Description
nüvi® 500 Part Number: 010-00700-10 Drive, hike, bike or boat. With the rugged, waterproof, multi-mode nüvi 500, you can do it all. Packed with detailed street and topographic maps, nüvi 500 is ready for adventure both on and off the beaten path. Like the 550, nüvi 500 switches modes to navigate your active lifestyle and provides spoken turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Take It Anywherenüvi 500 features driving, walking, bicycling and boating modes which customize your nüvi specifically for your method of travel. This portable hybrid combines the advanced navigation features and large, color display found in automotive units with the durability of an outdoor handheld. Sleek and slim, you can slip nüvi 500 into your pocket or backpack. The user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery lets nüvi navigate you on roads or off. Get Turn-by-Turn Directionsnüvi 500's intuitive interface greets you with two simple questions: "Where to?" and "View Map." Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions to your destination. It comes preloaded with City Navigator® NT map data for the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico or one European region or country (click Versions tab to view all). It’s packed with millions of points of interest (POIs) and features digital elevation maps that show you shaded terrain contours at higher zoom levels. With nüvi 500, you can upload custom points of interest (POIs) and navigate to geo-tagged photos. If you're lost, use the Where Am I? emergency locator to view your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations. Navigate Off-Roadnüvi 500 also includes preloaded U.S. topographic maps and accepts optional mapping for all of your outdoor adventures (see Maps tab for compatible maps). Conveniently plug in BlueChart® g2 Vision and Inland Lakes Vision marine maps on a microSD™ card for a great day on the water. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet. With its high-sensitivity GPS receiver and HotFix™ satellite prediction, nüvi 500 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover, deep canyons and near tall building and trees. Expand Your GPSNavigation is just the beginning. nüvi 500 includes many travel tools, including world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. Show off photos of your excursions with nüvi's picture viewer. Even download geocaches and instructions from Geocaching.com straight to your unit. nüvi 500 comes preloaded with a free MAD Maps scenic road trip for Historic Route 66. Get turn-by-turn directions on motorcycle-friendly roads and insider tips for an unforgettable ride across America. It supports optional FM traffic alerts or optional MSN® Direct content. The 500 also features Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage, where you can download custom vehicles that show your location on t       Physical & Performance: | | Unit dimensions, WxHxD: | 4.21"W x 3.35"H x .9"D (10.7 x 8.5 x 2.3 cm) | | Display size, WxH: | 2.8"W x 2.1"H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5" diag (8.9 cm) | | Display resolution, WxH: | 320 x 240 pixels | | Display type: | QVGA color antiglare TFT with white backlight | | Weight: | 7.6 ounces (215 g) | | Battery: | user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion | | Battery life: | up to 8 hours | | Waterproof: | yes (IPX7) | | High-sensitivity receiver: | yes | | RoHS version available: | yes |
Maps & Memory: | | Basemap: | yes | | Preloaded maps: | yes (regional or 48 states) | | Ability to add maps: | yes | | Built-in memory: | internal solid state | | Accepts data cards: | microSD™ card (not included) | | Waypoints/favorites/locations: | 1000 | | Routes: | 10 |
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 | | 3-D map view: | yes | | Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): | yes | | 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 | | Multimode (switches modes to drive, hike, bike or boat): | yes | | Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): | yes | | Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): | no | | Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): | yes | | MP3 player: | no | | Audio book player: | no | | Picture viewer: | yes | | Garmin Garage™ (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): | yes | | World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: | yes | | Touchscreen: | yes | | Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): | no | | Remote control: | no | | FM transmitter: | no | | Headphone jack/audio line-out: | no | | Dead reckoning: | no | | Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): | yes | | Motorcycle-friendly: | yes | | Geocaching-friendly: | yes | | Additional: | This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later
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What's in the Box: - nüvi 500
- U.S. version includes preloaded U.S. topographic maps plus City Navigator® NT data for the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico (no Alaska or Canada detail); European versions include City Navigator NT data for one region or country (click versions tab to view all)
- Lithium-ion battery
- Vehicle suction cup mount
- Vehicle power cable
- Dashboard disc
- Quick start manual
Datacards Cables Mounts Adapters Other  Dashboard disc (small), 2-pack 010-10646-01 Available Maps Good Pub Guide 2008 010-11166-00  City Navigator Europe NT Northwest EE microSD/SD Card 010-11037-00 MicroSD/SD,Benelux&France CNE NT 2008 010-11043-00  MapSource City Navigator New Zealand 010-10736-00 MapSource City Navigator South Africa 010-10902-00  MapSource MetroGuide Canada 010-10476-00 City Navigator Southeastern Asia NT 010-11114-00 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator Australia NT 010-10763-00 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator Mexico NT 010-10755-00 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT Brazil 010-10759-00 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, DACH & Czech 010-10971-00 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, Europe 010-10680-50 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, Italy & Greece 010-10691-05 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, Nordics 010-10691-03 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, North America 010-10679-50 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator NT, Spain & Portugal 010-10691-02 microSD/SD data card, City Navigator Singapore/Malaysia NT 010-10986-00 microSD data card, City Navigator South Africa 010-10941-50 | Official Garmin Press Release | Garmin introduces multi use nüvi 500 series for ‘Rugged Navigation’
Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced its first multi-use nüvi portable navigation device (PND) dedicated to walking, cycling, scootering, driving and boating in one rugged easy-to-use unit. The nüvi 500 series comes equipped with the latest technology from Garmin including NavTeq sophisticated mapping data and the ability to accept different types of mapping including TOPO for outdoor navigation and Blue Chart cartography for marine usage.
