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The Garmin 1390T GPS navigator with Bluetooth and
included Traffic Receiver features a widescreen, ultra-slim design
(approximately 25% thinner than previous models), enhanced user interface,
ecoRoute, public transit mode, and text-to-speech on all models. The nüvi 1300
series are the first nüvi devices to offer pedestrian navigation capability
enabled through optional CityXplorer maps, which are available for select
tourist destinations in North America and Europe and can easily be downloaded
directly to the nüvi. The nüvi's enhanced user interface features improved
graphics and a new slide control for menu operation, while ecoRoute suggests
fuel-efficient routes to save drivers money and fuel. Also, Garmin's new public
transit mode allows you to navigate using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban
rail systems. Pre-loaded with City Navigator North America NT.
Thin New
Design
The nüvi units are just over a half-inch thick and weigh only 5.7 ounces, which means they'll fit easily into your pocket and can be taken just about anywhere. Bluetooth Wireless
Technology
The 1390T enables calling with a compatible phone, giving you a completely hands-free mobile phone experience. Broadcasts navigation and phone calls through your car stereo. NAVTEQ Traffic Receiver
Included
The included traffic receiver provides North America traffic information to your 1390T. Using this data, your device alerts you to local traffic tie-ups and displays current traffic levels. The receiver also acts as an in-vehicle power charger. Traffic provided by NAVTEQ Traffic. Watch informational video - Comprehensive, reliable nationwide coverage
- Accurate traffic flow speeds
- Unplanned incidents such as accidents and stalled
vehicles
- Planned incidents such as road construction and
closures
- Information about special and sports events and holidays that may affect traffic
See More
With nüvi 1390T's widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos, and more in bright, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, 4.3-inch display is easy to read--from any direction. Easy-to-Use Touchscreen
Interface
One of Garmin's core beliefs is to continually enhance the simplicity of the user experience. The nüvi on-screen menus are logically arranged, with clearly labeled, colorful icons, making it easy to enter data and get to the information you need quickly. Navigate with
Ease
nüvi 1390T comes ready to go right out of the box, with pre-loaded City Navigator North America NT street maps and millions of points of interest (POIs), such as hotels, restaurants, fuel stations, ATMs, and more, with map data provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality mapping. Enter a destination on the touchscreen, and nüvi takes you there with 2-D or 3-D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Text to speech enhances standard sat-nav voice guidance by speaking the names of places and roads. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. In addition, nüvi 1390T accepts custom points of interest, such as school zones and safety cameras, and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. Travel North
America
With nearly 6 million points of interest and detailed road coverage for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, City Navigator North America NT delivers all the data you need to navigate North America. - Displays nearly 6 million points of interest--hotels,
restaurants, parking, entertainment, fuel, shopping, and more.
- Includes highways, interstates, business, and
residential roads in metropolitan and rural areas.
- Includes such detailed information as turn
restrictions, roundabout guidance, speed categories, and other navigation
features.
- Gives turn-by-turn directions on your compatible
Garmin device.
- Includes postal code support for Canada.
- Contains traffic data for compatible Garmin devices
that use traffic receivers.
- Enhances pronunciation data for compatible Garmin devices that speak street names (example: "Turn right on Main Street").
Know the Lane Before
It's Too Late
No more
guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Lane assist
guides you to the correct lane for an approaching turn or exit, making
unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. It realistically displays
road signs and junctions on your route along with arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation. Junction View takes it a step further, giving you a photo-realistic screen that shows you both the road detail as well as the signs as you will see them on the road.
Pedestrian
Navigation
With the Public Transit feature, you can navigate using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban rail systems with optional CityXplorer content. Downloadable CityXplorer data and city guides are available for purchase and download from garmin.com for many cities.
Where Am I?
Keep track of yourself and your car with nüvi 1390T. Just tap "Where Am I?" to find the closest hospitals, police stations, fuel stations, nearest address, and intersection. Also see your exact latitude and longitude coordinates. The nüvi 1390T even remembers where you parked. It au
tomatically marks your position when you remove it from the windshield mount, so you can navigate with nüvi on foot and find your way back to your vehicle. Perfect for unfamiliar spots and crowded lots, such as amusement parks, stadiums, and malls.
HotFix Satellite
Prediction
Garmin's HotFix capability automatically calculates and stores satellite locations, greatly reducing satellite acquisition time so that you can turn the unit on and get going. With HotFix, your nüvi 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. HotFix can predict satellite positions for up to three days after the device was last turned off. ecoRoute
With this feature, drivers can view suggestions for fuel-efficient navigation, conserving both money and fuel: - Save Gas and Money--Now more than ever, we're all looking for ways to conserve both money and fuel. Whether we're taking fewer trips or carpooling with family and friends, saving resources is a top priority. It was that thinking that led to the creation of ecoRoute--Garmin's free software update for compatible nüvi products that allows you to find more fuel-efficient routes when navigating and even track their fuel usage. With ecoRoute, you may be able to save gas and money by adopting smarter driving habits.
