Garmin nüvi 680 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

- Pre-loaded with complete Navteq Maps for North America
- 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions; Accepts custom points of interest (POIs)
- Bluetooth wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker allows for hands-free calls
- 1 year free subscription to MSN Direct Traffic, Weather and Entertainment Service
- Super-bright, sunlight-readable color screen
Amazon. com Product Description Travel throughout North America without loading any more maps with the Garmin nüvi 680 Personal Travel Assistant with MSN Direct. Plus, you can receive door-to-door directions while staying on top of local weather, traffic, and more with nüvi 680. The device features a colorful widescreen, hands-free calling, and an FM transmitter, then takes it up a notch by adding dynamic content from MSN Direct, as well as a convenient digital travel kit that includes an MP3 player with sample MP3s, audio books, a picture viewer, a world clock, currency and measurement converters, a calculator, and more. This pocket sized personal travel assistant has a super bright, sunlight-readable color screen. See side view. Easy control via the simple touch screen. Weather reporting available with bright, colorful graphics. Despite being loaded with features, the nüvi 680 still allows you to navigate with ease. This unit comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded NavTeq City Navigator NT street maps for North America, and includes a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel stops, ATMs and more. Simply touch the super-bright, sunlight-readable color screen to enter a destination, and the 680 takes you there with either 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. This navigator voice even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road, and can concentrate on your driving to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. In addition, the 680 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 that require your special consideration such as speed zones and safety cameras. Speaking of keeping you safe, the nüvi 680 lets you make hands-free calls so you can talk freely during your worry-free driving. By integrating Bluetooth wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker, you can pair your nüvi with any compatible Bluetooth phone and talk hands-free while staying focused on the road. You no longer have to fumble with your phone’s handset to answer a call or dial a number, just tap the 680’s screen and you’re instantly connected. And with 1-touch dialing for your POIs, you can quickly and conveniently call ahead to make reservations or get needed information. Simply insert a memory card to enjoy pictures, songs, and audiobooks. You can also use the mini-USB port for tranferring files directly to the memory card. The new nüvi 680 lets you get localized information with dynamic content from MSN Direct, making it one of the most resourceful navigators available. Using the included receiver and free trial service to MSN Direct, you can check your local weather, avoid traffic backups, compare local gas prices, and even check movie times and locations, all while you travel. Easy and virtually fool-proof to use, the MSN Direct receiver is plug-and-play portable so you can quickly connect to your navigator unit when you are out and about. All of which can be customized with configurable vehicle icons that let you choose individual car-shaped icons in a variety of colors that show your position on the map. In additional to all this functionality, the nüvi 680 includes many must-have entertainment and travel tools such as an MP3 player, an audio book player (subscription to Audible. com required), and a JPEG picture viewer so you can take your favorite music and pictures with you wherever you go. This unit also features a world travel clock with time zones, a currency converter, a measurement converter, and a calculator so that wherever you travel it will be easy to know what you are getting and keep track of your costs. The MP3 player lets you browse music by artist, album, and/or song, while the optional audio books may be purchased from Audible. com which features over 70,000 hours of audio programs. What’s more, the nüvi 680 allows further customization via optional software such as a travel guide, savings programs and language translation on plug-and-play SD cards for all your travel needs. The Garmin nüvi 680 comes with a built-in, high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, and lets you view and operate it via its bright, LCD TFT touch-screen, wide-screen display that measures 4. 3 inches (diagonal) and has a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels with 64,000 colors and a white backlight. As a whole, the nüvi 680 measures 4. 9 x 2. 9 x 0. 9 inches (W x H x D), and weighs only 6. 2 ounces for easy portability. This unit provides you with from three to seven hours of battery life (depending on use) via its rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and comes with Garmin Lock, which is an anti-theft feature to protect your investment. While you can add software via the SD card slot, the Garmin nüvi 680 also lets you interface via high-speed USB for loading data, though users should note that, like most USB mass storage devices, this unit is not compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me. The nüvi 680 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 stops, ATMs, and more. What’s in the Box Garmin nüvi 680 with MSN Direct, City Navigator NT maps for North America (preloaded, full coverage), MSN Direct receiver with integrated vehicle power cable, 1 year of free MSN Direct service, vehicle suction cup mount, an AC charger, vehicle power cable, dashboard disk, a USB cable, leather carrying case, quick reference guide, and owner’s manual. 