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| Garmin StreetPilot c340 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $365.00
Buy New: $124.99
You Save: $240.01 (66%)
New (13) Used (4) Refurbished (9)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1175 reviews
Sales Rank: 656
Color: Dark Gray
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320x240
Free Memory Slots: 1
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 2.8 x 3.2
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: One Year Garmin Factory Warranty
MPN: 010-00401-20
Model: 010-00401-20
UPC: 753759050658
EAN: 0753759050658
ASIN: B000A5TAT2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 C340 is SWEET February 23, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Right out of the box you're on your way. Simple to use, locations galore, the touch screen is fantastic. My friends with older factory GPS systems don't have the touch screen feature. It's nice. The voice prompts are clear at highway speeds. Speakers are good. No distortion. Compact, take it anywhere with you. Just remember to take it with you or hide it while away from your vehicle. I'm sure this would be the perfect grab-n-go present for theives. The windshield suction mount is fantastic too. Easy to use, installs easy, and easily removed for those of us who visit the car wash centers. I have not used the Bluetooth capability yet. But am looking forward to that. Battery life is as stated. About 3-4 hours. But charge times are relatively quick. Haven't had any signal loss issues except for the expected places, ie parking garages. Trees, storms, etc, no loss of signal. I do wish it had just a little more detail in the screen. But it's designed to get you where you need to go quickly, and not to see runway lights and marking at the local airport. All in all, very happy with the device. I've had it a couple months now; use it everyday. It slows me down on the freeway too. Punching in an address, the Garmin will tell you what you arrival time will be. Speeding up to 80-90 to beat the clock, really only saves about 1-2 minutes per 14 miles (that's my observation). So, if it says you'll be there on time, you'll be there on time. Chill and enjoy the ride.
Street Pilot C340 Review February 21, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this Streepilot for my wife to better get around areas with which she is unfamiliar and at night. We put it in our Highlander, hooked it up and it worked flawlessly. The map turns as the vehicle turns (as she likes it) and the voice instructions are clear and accurate.
We believe it be as beneficial as the one that can be ordered with the vehicle, but this one costs only one-quarter as much.
BTW, this is our 4th GPS; the other three are aviation.
After months of trying to decide which GPS to buy... February 21, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I finally bit the bullet and chose the Garmin Streetpilot C340, based on everyone else's reviews, as well as both the price and specifications. It seemed to have all that I need, whilst also being fairly simple. Having previously bought a faulty Magellan model - that I spent a whole trip from New York to Vermont trying to make work, before I realized it was broken - I was very leery of this one.
Thanks to someone's review, I already knew that there were no manuals enclosed with this, so I started printing them up straight away, though actually, I really haven't needed them. I plugged it into the computer to charge it up. I don't think that anyone else has mentioned that you must hold down the power button for a LONG moment to turn it on! From that point on it has been wonderfully easy sailing - or rather, driving!
This past weekend it has taken us from New York into CT and MA and back home again beautifully. It also seemed to drastically shave time off the Google maps' estimated driving times.
On a particular point in the journey it lost satellite connection for a moment, and then picked it right up again.
It's a little disconcerting not to be able to 'preread' the whole of the intended route before setting off in the car, and I intend to fiddle around some more to see if that might be possible, other than by just pulling out further from the map.
It even automatically switches into night time mode on the stoke of sunset!
So after this first weekend of use - I love it and am really glad I bought it!!
The best directions EVER!!! February 17, 2006
I am the worst one with directions. I always panic if I have to drive outside my comfort area and if in the past I had to drive I would have either not gone or begged my husband to take me. After starting my own business, Kelley Choice Mineral Cosmetics, I needed to travel on a regular basis. I loved my other GPS device from garmin and use it all the time in my other travels so I thought this would be perfect. I tested it in travels where I knew how to get there to get used to how it worked. Then came the day I really needed it. I had to travel 3 hours one way for an appointment. I went to yahoo maps and printed the directions. The directions said it would take 3 hours to get there. Oh, boy!!! Well this is why I bought the GPS, right? So printed directions in hand, cell phone charged and GPS set to the address. The printed directions said to get on I-89. I knew how to get there. But as I get to I-89 the GPS said to go straight and not to get on I-89. Oh noooo. I went with the GPS. No printed directions now!! What the heck, I figured, I'm on an adventure. The GPS also said the trip was only going to take me 2.5 hours and not 3. This machine was great.
It tells you..
-how far till the next turn.
-what route you are currently on.
-estimated time of arrival.
-when you are close to you next turn it tells you on the bottom of the screen, "take a right on elm street", stay left ect
-It has a big white arrow showing you the way to go. As you are going in the direction of the arrow the arrow gets bigger and you can see that you are on the right track.
-and this is the best!! If you don't take the right turn it shows you how to get back on track. HOW GREAT IS THAT!!!
During my 2.5 hour trip I got in the wrong lane once. I knew I did. So I just turned around and found the way. 30 second delay. On the way home I took the wrong way and just kept going as I was in area close to home and knew where I was. The GPS said, "recalculating" and then changed the directions and told me how to get back on track. Oh Ya! and once I had to find gas. I hit the gas button and it told me how to find the gas station and get back onto the highway.
Okay, lets recap.. I am phobic about traveling, always get lost, get all panichy and either end up crying or yelling in the car. This machine got me there and back with no problems!! So my question to you is, why are you still reading this and not buying one!!!
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performed great February 11, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
We were leaving for a trip when the truck arrived with the unit. We put the box in the car and drove out of the driveway. While travelling from Rhode Island to New Hampshire, we turned the unit on and used the suction cup to attach the unit to the window. It took about 15 seconds to locate our position. We didn't read the directions but found the touch screen is very intuitive as we punched in our destination. It worked great and we followed the verbal prompts right to the front door of our destination four hours later. We then traveled to Maine with similar success. The suction mount works fine and presented no problems. The screen is fairly small but OK. It was extremely accurate and even identified a dirt road in a remote campground. We had it on for a total of 500 miles and we were very pleased with it's performance.
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