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GPS receiver with fast auto-routing, voice guidance including announcement of street names, lane assistant, ecoRoute, traffic news, Google local search and other online services, color display with touchscreen, worldwide base map, pre-loaded detailed maps of all of Europe plus Blue Tooth and USB interface. Well suited as navigation system in vehicles but may also be used as hand held device.
The model GARMIN Nüvi 1690 provides fast automatic route calculation - including multiple intermediate destinations if required - plus visual and voice guidance. The lane assistant indicates the correct path in great detail if there are multiple lanes. The integrated GSM module provides access to traffic news, Google local search, currency exchange rates and other online services. The traffic news can be used to compute detours around
traffic jams, closed roads etc. The ecoRoute feature helps to improve your driving economy and to reduce the carbon footprint of your car. The Nüvi 1690 is easy to use, has a large, easy to read color display with touch screen, an extremely sensitive antenna and an integrated worldwide base map. It is very well suited as a navigation system in cars, but you may also use it as a hand held device.
It has 3.62 GB built-in memory to store detailed maps with even more information, such as
local roads, hotels, restaurants, public buildings and points of interest. This model comes with pre-loaded maps of all of Europe which occupy approximately 2.63 GB of memory including various language files. The remaining 0.98 GB memory is available to store additional detailed maps, waypoint files or pictures.
It also has a speech computer to announce the names of the streets. The Nüvi 1690 is equipped with a BlueTooth interface to communicate with mobile phones which have the
required communication capabilities in order to call car rental offices, hotels, restaurants etc. whose phone numbers are stored on the GPS with a single touch on the screen. It can also act as a hands-free extension set to the phones. In addition, the GPS has a slot for an optional microSD memory module to store additional maps or data and an USB connector to exchange data with a computer. The device is powered by a rechargeable battery. The Nüvi 1690 provides navigation information outdoors, in
a car, in a train or even in an airplane (see MapSource examples).
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- Integrated 12 channel receiver with very sensitive built-in antenna.
- User interface in 19 languages: Afrikaans (South Africa), American English, British English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and four asian languages.
- Voice prompting in 39 languages: Afrikaans, American English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, British English, Bulgarian, Canadian French, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, European French, European Portuguese, Finnish, Flemish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Mandarin (China), Mandarin (Taiwan), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese and Turkish.
- Integrated worldwide base map with countries of all continents including major cities and major highways.
- 3.62 GB built-in memory to store detailed maps with even more information, such as local roads, hotels, restaurants, public buildings and points of interest. This model comes with pre-loaded maps of all of Europe which occupy approximately 2.63 GB of memory including various language files. The remaining 0.98 GB memory is available to store additional detailed maps, waypoint files and pictures.
- Routing speed: 8.07 (see GPS Routing Speed for details).
- Online services such as Google Local Search and traffic news. Receives and processes traffic news messages. If the GPS receives a message about a traffic jam, blocked road etc. along the planned route, it can automatically compute a detour. The purchase of the GPS includes a free two year subscription to the online services.
- Slot for micro SecureDigital memory card (µSD memory cards available as options).
- Suited as a hand held device or to be used in any kind of vehicles. Comes with power cable and mounting kit with suction cup for quick mounting and dismounting to easily remove the GPS receiver (seamless switching between cars, theft protection etc.), does not require any installation.
- Large, illuminated, easy to read LCD display with automatic backlight adjustment. Dimension: 97x57 mm (3.8x2.2 inches), resolution: 480x272 pixels, 65536 colors
- Easy to operate via touchscreen.
- Manual or automatic switching of the display between daytime and nighttime, based on time and the current position (changes the colors of the display between sunset and sunrise for more comfortable viewing) Daytime: bright background, nighttime: dark background.
- Device is not waterproof.
- Powered by built-in rechargeable battery (lasts up to 3 h) or by an external 12/24 V power source, e.g. from a car's cigarette lighter (power cord included).
- Short time to first fix (TTFF¹: approx. 15 seconds after a warm start, meaning there are valid coordinates of the satellites available, or approx. 45 seconds after a cold start, meaning there are no valid coordinates of the satellites available).
- Data exchange with PC via USB connector (connection cable included).
- Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user
- Operating temperatures 0 .. 60°C (32° .. 140°F)
- Dimensions: 125x79x19 mm (4.9x3.1x0.7 inches)
- Weight: 175 g (6.2 ounces)
¹) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the local position is acquired.
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- Automatic computing of a route to a user selected destination including optional via-points.
Various options to control route computation including manual and automated sorting of via-points.
- Lane assistant shows exactly which lane to take and when to switch lanes.
- Automatic re-calculation of the route when leaving the planned route.
