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There are assorted outstanding things when it comes to the Garmin StreetPilot gps and a few 'tricks' to help you gain the best out of an already outstanding performing product.
Envision never having to stop to ask for directions or never being lost again. The Garmin StreetPilot gps makes that possible. The Garmin StreetPilot gps is the uttermost traveling escort and leader to your destination. With the StreetPilot gps, you are competent to set a course and relax while you follow the directions mapped out for you by the navigational system. A comforting voice will give you turn-by-turn directions to your destination on the quickest and shortest routes available. There is also approximated time of arrival along with the directions so you know how long it will take to get there. In addition, automated voice prompts will alert you to divergences in the route and turns when needed. You may touch a button and you instantaneously see each exit, ATM, restaurant, rest area and gas station on the color screen.
MapSource and City Navigator are just two of the downloadable CD-ROM's you get with the StreetPilot so you may put them on your computer and then transfer the info onto the gps receiver unit. Then, just place the gps unit on the dashboard of your vehicle and you are ready to go, without any hookup fees.
The Garmin StreetPilot gps takes you where you want to go and if you are going down a shortcut, which is often times the case, and it might be a dirt or gravel road and you wish not to be taking this route, merely hit the redirect or detour button and the gps will turn you around and find another route to your destination. Another 'trick' is to put address numbers in the front of the waypoints, this reduces the address to six to 10 characters and renames it, making it having little impact to find. In the points of interest - POI - put in areas where there are slow driving required, such as school zones and hospitals. Also mark where there are traffic cameras to remind yourself to slow down in these areas so that you won't get caught or get a ticket in the mail, which will save you time and money.
There are galore accessaries you may buy to upgrade your Garmin StreetPilot gps unit. There is the A/C - PC adapter which allows you to connect your gps to your computer. There is likewise the ordinary A/C adaptor for charging your gps receiver without having to connect it to the computer. There are assorted varieties antenna's available to boost the strength of your StreetPilot gps. In addition there are dissimilar styles of mounts for the gps navigational system, such as the window 'arm' mount which allows you to place the gps where you may see it best, or the adhesive 'disk' which allows you to place the gps on a 'sticky' pad making remotion fast and easy.
The Garmin StreetPilot gps is small, when it comes to the size of a baseball, and portable, you may take it out of the car and carry it with you around town or into the woods to help you find your way back to the car after hiking all day. There are galore practical uses for the Garmin StreetPilot gps and finding your way in a big city is only one of them.
Garmin and have teamed up to offer this item in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging, a recyclable, easy-to-open substitute to traditionalisti packaging. Products in Frustration-Free Packaging are incisively the same--we've just streamlined the packaging. A Frustration-Free Package comes without wire ties, hard plastic "clamshell" casings, and plastic bindings. It's designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife and will protect your product just as well as traditionalisti packaging. This item ships in it is own box, without the need for an further and added shipping box. Learn more in regards to Frustration-Free Packaging.
Keep your nüvi in place with this portable friction mount. It'll keep everything in plain sight when you need it and out of the way when you don't. The arm attachment connects directly to your GPS device, and once you've adjusted it to your liking, locks into place. Avoid the "wing around the windshield" syndrome that comes with windshield mounts.
Perfect for locales where window-mounting is prohibited or those who plainly prefer a quick way to mount/unmount their nüvi/StreetPilot device.
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1199 of 1207 persons found the following review helpful.
 Best Solution for NUVI in my Prius and my Ford: Theft Protection As Well!!
By A. Stagg
My Prius has a rough dashboard and a windshield that slopes very sharply. Thus, the suction cup mounts are not good solutions. Fortunately, the friction mount is a outstanding solution. It works much better than I expected. Very stable, does not slide, and lets me adjust my Nuvi to a potpourri of dissimilar angles. I may place the GPS anyplace on the dash or even on the center console. Also works outstanding when transposed to my wife's Ford.
Only downside to the device is that it has a rather huge footprint, but not prohibitively large. I like the fact that I may without apparent effort use this in both of our family vehicles depending on where we need the GPS.
UPDATE: Now that I have applied this mount steadily since May, I have to say this is the best mounting solution I've found for a GPS or any other device for my car. It hasn't slid out of place once!! Given the rise in GPS units being stolen from cars, this mount allows you to without apparent effort stash your GPS Unit and mount out of sight and then put it back into position with ease.
2009 Update: Still using this in my Prius and my wife has one too. It's kept up rather well. It IS a bit bulky to store out of the way when not in use, but still a good solution. I normally remove my GPS from the mount (a simple process) and then place the mount as far underneath the seat as it will go. Not perfect, but the best solution I've found to date.
670 of 678 persons found the following review helpful.
 Well designed
By Dylan Ginsburg
This mount works great. The selection of Garmin mounts is mixing up as a good deal of are two constituents and galore are one. If you have a Nuvi with the included windshield mount, then this is the only percentage you need to buy. The included mount disassembles at the ball and socket joint and attaches to this one. I can't say it will never come off the dash if I do a good deal of actually high speed maneuver, but so far it's kept steady for all regular driving.
I like that it's easy to move the mount and gps unit down to the floor when I park. Yeah a thief could still see it if they came right up to my car but at least it's not evident from halfway all over the parking lot like a windshield mount is. A thief that sees an empty windshield mount is in all likelihood going to assume (correctly) that I've just put the unit in the glove compartment.
384 of 392 people found the following review helpful.
Finally, the right mounting solution
By Richard Buck
I have become addicted to my Garmin Nuvi 660 and applied it for six months with a successful windshield mount. But now I have purchased a new car. I encountered that the windshield suction mount left an ugly black ring on the window of my old car. (I assume I may get this cleaned up when I detail the car for selling.)
So no way was I going to put one of those on my pretty new car. I tried the Garmin dashboard mount but shied away from the "permanent" disc. I found the "temporary" disc was just not up to the occupation of keeping this device in place -- at least on my vehicle. I found this very frustrating. I read with regards to the Portable Friction Mount, found a Best Buy store that had it in stock and ran out to buy it.
Though it is not terribly good looking, it does the occupation very well. I tried whipping around a few tight turns in parking lots and the whole thing stayed put. As another reviewer said, this lets you effortlessly remove the thing and put it on the floor so it's not obvious. That may be more priceless than you would think. I know someone who got rid of his Garmin Nuvi (and took it with him) but left the window mount in place. The car was broken into and the window mount alone was stolen. (Probably that was a finelooking frustrated thief.)
Also, this will be easy to transfer to a rental car. And it will make it easy for my wife to borrow my Nuvi. Hmmm!
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