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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Garmin EAN: 0753759052379 Feature: Pre-loaded maps ready to use out of box Is Fragile: 0 Label: Garmin Manufacturer: Garmin Model: Nuvi 350 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Garmin Release Date: 2005-11-25 Studio: Garmin
Features Pre-loaded maps ready to use out of box Integrated SiRF GPS receiver Flip up antenna with optional external MCX-type ae Turn by turn directions Audible and visual navigation instructions
Accessories Garmin Nuvi USB/PC Cable for 200/300/600/700 series Garmin Nuvi A/C Charger for 200/300/600/700 Series Garmin Nuvi Leather Carry Case for 200/300 Series - non-widescreen Garmin GA 25 MCX low profile GPS antenna Nuvi 2xx & 3xx, vehicle adapter cable
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Tom Tom killer! Comment: Been using this for a good 6 months now and had no problems. Very useful to have the unit read out the actual road names as opposed to just blarting out "take the next left". You can actually navigate by voice alone when road names are read out. The only downside to this unit is the boot-up time, which can be a bit slow. But if you can live with that.... Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Sat Nav Comment: Excellent value for money, and having the street names announced as well is a very handy feature. The speed camera functions is very good, and adds more safety to the roads for everyone. More than pleased with this Sat Nav so far. I am pleased to recommend this product. Customer Rating: Summary: Interesting journeys! Comment: Straight out of the box and onto the windscreen. Easy to set up - type in postcode destination and away you go! Tested on 60 mile journey from Bristol to Tragegar. All was well until uneven surface through roadworks caused unit to fall off the windscreen and onto the floor. Stuck back on and continued. Surprised at instruction to leave the main road about 10 miles short of Tradegar and head to the hills via a narrow lane. Two miles later I ignored the instruction to take a left up a dirt track -"recalculating" spluttered the Nuvi through the very poor speaker. On reaching the main road again I was instructed to take right turn - surprising, as I was fairly sure this would take me back towards Bristol. About 5 mile into the road works and clearly heading the wrong way I was greeted by a chequered flag - apparently I had arrived! Several more miles before I could turn around and type in the postcope again. This time the Nuvi didn't mention the left turn up the country road and I eventually arrived some 30 minutes later than originally predicted. Next day we took a trip to the Big Pit. Eventually arrived after doing several u-turns and deciding not to enter a few back yards in the locality. Strangely, as we were parking in the car park of the Big Pit there was no chequered flag and the Nuvi spluttered something about doing a U-turn! On the wasy back from the Big Pit we let the Nuvi have another go. This time it chose a single-track lane. 3-4 miles on this lane with, thankfully, no traffic coming the other way (probably hadn't seen a vehicle in years!) Almost succeeded in getting us to the main road but, unfortunately, the Nuvi didn't know (and the local authorities hadn't warned) that the last 200 yards of this lane no longer exists as it's been turned into a mud bath accessible by JCBs only! If you want a mystery tour in Wales this is the gadget for you! Looking forward to taking the Nuvi to France. No doubt we'll see parts that your average tourist doen't know exist. Customer Rating: Summary: Amazing Comment: This Little GPS from Garmin in more than just a very reliable route finder/navigator , it comes with a specially coated 3.5" anti-glare screen with crisp, clear easy to read mapping,directions and function buttons. This unit has a rechargable lithium ion batteries which without external power will last at least 5 hours.Great for finding Places of Intrest any were in Europe. A great feature as you can sit in the comfort of your own home view the country you are thinking of traveling to on holiday and locate all nearby attractions,hotels,restaurants etc. Once you have chosen your accomidation and booked your holiday It will literaly show you its exact location and answer (visualy) some of the questions the travel agent may avoid. Is in near a main road ? is it near anything ? in fact you can virtualy find all attractions it is near and when in that country it will direct you turn by turn to your destination. The Nuvi 350 takes 4 hours max to charge but also works directly from a 12/24volt socket in your car via the supplyed cable (the mains charger cable is also supplyed with the Nuvi 350 but not the Nuvi 310). The 350 will speak both directions(ie turn left in 300 meters) and the road/street names (turn right into Hill street)allowing you to keep full concentration on the road. Voices are changable Male/Female One of the first things I tryed was to confuse