- Automatic re-calculation of the route when receiving a message about a traffic jam or a blocked road along the planned route
(Receives traffic messages via the integrated GSM module).
- Guidance on the display (visual guidance) and voice guidance via the loudspeaker (acoustic guidance). Also announces road names with navigation instructions.
- Fast route calculation and re-calculation.
Finds routes 8 times faster than the GARMIN StreetPilot III, see GPS Routing Speed for more information.
- World map with zoom function.
- Pre-installed detailed map of Europe (City Navigator Europe NT)
- Information on the map displayed in 3 levels of details.
- Find waypoints, cities and exits.
- Extended search function for points of interest, addresses and intersections.
- Stores up to 1000 waypoints with name (up to 30 characters), icon (choice of more than 80 symbols), image and phone number. Supports categories to organize waypoints.
- Current elevation above see level
- Current time
- Current bearing
- Current, average and maximum speed
- Trip duration and distance (Odometer)
- Supports metric and U.S. units
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The images below show the display of the Nüvi 1690 in true resolution (480x272 pixels). This does not necessarily mean the display is shown it its true size (97x57 mm), the actual size of these images depend on the properties of your display. Many of the pages are configurable, the pictures are just examples.
| Main Menu |
Satellites |
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- Status bar with GPS signal strength, Blue Tooth status, routing mode (car, bike, pedestrian), current time, weather, GSM signal strength, battery charge level. Touch an icon to switch to the corresponding page (keep your finger on the satellite icon for a few seconds).
- Search destination
- View map
- Stop navigation (only shown if there is an active route)
- Compute a detour (only shown if there is an active route)
- Adjust volume
- Tools (system settings, information about current position, manage data, image viewer, world clock, calculator etc., see Tools 1..3 below)
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- Coordinates of the current position
- Position of the satellites, the sun and the moon
- Current speed
- Current elevation above sea level
- Strength of the satellites' signals
- Back to main menu
- Accuracy of the current position indication
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| Tools (1 of 3) |
Tools (2 of 3) |
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- Settings (system, navigation, display, time, languages (text and speech), map, safety, Blue Tooth and alarms)
- Current position (coordinates and elevation, nearest address, nearest intersection, find nearest hospitals, police stations, gas stations and road side assistances, save current position as waypoint)
- Help about using your Nüvi 1690
- ecoRoute: Settings to compute the most economical route and to gather statistical information
- myGarmin: Manage the firmware and map versions plus updates
- Up-to-date information about flights (departure and arrival times, status)
- Back to main menu
- To the next tools page
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- Up-to-date weather information and weather forecast for various cities
- Picture viewer, displays pictures and provides various options, such as zooming, slide show etc.
- Ciao functions (distribute information about your current position to dedicated people)
- Currency converter with up-to-date exchange rates
- World clock showing the current time at different locations plus map showing day and night time
- Route management
- Back to main menu
- To the previous tools page
- To the next tools page
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| Tools (3 of 3) |
Current Position |
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- Currency converter with up-to-date exchange rates
- World clock showing the current time at different locations plus map showing day and night time
- Route management
- Calculator with four basic operations
- Unit converter to convert distances, areas, volumes, speed, weight and temperatures in metric and American units.
- Manage your own data (set "Home", erase tracks, manage your own waypoints, routes and ciao friends)
- Back to main menu
- To the previous tools page
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- Current position (coordinates and elevation)
- Nearest address
- Nearest intersection
- Find nearest hospitals
- Find nearest police stations
- Find nearest gas stations
- Find nearest road side assistances
- Back to previous page
- Save current position as waypoint
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| Map (day mode) |
Map (night mode) |
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- GPS status
- Map in 3D view in day mode with current position (blue car) and indication for traffic messages (green icon with 2 cars)
- Back to main menu
- Current time (touch to select: estimated arrival time*, distance to destination*, estimated travel time to destination*, current heading, current elevation above sea level, current time. Values with * are only available if there is an active route.)
- Current speed (touch to access trip computer)
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- GPS status
- Map in 3D view in night mode with current position (blue car) and indication for traffic messages (green icon with 2 cars)
- Back to main menu
- Current time (touch to select: estimated arrival time*, distance to destination*, estimated travel time to destination*, current heading, current elevation above sea level, current time. Values with * are only available if there is an active route.)
- Current speed (touch to access trip computer)
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| Route |
Vias |
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- Status bar with name of final destination, estimated travel time and distance to destination
- Planned route (pink line) with current position (blue car), start (green flag), vias (orange flags) and final destination (black and white flag)
- To the previous page
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- Vias, also known as intermediate destinations (you may move or delete each via point)
- Insert new via point
- Back to previous page
- Re-calculate the route, the GPS may optimize the order of the vias to find the shortest route
- To the next vias
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| Direction |
Lane Assistant |
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- Direction with distance to next turn and type of turn
- Name of the road onto which you will turn
- Map with current position (blue car), planned route (pink line), next turn (white arrow), indication for traffic messages (green icon with 2 cars) and current speed limit (sign with red circle)
- Back to main menu
- Current time (touch to select: estimated arrival time*, distance to destination*, estimated travel time to destination*, current heading, current elevation above sea level, current time. Values with * are only available if there is an active route.)
