As the owner of a BMW V Nav I have now appointed me the Garmin 590LM, as it has in contrast to the Nav V on a transflective display, a iPhone and iPod control and round-trip routing. As usual, super fast delivery via Amazon. Unit unpacked and the first thing was that but much heavier weight compared to Nav V on. Negative in this context that the bag when Nav V is also, however, have to pay extra when Garmin 590Lm with 26.99. This quality and price range devices a "Must Have". Garmin has modified the surface at 590 something - everything works smoothly and quickly, even on Smartphone Link. Ceased to exist are the 590 the selectable map cockpits. For this you can show the bottom right of the map page, a drop-down menu and Show here an additional dates box with 3 assignable data fields permanently. This is good and with the two fixed data fields at the bottom of a field over the Nav V. Negative compared to the Nav V pastel color selection falls on the card mode. During the Nav V all colors look sharp and crisp, the landscape on the Garmin 590 is gray-yellow and 3D terrain gray-yellow shaded - looks compared to Nav V pretty mau. I can not imagine that it is on the transflective display as the 590 even more vibrant colors has to offer in the menu me. Mind you, that's not setting the card design (Garmin, Germany, Navigon, etc.), but extends from the color through all the designs. It should urgently ago an update. The display of 590 is otherwise absolutely sunlight viewable, no matter how much the sun shines, the readability is excellent. Here a slight advantage over the Nav V that in principle has the brighter display, but, at some point in strong sunlight not so great (well still) be read as that of the 590th
The navigation otherwise funzt. Everything was great, fast and accurate, and makes no distinction between the two devices. When planning the route, it is like the V Nav possible so-called. Select waypoints that must not be driven. The Navi then automatically calculates the route to the next waypoint. Unfortunately, Garmin has this function does not go to the operating instructions. Called the waypoint by clicking once on the intermediate target flag in the route planning.
Very well liked at 590 Round Trip Routing me. The Navi calculates routes 3 Timed distance and at the current or a selected location. The function is really great and is unfortunately missing when Nav V. So clear advantage for the 590th Also clear advantage for the iPod and iPhone control. It will also cover images transmitted from the IPhone and it is no longer necessary MP3 (MP4 is on the device unreadable) only play files on the device. The 590 streams the music from iPhone in the Bluetooth headset. So also here a clear advantage over the Nav V.
Well Finally, a clear for me minus the 590: a pair with my Midland BT Next headset and BTX1 went smoothly. However, the control of the music (break back and title) at two Midlands is not working. When Nav V and also the predecessor Zümo 660 this was no problem. This problem exists in both MP3 music that was played on a MicroSD card in the device, as well as the Iphone control.
As a result, it is necessary to have 2 mM modifications during 590: The color display and the Bluetooth controller, so a perfect Navi is a good navigation. Therefore, I "only" 4 star and I remain first in my Nav V and follow Garmin Updates to the 590 :-) ..
