Garmin nüvi 255W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

• 4.3 Inch Auto Navigator with Anti Theft Feature
• Voice Prompted Turn by Turn Directions
• With HotFix, It Calculates Your Position Faster to Get You There Quicker
• Compatible with Optional Enhanced MSN Direct Content
• JPEG Picture Viewer, World Travel Clock, Currency Converter, Calculator and More

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Description

The nüvi 2x5 models all sport the slim design this Garmin introduced together with the 200-series last year, so they all fit comfortably in your pocket or purse, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery this makes them convenient for navigation by car or foot.All of the models contain useful journey tools like a JPEG image viewer, world journey clock together with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and extra.

Important Product Information: This device features a "screen lock" aspect. This is a standard aspect on all nüvi 2x5 and 7x5 Garmin units. If you slide the "Power" key to the right, it will lock the screen and prevent any accidental touches. One time the screen lock aspect is engaged, the screen will go black/gray afterwards concerning 15 seconds to save power on the device. To open the screen, just slide the "Power" key to the center position. This aspect is really targeted for "Pedestrian" mode so this a customer can put the device in his or her pocket/purse and shortly open the screen instead of powering on/off constantly. For extra information, see page 5 of the product manual.

Key Features/Benefits for all 2x5 Series Navigators

• HotFix (Long Term Ephemeris Prediction) locates satellites faster (Study extra)
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Basemap shows 3D shaded terrain features (Study extra)
  
• Faster 333 Mhz processor proposes faster, smoother map drawing and vehicle icon motion throughout turns
  
• Redesigned customer interface proposes extra information (Study extra)
• Photo Navigation lets you upload geo-coded photos from a phone, geo-coding camera or photo site and find the way to them. (Study extra)
• Send addresses directly to your Garmin from Google Maps or Mapquest (Study extra)
• Automatic Time Zone Transition
• Topic-to-Speech provides directions together with real street names
• 4.3-inch Widescreen shows you extra of what's all-around you as you drive (Study extra)
• Memory Card Slots so you can add maps and journey guides, or store photos (MicroSD card slot on 3.5-inch units; SD card slot on 4.3-inch units)
• Preloaded Maps together with Navteq data of North America + Hawaii + Puerto Rico, counting 6.5 million searchable points of interest (Study extra)
  
• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery for simple portability (up to 4 hours per charge)
• Custom Vehicle Icons let you personalize your navigator (Study extra)
• Included Antenna for a slim shape factor
• Where Am I? -- instantly shows you all of the emergency services nearby (Study Extra)

What's in the Box
nüvi 255W, Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America or Europe (full coverage), Vehicle suction cup mount, Vehicle power cable, Dashboard disc, Fast begin manual

Which nüvi is Excellent for You?:
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Study Extra

Improved Interface

One of Garmin's key product philosophies is to do extremely advanced technology simple to use for anyone right out of the box, and perhaps nowhere is this better exemplified than in the customer interface for Garmin's portable navigation devices. Garmin's interface is a key to their success part of what makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Neat controls and sub-screens do it simple to enter or search for destinations and get data concerning your trip. Just touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there together with turn-by-turn voice directions, 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map updates as you find the way. This year, Garmin has redesigned its interface to contain much extra useful information.

Old Interface

New Interface

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HotFix™ – aka: Satellite Ephemeris Data Prediction

Your GPS device locks onto transmissions from a dedicated network of Satellites in order to determine its position. Until the device gets a "lock" on three satellites, it can't effectively find the way, so decreasing the time it takes for your device to get "satellite lock" is always a goal of GPS manufacturers. Together with Garmin's new HotFix technology, your Garmin GPS remembers the position of all satellites it is tracking when you turn it off, and calculates their movements in order to predict where they should be the next time you turn it on. This provides the device an idea of where it should look for satellites, and spectacularly reduces the time it takes for your Garmin to get its position and begin navigating. HotFix can predict satellite positions for up to 3 days afterwards the device was last turned off. Utilizing Garmin’s distinctive Web site — Garmin Connect Photos — users can select from millions of geo-placed photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing community and download them to the nüvi for a richer navigation experience utilizing images as a guide.

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Find the way by Photo

Utilizing Garmin’s distinctive Web site — Garmin Connect Photos — users can select from millions of geo-placed photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing community and download them to the nüvi for a richer navigation experience utilizing images as a guide. Select from Panoramio's collection of photos from all-around the world. Simple to use interface displays photos on Google Maps. Search for photos by setting name or map region boundary. Transport photos directly from Garmin Connect to device together with the Garmin Communicator. View photos in Google Earth. Maintains Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+ on Windows and Mac.

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3D Terrain Maps

Shaded relief terrain maps show you when to expect hills, mountains, forests and other natural features. Topographic terrain maps are viewable when utilizing the 2D "birds-eye" view.

