Garmin Nuvi 255W Widescreen GPS Satellite Navigation System

Garmin International is pleased to announce the nüvi 255W affordable GPS navigator. With easy-to-use touchscreen displays, TMC compatible and can route to addresses, restaurants, hotels and more with turn-by-turn directions and voice guidance. New appealing features include satellite prediction, photo navigation, digital elevation maps, automatic time zone updates and smoother map updates

Simple, safe and portable, the nüvi 255W is your personal travel assistant for life on the go. This simple, safety-minded navigator leads the way with turn-by-turn directions and a unique, advanced safety camera warning system to get you there on time and keep you safe on the road. Packed with up to millions of points of interest (POIs) and maps for Europe, the 255W is compact, versatile and easy to use.

Simplicity and safety
nüvi 255W comes preloaded with City Navigator® NT map data for Europe. Simply touch the colour screen, key in your destination and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn spoken directions, 2-D or 3-D mapping and smooth map updates. Digital elevation maps show shaded contours for an understanding of the surrounding terrain. In addition, nüvi 255W accepts custom points of interest such as traffic blackspots and post offices and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. With HotFix™ satellite prediction, Garmin calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

’Where Am I?’
Gives you details about your location in a flash. Simply tap the car icon for your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, nearest address, contact details for your vehicle rescue service and directions to the closest hospital, police or petrol station.

Nüvi 255W’s advanced Cyclops safety camera database helps you travel with the confidence you are driving safely, responsibly and legally. As you approach one of hundreds of fixed, mobile and temporary safety cameras, variable limit or red light speed cameras across Europe, it gives an audible alert, overspeed warning and speed limit information.

nüvi 255W also comes with Garmin Lock™, an inventive anti-theft protection system that uses GPS to lock to a secure location of your choice.

Traffic avoidance
The nüvi 255WT model adds lifetime traffic alerts to provide dependable delay information and keep you aware of jams, accidents and roadworks on your route. These alerts are informed by real-time data from reliable sources including the Highways Agency, police traffic control centres and more than 8000 traffic flow cameras and sensors on motorways and trunk roads across England, Wales and Scotland. This service is broadcast over a national network of FM radio stations to ensure an excellent reception.

Your traffic is always a toggle away. Just flick between your navigation screen and congestion delay information, reassured you will be guided safely to your destination. nüvi 255WT’s versatile navigation works with the traffic alerts to report on the tailbacks and suggest a better route around the delay.

Enhanced navigation
nüvi 255W comes with photo navigation to revolutionise your sightseeing. Plan trips to landmarks and attractions simply and easily before you set off. Choose and save location-tagged photographs from millions of Google Panoramio pictures in a wish-list of places to visit. Then, at your leisure, select a photo destination on your Garmin for turn-by-turn directions straight to the scene.

Other built-in travel tools include a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, a currency and measurement converter, calculator and more.

Customise
Personalise your nüvi 255W with your choice of background photograph. To customise your screen further, select a new vehicle icon from the Garmin Garage. With a wide range of wheels including off-road vehicles, motorbikes and classic cars, you can now tailor your Garmin to suit your style.

Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in microSD cards such as Garmin Travel and Language Guides as well as links to third-party content providers including RoadTour and The Good Pub Guide 2008.

Portable bigger picture.
nüvi 255W has a sleek, slim design to fit comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot with up to 4 hours’ usage between charges.

With a 4.3-inch widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant colour. The sunlight-readable display is easy to view - from any direction.

Nüvi 255W: Simple, safe and portable navigation for Europe goes widescreen.

Technical Details :

Physical & Performance:

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.8"W x 2.9"H x .8"D (12.2 x 7.4 x 2.0 cm).
• Display size, WxH: 3.81"W x 2.25"H (9.7 x 5.7 cm); 4.3" diag (10.9 cm).
• Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels.
• Display type: WQVGA color TFT with white backlight.
• Weight: 5.2 ounces (147.42 g).
• Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion.
• Battery life: up to 4 hours.
• Waterproof: no.
• High-sensitivity receiver: yes.
• RoHS version available: yes.
• Maps & Memory.
• Basemap: yes.
• Preloaded maps: yes.
• Ability to add maps: yes.
• Built-in memory: internal solid state.
• Accepts data cards: SD™ card (not included).
• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000.
• Routes: 0.

Features:

• Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (internal speaker).
• Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.") : no.
• Speech recognition (navigate with voice commands): no.
• 3D map view: yes.
• Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): no.
• Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes.
• Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes.
• Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes.
• Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes.
• Hands-free calling with Bluetooth® wireless technology: no.
• FM traffic compatible: yes.
• XM® Navtraffic (includes basic weather) & Radio for U.S. compatible: no.
• MSN® Direct for U.S. compatible: yes.
• Where Am I? feature (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): yes.
• Car locator feature (marks position when removed from windshield mount): no.
• MP3 player: no.
• Audio book player: no.
• Picture viewer: yes.
• Configurable vehicle icons (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): yes.
• World travel clock, currency & measurement converter, calculator: yes.
• Touchscreen: yes.
• Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): yes.
• Remote control: no.
• FM transmitter: no.
• Headphone jack/audio line-out: no.
• Dead reckoning: no.
• Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): yes.
• Motorcycle-friendly: no
• Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.

Box Contents

• Nuvi 255W.
• Vehicle power cable.
• Suction cup mount.
• Quick start guide.
• Dashboard disk.