Garmin Nuvi 250 Widescreen Satellite Navigation System with European Mapping

Product Details

Binding : Electronics
EAN : 0753759072186
Manufacturer : Garmin
Model : 010-00656-02
Product Group : CE
Release Date : 2007-07-17
UPC : 753759072186

ASIN : B000SDWGF6

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Simple navigation at an affordable price ? that's nüvi® 250. This entry-level Personal Travel Assistant comes with preloaded maps for Europe. For added flexibility, choose nüvi 270 with preloaded maps for both continents or save more with nüvi 200 which offers less map coverage at a lower price. Like all nüvi 200-series members, the 250 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design ? perfect for everyday navigation. Navigate With Ease nüvi 250W comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. 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. In addition, nüvi 250 accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. Go Beyond Navigation Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 250 features many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It 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. Optional plug-in SD cards for our line of 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. Package contents :- nüvi 250W Preloaded City Navigator® NT for Europe (full coverage) Vehicle suction cup mount Vehicle power cable Dashboard disk Set up and go guide

Manufacturer's Description

nüvi 250W • Great value, easy to use widescreen

nüvi 250W Great value, easy to use widescreen. Pre-loaded European street maps. Wide 4.3” sunlight readable touch screen display Get the bigger picture, view map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright colour. Its sunlight-readable, antiglare, landscape, 4.3 inch display with white backlight is easy to read. Pre-installed Cyclops safety camera database Accurate & comprehensive safety camera database from Cyclops. You can download safety camera updates daily to have the most current information available. You will be alerted when approaching traffic cameras, helping you to keep within the speed limit and avoid accident blackspots. Garmin Lock™ theft prevention Disables the Garmin until a PIN is entered or taken to a predetermined location. Points of interest database Preloaded hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more with ability to add customized POIs such as school zones and safety cameras. You can then set proximity. Travel Kit with Currency Converter and Picture Viewer Make the most of your nüvi with picture viewer and currency and measurement converters. Re-chargeable li-ion battery - up to 5 hours life. Turn-by-turn guidence with voice prompts.

European Mapping Touch Screen 4.3" Widescreen Safety Cameras Points of Interest Voice Guidence Travel Kit

Box Contents

Nüvi 250W
Vehicle suction cup mount
Vehicle power cable
Vehicle power cable
Dashboard disk
Quick start manual

Customer Reviews

London to Switzerland (2008-09-03)

I bought this satnav because i was driving from London to Zurich. Generally it was a great piece of kit. The main pros being very easy to use straight out the box (I plugged it in for the first time on the day before my trip), the unit is much thinner than my previous tom-tom and the instructions are clear, not to mention the decent price. The only downside I found on the 800 mile ish journey was that, in some places (rural France and near lake Geneva), the Garmin tried to take me on 'shortcuts' when they weren't strictly a good idea. For example, where a relatively main road meets the next required road 5 miles ahead, it might take me on a more minor road which may well be shorter in distance but of no real benefit, due to it being smaller and usually poorer quality. That said though, the Garmin saved my life when a motorway on the border of France was unexpectedly closed with no diversion signs. All in all i would absolutely recommend buying this.

Good, but uses back roads in France... (2008-08-18)

Having read the reviews and seen the benefits of my friend's TomTom in France last year, I went for the Garmin, having read the reviews. Generally, I am very happy with the Garmin but, despite the settings being ok, it kept directing me on C roads between towns in France, when D roads are more suitable; for those unsure of C roads, they are basically a single lane country track, and there are quite a few tractors in France! Despite this, I am happy with the Garmin, although the 2008 European maps are not as up to date as my 2008 AA France road atlas.

GARMIN NUVI 250W (2008-08-16)

I brought a Garmin 250W from amazon it arrived within 3 days and was so easy to set up and use I was really suprised we use it all the time now. The other day i lent it to my sister in law she used it and found it so simple now I've got to find one for her

First time sat nav user (2008-08-11)

I used this straight out of the box....no set up at all required to get going. I am not technical by any means so this was a big plus for me. It is so easy to use and has lots of useful things like points of interest. The only reason this gets 4 stars instead of 5 is that although it has European mapping, it didn't work in the Greek Islands which was one of the reasons I bought it but has all the main european maps. I would still highly recommend this.

Novice sat nav user (2008-08-07)

I was hostile to the thought of Sat Nav until we tried it. It is very effective for urban driving and is very patient when you don't follow its instructions.The ability to have instant directions in a strange place to a petrol station or supermarket is very useful.This one does work with a heated front windscreen.

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