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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: 863
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:
 GPS Navigator February 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product is fantastic. It performs and them some and I have to say, is fun to play with because of all the extras, music and books, languages, etc. Great product. Easy to set up and easy to use. Very user friendly
My 3rd Garmin in a month, and I'm still missing that Nuvi 650 February 12, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I recently received a 650 as a gift. It was a beautiful device. I then decided to get more bells and whistles and got a nuvi 750. Big mistake. The 750 was buggy so I returned it, too many updates to it, etc. POI's were missing. I then decided to return the 650 and get my wife and myself the Nuvi 680. It's has the same beautiful screen as the 650, all the POI names show up, parks, golf courses etc. However, the 680 bluetooth for some reason is not compatible with the bluetooth on my Treo 755p (Sprint). I did get it to work but it freezes my phone the first 2 attempts, then works on the 3rd attempt. My wife has a Blackberry Pearl-8100, from t-mobile, which is on the compatibility list but the Nuvi 680 never finds it or recognizes it at all, go figure. The phone that shouldn't work now does, the phone that should work never has. MSN Direct is typical Microsoft bloatware and undelivered promises. It takes days to receive any data, then looses it if you turn your 680 off for 2 days or more. Microsoft hasn't done anything right since Office '03 or XP. They are all talk and don't really deliver much of anything. MSN Direct gives me movie times for Oakland and SF, 45 miles away, but has never found the AMC-15 exactly 1 mile from my house! Explain that. Gas prices usually show up with no gas station name and no address. Very useful. Traffic reporting is another joke, I won't even get into that. It does give weather info, but I could get that every 12 minutes on my local AM CBS news station. I'm giving it 4 stars only because I love the screen, the color and sharpness of the text and the great job it does as a GPS unit, displaying POI names, etc. It's a great GPS but does everything else rather poorly, and MSN Direct is not free forever after the free trial. I should have stuck with the nice, simple Nuvi 650. Get one at the big box store online while you still can for $299. I got the 680 in their store for $399, it was recently $479 (and still is online). If I weren't so tired returning and buying these things I would just go back to the Nuvi 650. It doesn't require any updates and works great. Also, remember this. I have found that with the bluetooth feature, as simple as bluetooth should be, still continues to be a pain, either crashing my phone or not finding another phone at all. These companies sometimes offer more than they can realistically deliver, but overall the 680 is a nice machine that would be better if it were not for the bluetooth problems and the MSN Direct. I should have known to stay away from anything that Microsoft was involved in. If you want a GPS device without too many gimmicks get the Nuvi 650, or a 6XX series without the MP3 player.
After using a couple of months, I found a new problem. When using the bluetooth feature with my Palm Treo phone, I notice old address book data on my Nuvi. It's like it brings in the very first address book it ever synced with my phone. I have deleted numbers, corrected typos on my phone, but the Nuvi 680 still shows the old data and numbers. I called Garmin and they say it's coming from my phone, but it's not possible because I completely erased everything on my phone (phone software update). I believe the Garmin has a hidden file somewhere that stores phonebook data and it is not updating. My phone had a major firmware update that wiped out everything, so how did the Garmin find an address book that was wiped clean from my cell phone?
 So So Item.. a New Yorker review! February 8, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got the NUVI 680 after reading many reviews both on here and at other sites. Not all of them were on the money, and while I did not have to purchase this unit as I got it by using reward points, I would have returned it had I paid for it.
First of all.. it does what is was built to. Get's you to were you're going if you DO NOT know the way. That being said, it leaves alot to be desired.
I got this unit because I live in Queens NYC and have to get to Newark airport and back a few times a week. I know how to get there without the unit, but figured that with the Traffic alerts, it would save me time. Plus, figured it would show me shortcuts within manhattan.
I was wrong!
First, no matter what time of day, the unit will show 18 miles distance and about 30 mins drive! The only way it could be 30 mins would be between 11pm and 5 am. This unit told me 30 mins drive when I left my place at 4pm on a Wed. Needless to say, it took 0ver an hour and 15 mins. It seems that the unit doesn't figure in different times of day and traffic conditions that should exsist.
Next, the unit will have me drive through side streets when I could go back one block to get on a highway. Seems it figures that going backwards adds to a trip so it doesn't do that. Instead, it will have me drive via a route that has 10 to 15 lights instead of getting me on to a highway earlier.
Something else that has happened numerous times is that I get the icon that shows Weather on the screen, but when I touch it, it says there is no information!
I have downloaded speedtraps and red ligh camera's from a POI site but not sure if it's in my 680. It's not user friendly when it comes to this.
As stated earlier.. if you don't know where you are going, this is a cool unit. I have not used the bluetooth yet, though tried to download some songs from my Itunes and real audio and they don't work! Guess the only way to hear mp3's is if you actually own the cd and transfer the songs that way.
The audio is loud enough, and haven't used the FM transmitter.
Hope this helps. My advice would be to actually buy two or three models and keep the one that works for you. My friend got a Tom Tom and loves it. Wish I had tried that out before choosing this model but then again, basically got this unit for free!
great product January 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We took this GPS to Hawaii and it exceeded our expectations. We entered our destination addresses, and it guided us there with voice prompts that were timely and clear. It lets you know how far you will be going on a given road, which direction you'll go when you do turn, and it tells you when the turn is coming up. It also tells again to turn when you come to the intersection. It tells you the name of the street you are turning on, too. It also gives you them in writing at the top of the screen. This is all particularly helpful when the street names are unusual and many are similar to each other (as the Hawaiian ones are to me). At night it is not always possible to read street signs, and the GPS is helpful here because it lets you know you are approaching your street when you are. The map also gives you a pretty good picture of the roads, so you know how sharp a turn is, etc. This can be especially useful on winding roads.
If you don't follow its instructions, it is quite prompt in recalculating and telling you how to get back on track.
It was also very helpful for finding restaurants and shopping.
We haven't used the MSN much yet, as Hawaii didn't have coverage where we were (Honolulu does though). In covered areas, it seems to work fine (though I have yet to be in an area that has traffic reports).
Before I got the device, I was not sure if it was Macintosh compatible; it is. Also, the product info I saw didn't tell me you can set it to pedestrian mode, but you can. I'm not sure how much difference it makes, but we tried it off road, and it seemed to work.
Nice travel companion January 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Garmin 680 has proven an excellent navigation tool. I am in the business of field sales and the 680 has found every location I have thrown at it. The bonus, contrary to expectations of poor performance, has been using the 680 as a hands free phone interface via bluetooth. I have the 680 paired with a Blackberry Curve phone and the handsfree, contact lookup and voice dial features on the phone are nicely integrated into the 680 user interface. I have yet to get a complaint about the sound quality from anyone on the other end of the phone when using the 680 handsfree feature. On occassion, I have to reset the 680 to see the phone once I have left the car and returned.
I have a Toyota Prius with a line-in jack to the car stereo. Using the line-in feature for the sound output of the 680 has produced excellent audio quality for both phone and MP3s played from the 680. Surpisingly, the audio quality of the 680 is every bit as good as my iPod nano. The auto mute for phone is very convenient. Even when blasting music, the 680 will mute the music to provide you navigation voice prompts.
The MSN feature is a nice novelty but not something I have found useful for real life driving and navigation. I did download red light and speeding camera POIs which have proven useful. When approaching a signal with red light cameras, the unit beeps and the screen displays a red alert dialog box.
All in all, I am pleased and recommend the 680 for those that can take advantage of the feature set.
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