Garmin Nuvi 250W Widescreen Sat Nav System (UK And European Maps)

Released on 10 December 2007

Manufacturer: Garmin

3.0 out of 5 (3 customer reviews) | Write a review

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With its ultra-cool widescreen display and preloaded maps for Europe, the affordable, fun nüvi 250W delivers directions on the go - wherever life takes you. For an additional cost saving, check out nüvi 200W which offers less map coverage at a lower price. Like the rest of the compact nüvi 200-series, you're just a few screen taps away from anywhere.

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With nüvi 250W's widescreen display, you'll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant colour. Its sunlight-readable, antiglare, landscape, 4.3-inch display with white backlight is easy to read - from any direction.

Navigate With Ease
nüvi 250W comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the colour screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2D or 3D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, nüvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.

Take It With You
Like the rest of the nüvi 200-series, nüvi 250W sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot.

Physical & Performance:

  • Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.8"W x 2.9"H x .8"D (12.2 x 7.4 x 2.0 cm)
  • Display size, WxH: 3.81"W x 2.25"H (9.7 x 5.7 cm)
  • 4.3" diag (10.9 cm)
  • Display resolution, WxH: 480 x 272 pixels
  • Display type: WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
  • Weight: 6.1 ounces (172.93 g)
  • Battery: Rechargeable lithium-ion
  • Battery life: Up to 5 hours
  • 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: SD card (not included)
    • Waypoints/favorites: 500

    Features:

    • Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): Yes (internal speaker)
    • 3D Map View: 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
    • Picture Viewer: Yes
    • Configurable vehicle icons (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): Yes
    • World travel clock, currency & measurement converter, calculator: Yes
    • Touchscreen: Yes
    • Garmin Lock (anti-theft feature): Yes

    customer Reviews

     Average rating (3 reviews)

     Very good.

    | | See all Mattias's reviews (3)

    I don't currently own this sat nav, however I have borrowed one from a relative on several occasions and I can say that it is a very good sat nav almost all of the time.
    However, sometimes if you are driving listening to music and you have the mute button on the sat nav it can sometimes be difficult to tell where it is telling you to turn.
    Other than this, a very capable and easy to use sat nav. I would seriously recommend. ****

     garmin nuvi 250w

    | | See all sheyandpete's reviews (4)

    Have owned this model for 10mnths and have had no probs with it at all. Gets you ware you want to go and also detects speed cameras. Very good unit

     Not Impressed

    | | See all lordcor's reviews (2)

    Bought one of these after my TomTom just packed up, my friend had the more expensive version which i must say was rather good, this however is not so impressive, firstly it seems to chose the most ludicrous routes to some destinations, for example on a trip to the Alps i knew we had to head towards Remis, but my sat nav was trying to take me over 200 miles out of the way on an alternative route.
    The constant and non switchable "mobile safety camera zone" warnings are annoying and force you to turn the sound off, thus missing your turnings when you need to concentrate on the road

    Has sent me the wrong way to Cardiff airport on a massive detour.

    I'm only giving this two stars because it's good for finding addresses as long as you know roughly where you are going, otherwise it's rubbish, my new car has OEM sat nav, i used to scoff at the idea of paying £1600 for built in sat nav, but i now see the value.

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