- Select Fuel-efficient Routes--With ecoRoute, you have a "less fuel" option as a routing preference. When selected, nüvi will determine if more fuel-efficient routes exist based upon road speed data and vehicle acceleration data for a given route.
- Get Fuel and Mileage Reports--Through ecoRoute's Fuel Report and Mileage Report, you can focus on your habits even when you're not behind the wheel. Fuel Report tracks fuel usage over time, and Mileage Report monitors mileage and fuel usage on a per-trip basis. In addition, Mileage Report makes it easy for business travelers to keep track of distance traveled for company reimbursements. You'll have a detailed report for each trip and the miles driven. You also can customize your nüvi by entering your car's fuel economy and the current price of gas.
MSN Direct Compatible
Add the GDB 55 receiver for MSN Direct. With dynamic content from MSN Direct, you can avoid traffic backups when you travel with your compatible Garmin device. MSN Direct broadcasts traffic data to your GPS navigator so you can find the best route through traffic, check traffic flow, and receive accident warnings. Avoid Traffic Tie-ups by Adding the GTM 25
The GTM 25 provides North
America traffic information to compatible Garmin GPS navigators. Using this
data, your device alerts you to local traffic tie-ups and displays current
traffic levels. The receiver also acts as an in-vehicle power charger. Traffic
provided by NAVTEQ Traffic. Navigate by Photo with
Garmin Connect Photos
Using Garmin's Connect Photos Web site, you can choose from millions of geo-located photos provided by Google's Panoramio photo-sharing community and download them to the nüvi for a richer navigation experience using pictures as a guide. - Choose from Panoramio's collection of photos from
around the world.
- Easy-to-use interface displays photos on Google Maps.
- Search for photos by location name or map area
boundary.
- Transfer photos directly from Garmin Connect to
device with the Garmin Communicator.
- View photos in Google Earth.
- Supports Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, and Safari 3+ on Windows and Mac.
Take It with
You
The nüvi 1390T sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot. Additional Features
- Speed limit indicator--unit displays speed limits for
most major roads
- DEM maps show you shaded terrain contours at zoom
levels of five miles and above.
- Auto time zone automatically adjusts your time zone
while navigating.
- Trip computer records mileage, max speed, total time,
and more.
- Built-in travel kit includes such features as picture
viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters, and calculator.
- microSD memory card expansion slot allows for
optional mapping and data storage.
- Includes Garmin Lock anti-theft feature.
- Configurable vehicle icons allows users to select
fun, customized car-shaped icons; download additional choices from
www.garmingarage.com.
- Offers a 3-D mapping perspective or 2-D overhead
view.
- Unit dimensions: 4.8"W x 2.9"H x 0.6"D; Weight: 5.7
ounces
- Built-in lithium-ion battery lasts up to four hours,
depending on usage.
- Includes sturdy suction cup mount that allows for
easy adjustment and quick release.
- Simplified PC connectivity, using USB mass storage,
access either the microSD card slot or the unit's internal memory directly
from your PC desktop.
- POI loader program lets you set up proximity alerts for school zones, create custom POIs, and more.
What's in the
Box
nüvi 1390T preloaded with City Navigator North America NT, Vehicle suction cup mount, FM traffic receiver/vehicle power cable, Dashboard disc, Quick start manual Note: All nüvis come with detailed NAVTEQ maps
containing more than 6 million pre-loaded point of interest locations.
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 Excellent! |
| Review Date: December 27, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Colonel Panic, Bay Area, CA |
I bought the Nuvi 770 for my wife for Christmas. I had been watching the GPS price/features evolution for some time, and almost went with the 660. Ultimately, the new, more polished interface of the 770 and a few of the more recent features won out. As a Mac user, one of the most important aspects of any electronics device is the willingness of the manufacturer to support the Mac platform. Garmin does a very nice job of this. I downloaded the Web Updater and updated the 770 software in less than 5 minutes. I also installed the POI uploader and tested it out; worked great.
While the 770 is no iPhone, it does what it does very well. The number of steps required to get to desired information is not significant, and the screen interface is quite nice. Very polished, less "cartoonish" than some interfaces I have seen. The 3-D view is very effective. Directions were flawless. No chance yet to test the Traffic.com functionality.
My wife loved how well the 770 pairs with her iPhone. Dialing POI phone numbers was simplicity itself, and the ability to use the 770 as a handsfree speakerphone, even when dialing with the iPhone is very nice. Sound quality is pretty good, too, for such a small speaker. Persons on the other end of the line report that sound quality is good and fully understandable.
