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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 (73) Used (4) Refurbished (10)
Avg. Customer Rating:  160 reviews
Sales Rank: 851
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:
 Great Except for MSN Direct August 9, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased my Garmin a couple weeks ago and took it down the East coast from NH to South NJ two weekends in a row. I got a great chance to play with it and found some pros and cons.
Pros: Was able to recalculate quickly and accurately. Lets you put in waypoint to redirect your route (in my case I wanted to go over the Tappan Zee bridge instead of the GW so I got a lot of practice in using this feature.) Was pretty accurate with only 1 time during the weekend it tried to get my going the wrong way down a one way street. The POI database was large and seemed updated. Great search features.
Cons:
1.) MSN Direct is absolutely, positively useless. First of all, it is buggy and one time when I plugged it in, it didn't synch up with the car and the vehicle had to be shut off in order to get the service running again. But just because the service is running does not mean you will actually get reception. It seems like the reception is down an awful lot, and it took me over two weeks just to get the service activated because I was never in an area with reception. When I actually did get service (maybe 10 miles outside of NYC) the traffic updates were absolutely useless and incorrect. Apparently I never had reception long enough to even use the other features because I kept getting a message that the service was downloading information.
2.) Sometimes you have to enter in a waypoint in a couple different places in order to get the unit to recalculate correctly.
3.) Most of the other cool features like Fodors are services you need to pay for. I just spent $700 on a Nav system, at least give me the Fodors data for free.
Why did I give this 2 stars? Because the only unique feature on this unit as opposed to all the other units is the MSN direct. And that doesn't work at all. I get the feeling that I would have been better off using the 660 with the XM NavTraffic subscription. I am definately disappointed with this unit and will probably trade it in for the 660 soon.
 GPS is Great; MSN Direct Works Poorly; Don't Buy Nuvi 680 August 9, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
GPS part is great, works well, touch screen is very sensitive, display is sharp, controls are intuitive and route calculation is quick. MP3 player and Bluetooth work like they are supposed too. POI database is reasonable but not extensive. Windshield suction cup does not stick very well, comes off midst of driving.
MSN Direct part is hit and miss and does not work consistently. MSN FM receiver is built into the vehicle power charger which is supposed to power and charge the unit while driving; but it does not do that. I have to bring it inside to charge on the AC outlet. Battery life is 6 hours and if you are on a long driving day, you are out of luck, as recently happened to me in LA. After working for about 30 minutes or so MSN Direct will lose connection. GPS gives an error message that FM receiver is not connected even though all the cables and connections are in place. But Microsoft works on a different paradigm, that things do not work all the time!
Unfortunately, I am beyond the return period, otherwise I would trade it for Nuvi 660. Or look at Navigon 7100 which provides lifetime of free traffic. My advice is not to buy Nuvi 680, instead look at these 2 and other alternatives.
 fab! August 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Couldn't be happier. We love this navi system! Simple to use and bluetooth compatible with my phone (katana) even though it wasn't on official list. Thrilled with purchase.
Well designed GPS, but too expensive w/ useless features August 7, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Nuvi 600 series GPS's have very clear and bright widescreens. They're the perfect shirt-pocket size. The menu's are intuitive and the touchscreens make using them easy. Navigation is generally very good. Overall, they are well designed products that are highly useful.
The negatives: The MSN Direct feature on the 680 is worse than useless. It routes _to_ traffic jams by sending you off major roads to even more severely clogged secondary roads. I've been repeatedly stung by this and finally gave up and turned off the navigation option to bypass heavy traffic. Also, the MSND data is untimely and erroneous: it'll show heavy traffic ahead that has already cleared or won't show it when it's there.
Weather data is also untimely: I've experienced two storms (one quick and fierce where it'd have been good to get off the road) and the 680 showed a weather alert _after_ these storms had passed! Listening to the radio or looking at the sky provides far better weather info.
The FM audio output is also useless. There are rarely usable frequencies in major metro areas, and if you travel any distance, you'd have to fiddle for a long time on the side of the road to get a frequency in a new area. Listening to static gets annoying real quick. And of course, you can't listen to the radio... just static.
I haven't used the bluetooth.
Save a couple hundred $ and get one of the cheaper 600 series Nuvi's, like the 650. I'm a techie who wants all the features, but, this is just being honest. Europe's Galileo GPS stuff is coming on line in a year or so, and better traffic data services will also arrive soon (i.e. HD radio). Apply the savings towards the next generation of GPS.
Pricey, but worth it. August 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We have a built in GPS units in both our Mercedes and Sienna. Why purchase another GPS unit? This unit provided us with all the features we wanted: turn by turn directions, which we can preview, estimated time of arrival, alternative routes, real time traffic, real time weather, movie times, ability to add USGS terrain maps (you can use this unit hiking too), ability to save current location with one click, ability to add travel information and more. We also like the portablity to add our favorites at home rather than in the car. It also gives you 7 hours of battery life. ( We have not tested this)
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