This is a refurbished GPS. Refurbished in general means that the unit has been returned to the manufacturer, who brings the navigator back to like new conditions. Some GPS may integrate cosmetic blemishes.
Garmin's nüvi 265WT improves upon it is 200-series predecessors by adding free real-time traffic updates from Navteq (for the life of the device) as well as Bluetooth connectivity to your cell phone. Other significant improvements in the 2x5 series include a predictive technology that provides more quickly satellite lock, a redesigned screen with more information, terrain maps, and an stimulating new photo navigation feature. The 265WT provides finish maps for North America and the handy Text-to-Speech feature, so you get turn-by-turn spoken directions with the real names of streets (e.g. "turn left in 50 feet at Nebraska Way", rather than merely "turn left in 50 feet").
 The nüvi 2x5 models all sport the slim design that Garmin introduced with the 200-series last year, so they all fit comfortably in your pocket or purse, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that makes them commodious for navigation by car or foot. All of the models include utile travel tools like a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. The 265WT also offers a wide 4.3-inch (diagonal) screen that displays 70% more of the road around you.
Integrated Traffic Receiver
Steer clear of traffic with an integrated GTM 20 FM traffic receiver designed to receive alerts in regards to traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie in front on your route. No subscriptions or further and added hardware needed. Just open the box, turn it on, and get instant access to traffic information--the traffic updates are free for the life of the device.
All you have to do is merely touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.
In most areas, the traffic broadcasts are continuous--there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. Because traffic broadcasts are received thru a "silent" FM info channel, you may still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic selective information transmissions.
Hands-Free Calling
In more and more places, it is getting illegal to use cell phones while driving without a hands-free kit. WIth Bluetooth capability, microphone and speaker, you may match your nüvi to any Bluetooth-capable phone to make hands-free mobile phone calls. Simply dial the phone number with the nüvi's touch screen keypad to make a call on a compatible phone. To answer an incoming call, just tap the screen and speak into the built-in microphone. Making and taking calls on the road has never been easier, or safer. In addition, Garmin makes it a breeze to look-up and dial numbers from your individualized phone book or even tap into your cell phone's call history log.
Key Features/Benefits for all 2x5 Series Navigators
- New -- HotFix (Long Term Ephemeris Prediction) finds satellites faster (Learn more)
- New -- Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Basemap shows 3D shaded terrain features (Learn more)
- New -- Faster 333 Mhz processor offers faster, smoother map drawing and vehicle icon motion through turns
- New -- Redesigned user interface offers more selective information (Learn more)
- New -- Photo Navigation lets you upload geo-coded photos from a phone, geo-coding camera or photo website and navigate to them. (Learn more)
- New -- Add Enhanced MSN Traffic and Content with the optional GDB 55 antenna and charger (Learn more)
- New -- Send addresses directly to your Garmin from Google Maps or Mapquest (Learn more)
- New -- Automatic Time Zone Transition
- Text-to-Speech gives directions with real street names
- 4.3-inch Widescreen shows you more of what's around you as you drive (Learn more)
- Memory Card Slots so you may add maps and travel guides, or store photos (MicroSD card slot on 3.5-inch units; SD card slot on 4.3-inch units)
- Preloaded Maps with Navteq info of North America + Hawaii + Puerto Rico, including 6.5 million searchable points of interest (Learn more)
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery for easy portability (up to 4 hours per charge)
- Custom Vehicle Icons let you personalize your navigator (Learn more)
- Integrated Antenna for a slim form element
- Where Am I? -- instantaneously shows you all of the emergency services nearby (Learn More)
Which nüvi is Best for You?:
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| One of Garmin's key product philosophies is to make exceedingly complex technology easy to use for any individual right out of the box, and perhaps nowhere is that better exemplified than in the user interface for Garmin's portable navigation devices.
Garmin's interface is a key to their success portion of what makes their gadgets such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get selective information when it comes to your trip. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions, 2-D or 3-D maps and smooth map updates as you navigate.
