Garmin Nuvi 3490LMT

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• Garmin Nuvi 3490LMT
• City Navigator North America and Mexico
• Garmin GTM 60 Digital 3D Portable Lifetime Traffic Receiver (View this item)
• Garmin Nuvi 37xx 34xx Powered Suction Mount with Speaker (View this item)
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Thanks to Garmin Guidance 3.0, FREE lifetime traffic¹ and map² updates, advanced lane guidance and much more, nüvi 3490LMT provides the most comprehensive navigation capabilities available. And at just 9 mm, it’s also our thinnest navigator yet.

Navigate by Touch or by Voice

With its innovative voice-activated navigation, you can control nüvi 3490LMT with your voice — allowing you to keep both hands on the wheel. Simply wake up nüvi with a customizable voice command and begin speaking menu options that are clearly displayed on the screen. When you’re stopped, you can still control the nüvi using its 4.3" (10.92 cm) glass touchscreen.

Garmin Guidance 3.0 allows you to quickly look up addresses and services and be guided to your destination with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names. It comes preloaded with maps that feature 3-D landmarks and terrain for North America. It also comes preloaded with more than 8 million points of interest (POIs) and offers the ability to add your own.

Avoid Traffic Tie-ups

With FREE lifetime traffic updates from Digital 3D Traffic, our most extensive traffic avoidance system, nüvi 3490LMT can help you avoid delays. Digital 3D Traffic provides updates every 30 seconds over the HD Radio system, so you can easily reroute around congestion and arrive on time.

Enjoy FREE Lifetime Map Updates

With FREE lifetime map updates, you always have the most up-to-date maps, POIs and navigation information available at your fingertips. Map updates are available for download up to 4 times a year with no subscription or update fees and no expiration dates.

Know the Lane Before It’s Too Late

Now there’s no more guessing which lane you need to be in to make an upcoming turn. Available in select metropolitan areas, photoReal junction view makes unfamiliar intersections and exits easy to navigate. When you approach an exit or interchange, nüvi 3490LMT will enter split screen mode and show you a realistic depiction of junctions on your route, complete with road signs and arrows that indicate the proper lane for navigation. Bird’s Eye junction view also is included for a top-down look at upcoming interchanges.

Go Beyond Navigation

Point-to-point navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 3490LMT features a microSD™ card slot so you can store and use detailed cityXplorer™ maps or download custom voices and vehicles for free from the Garmin Garage. It also comes with a powered mount that charges while you drive while dual-orientation functionality lets you hold nüvi vertically or horizontally for added convenience driving or walking. And for added convenience and safety, built-in Bluetooth® connectivity lets you make and take hands-free calls and texts.

nüvi 3490LMT’s “Where Am I?” emergency locator provides your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and more. And Enhanced Exit Services tells you what services you’re approaching on the highway.

¹FREE lifetime traffic updates may not be transferred to another person or another Garmin product. Lifetime traffic extends for the useful life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas. See traffic coverage areas and Program License Agreement for complete terms and conditions.

²FREE lifetime map updates entitle you to receive up to 4 map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on the Garmin website, for this specific Garmin product only until this product’s useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter. The updates you receive will be updates to the same geographic map data originally included with your Garmin product when originally purchased. Garmin may terminate your lifetime map updates at any time if you violate any of the terms of the End User License Agreement accompanying your nüvi product.

Features and Tips

Nuvi 3490LMT features

• Easily carry nüvi in your purse or pocket thanks to a design that's less than 9 mm thick.
• View routes on the 4.3” (10.92 cm) touchscreen.
• Control nüvi easily using its responsive multi-touch glass display with pinch to zoom.
• Get fast route calculations and address look ups with Garmin Guidance 3.0, our most advanced mapping and navigation engine available.
• Avoid traffic tie-ups with optional Digital 3D Traffic, subscription-free live traffic updates over the HD Radio broadcasting system.
• Know which lane to be in thanks to advanced lane guidance with Bird's Eye and photoReal™ junction views.
• See landmarks and terrain in 3-D.
• See what's coming ahead with Enhanced Exit Services.
• Charge nüvi in its powered dock while driving.

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.8"W x 2.9"H x .35"D (12.2 x 7.4 x .9 cm)
• Display size, WxH: 3.7"W x 2.2"H (9.4 x 5.6 cm); 4.3" diag (10.9 cm)
• Display resolution, WxH: 800 x 480 pixels
• Display type: multi-touch, glass, dual-orientation, WVGA color TFT with white backlight
• Weight: 4.2 ounces (118 g)
• Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion
• Battery life: up to 4 hours
• Headphone jack/audio line-out: no
• High-sensitivity receiver: yes
• Waterproof: no

• Preloaded street maps: yes
• Includes lifetime map updates: yes
• nüMaps Guarantee: yes
• 3-D terrain view: yes
• 3-D buildings and landmarks view: yes
• Built-in memory: yes
• Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)
• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000
• Routes: 100

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• Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (internal and mount speaker)
• Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): yes
• Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): yes
• Traffic compatible (routes around traffic with a receiver and subscription): yes
• Lifetime traffic updates (receive free lifetime traffic updates): no
• Lane assist (guides to proper lane for navigation): yes
• Junction view (displays junction signs): yes (photoReal and Bird's Eye views)
• myTrends™ (predicts your routes): yes
• trafficTrends™ (calculates routes based on predicted traffic flow): yes
• ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route): purchased separately
• Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): yes
• Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes
• Garmin nüLink! services: (receive accurate real-time travel information): no
• XM® compatible for U.S: no

• Bluetooth® wireless technology: no
• Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe): yes
• Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): yes
• Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): yes
• Enhanced pedestrian navigation (guides you as you walk around town): yes
• Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): yes
• Exit services (tells you approaching services on highway): yes
• Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes
• World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: yes
• Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): yes
• Alarm clock: yes
• Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): no

• Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): yes
• Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): yes
• Picture viewer: yes
• MP3 player: no
• Audio book player: yes
• Additional:
• Featuring Guidance 3.0, the most advanced Garmin navigation engine with all the features of Guidance 2.0 plus special lane guidance enhancements and predictive routing features that make everyday driving easier.
• This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® XP or newer and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.

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