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| Model: |
Garmin Nuvi 550 |
| Part No: |
010-00700-01 |
| Condition: |
Brand New, Full Manufacturer Warranty |
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What's Included In The Box? |
The Garmin Nuvi 550 ships with the following items included: - nüvi 550
- Preloaded City Navigator NT for North America
- Lithium-ion battery
- Vehicle suction cup mount
- Vehicle power cable
- Dashboard disc
- Quick start manual
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Product Information |
| Manufacturer: |
Garmin |
Category: |
GPS Units |
Type: |
Automotive GPS |
| Model: |
010-00700-01 |
SKU: |
NUVI550 |
UPC: |
753759081768 |
| Announced: |
July 22, 2008 |
First Shipped: |
September 5, 2008 |
Weight: |
1.256 lbs. |
Garmin Nuvi 550 Family Series |
Garmin Nuvi 500 | | | | | |
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Manufacturer Description |
Do it all with the rugged, waterproof, multi-mode Garmin nuvi 550. Drive, hike, bike or boat - this dynamic device switches modes to navigate your active lifestyle. It's packed with detailed street maps for North America or Europe and millions of places. Like the Garmin nuvi 500, the Garmin nuvi 550 provides text-to-speech turn-by-turn directions to your destination and accepts optional maps for any adventure.
Take It Anywhere
The Garmin nuvi 550 features driving, walking, bicycling and boating modes which customize your nuvi specifically for your method of travel. This portable hybrid combines the advanced navigation features and large, color display found in automotive units with the durability of an outdoor handheld. Sleek and slim, you can slip the Garmin nuvi 550 into your pocket or backpack. The user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery lets nuvi navigate you on roads or off.
Get Turn-by-Turn Directions
The Garmin nuvi 550's intuitive interface greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Maps." Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions to your destination. It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator NT street maps, millions of points of interest (POIs) and features digital elevation maps that show you shaded terrain contours at higher zoom levels. With the Garmin nuvi 550, you can upload custom points of interest (POIs) and navigate to geo-tagged photos. If you're lost, use the Where Am I? emergency locator to view your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations.
Navigate Off-Road
Conveniently plug in optional maps on preloaded microSD cards for all your off-road adventures (see Maps tab for compatible maps). Add topographic maps to explore the backcountry or load BlueChart g2 Vision and Inland Lakes Vision marine maps for a great day on the water. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet. With its high-sensitivity GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, the Garmin nuvi 550 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover, deep canyons and near tall building and trees.
Expand Your GPS
Navigation is just the beginning. The Garmin nuvi 550 includes many travel tools, including world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. Show off photos of your excursions with the Garmin nuvi 550 picture viewer. Even download geocaches and instructions from Geocaching.com straight to your unit. It also supports optional FM traffic alerts or optional MSN Direct content. The Garmin nuvi 550 features Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage, where you can download custom vehicles that show your location on the map.
Garmin nuvi 500 and 550 Comparison
Take a closer look at the Garmin nuvi 500 and 550 side-by-side with our nuvi 500 comparison page
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Features & Tips |
Here is a listing we have put together of some of the common Nuvi 550 features,
along with a few user tips that you may find of help for this particular item. | - Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (internal speaker)
- Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.") : yes
- Speech recognition (navigate with voice commands): no
- 3D map view: yes
- Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): yes
- Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes
- Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes
- Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes
- Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes
- Hands-free calling with Bluetooth® wireless technology: no
- FM traffic compatible: yes
- XM® Navtraffic (includes basic weather) & Radio for U.S. compatible: no
- MSN® Direct for U.S. compatible: yes
- Where Am I? feature (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): yes
- Car locator feature (marks position when removed from windshield mount): no
- MP3 player: no
- Audio book player: no
- Picture viewer: yes
- Configurable vehicle icons (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): yes
- World travel clock, currency & measurement converter, calculator: yes
- Touchscreen: yes
- Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): no
- Remote control: no
- FM transmitter: no
- Headphone jack/audio line-out: no
- Dead reckoning: no
- Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): yes
- Motorcycle-friendly: yes
- Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and
- Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.
Physical & Performance:
- Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.21"W x 3.35"H x .9"D (10.7 x 8.5 x 2.3 cm)
- Display size, WxH: 2.8"W x 2.1"H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5" diag (8.9 cm)
- Display resolution, WxH: 320 x 240 pixels
- Display type: QVGA color antiglare TFT with white backlight
- Weight: 7.6 ounces (215 g)
- Battery: user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery life: up to 8 hours
- Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
- High-sensitivity receiver: yes
- RoHS version available: yes
Maps & Memory:
- Basemap: yes
- Preloaded maps: yes
- Ability to add maps: yes
- Built-in memory: internal solid state
- Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)
- Waypoints/favorites/locations: 1000
- Routes: 10
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| Most Recent Customer Reviews | | (View all reviews for this item, or add your own review.) |
First time GPS user
I finally broke down and bought this GPS after one too many "arriving late" for a job site visit i...Read more
2 days ago by Aus
 Good basic motorcycle GPS
I bought this as a combination auto & motorcycle GPS....Read more
4 days ago by Bob
Amazing the amount of rain it took on the 1st ride
Bought this model because i didn't want to spent 700$ to 900 $ on a waterproof Gps was using a nuvi...Read more
11 days ago by Joe (JOESPY)
Awesome for caching
We use the Nuvi 550 to navigate (by car) to our caches- wonderful in new territory. Then we usually...Read more
24 days ago by Cache crop
vary good gps, plus waterproof. my pick over the zumo for the price....Read more
41 days ago by carl
a great entry level gps
a good gps motorcycle friendly, i like our auto 1450lmt better, on long trips i use both....Read more
48 days ago by marty
Nuvi 550 is good to go for snowmobiling!
Able to load auxiliary maps onto an SD card. Nice screen. Great value. I wish the processor/scr...Read more
53 days ago by Moose
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56 days ago by Christina
Works good in Cold weather
I bought the Nuvi 550 to use on my snowmobile on the trails in Ontario & Quebec. It has worked ver...Read more
64 days ago by Mark
What I needed
I was looking for a waterproof GPS that I could use on my motorcycle, I don't need voice or blueto...Read more
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