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. Device 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 680 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN (receiver included; 1-year free); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 7 nüvi 205 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 205w 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 255 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 255w 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (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-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 265WT 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 275T 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 285WT 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); Photos up to 4 nüvi 465T 3. 81 x 2. 25 FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 755T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 760 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 765T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 775T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 780 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 5 nüvi 785T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 850 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 855 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 885T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (receiver included; 3 months free); FM (with optional receiver) Photos, MP3s up to 4 nüvi 1200 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1250 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1260T 2. 8 x 2. 1 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1300 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1350 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (with optional receiver) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1350T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1370T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1390T 3. 81 x 2. 25 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; Lifetime Traffic) Photos up to 4 nüvi 1490T 4. 4 x 2. 5 MSN-enhanced (with optional receiver); FM (receiver included; 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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I have ordered before with amazon with no problems, until now. I ordered the garmin nuvi 680. as i grabbed the box i heard some rattling around inside and noticed that there was no tamper tape on the cover where we open the box. I opened the box and the msn plug for my automobile was broken. “Ok” i thought. i called C. S. and spoke to someone who said “no problem, mail it back and we’ll ship a new one. ” The next day i noticed nothing had been shipped so i called C. S. again, they tell me they don’t even know about my call the day before. I realize im talking to someone in the philippines and he sounds like hes talking under water. I immediately say cancel my order i don’t want it anymore. Problem solved right?????/ You would think. i come home the next day and notice i have a garmin already being shipped to me so i call C. S. You know what, this isn’t worth my time and neither is amazon. good luck to all you people out there and screw you amazon. you deal with Americans and you should have Americans deal with us. screw you ,never again
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve used magellan tech for years. Garmin has been all the rage, so I got the 680. My first take was possibly prejudiced by the magellan, but I could only choose fastest way, not most or least use of highways. OK, it’s different. Took it on a road trip to DC. It always skipped the freeways. Always. I could understand skipping due to traffic, but it took us in one way and out another, and they weren’t even close to each other. Took 45 minutes and 45 turns to leave dc. Leaving it took us the wrong way down a 1 way street. A clearly marked local access only during 3 hours of the day street. One of the times I missed the turn (there is an occasional delay and it can be hard to tell where to turn with lots of smaller blocks) and went behind our hotel. We still had a circle and some other 1 way street issues to get to the right place. Waiting for the light, I steered away from the hotel in my lane and it said I arrived. Frequently it had us following the route for several (up to 10) seconds when we had made an obvious wrong turn. Accuracy was generally around 300 to 500 feet and start up time was up to 5 minutes. This was with the external antenna and no line of site issues. The msn traffic and other info is useless. It is only good for yesterdays info, takes hours to download and is only useful in major metro areas. Pass on this technology for a good while. Pass on garmin software as well. This lost on start up, accuracy and routing. Oh, and it gets mad when you make it recalculate route. It was actually funny. Like I was frustrating it. I could almost hear it mumbling and swearing.
Rating: 1 / 5
If you can get one, do it. The very best GPS you can have.
Rating: 5 / 5
I LIVE IN BRAZIL, TRAVELING IN US LAST MONTH THE 680 WAS VERY USEFUL WITH RELIABLE AND PRECISE INFORMATION. HERE IN BRAZIL IT IS ALSO USEFUL, BUT THE NUMBER OF CITIES WITH ALL INFORMATION IS STILL SMALL. I HOPE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE COVERAGE HERE CAN BE AS GOOD AS IN US. ANYWAY THE PRODUCT IS EXCELLENT.
Rating: 5 / 5
Bought this after owning many streetpilots decided to jump to the best Nuvi. Everything worked great as exp[ected until all of a sudden the GPS did not detect the satelittes anymore and it has no bars when it should be full as far as signal strength so the unti is Dead, now Ive got to call Garmin and get this thing replaced. . . what a PAIN!
What the flip antennea guys it is a real piece of garbage!
Rating: 1 / 5