Clive Taylor, Garmin’s Director of Product, said, “The nüvi 500 series is a true chameleon in the gadget world, it extends the use of GPS across the range, from walking to cycling to driving to boating. It’s ideal for individuals or families who want to go and explore the great outdoors in every way they can. With the built-in compass and integrated Wherigo™ and Geocaching player the sat-nav’s use is extended beyond just navigating: Users can enjoy the fun of the many family treasure hunts and adventures available online.”
The new waterproof nüvi 500 series combines the latest Garmin navigation technology including Hotfix™, detailed NavTeq mapping, millions of points of interest (POIs) and traffic avoidance compatibility, for the times when sitting in a traffic jam is not an option. In addition, the nüvi 500 series comes standard with Garmin’s popular “Where am I?” safety feature. At any time, with a single tap of the car icon, drivers can display their exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations, fuel stations and recovery service telephone number. In addition, with Garmin Connect Photos, users can choose from millions of geo-located images provided by Google’s Panoramio to photo-navigate on land or water.
With one touch, the nüvi 500 transitions between walking, biking, driving or boating mode;
Walking and outdoor pursuits
Ready for the great outdoors, the nüvi 500 models display shaded digital elevation mapping on the 3.5” water-proof touchscreen. This series comes standard with a compass page, track log and a removable, rechargeable battery for extended outdoor use. The integrated Wherigo™ and Geocaching player means the nüvi 500 series is ideal for getting the family to enjoy the great outdoors with the many downloadable ‘adventures and treasure hunts’ available online. Optional TOPO mapping will give additional detailed maps.
• Wherigo is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Use GPS technology to guide you to physical locations and interact with virtual objects and characters. www.wherigo.com
• Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game where individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, the visitor may be provided with a wide variety of rewards, all a visitor has to do is ensure that if rewarded, they leave a gift for the next person who finds the cache. www.geocaching.com
Cycling/scootering
Where the nüvi 500 series stands out is in its ability to fit comfortably on a scooter or bicycle. Its user interface is easy to control and, with directions via Bluetooth and a scooter mount as standard in select European markets or optional extra everywhere else, it’s a great fit for getting around the busy town centres of Europe. The nüvi 500 series has a rugged design with UVA/B & fuel resistant material and bright clear screen that can be seen even in strong sunlight. If the weather turns and the rain comes down, its waterproof body ensures that the turn-by-turn directions get you to your destination using the most direct route and in the quickest time.
Driving
The nüvi 500 series’ intuitive interface greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Maps." Touch the colour screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions to your destination. It comes preloaded with City Navigator® NT map data European region or individual country. It’s packed with millions of POIs and features digital elevation maps that show you shaded terrain contours at higher zoom levels. With the nüvi 500 series, you can also upload custom POIs such as ‘The Good Pub Guide’ and ‘Falk-Marco Polos Travel Guide’ offering thousands of great places to drink, eat and visit.
Boating
When loaded with optional BlueChart® g2 Vision marine cartography, the nüvi 500 series is great on the water, providing detailed chart-specific information, spot soundings, inter tidal zones, wrecks, port plans, restricted areas and more. The nüvi 500 is ideal for the occasional boating enthusiast who wants one navigational device for foot, car, bike or boat.
The nüvi 500 and 550 for Europe come preloaded with either country-specific City Navigator NT Map Data (500) or full European City Navigator NT Map Data (550) with detailed street and topographic mapping.
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