This year, Garmin has redesigned it is interface to include much more utile information. |
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New Interface
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Your GPS device locks onto transmissions from a committed network of Satellites in order to determine it is position. Until the device gets a "lock" on three satellites, it can't efficaciously navigate, so decreasing the time it takes for your device to get "satellite lock" is always a goal of GPS manufacturers. With Garmin's new HotFix technology, your Garmin GPS remembers the position of all satellites it is tracking when you turn it off, and calculates their movements in order to predict where they will have to be the next time you turn it on. This gives the device an idea of where it ought to look for satellites, and dramatically decreases the time it takes for your Garmin to get it is position and start out navigating. HotFix may predict satellite positions for up to 3 days after the device was last turned off.
Using Garmin’s distinguishable Web internetlocation — Garmin Connect Photos — users may choose from millions of geo-located photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing community and download them to the nüvi for a richer navigation experience using pictures as a guide. |
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Using Garmin’s distinguishable Web web site — Garmin Connect Photos — users may choose from millions of geo-located photos provided by Google’s Panoramio photo sharing community and download them to the nüvi for a richer navigation experience using pictures as a guide.
- Choose from Panoramio's collection of photos from around the world.
- Easy to use interface displays photos on Google Maps.
- Search for photos by emplacement name or map area boundary.
- Transfer photos directly from Garmin Connect to device with the Garmin Communicator.
- View photos in Google Earth.
- Supports Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+ on Windows and Mac.
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| Shaded relief terrain maps show you when to suppose hills, mountains, forests and other natural features. Topographic terrain maps are viewable when using the 2D "birds-eye" view.
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tching to undertake out a new restaurant, or setting off on a road trip to locate the best toffee apples on the east coast? Now, it's easy to search for locatings on Google Maps or Mapquest, then transfer the addresses directly to your Garmin GPS navigator.
- Hook up your Garmin to the computer thru it's USB port
- Search for the emplacement you want
- Click the Send link in the info window for the address. That will fetch up a popup "Send to" form.
- Pick GPS, then pick Garmin and hit the "Send" button.
The address will instantaneously transfer to your Garmin device, The point will be saved as one of your favorites, and you may navigate to it or view it on a map just like with any other favorite.
The procedure does require a little plugin, which you may get at Garmin's website at http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3739. You may send business addresses to your Garmin device from these countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
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| Search for the emplacement you want.
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Pick "Send to GPS".
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MSN Direct Enhanced Traffic and Content
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With an optional receiver, you may access intensified dynamic content from the MSN Direct service. Check the weather, stay clear from traffic backups, compare local gas prices, get intensified movie listings, stock information, news and local events when you travel with your unit. Even plan trips from the comfortableness of your computer, thru Windows Live Local, and wirelessly send habit to your nüvi.
Check out a full description of MSN Direct content features, or a coverage map for MSN Direct services.
A 3-month subscription to MSN Direct is included with the receiver. After that, subscription fees are $49.95 per year, or $129.95 for a lifetime subscription. |
FM Traffic
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With an optional receiver, you may get alerts from TMC Clear Channel with regards to traffic tie-ups and road construction that might lie in front on your route. All you have to do is plainly touch the screen to view traffic details and you'll be ready to detour around any problem area. And if you end up missing a turn, or you're forced into a detour that is not relayed through the traffic receiver, the nüvi's sophisticated automatic routing will get you back on track in no time.
In most areas, TMC Clear Channel traffic broadcasts are neverending — there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news updates or random alerts. Because traffic broadcasts are received by way of a "silent" FM selective information channel, you may still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic info transmissions.
A 3-month subscription to TMC Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network is included with the receiver. For more selective information on subscription fees, coverage in person cities, and traffic info networks in the United Kingdom and Europe, check the Garmin website.
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| The super-bright, 4.3-inch (diagonal) touchscreen display gives is anti-glare for ease of observing for the duration of the day and mechanically changes it is color profile for easy watching at night or in dim light. It offers 2d or 3D perspective views.