- Current speed
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- Detailed view of the lanes at the next turn
- Arrow exactly indicating which lane to take
- Back to previous page
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| Directions |
Autozoom |
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- Type of and distance to next turn
- Direction
- Back to previous page
- Show route on map
- To the previous directions
- To the next directions
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- Highly zoomed map with detailed view of next turn (will be display automatically when approaching a turn)
- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- Direction
- Estimated time to next turn
- Distance to next turn
- Back to previous page
- Lane assistant (only shown if available for that particular turn)
- To previous turn
- To next turn
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| Trip Computer (1 of 2) |
Trip Computer (2 of 2) |
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- Current speed
- Travelled distance (odometer)
- Estimated travel time to destination
- Distance to final destination
- Estimated travel time to next turn
- Distance to next turn
- Back to previous page
- Reset trip data (maximum speed, travelled distance, average speed, time)
- To next data fields
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- Current speed
- Current moving direction
- Current elevation above sea level
- Maximum speed
- Total moving time
- Average speed without stopped time
- Total stopped time
- Average speed including stopped time (not visible on the image above)
- Total time since last reset (not visible on the image above)
- Back to previous page
- Reset trip data (maximum speed, travelled distance, average speed, time)
- To previous data fields
- To next data fields
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| Track |
Traffic Message |
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- Map with travelled path (track, blue line), show or hide the track on the map through map settings, scale (right bottom)
- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- Back to previous page
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- To previous traffic incident
- Name of affected road
- Type of traffic incident and distance from current position to incident
- To next traffic incident
- Length of the traffic incident
- Map showing location of traffic incident. Color code (green = traffic still flowing, yellow = traffic partially congested, red = traffic is heavily congested or stopped)
- Change scale ("-" and "+")
- Back to previous page
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| ecoRoute Vehicle |
ecoRoute Red Range |
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- Fuel type (unleaded, diesel etc.)
- Average fuel consumption in liter per 100 km in cities
- Average fuel consumption in liter per 100 km on highways
- Fuel price per liter
- Back to previous page
- Reset vehicle values
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- Map with current position (blue car)
- Current eco challenge score (33 = red range = insufficient, excessive acceleration or deceleration)
- Back to previous page
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| ecoRoute Yellow Range |
ecoRoute Green Range |
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- Map with current position (blue car)
- Current eco challenge score (61 = yellow range = sufficient, medium acceleration or deceleration)
- Back to previous page
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- Map with current position (blue car)
- Current eco challenge score (98 = green range = optimal, smooth speed changes)
- Back to previous page
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| ecoRoute Fuel Economy |
ecoRoute Score |
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- Fuel used since last reset
- Average fuel consumption in liter per 100 km since last reset
- Cost of fuel used since last reset
- Total carbon emission since last reset
- Fuel consumption in liter over time for the last driving hour
- Back to previous page
- Reset statistics
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- Overall eco score for today's drive (99 = optimal)
- Current eco score (0 when not driving)
- Eco score for braking (softer deceleration yields to better score)
- Eco score for speed (driving in the optimal speed range yields to better score)
- Eco score for acceleration (softer acceleration yields to better score)
- Eco score over time for the last driving hour
- Back to previous page
- Change settings
- Reset statistics
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| World Clock |
Currency Exchange Rate |
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- Cities with time and day of week (choose cities from list)
- Time and date at current position
- Back to previous page
- World map with daylight and night
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- Input fields (Value and currency)
- Result (Value and currency)
- Exchange rate and date of last update (exchange rates are updated online)
- Back to previous page
- Clear input
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| Weather |
Flight Status |
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- Date
- City
- Current weather - touch to see weather forecast for the next six days
- Current highest / lowest temperatures
- Current humidity
- Current wind
- Current precipation
- Back to previous page
- Current weather and forecast for a different location
- To previous weather information
- To next weather information
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- Airline and flight number
- Status
- Information about departure
- Information about arrival
- Back to previous page
- Further information
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- GARMIN Nüvi 1690T:
This model has been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the Nüvi 1690T.
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All options for the GARMIN Nüvi 1690 in detail, find maps here.
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Quick start manuals, owner's manuals and firmware upgrade for GARMIN Nüvi 1690:
- Quick start manuals:
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- Firmware Upgrade:
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