Garmin GPSMAP-640 Car Marine GPS
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Product Description
GARMIN GPSMAP-640 Car Marine GPS. Garmin International is pleased to announce the new GPSMAP 620 and GPSMAP 640. These two new Garmin products offer elements of the GPSMAP 5000 series marine chartplotters combined with elements of the popular nuvi series for use on the road all in one easy to use device. Portable and powerful, the GPSMAP 620 and GPSMAP 640 feature a high sensitivity GPS receiver and boast a large, super bright 5.2 in WVGA touchscreen display that reacts as users tap and drag through the intuitive user interface. Out of the box, the GPSMAP 640 comes complete with marine and automotive mounts. This true land and sea navigator features preloaded maps such as highly detailed BlueChart g2 marine cartography of the coastal United States /including Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas/ as well as highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps for North America.
Feature
- Waterproof Land and Sea Navigator
- 5.2 in Diagonal WVGA Touchscreen Display at 800x480 Pixels
- Preloaded with BlueChart g2 Marine Cartography of the Coastal U.S./Including Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas
- Supports GXM 40, XM WX Satellite Weather, XM Satellite Radio, XM NavTraffic
- Turn by Turn Directions and Text to Speech
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CustomerReviews
Technology in reverse...
The 640 could/should have been so much better, had Garmin enabled the XM Weather capability in Automotive mode, in addition to the Marine mode, which does support XM Weather (WHY would they do such a stupid thing?!), and kept the Tracks/Tracks Management feature of the 276C/378/478 models, which are also geared toward Marine/Auto users. The unbelievable thing is that these missing features are all features that Garmin has implemented in older units - it is baffling why they would eliminate them in newer models, particularly at a time when this basic GPS functionality in the 640 is so widely available in smartphones. They also reduced the number of saved Routes. As the 640 is currently configured, I will stick to my trusty 478 for a long time, despite the fact that I would have liked to upgrade to a larger screen and updated GPS receiver technology found in the 640.
Downgrade from Previous Marine Models
There are so many things that would have made this a great evolutionary update from the GPSMAP 276/376/478 series, but Garmin decided to not allow the use of the XM weather radar and other weather features while in automotive mode. Big disappointment if you are looking to use this on land too like I was.
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