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Garmin Nuvi 3790LT 4.3" GPS

Enjoy a uniquely personal navigation experience with the elegantly slim nüvi 3790T. A sat nav with style, substance and personality and just 8.77mm thin, it redefines portable navigation to watch over your every journey. nüvi features a gesture-controlled multi-touch screen, nüRoute™ technology with trafficTrends™ and myTrends™, voice-activated navigation, 3D buildings and terrain, lane assist with PhotoReal™ junction view, South Africa maps with 60-day nüMaps Guarantee™, hands-free calling and subscription-free pan-European lifetime traffic alerts.

Features Summary

• Sleek, light and ultra-slim design which fits easily in your pocket.
• Preloaded with City Navigator South Africa NT maps.
• High-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix.
• Subscription-free lifetime traffic included.
• Easy-to-use, attractive 4.3" capacitive colour touchscreen with portrait and landscape displays.
• microSD memory card expansion slot.
• Offers a 3-D mapping perspective, or 2-D overhead view.
• Park position recall.
• Cyclops speed camera alerts: Fixed, average speed, mobile and temporary cameras already built in. New or moved cameras are tracked and the database is updated regularly for subscribed users.
• nuMaps 60-day update: Users may be eligible for a free Garmin City Navigator South Africa NT map update if they register their nuvi 3760LT at http://my.garmin.com within 60 days of first acquiring a satellite fix and if there is a newer version of the City Navigator South Africa NT map data available for download.
• Screen lock / standby: Simply tap the power button, slide nuvi into the carrying case and go.
• New gesture-style touch display: Allows quick map screen adjustments such as zoom-in and out by -˜pinching-™ the screen.
• Built-in lithium-ion battery: Lasts up to four hours depending on usage, standby mode can be several weeks.
• Lane assist and Junction view: Navigate with confidence while nuvi directs you to the preferred lane (where coverage exists in South Africa).
• Route planner: Plan and save routes with multiple via points and automatically sort your destinations for the most efficient route.
• nuRoute with myTrends: Using your driving habits, nuvi will predict your destination without you activating a route.
• Bluetooth wireless technology: Enables hands-free calling with a compatible phone.
• ecoRoute: Drivers can view suggestions for fuel-efficient navigation, conserving both money and petrol.
• "Where Am I?" feature: Find the closest hospitals, police stations, petrol stations, nearest address, intersection and coordinates.
• Auto time zone: Automatically adjusts your time zone while navigating.
• Photo navigation: Download a location-tagged image from Garmin Connect Photos (http://connect.garmin.com/Photos) and let nuvi guide you straight to the scene without needing the destination address.
• Powered suction cup mount with speaker: Easily adjust or remove nuvi from the mount and hear directions through a high-quality secondary speaker.
• Voice-activated navigation: Set up a name such as -˜Voice Command-™, speak the words and the nuvi will switch to voice control.
• 3D terrain: Navigate while viewing map contour shades, available at new low zoom levels.
• 3D buildings and landmarks: See 3-D buildings and landmarks (where available) on the map as you drive for enhanced situational awareness.

Award-Winning Design

Elegantly manufactured in aluminium and chrome, the blade-like nüvi 3790T is the slimmest portable navigator on the market, with a highly-responsive, high-detail 800x400 pixel 4.3-inch LCD display. A sat-nav first, the capacitive multi-touch technology lets you “slide”, “tap” and “pinch” to zoom in and out and browse surrounding areas just by dragging a finger on the gesture-controlled screen, Dual-orientation capabilities mean you can choose how you see the route ahead – simply flip nüvi portrait-to-landscape while walking or in the car to view any way you want.

Experience nüRoutes™ Navigation

This ultra-intelligent sat nav is tailored to your needs to find you the best route. Advanced routing capabilities include nüRoutes myTrends™, which analyses your driving behaviour and predicts your regular journeys and trafficTrends™, which automatically learns traffic flow trends to improve your routes and predict journey time using traffic knowledge learned from other drivers combined with live traffic alerts.

