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Garmin StreetPilot c530 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Never lose your way with this portable voice guided GPS system equipped with out-of-the-box, preloaded maps.

Features:

• New high-sensitivity WAAS-capable GPS receiver by SIRF
• TFT LCD display, 320×240 pixels
• Pre-loaded with detailed street maps for the entire U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico
• Turn-by-turn voice guided instructions
• Fingertip touch-screen interface
• Over 8 million points of interest including hotels, restaurants and attractions
• Fast acquisition times and maintains signal under heavy foliage and near city skyscrapers
• Configurable vehicle icons allow you to select a fun, customized car-shaped icon that shows your position on the map
• Automotive-grade, sunlight readable, anti-glare display
• Garmin Lock™– anti-theft feature that disables the unit from performing any function until you type in a specific 4-digit PIN or take the unit to a predetermined location
• Choose 2D or 3D map perspective
• TFT LCD display; 2.8″ W x 2.1″ H; 320 x 240 pixels
• Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery provides up to 8 hours of use
• SD memory card slot
• Optional FM TMC traffic alerts

Includes:

• Preloaded City Navigator NT North America
• Vehicle suction-cup mount
• 12-volt adapter cable
• Dashboard disk
• USB interface cable
• Carry Case
• Owner’s manual

Find your way and stay on track during your next excursion.
Customer Review: Garmin StreetPilot c530
This product is very user-friendly and easy to follow. The only worry I have with it is becoming overly dependant on it. I travel quite frequently and this product certainly takes a great deal of the stress away from planning trips.
Customer Review: Works great
It works great and has in general led me quickly to my destination and located restaurants in towns that I was passing on the interstate. One must get used to using it and I did find one location that tripped it up. I was driving along the Mississippi in New Orleans attempting to get on the bridge across to the West Bank. It directed me under the bridge and along a road parallel to it. There are multiple layers of roads on the bridge which apparently confused it for I heard the fateful word: “Recalculating”. I followed the prompts and circled around a few times each time getting the dreadful “Recalculating”. I finally gave up and found a sign directing me to interstate going in the opposite direction. I took it until I could exit, loop around and get on the road going in the right direction.

My only wish would be for it to voice identify the road to turn on. It only says to turn right or left. The name of the road is in large letters at the top of the screen but I would prefer for the name to be included in the voice prompt.

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