Product Description
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. |
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 (POIs), 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. In addition, the nüvi accepts custom (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.
Important note about map updates: Due to our high volume of sales, almost every garmin portable GPS navigator sold by Amazon.com will come with the most recent map version. If you ever do need a map update, you can purchase one from Amazon.com at our garmin Store.
Easy To Use Interface
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 (POIs). 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. 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.
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 (POI’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. garmin-icon-options.jpg">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.
| Screen Size inches (w x h) | Included 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 | |||
It *should* be a great product, but the problem is that it comes with old maps. Wouldn't normally be a big deal, but new roads get built over time, so they direct you to update the maps (free!). That is where the problem begins.
The update software is not intended for the 200. It is designed for units with more horsepower. And it doesn't work. It completely screwed up my unit, and judging from the complaints on Google, everyone elses too.
Their C/S queue is about 200 calls waiting at any one time, so plan on spending a half hour waiting on hold. There is no way to revert to the old software. It is a nightmare!
Grr!
I purchased the Garmin 200 after reading a lot of positive reviews on Amazon. It was a great product - simple design, easy to use. Unfortunately, it started to malfunction after 3 months. For example, it would just shut itself down even though it was plugged into a running car. Then the connection between the unit and the charger AND the charger and the car began to weaken. I say both because the red light that indicates the charger is plugged in doesn't always turn on, and if it's on, the unit doesn't always charge. I have another cigarette car charger that works just fine so I know the problem isn't my car. When I was able to get both connections going in my car, the unit would display that it was trying to read the connection to my computer. For something that is over $100 and was only used 3 times (once a month on average) for approximately 2 hours at a time, it should last more than 3 months. For those who are wondering, I didn't leave it in a freezing cold or oven-hot car and kept it in a drawer in my desk when it was not being used.
When I contacted Garmin to get a replacement unit or charger within the warranty period, I was told that the unit had to be completely dead to qualify for a replacement. As most people know, electronic items often exhibit problems well before they fully die, if ever. If my unit starts to malfunction when I'm driving 65mph down the freeway, it's "completely dead" to me because I can't fuss with it and safely drive at the same time. Garmin's "has to be dead" policy is a pretty poor stall tactic to run out the warranty period. For that reason, I'm replacing my unit with another brand.
I'd been pricing this product for over a year but wasn't impressed with the sales or discounts the stores were offering. On a whim, I went to Amazon.com and found a refurbished Garmin for $85.00 total - no tax & no shipping charges so I ordered it and received it even sooner than I expected. I have used it and would never know it wasn't new. I am very pleased with this product for the price !
We bought our Nuvi 200 16 months ago and have had problems finding business addresses that were established 3 years ago. I checked for updates in the beginning of winter and couldn't find any on the Garmin website. Today I went back to their site and they have discontinued this particular model and there are no updates available. What a waste of money and I feel had by Garmin. We will not buy another product from them. They dumped all of these models on the market and now they are basically useless. It really ticks me off that we went out and bought the cable to download updates.... Garmin, SHAME ON YOU!!!
I've had the Nuvi 200 since March of 2008. I purchased it for about $160 (at the time, a great deal) and haven't looked back. The unit does everything I expected, and thought it's a little beauty, it's not without its warts.
First, the good things. I like the list of points of interest. It's fairly complete and up-to-date, though things that changed within about a year of my purchase date weren't on the lists. Of course, that would be expected on any database, so it's not exactly a flaw. The display is readable and fast to show things and I really like the recalculation speed for this unit. Within 10 seconds of jumping off a calculated route, the 200 gives a new route to your destination. This is a little irritating sometimes if I intentionally jump off, to get gas, for example, but that's something that I would expect all units to do.
For the most part, the Nuvi 200 gives great routes to various points, though a couple of times I've wondered why it chose a particular route. It's set by default to route tothe shortest distance, so it's possible that a longer route that would go faster might not get chosen. Since this unit doesn't do any kind of traffic updates, I guess that this is a reasonable expectation.
Now the gripes. When you choose to select a destination by address, the Nuvi 200 automatically asks you to type in state you want to go to. It seems to me that the default should be the state you're already in. Even a choice of "Is this address in ?" would be a faster option. Secondly, the keyboard is permanently set to be alphabetical instead of QWERTY. this means you have to find the letters of your destination on the grid provided. Since it's not any kind of standardized grid, it's tough to remember what character is where on the keyboard. Every time I have to type something in, I have to stop and think about exactly how to spell it. On a QWERTY, I don't think, I just type. Again, annoying and counterintuitive.