The FM transmitter feature--for which I did not have high expectations--is at best so-so. The 770 seems to find open FM spots on the dial fairly well [here in the Bay Area of Northern California, that is not trivial], but the downside of leaving the radio turned on to an occasionally hissing, static-y spot did not seem worthwhile. I want to be able to listen to the radio, and be interrupted as need be. That's how the built-in GPS works on our Subaru Tribeca, interrupting as necessary. I have not yet tried to hardwire the 770. BTW, its GPS functions are vastly superior to the built-in navigation.
One reason we chose the 770 is because we are visiting Europe this spring, and renting a car. So, we are looking forward to using it there. My test of the POI capabilities in Europe was pretty impressive. So we are looking forward to taking it on our trip.
We bought the dashboard frictional base, and it is amazing. Through twisting curves, quick starts, and surprise stops, it never moved. I will never use a windshield or dash sticky mount again. |
Excellent product
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| Review Date: February 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T. S. Richter, |
The GPS display is bright and clear and maps are well detailed for both the US and Europe. The unit even warns of the location of known "Safety" speed cameras and their corresponding trigger speeds. To minimize the need for fiddling with display scales while driving, the map display "Auto scales" to show you increased detail when you slow and turn for an exit leaving the highway and then scales back out again when you get back up to speed. Of course, you can override this if you want to.
The GPS performance of this product is exceptional. I have never had a GPS that has a receiver so sensitive that it can regularly lock onto satellites even when it's inside a house or in a restaurant. This one does it, and quickly too. When I first got it, I turned it on and prepared to walk out onto into my yard to let it "find itself", but before I even got out the door, it had found the satellites and was "ready to navigate".
I agree with one of the other reviewers, and rather than 5 stars, I would have liked to give this unit only 4.5 stars. My reasons are: The lack of a case, the lack of an included AC charger (though one is available at a very reasonable cost), and the lack of an onscreen map scale indication while driving. Other than that, I love it.
Operational hint: I have seen that some of the reviewers mention having no "return to main menu" button so they have had to keep hitting the "Back" button multiple times back, back, back, etc. There is a single instruction in the Preface of the Owner's manual under "nuvi Tips and Shortcuts" that is easy to miss. It says, "To quickly return to the Menu page, touch and hold Back". It works fine.
Update: I downloaded new map updates from Garmin which also updated my unit's firmware. My unit now shows the onscreen map scale indication that, in my review, I had said was missing.
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Works great, all option on the money
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| Review Date: July 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: J. Dufort, Brooklyn, NY United States |
I also read a lot of the reviews here and did have a few reservations before I bought the 770 based on those reviews.
But ultimately I did buy it and it's been absolutely amazing! The bluetooth handsfree for the phone worked flawlessly, the FM traffic is spookily on the money (I'm a professional photographer living in NYC and it even re-routed me around median grass mowers)!!!
From what I've read there does seem to be lemon's out there, so I would recommend testing all features when receiving the unit but it's been a absolute marvel for me and I can only give it 5 stars so far. One of the things that I would strongly suggest is to read the online manual before buying (which can be found here):
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Other than that, just haven't found a fault with it besides the battery life, oh, and the price of map updates. |
Nuvi 770 is great product
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| Review Date: April 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: W. Welti, Round Rock Texas |
I received my Garmin Nuvi 770 ordered from Amazon.com and provided by Globalzar in just a few days and perfect condition. It works right out of the box and is very intuitive to use. After a few days I hooked it to my computer with the USB cable provided and it was immediately recognized, connected to the Garmin website, and downloaded software updates.
It works great doing everything advertised and I'll be taking it to Germany to try the European maps out. It's a great feature to be able to define and store my European routes while here in the US and also even use the Garmin to simulate traveling the routes.
I've had no problems with the windshield mount but bought a friction pad mount to use in California since it's illegal to have anything stuck on your windshield there.
Totally satisfied with Amazon, Globalzar, and especially Garmin who provided a fine product and was very responsive to a couple of my email questions. |
Excellent Navigator - Europe & USA
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| Review Date: May 9, 2008 |
| Reviewer: N. BERGMAN, |
Positive:
I bought this for use on a trip to Italy, it exceeded my expectations. Routing was always fast and efficient. It found roads that I would have never used. The ETA feature is convenient and always accurate. The favorites feature lets you save locations and quickly navigate to them. I never had to worry about trying to read a street sign or look at a map. It made for a worry free vacation.
Negative:
One time it took me the wrong way in pedestrian mode, but it could have been user error on my behalf. It also brought me to a do not enter/one way street, but the detour feature worked nicely.
Overall:
Extremely easy to use, works well in USA and Europe. Expensive, but I would recommend it.
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