GPS Navigation For Dummies FD-220 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

by GPS For Dummies

Product Features

• 3.5-inch color touch display GPS system with high-sensitivity GPS receiver for quick location fix
• Digital map with browsing capability, 2-D and 3-D map perspective
• Turn-by-turn visual guidance and voice directions
• The familiar, easy-to-use For Dummies style, complete with icons, leads you through the GPS navigation software user interface and user's manual
• Entertainment features including digital music player, picture viewer and more

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Product Description

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Amazon.com Product Description Need to get where you are going easily, quickly, and accurately? GPS Navigation For Dummies is the answer. The state-of-the-art For Dummies personal GPS navigation device ensures you get to the destination quickly. Designed to be the world's most user friendly interface, GPS Navigation For Dummies is perfect for automobiles, backpacks, purses, RVs, or bicycling. The name says it all--the easiest and most intuitive personal GPS navigation on the market.

A GPS device worthy of the Dummies name. Click to enlarge.

GPS Made Simple
About the size of a deck of cards, this device comes with the For Dummies GPS Navigation software, which boasts a familiar and easy-to-use interface worthy of the Dummies name. A backlit 3.5" color LCD touch screen with 320 x 240 resolution makes for easy navigation in both 2D and 3D map viewing.

Designed for Portability
This GPS unit's compact design means you can take it anywhere, and the built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you up to 4 hours of use on a single charge.

Enjoy simple charging and data transfer on any PC with USB plug-and-play, or use the in-vehicle charger when you're on the road.

Visual turn-by-turn navigation in 2D or 3D. Click to enlarge.

Familiar and easy-to-use interface. Click to enlarge.

Entertainment Options
Grab your GPS when you've got a travel break and enjoy a digital music player and picture viewer, along with a headphone jack for private listening.

Competitive GPS Features
Ease of use doesn't mean a light feature set. Enjoy preloaded maps of the U. S. states, complete with 1.7 million searchable points of interest. Visual and voice turn-by-turn navigation lets you keep your eyes on the road while navigating. Automatic re-routing calculates a new travel route when you stray from the original.

FD-220 Features:

• For Dummies GPS Nav software with easy-to-use user interface for simplifying the GPS navigation operation
• 3.5" touch screen
• Digital mapping with browsing capability
• Visual and voice turn-by-turn navigation
• Pre-loaded map of the contiguous 48 US
• Millions of points of interest
• Included digital music player and digital picture viewer software
• Easy-to-understand For Dummies user's manual

What's in the Box
GPS For Dummies FD-220 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator, Pre-loaded maps, In-vehicle charger, Suction cup mounting kit, User's manual, Mini USB cable

Product Description

Need to get where you are going easily, quickly, and accurately GPS Navigation For Dummies is the answer. The state of the art For Dummies personal GPS navigation device ensures you get to the destination quickly. Designed to be the world's most user friendly interface, GPS Navigation For Dummies is perfect for automobiles, backpacks, purses, RVs, or bicycling. The name says it all the easiest and most intuitive personal GPS navigation on the market.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars GPS for Dummies not so dumb March 16, 2010

By Richard La Barca

Amazon Verified Purchase

I bought this GPS for Dummies last year and have been pleased with it's performance. It does take a moment for it to acquire a satellite signal. After signal is acquired, it keeps the connection quite well. I like that it also has a media player for playing my music through my car stereo although you have to use WMA music files...easily converted from MP3. Plus there is a a picture and video viewer. Quite nice for the mere price of $70.00 which I found this player on sale for at, of all places, CVS store. Also, for this price, it has voice navigation and/or displayed turn-by-turn routing. It quickly re-routes if you stray from original route. One note of information is that I don't see a choice to avoid tolls but I found that choosing the "quickest" (as opposed to the "shortest") route function did avoid local tolls...maybe because it knows that stopping for tolls actually adds time to route. I haven't had any product problems and it has been reliable so far. Overall, I recommend this GPS for ease of use and also for its additional features for a very reasonable price. Look for sales!

2/20/2011
Okay, I liked this GPS so much that I just purchased another...from Maylong Group (Amazon) on sale, of course. I give the new one almost 5 stars because the updated firmware responds better...quicker satellite recognition and a few upgraded menu items. Comparing the two side-by-side I see the new firmware reads from 8 satellites whereas the older one only reads 4. Still, upon use, both keep signal well and give easily followed directions. Overall, this GPS is a great find for the price including car mount, and all cables needed for power and computer connections. Oh, and I really like the media player...like having a GPS, MP3, and picture/video player all in one.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Love this thing January 25, 2010

By TheFrey

Due to our past experience with this item, I am currently on line now to buy one for my father to take on a cross country trip.

My husband, who was a GPS newbie bought one and was able to use it right out of the box. Instruction Manual? What is this instruction manual thing you speak of? He don't need no stinkin' manual. And acutally he didn't. He then thought he was a GPS pro, so he gave this to my brother, who loves it, and bought a garvin because he wanted a larger screen. Big mistake. He pawned the garvin off on my neice and bought a tom-tom because he needed it the next day and couldn't find another Dummies GPS locally at 8:45 pm on a saturday.

He still misses his dummies gps very much wants to pawn the tom-tom off on me so he can get another Dummies GPS with the larger screen. Not gonna' happen slick.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars not to bad, but could be better December 25, 2009

By John Doe

The FD-220 system is functional, the satellite response could be faster. There is no menu button for quick access to the main screen, and the POI function is not easily accessible. However, it comes with a suction cup car mount, usb cable, and car-power adapter. This device is great for the novice gps user. The system calls out street names and allows the user to bypass roads if they chose. Overall a decent GPS unit for a decent price; not too fancy but good enough.