often, saving from recently found. You can rename locations quickly and easily. The sound can be turned up or down easily with the touchscreen also.

One warning, take the time to punch up the address before you start driving. It can be a distraction that could get you into an accident if you try to drive and punch in the touchscreen keyboard. that keyboard works great when stopped, but it is much harder to use while in motion--If you use the favorites, that is fast, three key punches to enable, and safe to operate while moving.

It includes and SD card reader to display pictures--a useless feature, in my opinion. Also you can remove it and hook it up to your computer to update points of interest. Points of Interest often make it easy to find places you want to go--like restaurants for example. However, I find it is usually faster to punch in an address. I make a habit of punching in an address, and storing it in advance of a trip. This gives me a time estimate, which I use to plan my departure time, with an alarm setting on my cell phone.

It has a battery so that you can take it with you while walking! Handy in a city where you can't find numbers on buildings and have to park a distance away. There is a lever on the window suction mount that can be thrown to remove it easily. Be sure to bring the mount with you when you travel, because this thing will not stand up on it's own, and laying it on the dash will find it sliding all over the place and hard to read.

Power is by mini-USB adapter and cigarette lighter plus. I'm consider getting a second power adapter and permanently wiring it in. If you cigarette lighter turns off when you shut of the car, it will take a bit longer to boot up. I don't have that problem with my pickup truck. I'd rather turn it off when I plan to leave the vehicle parked for a long time, over having to wait for it to boot up every day. There is an option to leave it on in battery mode. Do that if you lighter disconnects when the car is shut off.

When not giving you directions, the map display is nice. It provides street name information as you drive that can be read from the display. I find I learn the street names that I never would have learned otherwise, because they are impossible to read on signage while driving.

The bottom like is if you get lost with this device, in means the address was incorrect. Never get lost again. Think about taking that stress out of your life. It will make you happier.

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Buyer's feedback: - Great for price!
My wife and I used this GPS during our trip to Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Nuvi helped us a lot to find routes and of course very helpful to find "point of interest" such as gas station, restaurants etc. (some addresses are little outdated though; probably we need update our GPS). Nuvi 200 gives accurate routes and re-calculates routes pretty fast.
In summary, this a great GPS at affordable price!

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Buyer's feedback: - * very convinient module ...
It 's very easy to use. So far, the GPS direction instruction is accurate. the resolution is about 20 to 40 meters. Some time, the satellites serching is some slowly.