Garmin nüvi 500 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator GARMIN NUVI 500 3.5 inch GPS Navigator. Garmin International is pleased to announce the nuvi 500 and nuvi 550, the newest members of the popular nuvi line. This new multi mode nuvi series will guide you while you drive, hike, bike or boat. Both models switch modes to navigate through your active lifestyle. Go sightseeing with geotagged images from Garmin Connect Photos or see your terrain with the digital elevation model basemap. Nuvi 500 and 550 are ready for your active lifestyle. The nuvi 500 comes preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator North America NT Lower 48 States plus topographic maps for the U.S. The preloaded map data features over six million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs and attractions. The map data is provided by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium quality mapping.
Customer Review: Terrible customer service
I just got a nuvi 500 and I would never buy another Garmin product. Garmin doesn’t include an owner’s manual- you have to download one. To register the product you have to go to Garmin and download a plug-in to your browser. The downloaded manual sucks. They don’t include an AC adapter. As if you didn’t pay enough already, they are happy to sell you one. The car charger provided doesn’t work in my car, and the manual instructs me to purchase a 3A high blow fuse to replace the fuse in the adapter they provided. (I’m sure they have 3A high blow fuses at the 7-11 down the street.) Customer service didn’t respond to my e-mail questions, and don’t even bother calling them. The recording advised me that there would be a 35 minute wait for a customer service representative. (I wonder how Garmin’s CEO likes listening to 35 minutes of Muzak.) Better you stay with the phone on your ear for an hour then they cut profits by hiring enough help. With the way Garmin disregards your time and the inconveniences they heap upon you, they really don’t deserve future customers.
Customer Review: Nuvi 500 for driving and geocaching
I purchased this item hoping that I would have the best of both worlds. Not so. It is on it’s way back to Amazon. When I used it for geocaching, it would tell me to walk 25 feet to the left, I would get there and it would then say move 40 ft in another direction and then I would do that and it would tell me to move again. I was disappointed with the unit. I was not happy with it for driving either. I had high hopes and they did not pan out. Hopefully the Garmin Oregon 300 will be just the ticket !!
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