Garmin Nuvi 1690T Reviews
The Garmin 1690t GPS route-finder with Bluetooth and included Traffic Receiver–features an enhanced user boundary, ecoRoute, broadcast transit mode, and text-to-speech. Plus, pedestrian navigation capability is enabled through optional CityXplorer maps, which are available for select tourist destinations in North America and Europe and can be downloaded easily directly to the nüvi. The device’s enhanced user boundary features improved graphics and a slide control for menu operation, while ecoRoute suggests fuel-well-methodical routes to save drivers money and fuel. Also, Garmin’s broadcast transit mode allows you to navigate using buses, tramway, metro, and suburban rail systems. Pre-loaded with City Route-finder North America NT.
Bluetooth Wireless Technology
The 1690 enables calling with a well-matched phone, giving you a completely hands-free mobile phone experience by broadcasting navigation and phone calls through your car stereo.
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With nüvi 1690’s widescreen show, you’ll everlastingly get the huge picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, 4.3-inch show is simple to read–from any direction.
Simple-to-Use Touchscreen Boundary
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 plainly labeled, colorful icons, making it simple to enter data and get to the information you need quickly.
Navigate with Ease
nüvi 1690 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Route-finder North America NT road 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 chief in premium-quality mapping. Enter a destination on the touch screen, and nüvi takes you there with 2-D or 3-D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. Text to speech enhances ordinary 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 1690 accepts custom points of interest, such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.
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