Voice-Activated Navigation

Experience completely voice-controlled navigation from the word ‘go’. Simply set your own custom “wake-up” command to activate speech-recognition mode and nüvi 3790T acts on your spoken instruction for totally hands-free navigation. Give nüvi a name, tell her where you want to go and she’ll design a route specifically for you. You can even give her a new voice. Just use the free Garmin Voice Studio software and let your sat nav come alive. (Only English, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Swedish voice activation commands are recognised). Simplicity and Safety

PhotoReal™ Junction View

Navigate tricky junctions with PhotoReal™ junction view for accurate images of upcoming exits and junctions on your route. nüvi 3790T shows your correct lane choice with incredible detail of what’s up ahead – down to the trees, bridges and pylons. See the precise reproduction of road signs with arrows guiding you to the right lane for your onward journey. Flip nüvi landscape-to-portrait to see PhotoReal™ junction view in split-screen for exceptional clarity. Combined with nuvi 3790T’s 3D terrain detail and contours, buildings and landmarks, the road ahead has never looked so vivid.

Speed Cameras

Drive safely and legally with speed camera alerts relevant to your direction of travel, speed and route provided by dedicated safety camera company - Cyclops. nüvi’s unique speed camera warning system gives real-time, reliable, and accurate alerts for fixed, average speed, mobile and temporary cameras.

Where am I?

Simply tap the car icon on your map screen for your exact coordinates, contact details for vehicle recovery services and directions to hospitals, police and petrol stations.

Park Position Recall

nüvi marks your parked position as a point on the map when removed from the car mount to guide you back there on foot. It also finds the nearest parking to your location for the ultimate convenience.

Garmin Lock™

The Garmin Lock™ anti-theft protection system uses GPS to lock the unit to a secure location of your choice.

Make Hands-free Calls

nüvi 3790T integrates Bluetooth® wireless technology with a built-in microphone and speaker letting you make hands-free calls while giving the road your full attention. Simply dial numbers on the touchscreen or tap the display and speak into the built-in microphone to take incoming calls. Enjoy convenient one-touch dialling of your phone book contacts and points of interest, all with enhanced sound quality though the dedicated car mount loud speaker.

Subscription-Free Traffic Alerts

Steer clear of traffic with the integrated FM traffic receiver and subscription-free, pan-European lifetime¹ traffic updates. Receive alerts about traffic delays and roadworks that lie ahead on your route. Next, simply touch the screen on nüvi to view traffic details or detour around the problem area.

Supreme Pedestrian Navigation

With enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities and dual-oriented screen, nüvi 3790 is your perfect travel companion. Download optional cityXplorer™ maps to plan the whole journey with pedestrian routes and public transport across Europe.

Turn-by-turn Directions with Enhanced Map Detail

nüvi 3790 has an intuitive interface that greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Map." Touch the colour screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination It comes preloaded with detailed City Navigator® NT street maps for 43 countries across Europe with over a million points of interest (POIs) such as shops, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, petrol stations, cash points and more and speed limits for most major roads. With 3D Building and Terrain view, you’ll see representations of prominent buildings in many cities and map contours at low zoom levels, giving you a realistic perspective of your journey.

Go Beyond Navigation

Besides the advanced features you’d expect from a flagship Garmin sat nav, nüvi 3790T goes beyond navigation. The ecoRoute™ fuel-saving feature calculates a more fuel-efficient route, tracks fuel usage and enables expense reporting through Microsoft Excel. Plug in the optional ecoRoute™ HD device for engine diagnostics. 3790T is packed with travel tools including a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. With photo navigation, you can download pictures from Garmin Connect™ Photos and navigate straight to the scene. Visit the Garmin Garage to download custom voices and vehicles for free and enhance your travel experience further with optional plug-in AA City Guides and other Garmin Extras

• nuvi 3790T GPS
• Preloaded City Navigator® NT for South Africa
• Subscription-free, lifetime traffic
• FM traffic receiver with vehicle power cable
• Vehicle suction cup mount with speaker
• USB cable
• Quick start manual