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| Garmin nüvi 680 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $964.27
Buy Refurbished: $188.95
You Save: $775.32 (80%)
New (75) Used (4) Refurbished (10)
Avg. Customer Rating:  160 reviews
Sales Rank: 1080
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 2.9 x 4.9
nv:Type: Receiver
Acquisition Time Cold: 38 Seconds
Acquisition Time Warm: 1 Second
Update Rate: 1/second, continuous
GPS Accuracy Position: 10 meters
GPS Accuracy Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec RMS
Inputs: USB
Inputs: Bluetooth
Display: TFT
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: Nonreplaceable Lithium-Ion Battery
Battery Life: 3 hours
Antenna: SIRF-GPS antenna
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: The Official Ford Licemsed Garmin nüvi 680 product features a full 3-Year Warranty from Garmin. The Ford Licensed Garmin nuiv 680 comes with a 3 year warranty certificate from Garmin in the box. This is a FULL 2-Years longer than the Garmin warranty offered by other retailers.
MPN: 010-00540-25
Model: 010-00540-25
UPC: 053759067992
EAN: 0753759067991
ASIN: B000MF4N42
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 NUVI 680; Beauty and the Beast August 30, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I passed my Nuvi 350 onto my college bound son and thought that I would "treat" myself to the bells and whistles offered by the 680. I was looking forward to the MSN feature as I live and work in the NY/NJ Metro area and am always concerned about traffic issues. It took almost 1 week to get MSN working - countless call to MSN, who wanted NO responsibility for their product and told me that Garmin would resolve the issue. Garmin ran through the standard Q&A and told me that as soon as I spotted the "green bars" to stop and wait up to 20 minutes while MSN booted itself. The prospect of stopping on the Turnpike or Route 80 for 20 minutes was laughable. Anyway one morning I tuned on the Nuvi and MSN was working!! The coverage on Staten Island and directly west of Manhattan, including NJ Turnpike, Rte 80, Rte 78, Rte 287 and Rte 280 has been very good and 3 days ago it save me a 90 minute wait on Rte 287. However on a trip to Delaware (DE) and yesterday to Boston it was USELESS! Delaware I can maybe get over, but Boston - you have to be kidding me. All the way through Connecticut I was getting nothing; on I90 towards Boston nothing. However when I left Boston and headed back to NY after about 50 miles on I90 all of a sudden dozens of icons appeared in and around Boston. I was still seeing the Boston icons as I was crossing the Whitestone Bridge and seeing NOTHING for NYC - I even turned the unit off and on in the hope that it may help. Also traveling from Staten Island out to Brooklyn, there is never a problem, even though the Belt Parkway is at a standstill all the way to JFK airport.
The Bluetooth feature is first rate and I like the Audio Books feature - BUT - I can get these features on cheaper models.
I will be returning the unit to Amazon this week as I cannot justify almost $700 for a device that doesn't deliver what is most important to me, the traffic in and around NJ and NYC - basically it's no better than my XM-Radio standard coverage on the NY Traffic Channel.
Excellent but with a few things missing August 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is cool it works pretty good. The FM transmitter has an annoying hiss on low sounding songs. When you select detour it provides a different route, unlike other versions that let you detour by miles. Overall this GPS is cool.
Nuvi 680 August 27, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well designed for easy use - pretty good user interface. My unit had reliability problems that necessitated returning to Garmin for repairs - unit would stop detecting satellites, after 'master reset' would work for a few minutes then lock out satellites again.
Review of NUVI 680 August 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very good product over all. Only one complaint-
1. I am not impressed with the MSN direct. It only works in certain areas and it is not always current. I will probably use it sparingly with the one free year of service. But after that, unless it improves dramatically, I won't renew it.
 great features August 25, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i used the 680 when I went to Iowa for a tourament. It was so easy to get around. if I wanted to go to get food I would just search and find a place and hit go and it would get me there. We wanted to go to a movie the MSN showed the movie theater and the movies along with the times they are playing. Before i left i saved in my favorites file the address of the hotel and the field, so when ever I needed to go there i just went to my favorites and i was off. It is great also when you go somewhere else and you need to get back to the hotel or field it is no problem at all. The only downside is that the MSN network takes sometimes hours to be updated to your location, if this was quicker it would be a get plus.
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