it. I planed a route from my house some 3 miles to a point that I knew I could get to using 3 or 4 different methods. On the journey I purposely ignored a request to turn right knowing there was another 300mts further down the road. The Nuvi 350 announced recalculating once and the told me to take the next right into Ballyblack Road. I was extremly impressed with the speed of the calulation. Again later in the journey I took a wrong turn and again the nuvi came up trumps, this time it got me back on track via 3 additional roads. Alough this was a slightly longer route it got me to my destination. This is a real confidence booster for the times you really do miss a turn in an unfamiliar area. On that point, at any time during your travels you come across heavy traffic,roadworks or any other form of delay all you need do is hit detour and the unit calculates quickly ( within 5 seconds) altrnate roads to avoid the promlem and returns you to you originl route as soon as it can, Amazing and very usful. From the comfort of your home you can serch any location covered in Europe, zoom in & out and pan using your finger by touching the map and draging it. The alphabetical search itself is siplicity as well. Just start typing a street,town,country and when the unit has enough information (usually 3 to 4 letters)it displays all candidates for you to scroll through an choose from. The Nuvi 350 is quite slim Around 20mm and this is were it beats the TomTom One Europe (which wold be its direct compaison) Hands down.The nuvi make the TomTom look like it needs a crash diet pronto. Alough the two units are much the same size in the hieght and width stakes the TomTom is over twice the depth at it widest point and is not something you can simplly slip in you shirt pocket or indeed your average handbag. The Nuvi 350 covers all the basis such as full postcode search , search by entering country,town,street & house number & serch via entering text for example to finding a place of intrest. The Nuvi 350 also has a very extensive list of Points of Intrest (POI) covering anyting from Hotels,guesthouses,airports,ports,train stations (including undergrounds),cinemas,thaters,hospitals,atm's,petrol stations,car parks,Theme parks,zoos,arenas,Landmarks,bars,nightclubs,golf courses,fitness centres,leasure centres,shopping by catagory the list just keeps going. This list includes both address's & phone numbers for all the stored POI's and this list is updatable via the Garmin website. For me this unit is worth the asking price for tis alone. It really is like a personal assistant. Other features include an MP3 player that via a computer you can download your favourie mp3's alough I will say that the units speaker is fine with voice instructions during navigation its not great for mp3. It also has a jpeg picture viewer which you can also drag & drop photos directly from your computer to its internal memory or onto an SD card that you can insert into the unit itself. there is also a currency converter,world clock with up to 5 viewable times on a single screen, a calculator, an audio book reader and a bilingual dictionary. Finally you can add favourites from any of your searches, from the POI's or simplly by going to favourites and using the store facility at an point. You the can then go to favourites select the one you want and hit Go,the Nuvi 350 will direct you right there. Home has a location all of its own in favourites so no mater where you are hit home, 10 seconds later the unit anounces your first direction to take you there from anywhere in the UK or Ireland. Its that simple. Its nearly worth actualy getting lost for ! Customer Rating: Summary: Absolutely excellent Comment: Just as good as I'd hoped. Easy to navigate with, easy to load data (Points Of Interest) which you can get from the net, comes with a database of safety cameras which you can keep up to date for about £40/year. Detailed and accurate maps of the whole of western Europe, and decent maps of the urban areas further East. Sat reception is very impressive, routefinding is quick. The British voices are fine, it's easy to understand what they want from you, and the pronunciation of road names is nearly perfect. At this price, it's a no-brainer. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The Nüvi 350 is a portable GPS navigator, traveller'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-touch screen control?making it easy to find your way anywhere.The 3.5?, 320 x 240 pixels bright, TFT display offers a three dimensional mapping perspective, or 2-D overhead view. The Nüvi 350 also offers a travel kit of useful travel tools to help keep any journey fun: MP3 player and JPEG picture viewer.Travelers can use the Nüvi 350 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. If users stray off course, the Nüvi automatically calculates the quickest way to get back on track.The Nüvi 350 offers a SD memory card expansion slot.The Nüvi 350 includes a built-in lithium ion battery with 4-8 hours of battery life, depending on use.