The only other gripe I have is the cost of the update maps. I bought the unit for $160, but the new update maps for 2009 are available for $100. Does this mean that the hardware itself is only worth $60? I find that a little hard to swallow. I know that compiling such a large amount of data is expensive, but it's not like they have to start from scratch every single year. the vast majority of the map info in the update is exactly the same as last year's info, so it would seem to me that the additional cost of the updates wouldn't be that great.
I'm wondering if they're trying to make people buy new units with this policy. I am seriously tempted to purchase a unit upgrade (to, say, a nuvi 205 or even a 265) for $200 rather than spend $100 on just a set of maps. Either way, the technology has gotten fairly cheap, so it's a tossup.
Would I buy the nuvi 200 again? Definitely. When traveling in an unfamiliar city, it's a great tool. In the year since I bought it, the technology has gotten much better, so an upgrade is certainly doable. the Nuvi 200 has everything I need in a GPS unit. It's just that it's lacking a couple of things I want.
The Nuvi 200 is a great unit. I purchased 3. But here is the downside, vs purchasing a TomTom, you will pay through the nose for updated maps, and yes they definitely need updating. You can pay [...] per unit per year, [...] for lifetime updates. What is lifetime, for the life of the unit. Is that two years, three years? Is it transferable to a new Garmin unit you purchase? NO! So what's with the word lifetime? Sounds like it should be FLIMFLAM!
Everyone has a multi-unit discount plan for software, but not Garmin. TomTom on the other hand allows you to correct maps and routes that are in error. From what I have read they also have the most up to date maps.
I will give the TomTom a try, I originally chose Garmin because of the stellar reviews but the back end costs for correct map data seems to me to put TomTom ahead in that respect.
Bottom line, I would have to pay more for maps then I paid for the units and that's just not happening.
I found out about this Garmin GPS through my sister & brother-in-law having one for all their drivers in their business. So since my son travels from Illinois to Florida all the time, even after having some difficulty after a stroke, I bought him the same kind. All the drivers and my son wouldn't be without it.
Got a 2008 Map base unit and tried to install 2009 map update via CD. Unit tells me it does not have enough space. I preceded to move all data off into a temp folder to clear the unit. Assumed the update software would know what to do to make it functional under the new 09 Map data - assumed wrong, unit now knows nothing (Ha, total Microsoft logic). Called support, the guy said I needed to make about 350 MB worth of room by deleting the "text"& "voice" folder while leaving all else intact. Those two folders amount to about 11MB, what a joke. How is a non Garmin engineer supposed to know what to clear and what to leave to get the update. The tech said the units were not designed for updates when faced with the problem??????? So what are the update CDs doing on store shelfs??? As a Pilot I used to admire Garmin for their product and technical support, but I think their support and marketing strategy's are pulling them off their high horse. I have owned some of the earliest aviation units like the GPS90 and the more recent 2K Garmin 396, our department recently purchased a 250K G1000 Frasca and we don't even have free access to their training software so faculty can familiarize with the system. Their training software must be purchased and is low key and requires most new PCs in the department to be equipped with high end video cards to run a a G1000 simulator that graphical is reminiscent of a mid 1990s game. To get back to the Nuvi200 issue, I guess its a disposable unit. To all of you that might think I am clueless and the update is possible, have at it. A $150 unit is not worth spending 5hr in time experimenting with proprietary files to update. Unit works fine just don't plan on updating it. Good luck.
Works wonderfully and accurately, thugh I sometimes wonder why it chose the route it did in areas I know well. Then, when I get there, I understand the reason. I am very happy with the product.
It is exactly the GPS what you need. Simple, ligth, portable, it talks in different language. So it has everything you need as a normal GPS user at an excellent price.
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About Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #986 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: SILVER
- Brand: Garmin
- Model: Nuvi 200
- Platform: Not Machine Specific
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 2.80" h x .80" w x 3.80" l, 1.00 pounds
- Native resolution: 320 x 240
- Display size: 3.5
Features
- 3.5-Inch Qvga Display
- Sleek, Pocketable Form Factor
- Thinner Than Current Nuvi
- No Flip-Up Antenna
- Full Us & Canada Coverage
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