Simple, safe and affordable with Bluetooth® hands-free phone calling, the nüvi 215 is your personal travel assistant for life on the go. This simple, safety-minded GPS navigator leads the way with turn-by-turn directions to help you find the best route and stay safe on the road. Give the drive your full attention with hands-free phone calls through the integrated speaker and microphone. Packed with loads of Points of Interest (POIs) and Southern Africa Streetmaps, the 215 is compact, versatile and easy to use.

Make hands-free phone calls

Keep your eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel with nüvi 215’s integrated Bluetooth® wireless technology, microphone and speaker. Just pair with your compatible mobile phone and talk hands-free through the nüvi 215. Simply dial numbers using nüvi’s touchscreen keypad and answer calls in a tap of the screen. Enjoy convenient one-touch dialling for contacts and points of interest and drive safely and legally.

Simplicity and safety

nüvi 215 comes preloaded with Garmap Southern Africa Streetmaps mapping. Simply touch the colour screen, key in your destination and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn spoken directions and smooth moving maps. Digital elevation detail shows shaded contours for a better understanding of the surrounding terrain. In addition, nüvi 215 accepts custom points of interest such as named businesses, with proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs as you approach. With HotFix™ satellite prediction technology, Garmin calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

“Where Am I?” gives you details about your position on demand. Simply tap the car icon for your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, nearest address, and directions to nearby hospitals, police and petrol stations.

nüvi 215 also comes with Garmin Lock™, our inventive anti-theft protection system that uses GPS technology to safeguard your GPS by locking to a secure location of your choice. Just return to the location to unlock.

Enhanced navigation

Redefine your sightseeing with photo navigation and get there in a snap! To plan trips to landmarks and attractions simply and easily before you set off, choose and save location-tagged photographs from Garmin Connect (http://connect.garmin.com) on nüvi 215 in a wish-list of places to visit. Then, at your leisure, select a photo destination for turn-by-turn directions straight to the scene.

Other built-in travel tools include a JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, a currency and measurement converter, calculator and more.

Customise

Personalise your nüvi 215 with your choice of background photograph and select a new vehicle icon from the Garmin Garage (www.garmin.com/vehicles). With a wide range of wheels including off-road vehicles, motorbikes and classic cars, you can tailor your Garmin to suit your style.

Enhance your overseas travel experience with a range of plug-in memory cards such as the Garmin Travel and Language Guides and bring your journeys to life with trusted guides.

Portable bigger picture

nüvi has a sleek, slim design to fit comfortably in your pocket or bag. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot with up to 4 hours’ usage between charges.

View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant colour. The sunlight-readable 3.5-inch display is easy to view - from any direction.

Supplied with Garmap Africa Series 2008 Southern Africa Streetmaps you are provided with more than 675,000 km of routable road data across nine different countries (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Malawi), more than 150,000 points of interest as well as routable roads and tracks for 55 game reserves ands parks in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi.

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 215: 9,7 x 7,1 x 2 cm
  215W: 12,2 x 7,4 x 2 cm
  Display size, WxH: 215: 7,2 x 5,4 cm; 8,9 cm diag. (3.5")
  215W: 9,7 x 5,7 cm; 10,9 cm diag. (4.3")
  Display resolution, WxH: 215: 320 x 240 pixels
  215W: 480 x 272 pixels
  Display type: 215: QVGA colour antiglare TFT with white backlight
  215W: WQVGA colour antiglare TFT with white backlight
  Weight: 215: 147.42 g
  201W: 173 g
  Battery: Rechargeable lithium-ion, built-in
  Battery life: Up to 4 hours (usage dependant)
  Waterproof: No
  High-sensitivity receiver: Yes
  Basemap: Yes
  Preloaded maps: Yes (regional)
  Ability to add maps: Yes
  Built-in memory: Internal solid state
  Accepts data cards: 215: microSD™ card (not included)
  215W: SD™ card (not included)
  Waypoints / favourites / locations: 1000
  Routes: 0
  Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 meters."): Yes (internal speaker)
  Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 meters."): No
  Speech recognition (navigate with voice commands): No
  3-D map view: Yes
  Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): No
  Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): Yes
  Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): Yes
  Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): Yes
  Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): Yes
  Hands-free calling with Bluetooth® wireless technology: Yes
  Safety Camera Information: Yes – available for download at www.garmap.co.za
  Multimode (switches modes to drive, hike, bike or boat): No
  Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & petrol stations, nearest address & intersection): Yes
  Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): No
  Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): Yes
  MP3 player: No
  Audio book player: No
  Picture viewer: Yes
  Garmin Garage™ (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): Yes
  World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: Yes
  Touchscreen: Yes
  Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): 215: No
  215W: Yes
  Remote control: No
  FM transmitter: No
  Headphone jack/audio line-out: No
  Dead reckoning: No
  Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): Yes
  Motorcycle-friendly: No
  Geocaching-friendly: No
  Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.