The widescreen format gives you 70% more actual screen area than a 3.5-inch screen. Primarily this translates into a better view of the area through which you are driving. This is exceptionally utile in showing you what parks, restaurants, ATM, gas stations, etc. are nearby, or in letting you recognise whether a detour is a good idea. Also, the device itself is larger, meaning controls on the screen are more widely spaced and more or less posing no difficulty to push. |
| Wider screen lets you see more of what's around. Compare these actual size views of a 3-inch (diagonal) screen
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Most helpful client reviews
942 of 956 persons found the following review helpful.
 Good unit for the price
By John S. Dean
Spent a weekend reviewing respective GPS widgets to replace my less than 1 year old Mio C320 (avoid these like the plague) that had it is battery die with regards to 4 months after purchase. Went back and forth along the entire line of Garmin devices, and at long last settled on this one for the blue tooth and traffic, neither of which I'll probably scarcely ever use, but nice to have when I want them.
982 of 1015 people found the following review helpful.
 Map database leaves something to be desired.
By Larry K.
I got this unit for Christmas, 2008. Although this is the basi GPS that I've owned, I've been passenger on some trips with a friend who has Nuvi 350 so I was already intimate with Garmin. The unit I purchased had the 2009 maps, and the firmware was reasonably recent. Firmware, etc has since been altered to most recent version(s).
My choice came down to the nuvi 265WT, 765T or 760. The 760 is a premium unit for a bargain price due it's being last years model, while the 765T had the features I wanted but is still costly since it's a new model. In the end I opted for 265WT since it had the updated/new features that the 760 didn't have and was at the price that I was more than willing to spend. I did not genuinely consider other brands, though my impression is that other brands offer more "bells and whistles" but suffer in the areas of ease of use and reliability.
The unit has worked fine, no difficulties to speak of, altho my actual time spend driving with it has been fixed so far (spent lots of time just "playing" with it, though).
[update 9/11/09]
I've now applied for a week of commuting to work and running errands. I use for commute because of the traffic reporting.
traffic -- haven't came across a backup that it didn't warn me about, but have driven through a couple of non-existent backups. I've likewise found that it may take various minutes for the traffic status to be displayed after power-on, now and again *after* it has picked a route.
routing -- the route it gives me to work is rather strange. It routes me off of the freeway onto an expressway that has various lights. I tried it once, and sure sufficient it took longer than predicted, even with light traffic.
reliability -- The unit has "glitched" 3 times in the last week. Once it just turned itself off, another time it jumped from the map to the speedometer screen (by itself) while the voice became very distorted, and another time the backlight setting was not as I had left it.
[end of 9/1/09 update]
My greatest complaint has to do with the POI database. For example, I searched for local cinema's... it did not have the 20 screen cineplex that is nearest to me. When I searched for local Staples Office Supply locatings the nearest it found was 50 miles away, even altho there are at least 4 within 15 miles. I didn't show a nearby Britannia Arms. A huge territorial buying goods center is still called by a name that was dropped 5 years ago. etc...
The POI management software (such as it is) could use more flexibility. For example, when searching for Staples, the unit was "busy" rather a good deal of time searching. There appears to be no way to put a limit the search distance.
I think the map update policy is in need of revising. A two month "grace period" is not actually reasonable to the buyers. Most of these are sold in Nov & Dec, and the maps are quintessentially modified in the Spring, beyond the 60 day cutoff. Garmin will have to be guaranteeing map updates for at least 6 months, if not a year. Or, one free update within 2 years or something similar. Another gripe is the Garmin request for an "account" to register the unit. Yet another user name and password to forget.
[update 1/9/09]
At 2009 CES, Garmin declared a new map update policy. For $120 you get lifetime updates ("up to" 4 times a year) while a single update will be $69, which (I think) is less than before.
[end of 1/9/09 update]
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