Garmin GPS - Nuvi 200 vs 350 receiver

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Nuvi 200 vs 350 receiver

Badboyz

2007-07-24, 10:33 pm

Hi,

I need a little advice, suggestion, comment and/or knowledge. Is the
receiver on the Nuvi 350 better then the 200? According to Garmin site they
are equal. Is the fold out antenna a distraction on the 350? I do not
drive in Canada and I don't need the MP3, and the audio book features on the
350. Already have that on my iPod 80GIG. The text-to-speech feature on the
350 is worth the additional $80+ USD to me and if it has better reception.

Neighbor brought over his Pioneer AVIC-S2 to demo. Had a QWERTY type
keyboard and he was getting strong signal on his GPS while the 200 "lost
satellite" connection. Another feature on his Pioneer, while you're typing
the location in, letters disappear from the keyboard as it starts to narrow
down your location. I thought that was pretty neat. His unit has no
feedbacks, reviews and rating from various Google search. Plus his unit has
a short 2 hour battery standby life and a ugly huge windshield mount.

Thanks for reading. Waiting for your comments.

Pocket Aces

Edwin Pawlowski

2007-07-24, 10:33 pm

"Badboyz" <pocketAces@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ooypi.5988$jC4.1663@trndny09...
> Hi,
>
> I need a little advice, suggestion, comment and/or knowledge. Is the
> receiver on the Nuvi 350 better then the 200? According to Garmin site
> they are equal. Is the fold out antenna a distraction on the 350? I do
> not drive in Canada and I don't need the MP3, and the audio book features
> on the 350. Already have that on my iPod 80GIG. The text-to-speech
> feature on the 350 is worth the additional $80+ USD to me and if it has
> better reception.

The 350 talks more. The 200 will say "turn left in 200 feet" but the 350
will say "turn left onto Smith Street in 200 feet"

The flip up antenna is not a distraction at all.

Like you, I'll probably never use the mp3 and talking book feature, but I do
like the street naming.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

noname

2008-01-28, 10:33 pm

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:53:21 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net>
wrote:

>
>"Badboyz" <pocketAces@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:ooypi.5988$jC4.1663@trndny09...
>
>The 350 talks more. The 200 will say "turn left in 200 feet" but the 350
>will say "turn left onto Smith Street in 200 feet"
>
>The flip up antenna is not a distraction at all.
>
>Like you, I'll probably never use the mp3 and talking book feature, but I do
>like the street naming.

I had a 200 and it drifted and would think I was turning around 180
sometimes while driving. I now have the 350 and it never drifts or
thinks Im spinning around. If they have the same reciever then it sure
works better in the 350

I use the mps player through a one of those things you can put in your
tape deck. It works well as the 350's direction will also go through
the deck. If your playing an MP3 it actualling interrupts the music as
it gives directions and then returns after it is done.

I don't think I'll be listening to book either.

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