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Send Addresses Directly from Google Maps or Mapquest

tching to try out a new restaurant, or environment off on a road trip to locate the excellent toffee apples on the east coast? Now, it's simple to search for locations on Google Maps or Mapquest, then transport the addresses directly to your Garmin GPS navigator. Hook up your Garmin to the computer via it's USB port Search for the setting you would like Click the Send link in the info window for the address. This will get up a popup "Send to" shape. Pick GPS, then pick Garmin and hit the "Send" button. The address will instantly transport to your Garmin device, The point will be saved as one of your favorites, and you can find the way to it or view it on a map just like together with any other favorite. The process does require a small plugin, which you can get at Garmin's website at http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3739. You can send business addresses to your Garmin device from these countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Excellent Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
Search for the setting you would like.	Pick "Send to GPS".	Go!

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Traffic-Capable for Either FM Traffic or Increased MSN Direct Content

FM Traffic

Together with an optional receiver, you can get alerts from TMC Clear Channel concerning traffic tie-ups and road construction this might lie ahead on your route. All you have to do is just touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour all-around any problem region. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour this is not relayed throughout the traffic receiver, the nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time. In much areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are continuous — there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. For the reason that traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, you can still pay attention to music or news programming on your car radio not including interference from incoming FM traffic data transmissions.

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Widescreen -- See Extra of What's All-around

The super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display provides is anti-glare for ease of viewing during the day and automatically changes its color profile for simple viewing at night or in dim light. It proposes 2d or 3D perspective views. The widescreen format provides you 70% extra actual screen region than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the region throughout which you are driving. This is particularly useful in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you recognize whether a detour is a good idea. In addition, the device itself is big, meaning controls on the screen are extra widely spaced and somewhat easier to push.

Wider screen lets you see extra of what's all-around. Evaluate these actual size views of a 3-inch (diagonal) screen

and a 4.3-inch diagonal widescreen

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Where Am I?

On any nüvi (counting this one), you can just tap "Where Am I?" to locate the closest hospitals, police stations, fuel stations, nearest address and intersection. In addition see your exact latitude and longitude coordinates.

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First-Rate Map Data

nüvi accepts custom points of interest (POIs). View big.

The nüvi comes ready to go right out of the box together with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps for all of North America, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, counting a hefty POI database together with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and extra. Just touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there together with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Garmin gets its map data from NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-excellence mapping. In addition, nüvi accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and security cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs

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Garmin Lock

Beyond Navigation

Browse your stored images together with an simple-to-use JPEG viewer.

Navigation is just the beginning. The nüvi 2x5 models features journey tools counting a JPEG image viewer, world journey clock together with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and extra. This device is compatible together with optional content plug-ins available via microSD card, such as the Garmin Journey Guides and Garmin SaversGuide offer detailed data for attractions and information on nearby merchants offering discounts, so you can customize nüvi for your journey needs. For Accessory Map Cards and Journey Guides the Units Aspect: a MicroSD Card Slot on the 3.5 inch Units, and an SD Card Slot on the 4.3 inch Units. Garmin has in addition added the capability for clients to add custom points of interest (POI’s) from third parties such as school zones and security cameras.

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Trick Your GPS Ride

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

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

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Notes

• Optional software for language translation, detailed journey guides, and savings programs agree to you to customize your nüvi to fit your journey needs
• Like much USB Mass Storage Devices, the nüvi is not compatible together with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me
• Visit Garmin.com to get the latest firmware updates for your nüvi to keep it existing and performing at its excellent

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Which nüvi is Excellent for You?

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

Device	Screen Size inches (W x H)	Integrated Maps			Topic-to-Speech (Directions in Real Street Names)	Traffic	Bluetooth	Media	FM Transmitter (audio throughout car stereo system)	Multi-Point Routing	Battery life (hours)
		Cont. U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico	AK and Canada	Europe
nüvi 205	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 205w	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 255	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 255w	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 260w	3.81 x 2.25							Photos			up to 5
nüvi 265T	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 265WT	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 275T	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 285WT	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (receiver integrated; 9 months free);		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 465T	3.81 x 2.25					FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 755T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 760	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 765T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 775T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 780	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (receiver integrated; 9 months free); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 5
nüvi 785T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (receiver integrated; 9 months free); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 850	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 855	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 885T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (receiver integrated; 9 months free); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos, MP3s			up to 4
nüvi 1200	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1250	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1260T	2.8 x 2.1					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1300	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1350	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (together with optional receiver)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1350T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1370T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1390T	3.81 x 2.25					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1490T	4.4 x 2.5					MSN-increased (together with optional receiver); FM (receiver integrated; Lifetime Traffic)		Photos			up to 4
nüvi 1690	3.81 x 2.25					NAVTEQ Traffic, 2 years free (Garmin nüLink! service)		Photos			up to 4

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