So we have a sought the good NAVIGATE may no frills like Bluetoth or 3D skyscrapers Bildchen (which we know as Frankfurt Live), which all apply to the Garmin Nuvi 255 WT.
We have now intensively two weeks long occupied us with the GPS device; include a little so rumgefahren.
Brief points Positives:
+ Very fast Findes the position and the satellite
+ Sites in the area for 'Shortest Time' barani exactly as we also go
+ Routes in unfamiliar area always perceived as a competent mix of highways and road (no dirt tracks or something) directly to the finish
+ Announcement always at the right time not too early and not too late
+ Announcements are an acoustic track assistant, because the track is announced
+ Announcements loud and clear enough (70%); on highway speed
+ Free map update first 60 days
+ Do not crash (except Sprachansturz see below)
Find + Tons of free POI in Internet for Garmine devices
+ Tons of additional freeware for Garmin GPS file types available on the Internet
+ With MapSource can be very convenient for the favorites a backup on the PC make, and add new favorites (but not more, see below)
+ SD MiniSD card slot
+ Car suction cup super stable
+ Automatic traffic jam avoidance and manual works well
Brief points negative:
- No USB cable included
- No charger included
- No bag included
- Manual you have to load the Internet as Pdf
- Map update Europe via Download a temporal disaster; you have to min. Take 4h time as download and installation takes approximately 2 hours and 2h.
- You have to turn off the WinXP firewall for the map update, otherwise the online activation of the card is not placed and sang update and ended toneless.
- MapSource can create routes; but there is no indication that the present GPS device such not stores
- For the above reason, no routes on the GPS device are thus stored. Routes must always be recalculated and Unlock. Intermediate objectives are bent into shape; what ever means tedious always re-enter two of three milestones.
- It happened all the voice prompt files to not turn were found; Device then remained silent.
- Route recording can invite as tracks in MapSource, but changed tracks can be reloaded not in the GPS device; also no information about the Virtual PC program
- Something little details while driving on the map; desirably would distinctive colors around betw. Built, forests, fields, etc.
- 'Avoid -> Traffic' would better be called 'Avoid -> Jam' hot; At first we thought that one so that the FM - TMC receiver One - off all the time; No evidence to the PDF Bedienugsanleitung or in the printed Quick Start Guide
- Bike mode does not function. The thing then travels though no highway and likewise on the road and not on bicycle paths exist here en masse and are also displayed (Trick: Pedestrian Mode then bike paths are taken, however, then the arrival time is right far)
- Internal POI to big city-heavy. For example, pharmacies available outside Frankfurt are not displayed, but the downtown
- Catering POI more than rudimentary, the highest 5-10% of the available restaurants are shown
But since we are satisfied if you are times in the car and the Garmin his main task is doing -> Navigate well: Just four points.
